The Taoist papal enthronement ceremony is over.

And with that comes unprecedented influence across the entire empire and even the entire continent.

On the day of the ceremony alone, the number of Taoist believers has only increased by more than 100,000, and the number of faith values has increased by millions.

In other words, many of the people who came to watch the Pope's enthronement ceremony only heard about the famous name of Taoism and came with the mentality of watching the excitement, but after today, they have all become devout believers in Taoism and are willing to dedicate everything they have to the great Taoist ancestors.

Most of them were originally believers in Taoism, but their belief level was not high, and after witnessing the arrival of Taoist ancestors, those who did not have a high level of faith underwent qualitative changes.

Of the people Rhodes could see, 3,000 became fanatics, not to mention others, and even many of the hostile churches became his followers driven by fear and confusion.

The huge gains made Rhodes smile from ear to ear, but this is only a visible income, and there are many hidden gains that cannot be calculated.

You must know that Taoism spent a lot of manpower and material resources on this pontiff enthronement ceremony, just a variety of teleportation circles and projection stone slabs have been built, and almost all provinces and even towns throughout the empire can see this pontiff enthronement ceremony.

This is equivalent to the global live broadcast of later generations, and the influence has begun to spread throughout the empire, which can greatly accelerate the control of Taoism, the new state religion, over the faith of the empire.

Even now, Rhodes can still see that his number of believers and faith values are soaring, and his heart is so uncomfortable.

For other sects in the Auckland Empire, this pontifical enthronement ceremony is a complete nightmare, originally some sects still coveted that position, and were still dissatisfied with Taoism, but from this day on, they directly lost the courage to compete with Taoism.

Just kidding, how terrifying is the strength of this Daoist sect, it is not inferior to a big sect like the Bright Sect! Fight with them and make a ghost!

The major sects are already planning to guard their own acres and thirds of land, trying not to provoke Taoism, and some sects are even preparing to withdraw from the Auckland Empire.

The power of Taoism is indeed terrifying.

As for the envoys of the other three empires, they all returned to their respective countries after some official words with Rhodes, but the two princes of the Scorching Sun Empire and the Dark Moon Empire invited Rhodes to visit the imperial capitals of the two countries, and there was a vague hint of cooperation in their words.

Rod neither agreed nor refused, he naturally knew what the two were thinking, and now he could be said to be waiting for the price to sell, there was no need to respond in a hurry, and sent everyone away with some gifts.

And Wen Sa, the emperor of the Auckland Empire, originally admired Taoism, but now after witnessing the scene of the Pope's enthronement ceremony, his faith has completely belonged to Taoism.

Since then, after months of twists and turns and various incidents, Rhodes finally established the status of Taoism in the entire Auckland Empire, and he also ascended to the position of the only pope in the entire empire, and the limelight was very popular.

However, he knew in his heart that the Auckland Empire had just experienced royal turmoil, and then there were several holy wars within the religion.

As a result, Taoism first gathered the remaining territory and interests of the extinct major sects such as the Sichuan Lord God Sect, and then made overtures to the remaining sects in the empire, appeased them, and established good diplomatic relations with them to stabilize the religious community.

In addition, Taoism spent a lot of money and began to build various infrastructure throughout the empire, such as schools, hospices, squares, and so on.

Anyway, the money was collected from the big sects, and the amount was huge.

At the same time, Rhodes also selected a large number of priests with high qualifications and strength from among the priests who had been approved and qualified by Ize, and asked them to visit various backward towns to do good and preach, and by the way, spread the major miracles of Taoism and harmoniously gather their faith.

As the number of believers continued to skyrocket and the territory under his control continued to expand, Rhodes once again felt that there was a shortage of manpower, and soon Taoism held two job fairs in succession.

Because it is a job fair for the entire empire, its scale can be described as extremely sensational, and nearly a million people came to sign up, and every department was full, and even a large group of elites were grabbing a handful.

"At first, I didn't have to choose, then I was too lazy to choose, and now I can't choose all of them......"

Looking at this grand scene, according to the Taoist Pope Rod, he also shed such a sentence, of course, this is just gossip and has not been officially certified.

These two job fairs lasted for a month, and nearly 100,000 followers were selected, which made the official scale of Taoism grow again, and the foundation is even more profound.

With the manpower problem solved, Rhodes set his sights on the branch churches, and he had already scattered a large amount of gold coins to establish branch churches in the major provinces of the empire long before the job fair began.

After months of tempering and teaching, many new members of Taoism have completely returned to their hearts, and it is time for him to send people to station in the branch churches.

Priests, priests, guardians, nuns, and so on, Rhodes sent about 100 people to each branch church, which is not too much, or even a little small.

However, at this time, the status of Taoism in the empire is already a transcendent existence, the state religion, which is a sect that coexists with the empire, where can these sects be provoked at will.

And with the power of Taoism alone, no one dares to provoke it.

Therefore, there was no big obstacle to the establishment of branch churches, and with a series of previous preparations, in a short period of time, Taoism has won unanimous praise and reverence among the people of these provinces, and countless people have thrown themselves into the arms of Taoist ancestors.

Taoism blossomed everywhere in the empire, and the remaining sects were naturally miserable, but Rhodes did not intend to do anything to the end, as long as it was a formal and reasonable sect, he would not suppress it.

Of course, if the other party just doesn't fight and can't compete for reasonable and healthy competition, then he is not to blame.

Anyway, compared to the Scorching Sun Empire, an empire whose entire empire believes in one sect, their Taoism is already extremely benevolent.

In short, Taoism launched a series of means to begin propaganda and development within the empire, most of which were based on people's vital interests.

In this way, time passed bit by bit, and in a trance, six months passed......