The Path to Sainthood from Fairy Tail

Upon hearing this, Xinuo had no choice but to explain himself: "These past few days, I have put a lot of thought into compiling relevant doctrines and some rules based on the foundation of the Holy Church. After reporting this information, the Holy Church was established."

Li Xuan asked, "Where should I report it?"

"Of course it's the way of heaven in this world!"

"..."

Thor and Nord listened to the two people talking in a daze. Although they wanted to understand, they finally found that they could not understand what they were saying at all.

Li Xuan finally reacted: "Oh, I was thinking about something else just now and accidentally forgot about this."

"By the way, do we need to match your clothing as well?"

"I'm calling myself the Pope when I go out. Do you think I should change into something more dignified?"

Xinuo looked at him with contempt and said helplessly: "What did you do when you went out this time?"

Li Xuan didn't care and said directly: "We did some work for the residents in the town, and then went to the territory of Duke Paler to prepare to accept him into the Holy Church."

Xinuo nodded and asked, "Did you succeed?"

Li Xuan said helplessly, "You called me back so suddenly. But I'm confident that the next time we meet, Duke Paler will definitely join us willingly!"

Shino: "So it's not finished?"

Li Xuan nodded and said, "You can say that..."

Although they were both reincarnations, Xino still couldn't understand why her boss chose such an unreliable person.

Is the power of merit really so omnipotent that it can even ignore personal abilities?

Although Xino was full of doubts about Li Xuan's ability, he finally chose to trust his boss's vision.

She began to explain, "The Holy Church we established is based on the power of your merits. We added some things to it to make it our own."

Li Xuan nodded immediately and said, "Plagiarism! I understand that, but is there any church related to merit?"

Shino explained, "As long as there is power, there will be people who worship it. So the emergence of the church is understandable."

"Anyway, this church was built with your power as its foundation. If you truly wish to become a Pope, that's fine. As for clothing and the like, a set will be automatically generated for you. It doesn't really matter whether you wear them or not."

Li Xuan was confused. "If it doesn't matter, then why did you call me back?"

Shino said as a matter of course: "It must be something extremely important, so I asked you to come back."

Then, Xinuo got straight to the point and began to explain the situation: "You must listen carefully to what I'm going to say next, because it's very important. Even the slightest mistake could lead to a complete loss!"

Hearing this, Li Xuan suddenly became serious.

The topic finally came to the critical moment.

He immediately focused and listened carefully to everything Xino said next.

"The reason I summoned you back is because the Holy Church has been successfully established. We need you, a relevant person, to serve as a witness so that everyone can recognize and acknowledge your existence."

"As for your desire for the position of Pope, that is naturally no problem."

"but……"

After hearing some high-sounding words, I finally heard the key turning sentence.

Li Xuan pricked up his ears, waiting for the follow-up content.

Xinuo said seriously, "Although the establishment of the Holy Church has been certified by the Heavenly Dao of this world and has a legitimate identity, it will also attract the attention of other people in this world."

"After all, this world has entered the beginning of a war between gods. Originally, this was a war between established churches. But our entry has directly muddied the waters!"

At this time, Li Xuan raised a question: "That's not right. Our Holy Church can only be considered a new church with no foundation. How could it disrupt the already established pattern?"

"You have to know that these churches have been operating in this world for many years, and their control over this world has become almost unshakable. Apart from churches of the same level, no other force can influence them."

“How could our new church possibly have the power to muddy the waters?”

Xinuo explained, "If it's some irregular cult, then these churches will naturally not take it seriously. They can just send an army to wipe it out."

"As long as a cult grows to a certain size, its large-scale activities will definitely not be hidden from those churches. At this time, the cult will be completely exposed and eventually wiped out by the legitimate churches."

Li Xuan thought of a possibility from Xinuo's words.

"Are you saying that a formal guild like ours, certified by the Heavenly Dao, can avoid attacks from other churches to a certain extent?"

Xinuo nodded, feeling that Li Xuan was not as clumsy as he had imagined.

"That's right. Since cults don't have formal procedures, they'll be eliminated immediately upon discovery. But we're different. As a Heavenly Dao-certified entity, we have a six-month safety period. During this time, other churches cannot do anything that affects our missionary work, otherwise they will be punished by Heaven."

Li Xuan asked, "What about half a year later?"

"In half a year, the novice protection period will end. Other churches will absolutely do everything in their power to obstruct us. We will then face attacks from all sides, and ultimately all believers will be abducted. The church will completely lose its faith and become a hollow shell."

Li Xuan didn't really believe what Xinuo said. He felt that the concept of merit was perfect and not empty talk. As long as one did good deeds, merit would be rewarded. As long as believers were touched by merit, they would definitely not be fooled by the sweet words of other churches.

"Aren't you exaggerating a bit? Those churches may have some magical features, but compared to the power of merit, they are simply not competitive at all! We're lucky we don't snatch all of their believers!"

Xinuo shook his head helplessly and said, "That is the power of your merit!"

Li Xuan was immediately confused. "Mine? What do you mean? Who is the power of merit divided among people?"

Xino covered his face, and suddenly felt the urge to hit someone.

"I really don't know if you really don't know or are just pretending not to know!"

"Although the power of merit does have the effects you described, not everyone can do good things like you do, without being contaminated by the consequences of bad deeds!"

Li Xuan was a little confused. He seemed to understand what Xino meant, but he didn't know why.

“I am not involved in karma?”

Xinuo said, "That's right! When others cultivate merit, they need to do good things while not doing bad things. If they do bad things, their merit will be deducted. Even if they do bad things with good intentions, they will not gain any merit."