Chapter 84: The emperor issued an edict

After two decades of development, the strength of the Bright Church has been different than before.
In the second epic war that year, there were only two hundred robes in white robe.
And now Alexander has broken through the first order, mastered more light magic, and the number of white robe cultivators trained has skyrocketed by 20 times, reaching 4,000.
Alexander also set up a ruling knighthood that specifically sanctioned vampires. They not only mastered fighting and killing skills, but also used light magic to become a powerful military organization with the same reputation as the knighthood of glory.
Although Alexander had become the first pope of the Guangming Church at this time, he had great respect for Shangtang, a talented founding monarch. He had always claimed himself as a subordinate and never showed any disrespect or arrogance.
For a while, Shang Tang couldn't find a reason to start with the Guangming Church. He could only watch the Guangming Church sit up every day.
As time went by, Shang Tang discovered that not only the civilians began to believe in the Guangming Church, but even the ministers and the royal palace had concubines and princes Yangguang Ming Church.
At the same time, the voice of the domestic call for the Guangming Church to become the state church has become stronger and stronger.
Shang Tang realized that he could not wait any longer, and he must eradicate the Church of Light as soon as possible, otherwise the divine power would overwhelm the king sooner or later.
And at this time, the orc heard the news that Lei Chengyang was going to bed, and the orc's national grief and low morale were the perfect time to win the ruling.
Shang Tang had to choose between exterminating the Bright Church and ruling the Excalibur.
In fact, he only hesitated for a second, and chose to gather a large army to attack the orcs again.
In the past few decades, Lei Chengyang has become the beast king, and has made an indelible contribution to the orc's strength, and has been truly supported by all ethnic groups.
After his death, the kings of various races personally took the elite of the clan to the memorial service of Qiluo City, causing the defensive forces of all regions to be empty.
And the Terran Army took advantage of this opportunity to be unstoppable all the way, driving all the way straight into it, and in just one month it actually killed under the city of Chilo.
This is the first time in the history of the human race that the army has been killed under the orc king city.
While the majesty of Qiluo City is amazing, it is helpless.
Shang Tang looked at the city wall that was hundreds of meters high, and couldn't think of any way to come.
Shang Tang tried to attack once. As a result, he dropped tens of thousands of corpses and withdrew.
The Orcs were attacked at this time because of Shang Tang's grief and indignation. They also united as never before, and even the blood warrior Ruth of the Bear Orcs broke through to the second order with this stimulation.
The orcs quickly supported Russ as the new generation of beast kings and led the orcs to organize a large-scale counterattack.
With the presence on the battlefield that can confront the Shangtang head-on, and the orc has a verdict on the sword, the situation on the battlefield suddenly reversed.
Under a head-to-head confrontation, Shang Tang was defeated by Ruth's ruling. The Terran army also suffered heavy losses in the city of Chilo and the orcs coming from all over.
Finally, after the death of the Knights of Glory, Shang Tang fled back to the Terran with only tens of thousands of troops left.
Shang Tang's prestige suffered a heavy blow, but at this time the target was transferred to the Guangming Church.
In the following year, Shang Tang declared that the creationist religion created by Han Fei was the state religion. The Guangming Church was a heretic cult who believed in false gods, and ordered people to spread the rumors of the Guangming Church, such as taking the organs of living people to sacrifice and drinking people. Blood, incest, and other unbearable evils of the secular society are imposed on the head of the light church.
Shangtang began a nationwide three-year annihilation operation. The soldiers destroyed the Guangming churches in various places, arrested the local bishops, and executed them without trial.
Alexander nature will not sit still, he announced that Shang Tang is possessed by demons, and will be purified by the glory under the crown of the goddess of light.
At this point, the great merchant dynasty and the Guangming Church launched a struggle between kingship and divinity.
The Guangming Church has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people for decades. Their white robe monks often use healing techniques to save the poor people, so they have a very broad foundation. Even if Shangtang has a strong army, it is difficult to completely destroy the Guangming Church.
This directly led to the struggle lasting for two decades, known in history as the "Twenty Years' War."
It wasn't until Alexander broke through the second order that the Church of Light changed from passive defense to being able to fight back.
Shang Tang knew that the general trend of the Bright Church had already been established. If strong actions were used to eliminate them by force, it would only cause a great loss of the clan's strength and give the orcs an opportunity.
Without the light magic protection of the white robe monks of the light church and the ruling knights, the vampires began to wreak havoc again.
Civil grievances spread, leading Shangtang's prestige to fall again and again, and was forced to negotiate with Alexander.
In the 131st year of the Great Merchant Dynasty, after half a year of repeated bargaining, Shang Tang issued a decree of tolerance for the light church in the capital of the emperor.
This edict announced the freedom of faith in the Guangming Church within the dynasty of the great merchants, and returned the confiscated church property, and also recognized the legal status of the Guangming Church.
"Emperor's decree" was a turning point in the history of the Guangming Church, marking the shift from the repression policy to the utilization policy of the big merchant dynasty, from the persecuted "underground religion" to the recognized religion.
As a price, the light church must suppress the vampires as soon as possible.
Since then, the two sides have made a clear division of power. Shang Tang does not intervene in the internal affairs of the church, and the church is strictly prohibited from obtaining political power through its own influence. The king and the do not interfere with each other.
In the blink of an eye, a century later, Shang Tang was unable to break through the third order, and died.
Chen Luo couldn't help but feel sorry for seeing this, and Shang Tang eventually fell into the same situation as Han Fei.
Han Fei obsessed with power, neglected his own strength, and finally attempted to save him.
Shang Tang was also considered a wise hero at the beginning, but because of the emergence of the Bright Church, he was afraid that his authority would be threatened and could not extricate himself in the power struggle.
Shang Tang also knew that enhancing his own strength was the core, but he was obsessed with the power of ruling the Excalibur and wanted to make himself invincible through ruling.
That's why he always missed the artifact and started wars again and again.
However, Shang Tang's life has been wonderful, starting with the blood of the gods, he counterattacked all the way to become the founding monarch of the new dynasty. , At least much stronger than Han Fei's.
After Shang Tang's death, the human race mourned the whole country, the memorial service was held for a full month, and a huge bronze statue of 50 meters high was cast for him outside the palace square for future generations to admire the heroic posture of the monarch.
Even the Church of Light, who had never dealt with Shangtang, declared him to be the Holy Spirit, and did not die, but was glorified in bliss and returned to the kingdom of God under the goddess of light.
Chen Luo saw this, when Cain, the only player still alive, was kicked out of the game, and an update announcement was posted on the forum.
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