Of course, every pope would exaggerate the abilities of the gods they believed in, and such doctrines that promoted the creation of the world were not uncommon in the history of Anril. In fact, there was once an Immortal Church that believed in the Immortal King, and claimed that the Immortal King was omnipotent when he created the world.
However, there was another characteristic of the Illuminati's beliefs, and that was that they claimed that the gods they believed in still existed in Anril. Although no religion would say that the gods they believed in had died, they would often say that they were in some unverifiable place like the Divine Realm or Heaven.
However, the doctrine of the Illuminati said that the ancient god Zagar had fallen into a deep slumber due to exhaustion or some other reason after creating the world, as well as the two races of Titans and Wyrms. They even mentioned the place where the ancient god Zagar had fallen into a deep slumber, which was said to be the most famous place in the Endless Ocean known as the Great Whirlpool.
Hearing this, Lin Li also somewhat understood why the Illuminati could not compete with the Brilliance Shrine in Anril later on. The Illuminati's description of the ancient god Zagar was too conservative. How could the only true god fall into a deep slumber after creating a world? That was obviously much worse than the omnipotent gods.
Of course, Lin Li was not in the mood to care about the doctrine of the Illuminati. What he was concerned about was the strength of the Illuminati. After all, the Illuminati were behind all the things that were done against the Tower of Dusk this time. Lin Li didn't have to think too much to know that he would have to face the Illuminati sooner or later.
If the Illuminati was not strong enough, Lin Li wouldn't mind directly controlling the Sky Castle to wipe them off the map. However, it was basically impossible. If the Illuminati did not have enough strength, it would be impossible for them to control the Gilded Kingdom. Judging from that alone, the strength of the Illuminati was probably not inferior to that of the Brilliance Shrine.
Unfortunately, the Glittergold Trade Union did not have a deep understanding of the strength of the Illuminati. Although the Glittergold Trade Union was famous in Anril, it was just a very ordinary small trade union in the Gilded Kingdom. It was not that there were any trade unions that could compare to the Glittergold Trade Union, but rather that the laws of the Gilded Kingdom imposed many restrictions on the forces of foreign trade unions, and they were definitely not allowed to control the domestic market.
Hence, the Glittergold Trade Union rarely had access to the higher-ups of the kingdom or the Illuminati in the Gilded Kingdom. Hence, they naturally had no way to get more information.
Although Lin Li had obtained some news about the Illuminati from Hoffman, he knew how powerful the Illuminati was overseas. However, even if the strength of the Illuminati was comparable to or even stronger than the Brilliance Shrine, Lin Li might not be afraid of them.
In fact, at the Sanctuary-realm, the so-called strength between the various forces was actually a comparison of the strength of Sanctuary powerhouses. For Sanctuary powerhouses, the number of believers they had, the number of Legendary powerhouses they had, and the amount of wealth they had were all dispensable. The Brilliance Shrine was so powerful that they controlled the massive Ledin Kingdom, but they still dared not provoke the Ashen Warlock, who was all alone, because the only one who could be his opponent was Pope Rosario of the Brilliance Shrine. The other archbishops were just insignificant existences.
Hence, for a Sanctuary powerhouse like Lin Li, the strength of a force was mainly dependent on the strength of the other party's Sanctuary powerhouses. Although Lin Li was still not sure how many Sanctuary powerhouses there were in the Illuminati overseas, and how powerful they were, Lin Li was confident that with his own strength and the power of the Sky Castle, the other party would not be able to pose a threat to him and the Tower of Dusk. To put it more seriously, even if the Illuminati had Sanctuary powerhouses like the three arbitrators of the Supreme Council, no one would be able to stop Lin Li from escaping safely even if he couldn't contend with them head-on.
To put it more seriously, even if the Illuminati had Sanctuary powerhouses like the three arbitrators of the Supreme Council, no one would be able to stop Lin Li from escaping safely even if he couldn't contend with them head-on. Hence, if the senior executives of the Illuminati knew that the Tower of Dusk had a Sanctuary powerhouse like Lin Li, they wouldn't really fall out with the Tower of Dusk as long as they had some brains.
Besides, Lin Li was also certain that the Illuminati should have long known about this news. When Lin Li had just returned to the Tower of Dusk and killed the people who besieged the Tower of Dusk, a Sanctuary powerhouse had stepped in to stop him when he was capturing the captive. Now that he had confirmed that the captive was from the Illuminati, the Sanctuary powerhouse who had stepped in to stop him was naturally someone from the Illuminati.
Lin Li believed that no matter what the Illuminati's motives were, they would probably have to think twice before doing anything after knowing that he was in charge of the Tower of Dusk.
As long as the Illuminati didn't court death, Lin Li couldn't be bothered to settle scores with them now, not because he was magnanimous, but because he didn't have the time now.
The magic tides had already appeared, and the spacetime rifts were getting more and more active. No one knew when the prehistoric magical beasts in the spacetime rifts would flood into Anril in large numbers. There was less and less time left for Lin Li. Improving his strength and sealing the spacetime rifts was his top priority now. Otherwise, based on the fact that the Tower of Dusk had been attacked previously, Lin Li would have controlled the Sky Castle to settle scores with the Gilded Kingdom even if the Illuminati had a Sanctuary powerhouse.
However, the other forces of the Breezy Plains were not as confident as Lin Li was. Even the few top forces had Sanctuary powerhouses, but strictly speaking, they could only be considered pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouses. Such pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouses only had a long lifespan like Sanctuary powerhouses, but their strength was probably only slightly stronger than those at the peak of the Legendary-realm. Compared to powerhouses who had truly stepped into the Sanctuary-realm with their own strength, there was a huge gap.
Such pseudo-Sanctuary powerhouses could not even be compared to level-25 powerhouses who had just stepped into the Sanctuary-realm, let alone a peak Sanctuary powerhouse like Rosario. That was also the reason that the various forces had been troubled by the bandits of the Gilded Kingdom previously. Otherwise, any true Sanctuary powerhouse would have a way to solve such a problem.
Hence, even though the people who had created a mess in the Breezy Plains had already been killed by Lin Li, the various forces did not let their guard down. Instead, they felt a suffocating sense of oppression.
Those ordinary small and medium-sized forces might still be fearless due to ignorance, but ancient forces like the Mithril Alliance and the Caesar Family that had been passed down from the Dark Age knew what kind of existence the Illuminati was. In fact, some of their ancestors might have been believers of the Illuminati in their family history.
Even though these forces had Sanctuary powerhouses overseeing them, a force like the Brilliance Shrine was still a behemoth that they dared not provoke. Although they did not know the specific strength of the Illuminati and the Gilded Kingdom, they could naturally more or less speculate that the Illuminati was not something that they could provoke, given the example of the Brilliance Shrine and the Ledin Kingdom.
Now that they knew that the Illuminati and the Gilded Kingdom had actually set their sights on the Breezy Plains, those forces immediately became nervous. Although the Tower of Dusk had made many forces submit to them, they did not infringe on their interests too much. However, the Illuminati was different, which could be seen from what the team of Legendary powerhouses that they had sent out previously.
The temporary trouble had been resolved, but for the forces of the Breezy Plains, there was a bigger problem ahead. After all, the Breezy Plains only belonged to the Felan Kingdom in name. If the Illuminati and the Gilded Kingdom invaded, the Breezy Plains would probably have to rely on themselves.
In order to deal with the next actions of the Illuminati and the Gilded Kingdom, the first thing that the various forces of the Breezy Plains thought of was to form an alliance to contend with them. However, there was a reason why the Breezy Plains was known as a land of chaos. It had never been unified for thousands of years, and there were all kinds of despicable conflicts between the various forces. A few forces might be able to form a temporary alliance like how they had suppressed the Tower of Dusk in the past, but it would be wishful thinking for all the forces to unite.
Besides, the fundamental purpose of suppressing the Tower of Dusk in the past was for the sake of benefits, and at that time, the Tower of Dusk was nothing in their eyes. However, the opponents that they were going to face now were the Illuminati and the Gilded Kingdom, and there were too many things involved. To put it simply, no one wanted to take responsibility, but everyone wanted to reap benefits. In the end, the alliance meeting ended on a sour note after five days of bickering between the various forces. It became a huge joke.
In fact, those forces could not be entirely blamed for the complicated relationships between the various forces. Even the God of Mages Geresco might not be able to smooth everything out. Otherwise, the Breezy Plains would have probably been unified long ago. How could it have gotten the nickname of a land of chaos?
In terms of fighting against the Illuminati and the Gilded Kingdom, even top forces like the Mithril Alliance and the Caesar Family could not truly unite the forces of the Breezy Plains. In the case of forming an alliance on their own, the leaders of several top forces finally gave up their ambitions, and once again sent representatives to the Tower of Dusk in hopes that Lin Li could stand up and lead the forces of the Breezy Plains to fight against the Illuminati and the Gilded Kingdom.
However, to everyone's surprise, Lin Li had just come out of seclusion in the library, and yet, he was nowhere to be seen again. This time, even the senior executives of the Tower of Dusk, Basel, Gavin, and others could not tell what their president had done.
Hoffman stayed in the Tower of Dusk for three days, and in addition to discussing with Lin Li about the Illuminati and the Gilded Kingdom, he also asked Lin Li many questions about the Sanctuary-realm. After sending Hoffman away, Lin Li immediately put aside the matter of the Illuminati and the Gilded Kingdom, and began to consider how to continue to improve his strength.
In the library, Lin Li advanced to level-27 in one fell swoop with the guidance of Geresco's incarnation, which was considered a lightning speed for anyone. However, Lin Li was not satisfied with his own strength. It was because he knew very well that level-27 was far from enough for what he was going to do.
However, it seemed impossible for Lin Li to continue to receive guidance from Geresco's incarnation and use that method to improve his strength, at least for now. Unless Lin Li's strength increased to a certain extent, he would only be able to continue to learn from Geresco's incarnation. Otherwise, he would just be tortured. It was just like a bucket that was filled to the brim with water. If he wanted to continue filling it with water, he would have to find a way to make the bucket bigger. That could be considered a bottleneck.
Hence, Lin Li thought of the inverted tower in the Sky Castle, which was not as simple as the library. Back when he was in the inverted tower, he met Geresco's incarnation for the first time, and was taught a lesson by Geresco's incarnation. However, that was only the first floor of the inverted tower, and he did not take the risk to explore what was on that floor.
Although he had yet to explore it, Lin Li was very clear that the inverted tower was definitely the real treasure left behind by Geresco. The gains that Lin Li had obtained from the first floor of the tower could no longer be measured by any value. Even the three arbitrators of the Supreme Council would definitely be jealous and go crazy if they saw it.
The countless precious magic books were of great use even to Lin Li, a powerhouse who had already stepped into the Sanctuary-realm, let alone to the other mages of the Tower of Dusk. Those magic books were equivalent to paving an extremely smooth and wide path to heaven for the mages, and pointing the way to the Sanctuary-realm for them.
The guidance of Geresco's Incarnation was more than enough to make any Sanctuary-level mage go crazy. Geresco was known as the God of Mages, and was the guide of human magic civilization in Anril. Being able to receive personal guidance from the God of Mages was definitely something that no mage in Anril would dare to dream of.
Besides, those were only the gains from the first floor of the inverted tower. Lin Li could not be sure that the items on the second floor would be more precious than the first. He could not imagine what could be more valuable than the first floor. However, he was certain that the items on the second, third, and subsequent floors of the inverted tower would not be less valuable than those on the first floor.
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