This is really not mechanical ascension - Chapter 850 - 440: The Information State of the Azure Dragon?

... d these were the accumulations at the peak of the Sister’s Heretical Cult, the Conservative faction hasn’t obtained any piece over the years.

Unlike the Radical faction, the Conservative faction has never actively expanded its influence, or rather, their expansion differs from what Li Ming considers expansion.

They still follow the old methods of the Holy Mother Church, secretly recruiting girls from the major noble powers, thereby expanding their branches.

Due to their s ...