Chapter 218: Influx of Foreign Souls
In just two days.

What happened in the Church of Life spread throughout the Emerald Empire and its surrounding areas.

Many people are very curious about what actions the Temple, which has suffered a series of setbacks, will take to save its face, or what means it will use to suppress the Church of Life.

Walking down the street, you can hear discussions about this issue everywhere.

However, contrary to their expectations, the Temple, which they thought would be angry and humiliated, did not react at all.

It was as if it had fallen silent. It did not launch the next move against the Church of Life. Instead, it gathered personnel from various branches and focused on the space channel that had just been opened.

"Humph, let them be proud for a few more days. Once we have dealt with things over there, we will come back and deal with them!"

High Priest Raymond was very dissatisfied with the order from the headquarters, which clearly showed an intention to abandon their Qingyuan Province branch.

Even though he knew that the Church of Life had the support of the Emerald Empire and the Goblin Chamber of Commerce and had already built up momentum and would be difficult to bring down, he just didn't want to give up the territory he had worked so hard to build easily.

How would people from other branches view him?

I'm afraid you're already laughing at him in secret?
"There's nothing we can do. After all, it's an order from headquarters."

"All our focus now is on that plane channel. As long as we can gain a foothold there, it's just a province, so why not give it to them?"

The senior executives below began to persuade him.

Compared with the faith resources of the entire plane, let alone a province, what is the entire Emerald Empire?
As long as they seize the initiative and spread the faith in the Holy Light, they will gain far more than they lose.

It must be for this reason that the headquarters suddenly transferred personnel from various branches over, hoping to lay a solid foundation before other imperial forces.

"You're right."

Raymond's expression gradually eased. "This plane expansion plan is very important. As long as we can perform well there, we may be able to surpass other branch teams. Now let's discuss the travel personnel."

The emergence of the new plane has attracted the attention of all surrounding forces.

Because they all know that the new plane represents more resources, more opportunities, and even faith.

Therefore, after the major empires and the Temple had finished their discussions, the plane channel began to open to the public, attracting many teams to rush to the Temple headquarters, creating an unprecedented scene.

This also gave the Church of Life a chance to catch its breath and begin to vigorously spread its faith. The number of believers in the Moon God also increased at an exaggerated rate.

Even those who did not believe in God regarded the Church of Life as a second place to heal injuries besides the temple. It also added a source of income for the Church of Life, and it finally got on the right track.

……

Dreamwood.

Above the Moon Goddess Altar.

With the rapid increase in the number of believers, tremendous changes took place in the entire forest.

Streams of life force visible to the naked eye spread out from the altar. Wherever it went, the growth rate of plants accelerated. Even the cultivation speed of the residents outside increased a lot.

The most obvious change is the dark sky above.

The emerald sky, which originally occupied only a very small corner, actually expanded a lot, forcing the black area back and covering almost one-fifth of the area.

At this rate, the entire sky will be purified and restored to its original state.

"Master Rhodes, come and have a look! The black soil seems to have become weaker!"

Suddenly, Augula's scream came from a distance.

Rhodes, who was observing the changes in the woods, immediately rushed towards his location.

Just as Augula said, the originally extremely violent black soil outside the forest has become much tamer. Even without the meteorite to disperse it, the little guys can run outside and stay for a while.

This discovery surprised and delighted Rhodes.

“So faith is the key to dispelling the black soil?”

He has been looking for ways to disperse the black soil, but there has not been much progress.

What I didn’t expect was that it actually requires faith, and a lot of faith.

Doesn't that mean that as long as he has enough believers, even across all planes, he can disperse all the black soil and restore the Dream Forest to its original state?
“It turns out that establishing a faith-based organization is the right thing to do.”

Rhodes was extremely grateful that he had not done anything else during this period of time and had been busy developing believers. He did not expect that he would be rewarded so soon.

It seems that we need to work harder and attract more believers from other gods.

"By the way, where is Erin? Didn't she say that the elves were going to send people to the plane where the spider demons were?"

Rhode looked around, searching for Erin.

"She seems to have gone back to the Elf Empire. She said that the Elf Queen is gathering the troops." Augla said after thinking for a moment.

"That should mean they are preparing to go on the expedition."

Rhodes nodded. He had heard a few days ago that the Elf Empire wanted to establish a branch in the new plane and develop trade.

After all, the entrance to the plane is very close to the Elf Empire, so the elves naturally cannot miss such a good opportunity and plan to send people there to establish a branch to facilitate future trade.

This is also the result of discussions between several major empires and the temple.

They will work together to build a city near the entrance of the passage as a transit station for trade between the two planes. As for resources in more distant places, it will depend on their own abilities.

I guess after so many days, a base has been established over there, right?
After all, several major empires have united, so even if the undead over there are unwilling, they will definitely have to make concessions.

Swish!
Just as I was thinking about it, a ray of light came on.

Irene, who had been away for several days, appeared on the altar and ran towards them.

"Lord Rhodes, we have passed through the plane channel and arrived at the border of the Spider Demon Kingdom!"

"So fast? Then how did you get back to the Dream Forest?" Rhodes asked puzzledly.

As a member of the expeditionary team, Erin was no longer in the Elven Empire, so it should be difficult for her soul to enter the Dream Forest. "I don't know either. I just tried to meditate to see if I could get in. I didn't expect it to work." Erin said excitedly.

She is now the leader of the Elf Ranger Corps. She was a little worried about being sent to the Spider Kingdom because she couldn't enter the Dream Forest.

Now she finally felt relieved.

There's no need to worry about Augla taking advantage of her absence.

"Are you worried that I will steal your credit in the woods?" Augula curled her lips, immediately exposing her little thoughts.

"Why? Isn't it? I haven't forgotten how you, the Dryads, deceived us when the forest just revived."

"Forehead……"

Augula was speechless after being rebuked by Irene.

Rhode smiled and brought the topic back to the point: "In that case, the connection between the planes has also strengthened the connection between that place and the Dream Forest. Your real bodies will no longer have to stay in the sacrificial site and can go do your own things."

"Yeah, now I can come in just by meditating, and I feel like the connection is much stronger than before."

The connection gets stronger?

Rhodes was stunned when he heard this.

Could it be related to the increase in faith and the weakening of black soil?
No wonder I could sense the existence of the forest even from such a far distance. So this is what is going on.

Just right.

He also planned to develop more believers there, so he told Irene about his plan.

"No problem. Even if you don't tell us, we will build a Moon Temple there."

After hearing this, Yilin made a promise.

"That's fine. Go back and take care of your own business first. There's nothing else to do here for now."

"Okay, I'll go back first. Call me if you need anything."

It can be seen that Erin is very busy now. As soon as she finished speaking, her soul disappeared on the spot. It is estimated that she has a lot of things to hand over after arriving at the Spider Demon Kingdom.

But this is good news for Rhodes.

Because in this way, he can always find help in the Spider Kingdom.

Although it is the same to find the Spider Princess, the elves are more familiar with him after all.

Moreover, the Spider Demon Clan worships the Weaver ancestor, not the Moon Goddess. Although Xiaobai inherited the Weaver's bloodline, he is not a true Weaver after all, and the deterrent power he can exert is limited.

to be honest.

His strength is still too weak.

It simply can’t support the mess that is Dream Forest.

It is a good opportunity to upgrade the level to level 4 before the base over there is completed. Then we should be able to go deep into the gray border and take a look. Maybe we will find something.

Think of this.

Rhodes returned to the plantation and continued to cultivate plants, working hard to accumulate experience.

……

at the same time.

In the free city far outside the Black Earth.

As the black soil weakens and connections strengthen, more and more foreign souls appear in Liberty City.

Some people have even successfully condensed their complete souls and walked on the streets, making the entire Liberty City lively.

"I don't know if it's an illusion, but I feel that it's easier to gather my soul than before."

"I feel the same way! The Dream Forest is recovering!"

"I heard that this is only the outermost part of the forest. The deeper you go, the higher the spiritual level will be. Ordinary souls can't support it at all."

"It would be great if we could go into the deepest part and take a look. It is said that the Moon God lives in the deepest part of the forest."

"If I can get in, I will definitely ask the Moon Goddess to bless me so that I don't fail the magic subject."

During this period, the news of the Moon Goddess's return has spread rapidly everywhere and is no longer a secret.

Therefore, these people all want to see the Moon Goddess with their own eyes and want to obtain the blessing of the gods. By then, their strength will definitely improve by leaps and bounds.

This creates a strange phenomenon.

As soon as many souls appeared in the Free City, they hurried out of the city, trying to step deep into the black soil to find where the Moon Goddess lived.

The result can be imagined.

Except for a few souls with extraordinary talents who managed to hold on for a while, all other souls collapsed and returned to their bodies within half an hour of stepping into the black soil.

Or they might encounter a high-level black beast and be scared away from the woods.

And all this.

All of this was seen by several souls that had just entered the woods.

"Is the Moon Goddess really in there?"

Several people looked towards the endless black soil outside the city.

(End of this chapter)