Worldwide Awakening: My Soul Kinds Are Lost-Chapter 511: Unpredicted Prophet Li Sandog _1
Unpredicted Prophet? Wang Linchi recognized Li Sandog’s problem. In recent days, Li Sandog had been notifying him through various means, indicating that the Temple Masters of the numerous Demon God Temples in Springhead City were preparing to strike at him, using both overt and covert methods.
This detail wasn’t essential; Wang Linchi could easily see through their petty schemes. However, it was Li Sandog’s ability to accurately grasp each plan and provide Wang Linchi with targeted solutions that caught his attention.
Li Sandog thought he was being very secretive, but in reality, he was constantly under Wang Linchi’s surveillance.
This was what made Wang Linchi consider the possibility of an Unpredicted Prophet.
As for rebirth, the likelihood is slim. After successfully fending them off the first time, the second and third attempts would surely involve changes. How could the other party anticipate these, unless they had been reborn multiple times? However, if someone could be reborn multiple times, they would likely have discovered my true purpose long ago, making that possibility unlikely as well.
So, Wang Linchi naturally leaned more towards the idea of an Unpredicted Prophet.
"Naive, far too naive," Wang Linchi commented.
He truly hadn’t expected Li Sandog, a Nine Extremes member no less, to be this inept. Frankly, Wang Linchi had been turning a blind eye; otherwise, the traces Li Sandog left behind were far too numerous.
But then again, why is he helping me?
Wang Linchi didn’t let Li Sandog’s efforts go to waste. Using the solutions Li provided, he swiftly countered the suppressive tactics the Demon God Temples in Springhead City were employing against him.
He also knew that this wasn’t what those Temple Masters wanted. They would rather hide from Wang Linchi than provoke him. They were merely being forced to act by the Demon Gods they worshipped.
After this setback, these Temple Masters all conveniently claimed to be injured, using it as an excuse to delay matters for as long as possible.
At the same time, their faith in the Demon Gods dropped significantly. They were Class A Temple Masters, not Class A believers. Class A believers were Zealous Believers, representing a level of faith, while Class A Temple Master was a position.
By his estimation, the highest faith level among the Demon Gods’ followers was around mid-Class B; this level was sufficient to become a Class A Temple Master.
Class D was the most numerous, followed by Class C.
Upon reaching mid-Class C, they could receive the blessing of Divine Arts and become a Temple Master.
Increasing people’s faith is challenging, especially when the Demon Gods require human sacrifices, exploit their worshippers, and act with brutal cruelty.
They wouldn’t be called ’Demon’ if they weren’t evil by nature.
The emergence of Demon Gods was nothing more than an offshoot of power, and as a result, the entire world became a sacrifice.
Frankly, for my Dai Temple System to lose to such a model... it can only be said that during Heng Shizong’s era, everyone had grown too accustomed to good living. Otherwise, why would they abandon a comfortable life just to seek suffering? Heng Shizong orchestrated it, but it was the majority of ordinary people who truly brought about the Dai Temple’s ruin. Otherwise, no matter how capable Heng Shizong was, could he force people to change their faith? Back then, the Dai Temple was powerful and had a massive base of believers.
Of course, faith in the Demon Gods granted Divine Arts at a relatively low level of belief. Things have improved now, but initially, one only needed to become a Class C believer to be granted Divine Arts. Even lesser followers, those at high Class D, were granted them. This was much faster than the Dai Temple, where followers had to be at least low Class B to receive Divine Arts.
However, they didn’t know that while this seemed appealing, they bore the full cost. They weren’t just leeks to be harvested repeatedly, but also pigs to be fattened for slaughter. Leeks can regrow after being cut, but if you want pork, you have to slaughter the pig.
This also caused many followers’ faith to drop easily. Unlike Wang Linchi; once he reached Class B, he would actively maintain it.
Indeed, reaching the level of a Class B Zealous Believer was very difficult. Later, I had no time, so it was neglected.
After Wang Linchi dealt with the Class A Temple Masters from several Demon God Temples, their devotion to the Demon Gods they worshipped likely plummeted.
However, the Demon Gods wouldn’t care about such matters. To Them, they could simply find replacements. After all, They might lack many things, but never believers. They could just appoint someone new, as long as that person could perform sacrifices and rituals for Them and harvest faith. It didn’t matter who it was.
As for Class A Temple Masters unwilling to step down, the solution was simple: rescind the Divine Arts bestowed upon them.
I used to punish believers in my own system whose faith dropped too severely or who converted after receiving Divine Arts. With so many people, such situations are inevitable, which is why the faith network has such a punitive mechanism. Otherwise, if it only gave rewards and no punishments, wouldn’t I just be a reward-dispensing machine, letting this bunch ’farm achievements’?
Therefore, these Demon Gods have also inherited this system of rewards and punishments. However, compared to Wang Linchi’s faith network, which operated fully automatically, They had to manually screen individuals. This was much more difficult for Them, so They mostly monitored those with higher faith levels, generally ignoring most Class D and Class C believers.
Even if They wanted to manage them, They couldn’t handle the sheer numbers.
Take Springhead City, for example. Its total population is around 500,000. After being divided up, each Demon God had numerous believers. They couldn’t ’plug in’ like Wang Linchi, so they could only monitor believers one by one. The lower the faith level, the cruder their monitoring methods.
The population of the Heng Dynasty far surpassed that of the Jing Dynasty. Initially, thanks to the welfare system of the Dai Temple, the population exploded. Later, when the Dai Temple System was severely suppressed, the Demon God System rose, requiring a large number of people as human sacrifices.
The Court had no choice but to encourage births: one child incurred a penalty, two broke even, and three or four started earning rewards. The more children born, the better the rewards. This was to provide enough human sacrifices for the Demon Gods while ensuring the population numbers of Great Heng were maintained.
It might seem like a large number, but in reality, it wasn’t. For instance, some Demon Gods desired children, while others wanted young men and women. A sufficient population was needed to cover all age groups.
It feels like a mature industrial chain has formed, Wang Linchi thought. There’s no need to worry about supporting them either. Not many people live to be fifty. They die after their prime working years, saving a lot of trouble. So, Great Heng is actually a very robust dynasty. Aside from being plagued by Demon Gods, it has no other flaws. Thankfully, with the Human Association around, the Human Clan still has a sliver of hope. Otherwise, if the Court gained complete control, they’d be completely done for.
Moreover, in recent times, Wang Linchi found the newly ascended Heng Emperor to be utterly preposterous. Just in this short period, human sacrifices were being requisitioned everywhere.
The main reason was that the Heng Emperor had approved too many human sacrifices as Tributes to various Demon Gods.
Consequently, he held the most stable throne among recent Heng Emperors. After all, previous generations of Heng Emperors had been dedicated to overthrowing the Demon God System. Only he knelt and acted like a dog. If his position isn’t stable, whose would be?
His position was stable, but unrest was brewing below. Wang Linchi had heard of conscripting labor, but never of conscripting human sacrifices.
Those conscripted for labor might return alive; human sacrifices had no chance of survival.
"A rebellion is coming sooner or later," Wang Linchi muttered. If this continued, he wondered if people would once again revolt under the banner of the Dongyue Tianqi Emperor of Life and Benevolence.
Come to think of it, that might actually work...
Wang Linchi felt that if the opportunity arose, he could lend a hand.
Previously, I wasn’t really keen on reviving the Dai Temple. But I couldn’t help it; the Demon Gods started provoking me first. I clearly hadn’t done anything, yet they deliberately targeted my small, dilapidated temple. It’s a good thing I’m not the old Temple Master, or I’d have been tormented to death. I intended to let things slide, but since they were so shameless and kept pushing their luck, they can’t blame me for getting ruthless.
Stir up a rebellion, weave the Dai Temple into it, and have the Rebel Army fight once more under the banner of the Dongyue Tianqi Emperor of Life and Benevolence. My demands aren’t high. Just get all the Demon Gods to step down from their divine pedestals.
Wang Linchi’s demands weren’t excessive. He didn’t dream of ruling the world or becoming a god above gods; he mainly wanted to see the Demon Gods suffer.
I can also cooperate with the Human Association. Since they want to strike at the Demon Gods, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Besides the Human Association, there are also...
Wang Linchi thought of numerous other forces. Many organizations and factions, both overt and covert, opposed the Demon God System. However, most remained hidden due to the formidable power of the Demon Gods and the Court acting as their accomplice.
Most didn’t dare show themselves and could only operate in secret. As for whether these organizations and factions genuinely oppose the Demon Gods or are just looking to amass wealth, indulge in pleasures, and seize land—that’s another matter. For now, raising the banner is what counts.
Organizations as brazen as the Human Association were a minority.
