Pirate Kingship-Chapter 789 - 495: Three Teachings from a Common Source, Infinite Schism!

The castle will eventually be eroded by water and weathered into a pile of stones, and a steel blade will rust into a heap of rust.

Perhaps the same principle applies to The Shackled Creator.

Although it achieved "Unity of All Things," it is cocooned in this closed world, destined to become increasingly chaotic.

No matter how high their realm is, the pace of chaos is extremely slow, possibly requiring thousands or tens of thousands of years, but the process is unwavering.

"So, if we reason logically.

Has the continual schism in the Creator's Church since its inception been based on this principle?"

After Byron roughly speculated about the creator's predicament, he looked back to reassess the religious wars since the Silver Era.

There are three main branches of sects that worship the Creator.

The earliest was the "Remit Sect," which appeared in the sixth century before the Silver Era, when the Creator was just one among the Pantheon.

At that time, human and gods made a covenant, and the Holy Word Tablets engraved with the Ten Commandments served as the core of the Silver Law, consistently preserved in St. Peter's Cathedral of The Holy Silver Empire.

The greedy and cunning Remit People claimed to be the chosen of God, which, strictly speaking, wasn't far off.

From the year of the Silver Era, the "Creator's Church" slowly broke away from the "Remit Sect," establishing itself, and soon dominated, reaching its peak in the fourth century, then ushering in the East Coast's Dark Millennium.

By the seventh century of the Silver Era, a Church Founder on the West Coast received the "Divine Inspiration," establishing the "Holy Spirit Sect," which soon divided into the "Orthodox Way Faction" and the "Followers Faction."

In the past, Byron had always focused on the new Protestant Doctrine and the Traditional Faction, subconsciously ignoring that the East Coast Church and the West Coast Holy Spirit Sect were inherently incompatible.

They were the beginning of the church schism and religious war, with massive crusades conducted nine times, leading to the Silver Era 1453 fall of the Holy City, marking a conclusion.

Today, the East Coast's "Creator's Church" is clearly about to face another large-scale schism.

The history of church development seems to be a history of fragmentation.

Byron had always wondered, Red Flower, Green Leaf, White Lotus, the three religions were originally one family; since they share the same origin, why do they always end up parting ways?

If it were in a materialistic world where gods do not truly exist, differing interpretations of doctrine by believers could indeed cause continuous sectarian divisions.

But in this world, where gods truly exist, and countless clergy claim to communicate with deities, how could doctrine contradict itself, leading followers to interpret different versions?

Byron boldly speculated:

"Now it seems that the high probability of all sects communicating is merely a facet of that one God.

Like blind men groping an elephant, they can only comprehend part of the other's form, obtaining incomplete knowledge.

With the gradual disintegration of the one God's 'Unity of All Things' system, such division will undoubtedly intensify in the future.

Even if seven or eight factions split from the Protestant Doctrine in a short time, I wouldn't find it strange at all.

This way, the church system becomes increasingly chaotic, and the differences between branches grow larger.

Even if someday a branch suddenly merges with a church of the Ancient God's Chosen Races, it wouldn't be surprising.

It's just... when a whale falls, all things flourish."

Now Byron finally understood why it is said that "the Luanyan Epoch is bound to arrive" is an irresistible trend. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

Once the spiritual tide rises to a certain level, and the Creator itself becomes increasingly chaotic, it would immediately be a situation of both internal and external difficulties.

The Old Gods, dead for over a thousand years, will undoubtedly make a comeback.

This time node might be in decades, or perhaps in a hundred years, but he, the immortal Night Demon Prince, would certainly witness it.

Byron hadn't expected that a mere investigation to rescue his aunt would inadvertently uncover such a significant secret.

Immediately, [Hidden: The Catalyst of Religious Wars, Historical Influence 65] had its decryption rate jump from 35% to 45%.

[Hidden: Prophecy, The Prophecy of Royal Iron and Mad Hunt Deity Woden's Race Revival, Historical Influence 69] saw its decryption rate go from 54% to 58%.

At this moment, few could see the future's situation more clearly than him worldwide.

The world order is ever-changing, one step ahead means every step ahead, while one step behind could instantly result in elimination, without even the qualification to play as a chess player.

A sense of urgency welled up in Byron's heart.

"First, set a small goal: to be crowned king and ascend the divine position next year!"