In the early days of New Faith, it was universally condemned as a defilement of the faith in God.
However, after it truly opened its doors to the world and sheltered a large number of poor people, it immediately became the orthodox religion and the truly holy religion.
Their free distribution of food, their almsgiving everywhere without expecting anything in return, and their spreading of the ideals of love, peace, and kindness were an irresistible allure for the Southern Continent at that time.
Countless impoverished people who had suffered years of oppression finally found a place of spiritual refuge where they were not ruled, not forced to hand over their property, and would not suffer any long-term consequences.
This led to a dramatic surge in New Faith believers, almost all of whom were fanatical!
After all, the Old Faith not only demanded flowers paving the way, but also required the handover of food, and was often subjected to beatings and scoldings from those high-ranking missionaries and Church knights, yet they were not even allowed to step into the Church. Compared with the Protestantism, which preached love and peace, where the Pope personally distributed food and embraced you, and opened New Faith Church doors wide for anyone to enter at will, it was far inferior. It was like comparing heaven and earth.
One was a horrific slave-training park, the other a true Heaven!
This led to a surge in New Faith fanaticism and completely cured the symptoms of the city captured by the Blood-Boya Allied Forces.
No one wanted to pursue the so-called Old Faith anymore, and no one wanted to open the city gates and lead the Old Faith back.
Even the vast majority of the poor regard New Faith as orthodox, believing that the Old Faith consists of those who have broken their vows and been abandoned by God!
Everyone just wanted to hide in the New Faith church to ease the oppression and pain they had endured for so many years, and to carefully feel the love and kindness they had never seen before.
After all, people in this world are living too miserable lives...
The imperial city of the Boya Empire, the bedroom of His Majesty Norton.
A pure white cross was carved on the coffin lid of His Holiness Norton, and all around him were images of God and religious ornaments.
His Majesty Norton sat behind his desk, his pale body feeling the scorching heat emanating from the room, and the excruciating pain that sent shivers down his spine.
The burning, stinging pain in my body was like suddenly stepping into a sweltering sauna after being frozen in the snow for a long time—a strangely exhilarating sensation...
It's unclear what strange quirk His Majesty Norton developed, but after discovering that he wouldn't be burned by the sunlight and these religious ornaments, he began to enjoy placing many of these religious ornaments in his room to increase his burning sensation.
"Phew, it doesn't hurt anymore... After all these years of burning, I've definitely developed a noticeable degree of adaptation. If I were to be burned for several more decades, perhaps even if the Church didn't perish, they would find it much harder to use God's symbols to harm me."
Norton, his dark eyes slightly closed, endured the intense pain in his body, yet stubbornly frowned and said it didn't hurt.
However, judging from the slightly charred appearance of his skin, it seems that he has only adapted to the pain and raised his pain threshold, but has not adapted to God's holy burning.
This Hajinuo is a master at deceiving himself!
Feeling the intensity of the pain in his body, Norton slowly opened his slightly closed, dark eyes.
Feeling the looseness of his teeth, he reached out and pulled the long, sharp tooth that had detached from its root from his gums.
However, as he made his move, the nail of his right thumb also seemed to loosen.
His back swelled up more and more. Not only was his back changing, but the festering sores on his body had also spread all over his body. At a glance, almost his entire body was covered with festering skin, and the festering sores revealed the pure white flesh inside.
In addition, his teeth began to fall out gradually, his long, pointed toenails became loose occasionally, and one toenail even fell off.
However, beneath his fallen teeth was not a blood-red gum, but rather a small section of newly emerging white teeth; and beneath his fallen toes was not a blood-red nail bed, but a small section of brand-new nail that had grown out at some unknown time.
Now Norton is completely certain that he is indeed shedding his old body and becoming a new species.
But now, their ugly state is truly appalling.
Norton pressed his long, detached tooth against the table, watching it pierce the back of a steel nail placed on the table with almost no effort, and then looked somewhat troubled.
"The flesh and blood can feed the bats, thus increasing the number of my followers. But how should I dispose of these nails and teeth? I can't possibly eat them myself, can I? That would be too disgusting!"
His Majesty Norton is always particularly human when he is alone.
He was frowning, looking at his own sharp teeth on the table with a face full of resistance, much like a parent looking at their child's fallen, smelly baby teeth, with a hint of disgust.
Frustrated, Norton casually tossed his baby tooth into a drawer, finally turning his attention back to the front lines.
With the establishment of New Faith, the Papal State were doomed to fail.
Aside from reversing the tide of war on the front lines, the main purpose of establishing New Faith was to erase any trace of the existence of God ' Caesar '.
By replacing the old God with a new God, and with the expansion of New Faith, the old God will eventually be buried in the path of Church change, thus making Norton completely without weaknesses and utterly invincible!
Therefore, Norton had to put some effort into studying New Faith Church books.
For example, without affecting the general content of the Old Faith, the name of God is hidden, the name of Kuba is hidden, the appearance and traces of the old-era Vampire are hidden, and Norton is portrayed as the Vampire Progenitor and added to the New Faith Church classics.
Why not hide Norton as well? Why not have Abraham represent the Vampire Progenitor archetype?
Norton is currently at a loss about this; the history books are in twelve volumes, and his name is on every single one.
Norton is already a legend in history. If someone tries to cover up Norton's name in New Faith books, that would be too deliberate and would only attract the attention of idle scholars who like to nitpick.
Norton's construction of wonders, establishment of New Faith, and alteration of Church scriptures were all ultimately aimed at testifying to each other, pushing out the New-Type Vampire and hiding the old generation of Vampire.
Whether people recognize Norton or not is not important. What is important is to regard him Norton New-Type Vampire and to spread the idea that this New-Type Vampire is the only type of Vampire!
Norton's only concern right now is whether changing the name of God will have the effect of burying it in history.
He feared that after expending so much energy on so many evil deeds and establishing New Faith, he would eventually discover that the false God of New Faith could still achieve the effects of the true God, and that would be a true breakdown for him.
Then God is truly just a conceptual god!
As for now, in Norton's view, God is somewhat like a combination of a conceptual god and a biological god, but more biological.
Ever since Norton confirmed that he was a first-generation Aberration, he has fantasized about being God and wanted to use this method to directly elevate himself to an infinite level!
Unfortunately, whether God was too powerful or Norton was too weak, he has yet to discover any changes in himself.
Of course, Norton thought it might be because God occupied Existence Level, so he couldn't ascend.