Meteor Fall Master in the 'Starry Abyss'
Chapter 624 - 239. Believer of Leoz

Chapter 624: 239. Believer of Leoz

Li Aozi was initially a bit surprised, but soon understood.

Back when the Mingji Professor gave up the lucrative offers from Mingji Heavy Industries to pursue Bayo Kong independently, aiming to achieve an artificial Gamma Rank, it took ninety years of accumulation, collecting vast amounts of Arcane Energy. It was actually quite normal to see so many familiar names here.

"That’s good. Apart from Sequential Arcane Energy, I’ve basically absorbed all the ones I battled the Bio-Giant with before. However, there are too many and too varied, so I’ll need to personally check the White Obelisk."

Action followed thought, and Li Aozi donned a coat and immediately set off for the nearby Monolith Church landmark—the White Obelisk.

Pretending to be an ordinary believer coming to venerate the White Obelisk and laying flowers at the foot of the stele, he was actually taking the opportunity to get closer to the obelisk and survey the situation.

The Monolith Church had now developed over fifty thousand believers. The devout Mutants numbered 780. Those who reached the Alpha Stage of the Transcendents were no longer few, and even regional Bishop Kadan Foliqi, the first to be influenced by Li Aozi, had reached the Beta Rank.

Unlike traditional forces that pulled people into their fold under the guise of good fortune, the Monolith Church under Li Aozi’s control had, from the start, targeted the Ascension Pathway, bringing real benefits.

The mythology system of the Monolith Church was gradually becoming clear and coherent, and the doctrines and legends had also initially been refined.

It was mainly using the tales from the Starry Abyss about the Will of the Sovereign from the Morphederia Universe, combined with the stories Li Aozi had inquired from the Fairy of the Lake, Sofia Malin, and retouched and beautified slightly for use.

However, Li Aozi deliberately erased traces of Morphederia, obscuring the proxy relation between Morphederia and Leoz, and instead emphasizing the notable achievements of the "God of Reality," Leoz.

Yes, Leoz.

Perhaps Morphederia and Leoz had a good relationship, but what did it have to do with him?

Dead was dead. Morphederia itself wasn’t well-known, its name was long and hard to remember, and it had no prominent achievements.

Even in the Starry Abyss, Leoz was considered a hero with illustrious military exploits. Using Leoz as the Chief God couldn’t be more appropriate.

As for whether this amounted to blasphemy...

There was no such concept in the Starry Abyss. In the Starry Abyss, anyone alive had the opportunity to ascend to godhood, so the idea of blasphemy had long since disappeared.

There was only cruel competitive pressure.

Living gods deserved to be blasphemed, but dead gods deserved only to be forgotten.

If you weren’t willing, then don’t join the competition. It has long been known that the Ascension Pathway is fiercely competitive. Isn’t it better to quietly lie low in a corner rather than join the fray? Yet you insist on competing.

The era of gods reigning supreme ended long ago. From the time Narrative-level civilizations took the stage of history, mastering the Pathway, gods were just tools mass-produced to spread the Pathway and depict grand narratives.

Whether it was Morphederia or Leoz, these relics of the old times were all destined for the trash heap.

Li Aozi handled these matters with calm.

Doing so was also because of his relationship with Leoz, deciding to cut ties or maintain them as he wished.

After all, he was the reincarnation of Leoz, so he didn’t think there was a problem at all. Recently, Li Aozi even felt that if Leoz himself saw what he was doing, he might criticize him for not being efficient enough.

The doctrine of the Monolith Church emphasized that: "Leoz" had never truly died and was still active in the Starry Abyss. The Arcane Authority held by the Mutants was the best proof, believing in Leoz, trusting in the power of Arcane Energy, serving the Starry Abyss, and standing up for conscience and what is right.

The core came from Li Aozi’s own Divinity: Suffering and Death.

The Suffering Divinity meant that Leoz’s believers enduring suffering would only make themselves stronger, with firmer will and stronger physique, thus gaining more attention from the Chief God to their prayers.

The upper limit of the Suffering Divinity was extremely high, allowing Li Aozi to form the most excellent religious units across all the denominations in Starry Abyss—the Martyrs.

As for the Death Divinity’s bestowed ability to "awaken corpses," it could only be used at the Gamma Rank. For now, it provided many funeral services for the Monolith Church, broadening a lot of income streams.

Barely sufficient...

Being able to achieve this, Li Aozi was already very satisfied.

After all, the Azure Star had a somewhat lukewarm religious atmosphere and was not well-versed in the mythology system of the Starry Abyss. Each country’s national mythology and local religions had strong influence.

"Although the Red Arrow’s tolerant environment towards religions allowed my influence to expand rapidly, even gaining support from local governments and military police forces, farmers and workers are forever the mainstay of religion. But relying on them to provide elite warriors is still quite unreliable."

Li Aozi set his sights on the soldiers of the Red Arrow.

Or, more precisely, retired soldiers like Isaac.

This group of people had undergone professional training, knew how to operate war machinery, and there were many of them. Most had minor employment placement issues, making them suitable to be integrated into the Monolith Church.

"The Apostles of Entropy will become increasingly powerful in the future. To raise the influence of the Monolith Church, we must form effective combat power."

Although the Red Arrow authorities supported the Monolith Church, they also supported the church’s competitors. Currently, they merely regarded the Monolith Church as an Arcane Energy catalyst and a new tourist attraction.

Despite the Monolith Church reporting multiple terrorist attacks after the "Divine Warning," it did not significantly change the official perception.

After all, with fifty thousand followers, compared to the tens of millions of believers in the Red Arrow Empire’s mainstream religions, each having dioceses of several states... it was indeed somewhat weak.

Li Aozi had no solution for this and could only rely on time. After adding some notes on "paying attention to the development of retired soldiers," he let it go.

The growth of believers essentially depended on how the priests of the Monolith Church developed, while Li Aozi’s purpose was to assemble Sequence 13: Dark Light.

This was his biggest goal this time.

The ranking of Dark Light was very high, involving the Arcane Energy fields of "light" and "dark," promising formidable destructive power.

After going through the messy records of Arcane Energy, Li Aozi finally collected all the synthesis formulas, except for the Arcane Energies of Shadow Assault and Sequence 90: Extreme Dark Matter. These Arcane Energies were of high grade, but fortunately, he had gathered enough Gene Fragments from Canyue before, which could be recomposed.

He even had one-third remaining.

"But where can I find Shadow Assault and Sequence 90: Extreme Dark Matter?"

Speaking of Shadow Assault...

Li Aozi pressed his forehead and quickly browsed his memories.

"Got it."

"When I left the Sky Ring, I was repeatedly attacked by the White Knight, Youhe Lai. I vaguely remember he even turned his sister into a social institution for it."

"And that girl happened to possess the ability of Shadow Assault. Her name, I recall, was..."

"—Zonia."

Li Aozi narrowed his eyes.

Speaking of which, he almost forgot.

The Secret Society, which turned Yawen into the Tailor, was still wandering on this planet.

"There is no clue about Extreme Dark Matter for now; it seems I need to visit Sky Ring. But before that, since I’m already here..."

Li Aozi opened his contact list and entered a familiar number:

"Hello, Mr. Gretto? I am sent by Li Aozi to assist you, Isaac Maxim."

"I wanted to ask if you are interested in doing something big?"

"Oh no, no, no. What are you saying! I wasn’t referring to robbing banks or breaking out of prison. Only terrorists do that. I am a law-abiding, friendly citizen!"

"What I meant was—would you be interested in overthrowing the king and establishing a republic?"

Since I’m going to Sky Ring, might as well change the government on the way.