"The Fire Phoenix, it's a Fire Phoenix..."
"The legendary Undying Bird!"
"A phoenix as a mount, the Sun Saintess must have quite a high status. This is the true divine child."
"A year ago, I'd never have imagined that I'd one day watch the Sun God Cult's Saintess summon countless cardinals for a meeting on a streaming platform. The speed and strangeness of this world's changes are simply unimaginable!"
"Who says not..."
"I'm more worried that the Sun Saintess might want to overthrow all secular nations, or even start a holy war, forcing us to believe in the Sun Goddess!"
"I have a strange feeling that today's broadcast might dictate the future geopolitical landscape of various countries."
"It's starting, it's starting..."
Although the flames on the Fire Phoenix had been significantly restrained under Ding Yun's command, they were clearly still beyond what ordinary mortals and ordinary buildings could withstand. Thus, when it was still several meters above the ground, Ding Yun openly opened the spatial gate to the Divine Kingdom and had the Fire Phoenix carrying her stride into the Divine Kingdom.
Simultaneously, some scenes from within the Divine Kingdom naturally appeared before everyone's eyes.
It was a perfect depiction of the Kunlun Yaochi, with divine beasts roaming everywhere.
The heavenly paradise and the pure land of the afterlife in the Divine Kingdom, as imagined by many, was likely much like this.
And this was, of course, intentionally done by Ding Yun.
She had opened up such a vast Divine Kingdom, and it couldn't remain empty forever. Letting everyone have a glimpse of the Divine Kingdom beforehand would facilitate the reception of believers into it later. However, Ding Yun found it difficult to directly promote how wonderful her Divine Kingdom was.
It was most appropriate for everyone to witness it inadvertently.
After the Fire Phoenix returned to the Divine Kingdom, Ding Yun continued to descend gracefully, landing directly on the main seat. She declared:
"I, on behalf of the will of Her Divinity, the Goddess, have descended to unify all Sun God Cults. From this day forward, there shall be only one Sun God Cult in the world, and only one Sun God. This is the foundation for all subsequent discussions.
Regardless of what you may have imagined the Sun God to be, or what name it may have, or what stories you may have imagined surrounding the Sun God, from now on, please abandon the Sun God imagined by various countries or civilizations. The past shall be forgiven, so as not to accuse anyone of punishment without prior instruction.
But it shall not happen again in the future."
With her opening words, Ding Yun first set a unified tone, clarifying her bottom line, a bottom line that absolutely no one was allowed to touch or alter.
To this, none of the cardinals and bishops present had any objections.
After all, the first time Ding Yun manifested her divine power, she had already altered all the divine statues to the image of the Goddess. If they had any objections, they would have voiced them then, not now.
Furthermore, if the Sun Gods they had originally worshipped truly existed and possessed power, how could they tolerate their divine statues being altered by other deities?
Since they were all Sun Gods anyway,
Naturally, one would choose the more spiritual and powerful deity to worship!
Seeing that no one dared to object foolishly, Ding Yun quickly proceeded to state her next set of requirements, such as revising the fundamental scriptures of the Sun God Cult, the Sun Golden Scripture, and abolishing all positions of cardinal and bishop, except for the one Pope personally appointed by her. All clergy members would also be reclassified.
They would be ranked based on the radiance of the sun, divided into nine levels.
Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple would correspond to levels one to seven, white to level eight, and gold to the highest level, nine. Theoretically, there would only be one person at level nine, the new Pope.
White would be held by Archbishops of the major temples, purple by Bishops, blue by High Priests, and cyan by Priests.
The remaining four levels would primarily consist of grassroots clergy.
The criteria for classification had three core aspects: first, the sincerity of faith; second, personal cultivation; and third, their respective management and proselytizing abilities. However, for promotions up to level six, the weight given to management and proselytizing skills was very low. It became more important for promotions beyond Bishop.
Next, she discussed the standards for managing believers, and so on.
In essence, the content Ding Yun spoke about at this time was primarily focused on consolidating forces, unifying them, and establishing standardized rules. Although it didn't yet meet the criteria for establishing an independent nation, it was a rigidly organized force with strict requirements in all aspects.
After these aspects were thoroughly discussed and accepted by the assembled bishops, Ding Yun then brought up two other important matters: entering the Divine Kingdom and proselytization.
"The reformation of the Sun God Cult is basically concluded. Next, I will discuss matters concerning the Goddess's Divine Kingdom and proselytization."
"All believers, upon cultivating their respective techniques to level four, may choose to enter the Goddess's Divine Kingdom to continue their lives and cultivation. You should all be able to feel that the current earthly environment is not conducive to cultivation. If it weren't for the Goddess continuously providing solar energy to all believers, no one would be able to cultivate so easily, let alone advance in their ranks.
However, upon entering the Goddess's Divine Kingdom, these issues will no longer be a concern. The amount of solar energy you can absorb daily for cultivation will no longer be limited by the sincerity of your faith in the Goddess, as solar energy is abundant throughout the Divine Kingdom. You can absorb it as you please.
Furthermore, there are many divine beasts and rare treasures within the Divine Kingdom.
Those with ability can even form contracts with divine beasts.
If you gain the favor of Her Divinity, the Goddess, it is not impossible in the future to ignite your own divine fire, condense a divine persona, open your own Divine Kingdom, and become a subordinate god to the Goddess.
The area of the Goddess's Divine Kingdom is approximately twice the total area of our planet beneath us, so you need not worry about lacking space within the Divine Kingdom. There are no nations within the Divine Kingdom, nor are there taxes. The only legal requirement is that your actions do not violate the contents of the Sun Golden Scripture."
"As for the requirements for proselytization, you should all know what to do for proselytization within this life-bearing planet, so I will not elaborate further. I will mainly discuss how you should proceed when going to other planes, other worlds, and even other planets for proselytization in the future..."
When Ding Yun reached this point, it was not just all the bishops who were dumbfounded and shocked; none of the representatives from various countries, reporters, and the billions of viewers watching the broadcast at the side were calm.
Many people's worldviews were shattered.
At the same time, many others became incredibly excited.
They had initially thought that they would merely face an era of awakened gods and supernatural beings.
But now, it seemed that the era of awakened gods and supernatural beings was just the beginning. In the future, they might even have to follow the footsteps of this Sun Goddess to conquer other planes, other worlds, and even other planets, encountering extraterrestrial life, alien civilizations, and so on, ahead of technological advancements.
Almost everyone fell into a state of frenzy, either shouting privately or bombarding the chat with messages and comments.
Hoping that the Saintess would speak more about proselytizing in other realms.
Even the leaders of various countries were quite interested.