Bringing the farm to another world

"From this day forward, the sect will establish the Rune Church. The sect leader will be the god of the Rune Church, and Elder Wen Wenhai will be the Grand Patriarch of the Rune Church, overseeing all affairs within the church. The church will also have separate positions of Archbishops, ranking below the Grand Patriarch, namely Ding Chunming, Bai Yan, Gongsun Yulong, Sheng Si, Cheng Wanchun, and Sun Buyu..."

All the disciples of the Blood Slaughter Sect saw the notice and learned that the sect had undergone a complete transformation. The sect was now called the Rune Cult, although it still retained the name Blood Slaughter Sect. However, it had been completely transformed into the Rune Cult, truly changing according to the sect's rules. Moreover, Zhao Hai was no longer the sect leader; he had become the god of the Rune Cult.

When the notice was issued, the disciples of the Blood Slaughter Sect were initially stunned. Then, their reactions quickly split into two groups. The first group consisted of the older disciples, who were initially excited upon seeing the notice. They then quickly read the subsequent regulations concerning the Rune Sect. When they saw that all Rune Sect disciples could enshrine a statue of Zhao Hai at home and carry it with them, they were overjoyed. This was something they had been praying for, but the sect hadn't agreed to it before. Later, due to the cultivation method, they were allowed to worship for a period, but it wasn't mandatory. This time, however, it was mandatory, with daily morning prayers. Furthermore, the Rune Sect had new doctrines, the first of which was to wholeheartedly worship Zhao Hai as a god.

The older disciples of the Blood Slaughter Sect were all excited. In their eyes, this was a victory for them. For so many years, they had regarded Zhao Hai as a god. Many disciples had even repeatedly petitioned the sect to establish a cult dedicated to Zhao Hai, but the sect had never agreed. To be precise, Zhao Hai had refused, so the matter had never come to fruition. But now, the sect had actually agreed, which was incredibly good news for them.

Compared to the senior disciples in these sects, the new disciples reacted quite differently. They never expected that the sect would create a cult. This was completely unexpected. These people knew about cults, and they knew even more what it meant to turn Zhao Hai from sect leader to god. A sect leader is just a leader of a sect, but a god is different. A god is their complete ruler, and that is the most terrifying thing.

To be honest, many people who have just joined the Blood Slaughter Sect are somewhat disgusted by this. After all, many of them had previously been very averse to the existence of sects, and now that a sect has emerged within the same sect, how could they not be disgusted?

However, the Blood Slaughter Sect's propaganda then began, mainly telling what they all knew, combining the Blood Slaughter Sect's history with a real illusion, explaining how Zhao Hai cultivated step by step from a cultivator to the God Realm, and that they established this sect to help Zhao Hai become a god, with the ultimate goal of fighting against beings like the God of Creation after ascension.

It can be said that this time the Blood Slaughter Sect has truly laid everything bare and told everyone. They explained why they established the sect, the extent of Zhao Hai's strength, and everything else. This was actually a selection process. If the newcomers recognized Zhao Hai's status and considered him their god, then everything would be fine. But if they did not, then sorry, you will be eliminated, and the sect will take back everything it gave you.

For many newcomers to the sect, there's nothing wrong with worshipping Zhao Hai and regarding him as a god. Their lives are already bound to Zhao Hai; they can only live better if Zhao Hai lives, and they will all die if Zhao Hai dies. Under such circumstances, what's wrong with making Zhao Hai their god? Especially for some ordinary people, who were originally just ordinary people and had long given up on cultivation, now they have the opportunity to cultivate and even achieve immortality. This is an immense blessing for them, and all of this is given to them by Zhao Hai. Therefore, there's nothing wrong with them regarding Zhao Hai as a god.

The real dilemma lies with the powerful cultivators. They consider themselves very strong, so they find it even harder to accept Zhao Hai becoming their god. Fortunately, however, these people are only a minority and have little impact on the overall situation.

To put it bluntly, the problem lies in these people's mindset. They haven't been able to adjust their attitudes. They are unwilling to learn about the history of the Blood Slaughter Sect or Zhao Hai's deeds. They are still living within their own self-perception. It is precisely because of this erroneous self-perception that they react this way.

Of course, there are also people with a balanced mindset, like Qingxuan and his group. Because they experienced the events in the Divine Kingdom, they know that during the Divine Kingdom, the sect established a cult called the Myriad Laws Divine Cult. They didn't know who the Myriad Seas Divine Cult worshipped before, but now they know that the Myriad Seas Divine Cult worships Zhao Hai. Therefore, they have no aversion to Zhao Hai becoming a god.

Moreover, because of the Wanfa Divine Sect, Qingxuan and the others are in a very good state of mind. When the Blood Slaughter Sect had everyone study its history, they really put in a lot of effort. It was because they studied the history that they realized how powerful Zhao Hai was. Because they knew how powerful Zhao Hai was, they were not at all averse to acknowledging that Zhao Hai was a god.

Furthermore, Qingxuan and the others had learned their lesson. They were very clear that within the Blood Slaughter Sect, it was best to do what the sect told them to do and not to do what the sect forbade. Like this time, the sect had formed the Rune Cult and made them worship Zhao Hai as a god; they had better comply, otherwise, they feared punishment from the sect. Also, Qingxuan and the others had been observing the actions of the sect's senior disciples. They knew very well that, except for people like Liu E, they should follow the lead of the other senior disciples; otherwise, they feared it would be difficult to truly integrate into the sect.

Qingxuan and his group discovered that the senior disciples in the sect not only showed no aversion to worshipping Zhao Hai as a god, but were actually quite excited. Qingxuan even noticed that many disciples didn't start worshipping Zhao Hai's statue only when the sect was about to establish the Rune Cult, but rather produced one immediately after the sect issued the notice. Moreover, it was clear that this statue was quite old and not newly made. This made Qingxuan's heart skip a beat; he knew very well what this meant.

This means that many senior disciples of the Blood Slaughter Sect have long regarded Zhao Hai as a god. After Qingxuan noticed this, he immediately notified the people of the Heavenly Profound Sect. Although the Heavenly Profound Sect had been disbanded, they were still from the same sect, and Qingxuan still wanted to inform them if anything happened.

Soon, all the disciples in the sect became believers of the Rune Cult. Wen Wenhai and the others were not surprised by this. However, the people in the Blood Slaughter Sect did not know that although they had become believers of the Rune Cult, this was only the beginning. There would be further selection, but this time the selection would not be open.

Many members of the Blood Slaughter Sect underestimated Zhao Hai. They thought his strength was just so-so. Although Zhao Hai had become a god and they worshipped him, they didn't truly believe in him. They thought Zhao Hai wouldn't know, since they, like everyone else, did morning prayers and worshipped Zhao Hai's statue, but it was all just for show. They didn't actually believe in Zhao Hai; in other words, they didn't truly regard him as a god. They thought they were doing all this without anyone knowing, but they didn't know that Zhao Hai knew all of this.

They had no understanding of the power of the gods. They thought that if they pretended to worship Zhao Hai, Zhao Hai wouldn't know. But what they didn't know was that Zhao Hai knew perfectly well whether they had worshipped him or not.

When the disciples of the Blood Slaughter Sect truly began to formally worship Zhao Hai as a god, Zhao Hai had already discovered who genuinely regarded him as a god, who were feigning worship, who were fanatics, and who were ordinary believers. He knew all of this. The so-called fanatics were those who could provide him with the most faith power, while ordinary believers could also provide him with faith power, just not much. As for those who were feigning worship, although they were worshipping him, they didn't provide him with any faith power at all. So, of course, he knew that those people were feigning worship.

Moreover, Zhao Hai also discovered that after he did this, it was as if he had countless clones. He could learn about the situation of those who worshipped him at any time through those clones. Therefore, all those who did not provide him with faith power had been marked by Zhao Hai.

But those people didn't know that they still pretended to worship Zhao Hai's statue every day, thinking they were doing the perfect thing, unaware that Zhao Hai had known about this from the very beginning.

A month passed in this way. A month later, Zhao Hai summoned Wen Wenhai and the others to his room. After they arrived, Zhao Hai nodded to them and said, "I called you here today because there is something I need you to deal with. It concerns those people in the sect who pretend to believe but actually have ulterior motives."

Wen Wenhai nodded, then snorted coldly and said, "I guessed it long ago. There must be people like this in the sect. They think they can fool everyone by just putting on an act. Boss, don't worry, I'll investigate when I get back and deal with it immediately." Ding Chunming and the others all nodded, their faces also looking very grim.

Zhao Hai looked at them and smiled slightly, saying, "You don't need to investigate this matter. I have a list here. The people on this list are those who are feigning faith. But don't arrest them, as that will cause panic within the sect. Under the pretext of establishing a new branch, we'll gather them together and then deal with them." (End of Chapter)