In the past seven righteous churches, almost all major churches focused on cultivating extraordinary people who were in the same path as the gods.

For example, most of the extraordinaries of the Night Church are the 'sleepless' path, most of the extraordinaries of the Storm Church are the 'sailor' path, and most of the extraordinaries of the Steam Church are the generalist path, etc.

The reason for this phenomenon is that the church has a complete enough grasp of the corresponding path, not only does it have a complete set of potion recipes, but it even monopolizes the corresponding extraordinary materials and ritual conditions.

For example, the Extraordinaire of the 'Sailor' path, when promoted to Sequence 5, requires a ritual of taking potions in the stomach of an Obnis. Because the Extraordinary will hear the voices of all living beings in the entire sea after taking the potion, this is enough to blow up the brain of a Sequence 5 Extraordinary!

Orbnis's stomach can block these sounds, and only relatively muffled sounds can come into his ears, which can prevent the extraordinary person from losing control due to promotion to the greatest extent.

And when promoted, the body of the extraordinary person will be transformed by potions, and an invisible sound wave will be generated in the middle of the process, which is enough to burst the extraordinary person alive. This will make the extraordinary involuntarily want to happen, vent this excess sound wave, and avoid their body from really bursting.

But when it makes a sound, it tears through the spirit, spreading outward with the sound waves. And these torn spirits will make the state of the extraordinary extremely weak, and even leave irreversible sequelae.

The mucus in Obnis's stomach will bounce the spirit fragments back into the Extraordinary's body, allowing the spirit to be preserved while venting the sound waves. In this process, the body of the extraordinary person is like the material in the furnace, polished little by little.

Therefore, for the 'Sailor' path, if you want to advance to Sequence 5, you must find an Obnes and take the Potion with the cooperation of the ritual, otherwise the probability of getting out of control is as high as 99%!

However, almost all of Orbnis are kept in captivity by the Church of the Storm, and the few wild Orbnis are out of the safe lanes of the inaccessible world. This situation is enough to ensure that the Storm Church has a monopoly on the 'sailor' pathway.

The reason why Alger was able to rise through the ranks without the Storm Church was because he had the help of the Fool. But for most of the extraordinary, they clearly don't have that opportunity.

The same is true of other churches, which will monopolize the extraordinary materials and ritual conditions of the corresponding pathway, and will even extend their hand to other pathways.

For example, the Church of the Night, they not only monopolized the 'Sleepless' path, but even intervened in the 'Fortune Teller' path, raising the mermaids needed to promote to Sequence 5 'Secret Puppet Master' in the Church of Tranquility and the Church of Sleep.

Even in the magic mirror of Arodes, only the area east of the Gargas Islands has wild mermaids. For this reason, Klein had to go deep into the relics of the Divine War, and finally found the mermaid after going through difficulties and dangers.

The internal system of the Mother Earth Church is a bit 'different'.

On the one hand, the Mother Earth Church of God, like other churches, has a monopoly on the earth path, that is, the 'cultivator' path, and has cultivated a large number of extraordinary beings on this basis. For example, the Pontifical Roland of Mother Earth God is the angel of the 'cultivator' path, and most of the dozen or so archbishops of the Mother Earth God Church are also cultivators, and in the Earth Mother God Church, they all belong to the 'charismatics'.

It can be said that these people are the highest-ranking people in the Church of Mother Earth God. But in addition to this, the Mother Earth Church also has a special system of 'divine favorite' - the strength of the 'divine favorite' is generally not high, but every clergyman will basically be equipped with a divine servant around him.

For example, there is a demigod-level god by the side of the Pontifical Roland, and any order issued by Roland needs to be confirmed by the god himself, and only with the permission of the god can the order issued by Roland be effectively transmitted.

The same is true for archbishops, who are often surrounded by a Sequence 5 or 6 deity. And like the Holy See, Roland, every order they give must be confirmed by these gods in order to be conveyed smoothly.

If not, the archbishop may refuse to carry out the order of the Holy See, and the bishops and deacons below can also refuse to carry out the order of the archbishop.

If you don't know what is going on, you may think that this is Mother Earth God using the divine favor to balance the benefactor, so as to achieve some kind of balance, so that Mother Earth God can better control the church.

But as long as it is a slightly higher level of extraordinary, everyone knows that the so-called 'checks and balances' are nothing more than nonsense.

Because Mother Earth is a deity, the purpose of the church's existence is to serve Him. Even if Mother Earth God suddenly orders the dissolution of the Mother Earth God Church, believers may be puzzled, confused, and feel abandoned by the gods and despair, but they will never have any disobedience against it.

Ruling out this possibility, the only thing that they feel might have something to do with the answer is the composition of the Charismatic and the Divine Favor – the Charismatic being the extraordinary being of the 'earth' path and the 'moon' path, and the Divine Favor can be either of these two paths.

As long as you understand this, you can understand why the system of the Mother Earth God Church is divided into divine favorites and divine charismatics.

"I may know the answer to that."

While others were still making all kinds of speculations, 'Justice' Audrey raised her hand slightly.

This immediately attracted the attention of the others, and Audrey asked:

"Where do you think the source of the twenty-two extraordinary paths is?"

This is one of the three most central questions of occultism, and there has never been an accepted answer.

Each school of thought has its own theories, and no one can convince anyone.

Without waiting for the others to answer, Audrey explained to herself:

"The most accepted theory is that extraordinary properties come from the first fire of creation. The First Fire created the world, and He incarnated all things, including gods, humans, seas, land, and extraordinary properties. This is recorded in the holy texts of the major churches. ”

Audrey said, blinking quietly.

And everyone else will understand, because it is true - even a few months ago, the Holy Scriptures were written as 'Creator', but now, the churches have changed the word 'Creator' to 'First Flame'.

'The Moon' Emlyn was noncommittal, adding:

"As one of the masters of the Second Age, we Bloodlines believe that extraordinary traits do originate from the 'First Fire', and then different traits accumulate to give birth to the Old Gods, who in turn create different races."

Audrey bowed her head slightly, affirming his statement, and then continued:

"But Calullah once told me that not all paths come from the first fire."

"Calula?"

Hearing this name, the 'Hanged Man' and the others immediately looked solemn.

Although they had never met Kalula, they also knew that Carulah was an angel of the 'Visionary' path, and that the other party was inextricably linked to the 'First Fire' - for example, the dream world was Kalula's masterpiece, and Mr. 'Fool' also had a considerable understanding of the dream world, and never showed hostility towards that Kalula, and this Calulah was not an angel under the 'Fool'...... All of this all means that behind Kalula stands a god on the same level as Mr. 'Fool'.

And the god...... 'Hanged Man' and 'Hermit' looked at Ember in unison.

In their minds, it seems that the 'lover' is the god behind Kalula, and only then can there be a reasonable explanation.

'Moon' didn't think so much, and couldn't wait to ask:

"So the two paths of 'earth' and 'moon' did not originate from the first fire? So where do they come from? ”

Audrey said quite seriously:

"Starry sky."

"Starry Sky" 'Moon' Emlin was shocked to hear this, and realized that things might be more serious than he thought. Pollution of the ground and the dangers of the starry sky have been shared within the Tarot Society, and all members know that both concepts are subject to erosion just by understanding.

So they are only warned not to touch the earth and the starry sky, but they do not know what the specific danger is, what the concept is, and how it is presented, because only if they are ignorant enough, they can avoid being polluted.

"So, it's the two pathways that are problematic in themselves."

'Moon' Emlyn was silent for a moment, then gathered his thoughts and said:

"Other pathways are more or less influenced by the spiritual imprints of past owners that remain in the extraordinary properties, while the 'earth' and 'moon' pathways come from the starry sky, so they are more susceptible to 'pollution' from the starry sky?"

"Yes." 'Justice' Audrey bowed her head slightly.

This is a test for me...... 'Moon' Emlyn sighed secretly, and said instead:

"I've mastered the names of high-order potions for the 'Cultivator' and 'Moon' paths, and I'm a little puzzled by two of them."

After becoming a Blood Earl and a High Deacon of the Earth Church, he was granted access to a number of materials that he had previously been unable to access.

Seeing that the rest of the Tarot Society members were looking over, Emlin thought for a moment and said:

"Sequence 3 of the 'Moon' path is called 'Summoning Master', Sequence 2 is called 'The Creator', and Sequence 1 is called 'Beauty God', and Sequence 3 of the 'Cultivator' path is called 'Coffin Bearer', Sequence 2 is called 'Desolation Master', and Sequence 1 is called 'Naturewalker'.

What puzzled me was that the potion names 'Beauty God' and 'Desolation Mistress' both had a certain gender connotation, what do you think? ”

"......" For a while, no one from the rest of the Tarot Society spoke, you look at me, I look at you, and they are speechless.

After a few seconds, 'Justice' Audrey controlled her eyes and said in a deliberate tone:

"I remember sequence 7 of the 'Assassin' path called 'Witch', and the Assassins who took this potion eventually became witches."

…… This is, for me, a test...... Emlyn's lips twitched, unable to speak.

When he saw the name of the potion, he actually had a certain hunch, but he was reluctant to accept it, hoping to get another explanation at the tarot meeting.

The 'Hanged Man' pondered and said:

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much, because you probably won't be able to become an angel."

Emlyn's breath is stagnant, are you comforting me? But why do I think you're more sarcastic?

'Justice' Audrey helped explain:

"Mr. 'Hanged Man' probably refers to the angel in Sequence 1."

"There can only be a maximum of three angels in any one pathway Sequence 1, and Sequence 0 and Sequence 1 cannot coexist. Therefore, whether Mother Earth God wants to give the extraordinary properties of Sequence 1 of the 'Moon' path to the angels of the Earth Mother God Church, or the 'God of Beauty' hopes to use this to promote Sequence 0, there will be no excess Sequence 1 flowing out. ”

"So for ordinary extraordinary, the limit of the 'moon' path is the 'angel' of sequence 2."

Emlyn's face is a lot better, and the angel in Sequence 2 is not bad.

Unlike the sequence 2 'Mother of the Desolation' of the 'Earth' pathway, the sequence 2 'The Creator' of the Moon path does not have a clear gender orientation, and isn't Duke Olmer also at this level?

As for the 'god of beauty', Emlyn has neither extravagant hopes nor hopes - although he likes dolls, he should avoid sex change or something.

Seeing that the discussion was gradually coming to an end, the 'World' Gelman Sparrow looked around and whispered:

"Guys, I need to remind you of one thing."

When the members of the Tarot Society looked at each other at the same time, Klein manipulated the dummy 'world' and said in a low voice:

"The end is still a few years away, and everyone can be destroyed, including the gods."

"How many years?"

The hearts of the Tarot congregation suddenly sank, and at their current level, they had all been more or less exposed to the rumors of the end times. But most of them regarded it as a rumor, and they didn't take it to heart.

But now the 'world' has said it himself, and it is a matter of two concepts - you must know that in the Tarot Society, in front of the two gods Mr. 'Fool' and Mr. 'Lover', the 'world' actually said bluntly that 'even the gods will be destroyed', what does it mean?

Leonard 'Star' was the first to come back to his senses and asked:

"Why did the end come suddenly? Now there is no sign of ......"

'The World' chuckled:

"It's just that you didn't find any signs, do you think that the Divine War will break out for no reason?"

These things should not have been known to them, after all, what if they did? With only demigods, they can't change anything at all.

What's more, with embers, the end may not happen.

But if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens - there are more than a dozen old people eyeing the stars outside the starry sky, even if the embers can keep this world, they are destined to not protect everyone, just like the former Rodland, as for the lucky few can enter the refuge of the 'painting world'.

And in the coming apocalypse, there will always be people who die in this catastrophe.

So Klein decided to tell them part of the truth in the 'world' tone, which at least allowed them to prepare early, and although they were destined to have no power to influence the final outcome, at least they could have avoided some of the disasters that would have happened.

That's not a bad thing. (End of chapter)