Then came the new Pope's decree to the world on behalf of Ding Yun.
The major Solar God Cults and the core clergy of the Solar God Temple were summoned to the Solar God Temple where Ding Yun, the current Saintess, had descended for the first council of all bishops.
The result, of course, was that bishops and popes from all over the world responded and rushed there quickly.
As for why there were other popes.
This was mainly because the Sun God faith was not a very unified faith. Although the Sun God faith existed in various countries and civilizations, the Sun Gods they worshipped might not have been the same Sun God.
At least, not the same Sun God in their myths and legends.
In some myths, the Sun God was the supreme god, the lord of all gods. In some myths, the Sun God was just an ordinary member of the gods. In other myths, the Sun God might even be killed by mortals. In such cases, it was only reasonable for different Solar God Cults to emerge, each with its own Pope.
Ding Yun could not admit that every Pope was still a Pope. What she needed was a unified Solar God Cult, not the chaotic and scattered Solar God Cults of the past. The Solar God Cult into which her Saintess clone descended basically determined which Solar God Cult would be the core in the future.
And which Pope of that Solar God Cult.
Would be the sole Pope in the future.
As for why she chose the Solar God Cult of the Wintergo Kingdom, it was because the Solar God Cult of the Wintergo Kingdom was not only the largest Solar God Cult in the world.
But also one of the few.
That regarded the Sun God as the supreme god.
Ding Yun was not foolish enough to choose a remote place with a weak Sun God faith as her descent point, instead of the world's largest Solar God Cult.
Three days later, even the bishops of the Solar God Temple in the most remote places specially spent a large sum of money to buy plane tickets and rushed to the Solar God Temple of the Wintergo Kingdom.
In addition to them, there were representatives from various governments, as well as reporters, tourists, and many believers from various countries, all converging in the Wintergo Kingdom. The tourist department of the Wintergo Kingdom, which had worked hard for decades without bringing in such a large number of visitors, had its expected tourist numbers directly exceeded by tens of thousands of times.
The city where the core Solar God Temple was located was completely overwhelmed. It was merely an internal meeting of the Solar God Cult, yet it felt like a conference of world alliances or a disaster requiring continuous supply of materials from the outside.
Fortunately, everyone was restrained.
The Wintergo Kingdom mobilized all available forces to maintain order, and coupled with the awe that people felt towards the Saintess, who represented a deity.
Or rather, reverence.
So, despite the large number of people and the slight chaos, nothing untoward happened, and no stampedes or criminal incidents occurred.
Overall, it was orderly chaos, and relatively safe.
As personnel arrived, and before the formal meeting could commence, many reporters and representatives from various countries had submitted applications to ask if they could attend as observers.
And if they could broadcast the event live.
Some even asked if they could conduct interviews.
When the new Pope inquired on their behalf, perhaps worried that Ding Yun, the Saintess, might not be able to accept these things that ancient people would find difficult to imagine, he specifically advised:
"Your Holiness the Saintess, I personally believe that the requests from representatives of various countries and many reporters can be allowed. After all, doing so can reassure the representatives of various countries, preventing them from overthinking due to lack of information, and also allows believers who cannot be present to understand your intentions.
This saves the trouble of relaying the information through the bishops.
If some content is not suitable for public disclosure, you can choose not to disclose it for now and hold an external meeting first. After the external meeting, we can have a small internal meeting privately, or directly rent a communication satellite and hold online meetings at any time.
If you are still not at ease, we can also spend money to buy a communication satellite and create our own exclusive communication network, and still hold meetings."
It must be said that the new Pope was indeed very polite and tactful, not even daring to mention that they did not need to travel specifically for a meeting and could simply hold a video conference.
However, after all, it was their first meeting.
And the first time everyone was gathered.
A face-to-face meeting would indeed be more formal, and it would also be convenient to take stock privately for future video conferences.
"Yes, but you must inform them that observers should observe seriously, not speak, and not interrupt or disrupt the meeting. As for reporter interviews, they will be conducted after the meeting. No interviews will be accepted before the meeting.
Also, only state-level media will be interviewed."
The current era was indeed different from the past when information flowed very slowly. Ding Yun was not a rigid person and had seen countless advanced technologies, so she had no objections.
She agreed readily.
Then, the new Pope began to arrange the matters of the meeting and the seating for the observers from various countries and reporters. Finally, he had to borrow the largest stadium in the country from the government of the Wintergo Kingdom as the venue for the Solar God Temple's bishop conference.
There was no other way, there were too many people.
Although their Solar God Temple was the largest in the world, when it was built, they never considered the issue of thousands of people meeting together, nor did they consider tens of thousands of observers, and the need to use many modern equipment for live broadcasts and filming.
And what could satisfy these needs.
Was only the largest stadium in the country.
In the middle, they would hold their meeting, and the original spectator seats on the sides would serve as observation seats. Various modern equipment was fully available, and there was no need for temporary purchases.
Therefore, by the next day, all preparations were completed. The new Pope had originally wanted Ding Yun to enter the stadium in a car, accompanied by the cheers of the crowd.
However, Ding Yun refused.
Ding Yun simply told them to go to their destination first.
She would descend after everyone had arrived.
The new Pope had no objections to this and soon entered according to the original plan. After the representatives of various countries, the reporters, and even a few lucky believers had entered.
And the bishops and popes of the major temples had also entered.
It was only then that Ding Yun, riding on a fire phoenix that had retracted most of its heat, displaying brilliant red and gold stripes, slowly flew down from the heavens.
This phoenix was caught by Ding Yun from her divine realm.
Temporarily requisitioned.
One should know that the seeds of all things she had preserved back then were unable to create divine-level life.
But creating extraordinary life that was one level below divine beings.
Demigod-level divine beasts were not a problem at all.
To avoid waste, Ding Yun had created demigod-level beings when she was creating things in her divine realm a while ago. It could be said that her divine realm was filled with divine beasts.
Riding a fire phoenix was incredibly easy.
After all, for the sake of faith power and to maintain her noble status, Ding Yun certainly could not appear like an ordinary person. No matter how good a car was, it was something that wealthy people could buy with money.
How could it compare to the coolness and radiance of a fire phoenix?
This was a legendary divine beast.
It could be said that Ding Yun's entrance had shocked most people. The live broadcasts from various countries, which had just started not long ago, were filled with comments like "666".