Chapter 478: The Four Types of Forces in the Real World!

【"Hundred Demons Night Parade!!"】

【You stand above the total headquarters of the Winged God Church on Fortune Star, a place that can be regarded as a city, waving the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in your hand.】

【Countless demon souls howl forth, blotting out the sky and covering the sun, plunging the entire city into darkness.】

【The demon souls surge like a tidal wave, washing over the entire city from east to west.】

【They do not destroy any inorganic structures, but they can forcefully expel all living beings.】

【In plain terms, the city's buildings and wealth are preserved, but the Winged God Church members and alien residents living here are all cleared out.】

【As for how they survive after being driven out of the city?】

【Oh, life always finds a way.】

【You arrange for Myriad Treasures Child Goddess, the Archpriest, and ten Red Cardinals to remain in the city.】

【Myriad Treasures Child Goddess looks at the massive castle you prepared for her and says.】

【"So, what exactly do you want me to forge for you? If the quantity you need is large, I'm afraid I'll have to start my preparations ahead of time. At the very least, materials and such need to be gathered."】

【Seeing the Old Hag throw herself into work mode so quickly, you are quite satisfied.】

【"I have great respect for talent. Collecting materials is something a technical genius like you shouldn't have to do. There's plenty of labor outside."】

【You are referring to those aliens who were just driven out of the city.】

【"What I mainly need forged are some weapons and armor, for low-grade cultivators and even mortals to use.

I want these weapons to pose a certain threat to Core Formation realm cultivators even when held by mortals.

As for the armor, it needs to be able to withstand a full-force strike from a Core Formation realm cultivator while protecting the wearer from dying on the spot."】

【"Your requirements are a bit too demanding."】

【"Otherwise, I could have just grabbed any random artifact forger. Why would I keep you around?"】

【"I need to think carefully about how to do this. It might require some rare materials, which may not exist on this planet..."】

【"Don't worry. Even if this planet doesn't have them, I'm confident they exist somewhere in this stellar system. I will soon be visiting all the planets of the Winged God Church.

All you need to do is stay here peacefully and think about how to forge the magical artifact or Spiritual Treasure I need."】

【As you speak, you snap your fingers, and Chen One is summoned forth.】

【Your current appearance has been edited through "Who Am I?", making you even more handsome than the original handsome face, with an added touch of ruggedness and decisiveness.】

【The most iconic feature is - a head of red hair!】

【The Red-Haired Demon Slayer, making a limited-time comeback.】

【Meanwhile, doppelgangers like Chen One and Chen Two maintain their original appearances, so they look different from you.】

【Myriad Treasures Child Goddess stares at Chen One for a few moments and notices that his cultivation level is merely that of a Postnatal Martial Artist.】

【"What do you mean by arranging him here?"】

【"To keep an eye on you, in case you try to escape."】

【"Him? He's just a Postnatal Martial Artist. To me, he's no different from a mortal. In fact, he's weaker than a mortal, all old and feeble."】

【Chen One is not happy to hear this.】

【"Hey, you old hag, who are you looking down on? Don't bully the elderly just because they're poor!"】

【You push Chen One aside.】

【"With him here, no matter what happens on your end, I'll know about it immediately. He indeed can't stop you, but I can. You're welcome to try."】

【You naturally have zero trust in Myriad Treasures Child Goddess.】

【Including the fact that she just said she wanted to prepare materials - you didn't let her go precisely to prevent her from taking the opportunity to flee.】

【After settling the Old Hag, you come to the city's prison and see the Archpriest and the ten Red Cardinals locked up here.】

【"So, are you satisfied with the prison you designed yourselves?"】

【In this dark, damp dungeon where the walls are covered in dark red bloodstains, who knows how many human resisters and rebel soldiers were persecuted to death here.】

【You can almost see their heroic souls lingering in this underground prison, refusing to disperse even now.】

【You pick up some of the torture instruments in the prison and play with them with great interest.】

【These torture instruments are no ordinary objects - they are all magical artifacts.】

【The Archpriest speaks with a fawning smile.】

【"Great master, whatever intelligence you need, we will definitely cooperate fully, telling you everything we know without holding anything back! There's no need to use these little tools on us."】

【You toss the torture instruments aside, raise your chin slightly, and with an imposing posture, look down upon these few who were once the absolute pinnacle of power on this planet.】

【"Don't lump me in with the likes of you! I have no interest in abusing others. If I wanted you dead, you'd already be swimming in the Soul Sea of the Underworld!"】

【"Yes, yes, yes. The great master is of noble character and integrity. We truly admire you deeply..."】

【"Speak. The Winged God Church's organizational structure, personnel composition, strength distribution, level of armament, intelligence system..."】

【"P-please, speak slower. We'll introduce them to you one by one."】

【"Then let's start with the organizational structure."】

【"Yes. The Winged God Church is one of the Hundred Great Churches of the Southern Star Realm. Its current scale is at the stellar system level, ruling over the Winged Feather stellar system, which includes the Fortune Star beneath our feet.

Winged Feather Star is a sun. It has three third-class stars, one second-tier star, and six lifeless planets.

The Immortal Qi levels on those lifeless planets are also at the third-class star level.

The total headquarters of the Winged God Church is on that second-tier star, Lingwei Star..."】

【"Church" is one classification of factions in the Real Realm.】

【The factions in the Real Realm can generally be divided into four types.】

【The first type is the Church. In the form of a religious organization, they worship some deity that may or may not exist, gather a group of cultivators, and rule and manage their members as well as the civilians within their territory through doctrine.】

【The Winged God Church is one such Church. In the Southern Star Realm of the Celestial River local galaxy, there are one hundred relatively powerful Churches that can reach the stellar system level, which is what is called the Hundred Great Churches.】

【The second type is the Immortal Kingdom, similar to the nations of the human world, with emperors, ministers, generals, armies, central governments, local governments, and the like.】

【To be called an Immortal Kingdom, one generally must have reached the star realm level, managing many stellar systems.】

【For example, the Ares Immortal Kingdom where you currently are.】

【Certain planets or stellar systems also have factions with a national concept, but they are usually not worth mentioning and are basically vassals of an Immortal Kingdom, or vassals of even larger forces.】

【From the perspective of ruling hierarchy, the Winged God Church actually also belongs to the Ares Immortal Kingdom, because the Winged Feather stellar system is within the territory of the Ares Immortal Kingdom.】

【The third type is the Immortal Court, a transcendent immortal cultivation organization that stands above churches and nations.】

【They are often not bound by anyone and can establish their own rules.】

【Some of them have territories, some do not - those with territories refer to scales of at least one planet or more.】

【The Holy Dragon Society is one such Immortal Court, and it is an Immortal Court with territory. Its territory is the entire Celestial River local galaxy.】