"Fellow Daoist Chu, the Heavenly Venerable and I are contending with the Deities, while the other Emperors must guard the Deities' seals. Sorry for the trouble, but I can only leave the Church matter to you for now," Qixing told Chu Kuangren helplessly through the Message Compass.
Chu Kuangren's brows furrowed slightly at those words.
"Me? Alone?"
"What, are you afraid, Fellow Daoist Chu?"
"Oh, may I take that as an attempt to goad me, Heavenly Punisher?" Chu Kuangren said mildly.
"Rest assured, Fellow Daoist Chu. I won't let you do this for nothing. If you resolve the Church matter, just tell me whatever you want."
Qixing smiled faintly.
"It's a deal."
Chu Kuangren accepted the troublesome task. He had already intended to visit Cloud Wilderness Dao Province and probe the background of those Churches anyway.
Inside the White Lotus Sect in Great Moon Country.
A clash of doctrines was unfolding.
The White Lotus Sect's cultivators were surrounded by sect cultivators dressed in blue, red, and white robes.
"The Fire God Sect, the Water God Sect, the Ice and Snow God Sect... To think a few Churches that rose only a few short months ago could drive our White Lotus Sect to this point." The White Lotus Sect Leader gave a bitter laugh.
Before her, a man in fiery-red robes said indifferently, "That's because you don't worship a true god! How could a mere White Lotus Saint King, someone who wasn't even an Emperor, deserve anyone's worship?"
Beside the White Lotus Sect Leader, Saint Qianyue gritted her teeth somewhat, but had nothing to say. The White Lotus Saint King truly could not compare to the gods behind these sects, or even to any one of their elders.
The White Lotus Saint King had merely been a Saint.
But this was