Chapter 84 The Emperor's Edict

After 20 years of development, the strength of the Church of Light has not been what it used to be.

At the time of the second epic war, there were only two hundred white-robed monks.

But now that Alexander has broken through the first rank, he has mastered more magical techniques of light, and the number of white-robed monks he has cultivated has skyrocketed by 20 times, reaching as many as 4,000.

Alexander also established the Knights of Judgment, which specialized in punishing vampires. They were not only proficient in fighting and killing skills, but also able to use the magic of light, becoming a powerful military organization as famous as the Knights of Glory.

Although Alexander had become the first pope of the Church of Light at this time, he had great respect for Shang Tang, the heroic and brilliant founding monarch.

Shang Tang couldn't find a reason to attack the Guangming Church for a while, and he could only watch the Guangming Church grow up day by day, and it gradually became a trend that could not be eliminated.

With the passage of time, Shang Tang found that not only the commoners had begun to believe in the Guangming Church, but even the ministers and palaces had concubines and princes who had raised the Guangming Church.

At the same time, domestic voices calling for the Church of Light to become the state religion are getting stronger.

Shang Tang realized that he could not wait any longer. He had to eradicate the Church of Light as soon as possible, otherwise the divine authority would overwhelm the royal authority sooner or later.

At this time, the news of Lei Chengyang's death came from the orcs, and the orcs were in grief and low morale, which was the perfect time to seize the ruling.

Shang Tang had to choose between destroying the Church of Light and Judgment Divine Sword.

In fact, after hesitating for a second, he chose to gather the army again to attack the orcs.

Lei Chengyang has made an indelible contribution to the strength of the orcs in the past few decades as the Beastmaster, and has won the sincere support of all ethnic groups.

After his death, the clan kings of all ethnic groups personally took their elites to the city of Quiluo to pay homage, resulting in the emptiness of defense forces in various places.

And the human race took advantage of this opportunity to be unstoppable all the way, all the way to go straight, and in just one month, they even killed under the city of Quirrell.

This is the first time in history that a large army of human races has been killed below the orc king city.

While the majesty of Quirrell City amazes the people, it is helpless.

Shang Tang looked at the city wall that was hundreds of meters high and couldn't think of any way to get there.

Shang Tang tentatively attacked once, but as a result, he left tens of thousands of corpses and withdrew in embarrassment.

And the orcs were united as never before because Shang Tang attacked at this time, and at the same time of grief and indignation, even the bloodline warrior Russ of the bear people broke through to the second order in this kind of stimulation.

The orcs quickly established Russ as a new generation of beastmasters, and led the orcs to organize a large-scale counterattack.

There was an existence on the battlefield that could confront Shang Tang head-on, and the orcs also had the Divine Sword of Judgment in their hands, and the situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed.

In a head-to-head confrontation, Shang Tang was defeated by Ruth's hand-held ruling, and the human army also suffered heavy losses from inside and outside the city of Quilo and the orcs who came from all over.

In the end, after the Knights of Glory were desperately killed, Shang Tang fled back to the territory of the human race with the remaining tens of thousands of troops.

The prestige of Shang Tang was hit hard, but at this time, the target of the attack was shifted to the Church of Light.

In the following year, Shang Tang announced that the Creation God Sect created by Han Fei before was the state religion. The Guangming Church was a heretical cult that believed in false gods, and ordered people to spread rumors about the Guangming Church, such as taking the organs of living people for sacrifice and drinking. Blood, incest and other evils that the secular society cannot bear are all imposed on the Church of Light.

Shang Tang began a three-year nationwide campaign to destroy religions. Soldiers destroyed Guangming Churches in various places, arrested local bishops, and executed them without trial.

Naturally, Alexander would not sit still. He announced that Shang Tang was possessed by demons and would be purified by the brilliance of the Goddess of Light.

At this point, the Dashang Dynasty and the Guangming Church started a struggle for kingship and theocracy.

The Church of Light has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people for decades, and their white-robed monks often use healing techniques to save poor people, so they have a very broad foundation. Even if Shang Tang has a strong army, it is difficult to completely destroy the Church of Light.

This led directly to the struggle that lasted for twenty years, known as the "Twenty Years' War".

It was not until Alexander broke through the second order that the Church of Light changed from passive defense to being able to counterattack.

Shang Tang knew that the Church of Light had already achieved the general trend. If they were to be forced to destroy them by force, it would only greatly reduce the strength of the human race and give the orcs a chance to take advantage.

Without the light magic protection of the White-robed monks of the Church of Light and the Knights of Judgment, the vampires began to wreak havoc again.

Folk grievances spread, causing Shang Tang's prestige to drop again and again, and he was forced to negotiate with Alexander.

In the 131st year of the Great Shang Dynasty, after half a year of repeated bargaining, Shang Tang issued an edict to tolerate the Guangming Church in the capital of the emperor.

This edict announced that the Dashang Dynasty had the freedom to believe in the Guangming Church, returned the confiscated church property, and recognized the legal status of the Guangming Church.

The "Edict issued by the Emperor" was a turning point in the history of the Guangming Church, marking the change from the policy of repression to the use of it by the Great Shang Dynasty, and from a persecuted "underground religion" to a recognized religion.

As a price, the Church of Light must suppress vampires as soon as possible.

Since then, the two sides have carried out a clear division of power. Shang Tang does not interfere in the internal affairs of the church, and the church also strictly prohibits the acquisition of political power through its own influence, and the royal power and theocratic power do not interfere with each other.

In the blink of an eye, 100 years have passed, and Shang Tang was finally unable to break through the third order and died.

Chen Luo couldn't help but feel sorry when he saw this, Shang Tang finally fell into the same situation as Han Fei.

Han Fei was obsessed with power, ignored his own strength, and finally tried God to save him.

At the beginning, Shang Tang was considered wise and martial, but because of the emergence of the Church of Light, he was afraid that his authority would be threatened, and he was caught in a power struggle and could not extricate himself.

Shang Tang also knew that improving his own strength was the core, but he was obsessed with the power of the Judgment Divine Sword, and wanted to make himself invincible through judgment.

That's why he has been obsessed with that divine weapon, and has launched wars again and again.

However, Shang Tang had a wonderful life in his life. Starting from obtaining the blood of God, he counterattacked all the way and became the founding monarch of the new dynasty. Although what he did in the second half was not so glorious, in general his merits outweighed his demerits. , at least much stronger than Han Fei's back then.

After the death of Shang Tang, the whole nation mourned, and the memorial ceremony was held for a full month, and a huge bronze statue with a height of 50 meters was cast for him outside the palace square for future generations to admire the heroic appearance of the founding monarch.

Even the Church of Light, which has always been against Shang Tang, declared him to be the Holy Spirit. He did not die, but ascended to bliss and returned to the kingdom of God under the crown of the Goddess of Light.

When Chen Luo saw this, Cain, the only surviving player, was about to be kicked out of the game, and an update announcement was posted on the forum.