Douluo: Become the Pope of Destiny in the Unrivaled World

Chapter 20: Rumors and Truth about the Church of Destiny
"Join the church?" After hearing An Ran's invitation, Han Ruoruo thought about it carefully.

Now she really had nothing worth remembering about Shrek Academy. Since things had turned out like this, it would be nice to find some time to go out for a stroll.

Just think of it as a way to kill time and calm yourself down.

I have heard from many people that the headquarters of the Church of Destiny is very beautiful and a very suitable place for retirement.

"I don't know much about the Destiny Church. It's only been established for less than a decade. It's a little too mysterious, and there seems to be something wrong."

There are too many rumors about the Church of Destiny, and each of them has the flavor of some religious believers.

How should I put it? No matter what the rumors about the Church of Destiny are like, in the end, people will definitely praise the beauty of the Church of Destiny.

Especially among the common people of the Tianhun Empire, as for the nobles, sects, and soul masters, they do not have a very good opinion of the Tianming Church.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the status of the Destiny Church is even higher than that of soul masters and their own country.

In the eyes of the nobles, they seemed to be very afraid of the Church of Destiny, but for some other reasons, they had to please the Church of Destiny.

As for the soul masters...the relationship between the Destiny Church and the soul masters is not good, and they do not recognize these soul masters.

It can be said that in the eyes of the people of the Destiny Church, they, the soul masters, are not even as good as an ordinary person?

Over the years, there have been armed conflicts between soul masters and the Church of Destiny, but the final outcome... the soul master who took action was defeated and publicly executed in front of the public.

This action made the entire soul master world extremely resistant to the Destiny Church, which destroyed the meaning of the soul masters' existence.

This action of the Destiny Church seemed to tell the world that soul masters were not much nobler than them.

Although Han Ruoruo did not think there was anything wrong with this sentence, she felt that there was something strange about it, especially when other students of Shrek Academy knew about this, their attitude towards the Church of Destiny became even worse.

Especially those soul masters who were born in sects, their resistance to the Church of Destiny was extreme, and conflicts often broke out.

There was even... a powerful Soul Douluo-level warrior who openly attacked the branch of the Church of Destiny, but the Soul Douluo who attacked was killed the next day, and his body was hung on the church of the branch of the Church of Destiny!
None of the true masters of the Destiny Church has ever appeared in public. Even how many people there are in the Destiny Church is a secret.

"Except for the Heavenly Soul Empire, people in other countries know very little about the Heavenly Fate Church. Even I only know a little about it from hearsay."

"I am curious, if I join the church, will there be any benefits for me?"

Han Ruoruo really wanted to get some information about the church from An Ran, a member of this church.

"Let me think about it. With your talent, Han Ruoruo, as long as you are willing to go with me to the headquarters of the Church of Destiny, I can recommend you to meet the Knights of Apocalypse."

"According to my speculation, if you, Han Ruoruo, are willing to become a member of the Church of Heaven's Fate, you can choose any position in the church, whether it is the mayor of a city or the bishop of the church."

"Or... after you become a Titled Douluo in the future, you can become a Titled Knight."

"After becoming a titled knight, the church will automatically give you a piece of territory. You can do whatever you want in this territory, such as forming your own knight order and army, and engaging in foreign trade." "The church does not particularly value power. There are many cities under the church's name, so sometimes, cities and territories will be distributed to the knights of the Apocalypse."

"But, in this case, won't the church lose control of the territory?"

Han Ruoruo didn't quite understand. In her opinion, this would only do harm to the church as an organization, as it would separate its own territory.

"It's very simple. The church has never cared about territory. We only care about faith. As long as the residents under the rule of the Church of Heaven are willing to believe in the church, that's enough."

"In other respects, the church is very kind. Of course, most of the titled knights, even if they have their own territories, spend most of their time in the headquarters of the Church."

"How should I put it... The Church of Heaven's Fate is nominally a religious organization, but it is actually a country within a country, with its own cities, army, and officials."

"The headquarters of the Heavenly Fate Church is the Holy See, which is located in the north of the Heavenly Soul Empire, in a city near the Far North."

"The strongest armed force of the Church of Heaven's Destiny is the Four Knights of the Apocalypse, led by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse."

"Each Knight Order has a thousand Templar Knights. The minimum requirement for a Templar Knight is to have a combat capability of level 50 or above."

"The Knights Templar are considered a relatively important force in the church. Every Knight Templar is professionally trained. They are officers in the army and city lords in the city."

"The Knights Templar... they are not pure soul masters, they are warriors who have been granted power by the church."

"Remember the armor and sword I gave you when we encountered that 100,000-year-old soul beast?"

Han Ruoruo nodded. Of course she remembered the armor and weapons that helped her save her life in that battle. If it weren’t for the armor that suddenly appeared.

How could she, a Soul Saint, fight against a hundred thousand year old soul beast for such a long time?
"Every member of the church will be blessed by light after joining the church. I can't explain in detail what the blessing of light is, but you can understand it as being blessed by light."

"Even an ordinary person can use the power of light to a certain extent. For those hard-working farmers, this small element of light can help them recover."

"For soldiers and soul masters, the power of light can play a small role when they are fighting and speed up their recovery ability."

"In short, the power of this light can greatly strengthen their bodies and even prevent some diseases. All they need to do is believe in the church. They don't have to pay anything."

"As for the Holy Sword and Holy Armor, they are the equipment you will be given after you officially become a knight of the church."

"But in essence, it actually transforms the blessing of light in their bodies into holy swords and holy armor to better help them fight."

"The stronger their faith is, the stronger the light power in their bodies becomes, which in turn makes their holy swords and holy armor stronger."

"I don't know the limits of the Holy Sword and Holy Armor, but I can tell you that the Church already has Holy Sword and Holy Armor that are comparable to Contra."

(End of this chapter)