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Chapter 642 Demonic Cult (Subscribe)

At the same time, at the Security Bureau headquarters, a meeting regarding the Church of Light was being held.

The First Marshal presided over the meeting personally, and all one-star marshals and above in the Security Bureau participated.

In addition, Li Tianshi, vice chairman of the National Defense Committee, Fang Xianzheng, vice chairman of the National Security Committee, Miles Parker, vice chairman of the National Trade Committee, and a number of standing members of the three committees also attended the trial.

Lin Tianchen, the awakened Second Commander of the Security Bureau, stood beside the projection and gave an explanation: "The Church of Light, also known as the Holy Church of Light, originates from the Great Sun Celestial Lord. It was founded 1800 years ago by a group of dock workers on the Tianji Star who were inspired by God. The original doctrine was an extreme worship of thunder and fire. It has always developed among sailors and coolies, and its influence is weak.

Until the seventh generation leader of the Holy Light Church came to power, its power reached its peak in just one hundred years. Its followers spread across the four continents and the twenty-seven islands of Central Continent, making it the largest sect in the world of Tianji Star.

It's important to mention here that, judging by the subsequent fates of the seven generations of leaders of the Holy Light Church, the founding process of the Holy Light Church was quite problematic, likely the result of the will of the Great Sun Celestial Venerable manipulating fate, who was intent on returning from the Heavenly Curtain and the Origin."

"Around 3621 AD, the four great dynasties of Tianji Star and the Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce simultaneously designated the Church of Light as a demonic cult and began a joint campaign against it. This was due to both its teachings and to prevent the revival of the Great Sun Celestial Venerable.

After that, the influence of the Church of Light declined rapidly. In just 550 years, five of its leaders died - currently there are six. However, the Church of Light still has a powerful priest group headed by the "Three Pillars, Five Envoys and Seven Kings", as well as a huge number of believers as high as 27 billion.

They also controlled a large amount of land in the remote areas of the major dynasties and gathered believers by resisting taxes and laws. Since the Church of Light was proficient in assassination, local officials were very wary of them and did not dare to impose taxes other than regular taxes on believers of light. Therefore, the more remote the areas of the four dynasties, the more believers of the Church of Light there were, and the stronger its power was.

With the help of these believers, they not only sell a large amount of food rich in ether elements to the Earth Federation every year, but also control a large number of medicinal fields and mines. They are the source of many low-grade bulk raw materials for the Earth Federation and the Earth Federation's most important raw material supply channel on Tianji Star. According to statistics, among all basic materials with a unit price of less than 10000 Federation coins per ton, they supply the Earth Federation with a huge share of 62% -"

Second Commander Lin Tianchen paused. "According to the Intelligence Analysis Center's analysis, the Church of Light is likely to collapse in the next ten months, and this supply channel will be paralyzed within the next few years!"

At this moment, there was an uproar in the entire conference room, and everyone realized the consequences of the collapse of the Church of Light.

Even though the things provided by the Church of Light are worthless, with a unit price of less than 10000 federal coins per ton, they are the "foundation" of various Tianjixing medicines and new alloys, and are indispensable!
In addition, the Church of Light is also an important force within Tianji Star that can restrain the five abysses.

Fang Xianzheng's face was solemn. "Isn't the Intelligence Analysis Center's assessment a bit alarmist? The Church of Light is the most powerful force on Tianji Star. Even if Wan Xin and Yin Qianqiu fall, they still have many masters like the Three Pillars, Five Envoys, and Seven Kings. They may decline quickly, but they will never perish in such a short time."

"Indeed! Common sense suggests that a major force like the Church of Light would not fall within a year or two. The problem is that these top masters of the Church of Light have serious tendencies towards separation."

Second Commander Lin Tianchen glanced at Fang Xianzheng as he explained, "It's precisely because the Church of Light is unable to unite its forces that all the major forces on Tianji Star are sharpening their knives, hoping to carve a piece of flesh from the Church of Light. This time, an all-out war is likely to break out between the Church of Light, the Four Great Dynasties, and the Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce."

"Total War?"

Miles Parker, Vice Chairman of the Congressional Trade Committee, also expressed doubts, "This seems unlikely. The Church of Light has declined to this point, and even Ming Wang and Wan Xin are gone. What qualifications do they have to go to war with the Four Great Dynasties and the Central Continent Chamber of Commerce? Besides, you also mentioned that there are serious centrifugal tendencies within the Church of Light. Where would they get the willpower and strength to start a war?"

"This brings us to the Invincible Dharma King."

The second commander-in-chief Lin Tianchen changed the picture and projected an image of a Tianjixing woman who was nearly thirty years old and had a pretty face onto the screen.

"This is the woman before us. She is a rising overlord within Tianji Star. Under her command are a group of 'quasi-divine messengers' and 'divine messenger candidates', including the Skeleton Equipment Heavenly Monarch Li Guchan and the Hundred-Winged Sword King Situ Leng. She also has a 120 million-strong religious guard and 300 floating warships of various types. Her own combat power is likely close to that of an immortal!
This woman is extremely ambitious. For the past two years, she has been trying various ways to attack Yin Qianqiu, attempting to overthrow this "Ming Wang" and thus seize power in the Church of Light! Not long ago, this woman even disregarded the rules of the Church of Light and, with the cooperation of the Heavenly Fragrance Divine Envoy, hunted down Yin Qianqiu, repeatedly inflicting severe damage on him over the past few months.

At this time, Li Jianglong deliberately interjected, "Everyone, this woman is very powerful! Her combat power is at the level of a Divine Envoy, and her physical fitness in all aspects has been developed to the limit! She also seems to have mastered some of the power of the abyss. I sensed her conceptual power at 65% in the mine before. She seemed very relaxed at the time, and she controlled the conceptual power with ease. This is very abnormal.

I estimate that with the Abyssal Artifact in her hand, her combat power can reach quasi-immortality. Even the emperors of the four great dynasties may not be able to defeat her. If we in the Federation do not use special weapons and special amplification potions, I guess no one can match her. This shows that this woman dares to hunt down the Ming King alone, she must be very confident.

Lin Tianchen continued with a serious expression, "Everyone, according to the results of our supercomputing model, the new Ming King's cultivation level is likely to be very low, only at the sixth or seventh realm. This means that the Invincible Dharma King may ascend to the throne at this Bright Divine Cult's Bright Assembly, and use his position as the regent vice-chairman to hold the emperor hostage and control the other princes."

Miles Parker, vice chairman of the Congressional Trade Committee, frowned: "This doesn't mean that the Church of the God of Light is at war with the major forces, huh~" He seemed to have figured out what was going on. Not only did he sit up straight, but his expression became more solemn.

Lin Tianchen smiled wryly and said, "The Invincible Dharma Queen is inherently strong and overbearing. She's new to the throne and needs to establish her prestige. You can imagine what she'll do next. Even if it's to intimidate dissidents within the Church of Light, she won't back down. If a war breaks out, our trade with the Church of Light will be affected."

"This woman must have water in her brain!"

The Third Commander Odin shook his head in bewilderment, "I don't quite understand. This woman clearly has a very bright future. She has such excellent conditions, a bloodline ability of 8SSS+, an Abyssal Artifact, and a certain understanding of the Abyss. Why is she so eager to jump out at this time?

After all, she's only at the eighth level of cultivation, and her soul isn't strong enough. How much would it cost to use the power of the abyss? If a full-scale war breaks out, there will be frequent high-intensity battles, and she won't be able to withstand it. If I were this woman, I'd find a place to accumulate my strength for a few decades, and then I could sweep away all the forces on the surface of the Church of Light. Why is there such a rush?

Lin Tianchen shrugged when he heard this. This was also something he couldn't understand.

"So can we stop this war?"

Fang Xianzheng glanced at everyone present and saw that all the core members of the Security Bureau at the conference table remained silent, so he knew the answer.

He continued to ask, "If we can't stop them, then what about supporting them? We can definitely support the Church of Light and help them win this war."

At this time, Lin Tianchen and Odin and others all looked very strange.

Lin Tianchen rubbed his brows and said, "The problem still lies with this Invincible Dharma King. Based on his words and deeds over the past few years, and the repeated confirmation and understanding of the people we have planted around him, this Invincible Dharma King, who is suspected to be an extraterritorial demon, actually has great hostility towards our Earth Federation.

She's been collecting abandoned warships and quantum leap devices from the Federation for the past few years, investing vast resources in recruiting and training troops, and acquiring various Federation war machines. She's also been plotting to seize control of the Church of Light for the past two years. Her ultimate goal is likely to attack the Federation! We're worried that if the Church of Light wins the war, the Federation will undoubtedly face a massive army of light bursting out from within Tianji Star!

Fang Xianzheng was stunned when he heard this, and then instinctively felt it was ridiculous.

But then he saw some information, videos and charts that Lin Tianchen sent him.

After Fang Xianzheng read it carefully, his expression gradually became heavy.

Lin Tianchen's inference sounds ridiculous, but it is supported by sufficient evidence!

"Arrogant! Absolutely arrogant!" Li Tianshi, vice chairman of the National Defense Committee of the Congress, also saw the information sent by Lin Tianchen.

His face was filled with anger, and his voice was cold and stern: "The sales ban must be issued as soon as possible! From now on, all sensitive materials in the Earth Federation must be banned from sale to the Church of Light!"

Miles Parker, vice chairman of the Congressional Trade Committee, was having a huge headache.

If he wants to ban the sale, he must ban it. They must not allow this woman to completely control the power of the Church of Light!
However, the Church of Light is the largest supplier of basic materials to the Earth Federation and cannot afford to make any mistakes.

Once the war of the Church of Light begins, the Federation's industry and pharmaceutical industry will be greatly affected and may even collapse.

Miles Parker turned his gaze to Li Jianglong, wondering if the top commander wasn't going to say anything. Shouldn't he come up with a feasible and reliable strategy?
What Miles Parker didn't know was that at this moment, Li Jianglong was using quantum communication to talk with Lin Rui and Xu Mengran in the group.

(End of this chapter)