245: Redemption of the Earth Spirit

Luke Star System, Kambala Abandoned Planet.

A shantytown where the Earth Spirit Clan gathered.

“Beto, have you heard?”

“Leighton, heard what?”

“The God of the Mortal World, he has sent his divine envoys to save us!”

“Impossible. We, the Earth Spirit Clan, have no gods. If we did, how could we be so miserable?”

“No, the God of the Mortal World is the savior. I have already believed in the God of the Mortal World. Look, more than half of the malice within me has dissipated, and my life essence has not been consumed.”

Upon hearing this, Beto immediately investigated Leighton’s condition and found that it was indeed true.

“Does the God of the Mortal World truly exist?”

“He does exist.”

Leighton firmly believed that the God of the Mortal World must exist, and he steadfastly offered his faith. At the same time, the malice within him was continuously drawn out, and his body was slowly being blessed by the God of the Mortal World, becoming stronger.

Beto watched his brother’s transformation, and a fervent heat surged in his heart.

“Leighton, how do I believe in the God of the Mortal World?”

Leighton listened to his good brother Beto’s words and quietly pulled out a small idol.

He had made this idol with his own hands.

Though small, the idol was indeed an image of the God of the Mortal World, capable of baptizing believers and connecting new ones.

“Beto, silently recite the divine oracle, ‘All sentient beings suffer, the mortal world is universally delivered,’ and in your mind, outline the divine form of the God of the Mortal World. With continuous prayer, the God of the Mortal World will surely baptize you and bestow blessings.”

Beto followed Leighton’s words, repeatedly reciting the divine oracle, ‘All sentient beings suffer, the mortal world is universally delivered,’ praying for the God of the Mortal World to deliver him and save him from his plight. The image of the God of the Mortal World in his mind also continuously became complete and saturated, transforming him from a non-believer into a shallow believer of the God of the Mortal World.

As a shallow believer, the image of the God of the Mortal World in Beto’s mind came alive. The vastness belonging to a deity and the compassionate pity for the world enveloped Beto’s soul.

The starry sky malice that had accumulated within Beto was drawn away by a certain illusory existence behind the God of the Mortal World, and Beto felt his entire body lighten.

Ever since he came to Kambala Planet, he had been forced to continuously absorb stellar energy, filter out malice, and inject pure energy into the earth. The more malice accumulated in his body, the heavier he felt, and he felt that his death was not far off.

Now, however, he felt light.

The chance to live was right before his eyes. Believing in the God of the Mortal World was truly effective, and the God of the Mortal World’s act of extracting malice undoubtedly perfectly aligned with the characteristics of the Earth Spirit Clan.

The Earth Spirit Clan was destined to believe in the God of the Mortal World, become Dust World Sect believers, and for the God of the Mortal World, repair the wounds of the earth and create a more suitable and beautiful environment for the people of the Dust World to live in.

The God of the Mortal World would not oppress them. They could use their abilities without restraint, and the price paid would be borne by the God of Tribulation Transcendance, a subordinate deity of the God of the Mortal World.

Now, a perfectly compatible deity, the Earth Spirit Clan, who had suffered hardships and yearned for protection, as long as they had a choice and had received the baptism of the God of the Mortal World, would steadfastly believe in the God of the Mortal World and dedicate their lives to him.

On Scott Star, the origin of the Earth Spirit Clan was occupied by the Dust World Sect, and the remaining Earth Spirit Clan's destiny had already chosen the God of the Mortal World.

Therefore, the suffering Earth Spirit Clan scattered throughout the Luke Star System would spontaneously develop faith in the God of the Mortal World, secretly proselytizing among their kin, awaiting the salvation of divine envoys.

“Leighton, under the protection of the God of the Mortal World, we should further spread the glory of our Lord to every suffering compatriot.”

“Beto, I think so too. That’s why I came to you first. Let’s work together to secretly establish our Lord’s church, unite more of our kin, and when the time is ripe, we will judge the Luke Clan heretics who enslaved us.”

“Act in secret. The glory of our Lord still needs to settle.”

Beto and Leighton on Kambala Planet were just a microcosm of the Earth Spirit Clan on countless life planets in the Luke Star System.

Countless Earth Spirit Clan members received the salvation of the God of the Mortal World. They spontaneously began to proselytize, rescue their kin, await the arrival of divine envoys, and await the day the heretics would be judged.

In the entire Luke Star System, only five ethnic groups met the standards of Dust World Sect believers; all others were heretics.

And these five ethnic groups also happened to be oppressed humanoid groups.

In this universe, humanoid groups are the mainstream, so inherently humanoid groups always have various unique abilities. This is a manifestation of being cursed and favored at birth.

Therefore, if humanoid groups fail to grow, they will inevitably be enslaved, becoming prey for other groups. The unique abilities favored by the universe will also become the causal source of their continuous suffering.

The Earth Spirit Clan is like this. Their unique ability to filter out malice means that no matter what group they encounter, they have no other path but to be enslaved.

Fortunately, the God of the Mortal World has arrived.

The righteous deity of humanoid groups, the savior who protects humanoid groups, his divine envoys, his fleet, will judge and purify heretics, save the lost lambs, and bring a new beginning to the lambs.

Wars in the universe are usually measured in years.

Especially the wars of faith expeditions launched by the Dust World Sect.

Although the Luke Clan and its vassal groups are weak, completely purifying them in a short period and bringing the entire Luke Star System under the control of the Dust World Sect is still somewhat difficult.

The main difficulty is no longer judging the Luke Clan and its vassals, but rather the limited power that the Dust World Sect can invest in the Luke Star System, making it impossible to swallow the entire Luke Star System in one go and establish it as a new theocratic nation.

Faith Lin Chen opened thirty faith expedition battlefields at once. The power he could invest in the Luke Star System was only one-thirtieth of his total power.

The Dust World, after all, consists of two lower-tier Great Thousand Worlds. After purification by the Dust World Sect, the power that could be mobilized was also limited. The main issue was the relatively backward development of the fleet. Even with support from the Federation, rapid troop deployment was not possible.

The reason for this is that the Dust World Sect’s development time was too short. A few decades were not enough to accumulate too much foundation. It could only barely launch wars of faith expeditions to achieve the goal of sustaining war through war.

As long as the thirty faith expedition battlefields are taken, the resources produced by thirty star systems, each with a diameter of 100,000 light-years, as well as a large population of believers, will be able to support larger-scale wars of faith expeditions.

Therefore, even when attacking a star system that only had Ascension to God stage, Faith Lin Chen still dispatched a Mortal War God to oversee it, precisely to ensure that the first batch of expedition battlefields could be taken without any mishaps.

Taking control of thirty star systems is bound to take some time.

“Taking control” here refers to clearing all heretics from all heretical planets in the battlefield, judging and purifying the heretics, returning the heretical planets to the rule of the God of the Mortal World, and granting the people of the Dust World absolute control over the planets.

However, simply occupying planets and purifying the Luke Clan and its vassals is not a problem. It only requires a large number of missionary fleets to push through directly.

Subsequent planetary governance and internal cleansing activities are what consume the most time.

After all, this wave is for permanent occupation, so restraint is needed before the war, and more time is needed after the war to clear hidden dangers and build the planets into living areas for the people of the Dust World.

Time does not stop for anyone.

Five years passed in a flash.

The Luke Star System has been occupied by the Dust World Sect.

“Bishop Beto, a new group of Luke Clan heretics has been discovered hiding underground.”

“Send out the Inquisition. Purify all heretics to the extreme. Only heretics transformed into soul blood are good heretics. We, the people of the Dust World, should adhere even more strictly to the divine oracle.”

“Yes, Bishop Beto.”

Kambala Planet was liberated by the missionary fleet four and a half years ago. During this process, Beto and Leighton, leading their Earth Spirit Clan kin who believed in the God of the Mortal World, internally sabotaged the planetary defense control center to welcome the arrival of the divine envoy’s judgment legion.

Consequently, Beto and Leighton later became bishops of a planet, responsible for guarding the planet, cleansing heretics, restoring production, and preparing for larger expeditionary wars.

The Luke Clan was originally an enemy of the Earth Spirit Clan. Now, with the backing of the God of the Mortal World, the Earth Spirit Clan strictly enforces the divine oracle, purifying the beast-shaped alien race like the Luke Clan. If discovered, they will be purified in the most extreme way.

What the Earth Spirit Clan wants is for the Luke Clan to die, to completely disappear from the universe, to become a historical record, the initial heretical enemy in a sacred epic of the Earth Spirit Clan’s belief in the God of the Mortal World.

And ethnic groups acting like the Earth Spirit Clan are very common in the thirty star systems already effectively occupied by the Dust World Sect.

Gaining power through enslavement and breaking free from the enslaver’s control means the enslaver will be sweating profusely.