95: Priesthood, position

On this day, the Archbishop had just led his team to the new town when he received a notification from the Abyss.

A reinforcement force of over five hundred Great Demons would be placed under his command.

Upon hearing this, the Archbishop dared not delay for a moment and immediately set off for the outskirts.

He opened a portal in a desolate, uninhabited clearing.

Soon, Slaughter led the Great Demon legion into the other world.

The Lord of the Abyss's command was simple and cruel: use slaughter as a means to accelerate the growth of the Great Demon legion.

Upon hearing this command, the Archbishop's brow furrowed, and a difficult expression appeared on his face.

His long-standing strategy had been to use religion as a tool to silently infiltrate this world, trying to avoid large-scale slaughter.

Since entering the other world, he had only precisely eliminated a few key figures, transforming them into demonized humans to better aid the Abyss Church's development.

The rest of the believers had willingly embraced the Abyss.

Now, this Great Demon legion, which lived for battle, was clearly incompatible with his gentle strategy.

After a long period of contemplation, the Archbishop finally made a decision.

He decided to let this Great Demon legion act independently, and under Slaughter's leadership, they would secretly massacre people in various cities.

Great Demons were natural killing machines, masters of assassination.

They possessed elusive abilities such as flying, burrowing, Enter the Shadows, and Shadow Flash.

Coupled with their individually awakened bizarre abilities and exquisite combat skills,

Their survival capabilities were extremely strong, not to mention the Abyss's resurrection power as a backup, making them almost fearless of death.

Thinking of this, the Archbishop meticulously registered all their awakened abilities.

He found that some abilities might have limited use in the Abyss but were considered divine skills in the secular world.

For example, dream manipulation, mind control, memory alteration, and illusion mastery.

These abilities were extremely practical for him to manipulate people's minds and expand his influence.

Ultimately, he selected over fifty Great Demons with special abilities to stay, while the remaining five hundred were taken by Slaughter.

The Archbishop issued instructions to Slaughter: slaughter by any means necessary, constantly convert demonized humans, and fully expand the Abyss's influence.

From government officials to religious members, from nobles to supernaturals, all were potential targets.

This time, he no longer restricted the scope of slaughter; even powerful sects were included in the attacks.

In his view, the more Great Demons killed, the more assistance they converted, and the less resistance he would face in his subsequent missionary work and settlement.

Even if it provoked strong individuals to act, at most, he would just go home, return from the Abyss, and act again.

Subsequently, he instructed Slaughter to target the surrounding towns first, based on the intelligence provided by the Night Shadow Church.

Upon arriving at each location, they would prioritize eliminating local Night Shadow Church members, then convert demonized humans one by one according to the Night Shadow Church's detailed intelligence.

Slaughter accepted the order and led the Great Demon legion, disappearing into the night.

Meanwhile, the Archbishop continued his missionary journey with members of the Abyss Church.

Upon reaching each town, they would erect magnificent Abyss Cathedrals, select a well-known local person to be converted into a demonized human, and display eternal life and supernatural power in front of the crowd.

This tactic was tried and true; whether it was pampered nobles or commoners struggling for a living, all were attracted and joined the Abyss Church, becoming loyal believers.

However, this aggressive expansion quickly drew strong dissatisfaction from other churches.

Originally, everyone developed believers within their own spheres of influence, living in peace.

Now, with the arrival of the Abyss Church, they directly snatched away most of the believers from various sects, and this predatory behavior naturally provoked a collective attack.

The Archbishop and his party thus encountered countless persecutions and assassinations.

Sometimes they deterred opponents with their formidable strength, but sometimes they also suffered unexpected setbacks.

But no matter how many times he died, when the sun rose the next day, the Archbishop could always be found within the cathedral, receiving the worship of devout believers.

This almost miraculous ability of eternal life left other sects helpless, and at the same time, it tempted many high-ranking members of various sects.

Faced with the temptation of eternal life, many people secretly contacted the Abyss Church, choosing to switch allegiances.

The Archbishop welcomed all comers, embracing everyone willing to devote themselves to the Abyss.

Under this situation of being attacked on one side and absorbing new blood on the other, the Abyss Church grew even stronger.

...

Although Ye Chen did not know the specific situation in Sachi World, he still understood the Archbishop's progress through the information he occasionally sent back.

Ye Chen did not interfere; as long as the conquest mission could be completed, consuming a little Abyss Power upon resurrection was nothing to him.

After all, compared to an entire supernatural world, this investment was minuscule.

It now seemed that the Archbishop's conquest efforts were quite effective.

Although it would take a considerable amount of time, as long as the Abyss Church could spread throughout the world, the entire world could be taken without shedding a drop of blood.

The only concern was the demigods vying for faith.

In the rules of this world, if a demigod wanted to advance further, ignite divine fire, condense a divine personality, and ascend to a divine throne, they could not do so without massive faith support.

The Abyss Church's act of plundering faith was destined to put them at odds with these demigods, and the church lacked high-end combat power comparable to them.

Based on the strength level of that world, a demigod was at least a Tier 7 existence.

However, the Abyss Church's top combat power was only Tier 5, a huge disparity.

He could only pray that the Archbishop would have sufficient development before the demigods made their move.

Ye Chen also had to develop as quickly as possible, ideally gaining combat power comparable to a demigod, so he could support the Archbishop at critical moments.

And Ye Chen himself was also a "demigod"; he was also on the path to godhood.

Of course, a God Lord is naturally different from those powerful individuals who achieve godhood through their own strength.

A typical God Lord relies on the development of their divine realm, breaking through by the feedback from their divine realm and the condensation of their race's faith power.

However, after Ye Chen devoured the entire Ailan World in the Abyss, he realized that the Abyss's transformation of him was no longer limited to physical enhancement.

Now, he could even use some dark and Shadow Power in reality.

It was just that this power was still relatively weak, comparable to a Little Devil.

But as long as he continued to plunder worlds, the Abyss's feedback would one day push him to godhood.

As for why he awakened Dark and Shadow Power, it was also related to the Abyss's attributes.

Most demigods, wanting to break through to a lesser god, condense the divine authority of a racial deity.

If Chu Tian wanted to break through, he would most likely condense the divine authority of the God of Half-Orcs.

As for Zhou Mingjie, if he didn't want to be a racial deity, he would most likely condense the divine authority of the God of Fire.

In that case, his difficulty would be much higher than Chu Tian's, requiring his race and himself to have a sufficient understanding and comprehension of the laws of fire.

However, the strength of the God of Fire would naturally be higher than that of a racial deity, and the potential would also be greater.

In the future, if he wanted to dabble in divine authorities related to light, warmth, or purification, the difficulty would be greatly reduced.

As for Ye Chen himself, the first divine authority he would likely condense would be the God of Darkness or the God of Shadows.

As for the attributes of the Abyss—chaos, disorder, destruction, corruption, decay, suffering, torment, evil, fear, and so on.

These were the divine authorities Ye Chen would seek to usurp in the future.

His gaze was not limited to the Abyss but extended to the entire multiverse.

If he could continue to develop, constantly absorb more worlds, and deepen his understanding of laws, he even had the confidence to directly seize the same law-based divine authorities from other worlds through his powerful control over laws, achieving supreme godhood.