According to the characteristics of Ice and Snow Wilderness and Ancient God Church, the ranks of Ancient God Church were divided into 3 levels and 14 immortal-quality ranks.
The most common believers of Ancient God Church were believers, which was the first class of Ancient God Church.
Among believers, those who pledged to follow the commandments of the 4 Holy Acts and practice the 4 Holy Acts could become clergymen after receiving sacrificial rites and recognition.
Clergymen who didn't take office in Ancient God Church but practiced the Book of Eternity at home and in their daily lives were called white-robe clergymen. Those who joined the branches and agencies of Ancient God Church and were determined to be clergymen of Ancient God Church and serve Ancient God Church were called black-robe clergymen.
Black-robe clergymen were divided into 4 classes, which were determined by the time they had followed the 4 Holy Acts and their performances. From low to high, they were iron star clergymen, bronze star clergymen, silver star clergymen and gold star clergymen. It took a priest at least 4 years to promote from iron star clergymen to gold star clergymen.
Clergymen were the second class of Ancient God Church and the foundation of the development of Ancient God Church.
Above clergymen was the third class of Ancient God Church, which was the most eye-catching class of religious authority.
The lowest level in the hierarchy of the church was auxiliary priest. Gold Star clergymen could become auxiliary priests. After becoming auxiliary priests, they could be assistants in the religious rites or branches of Ancient God Church. They already had certain rights and functions. They were equal to deacons.
After promoting to auxiliary priests, they could become priests after completing the training in the grey palace. As priests, they had the right to establish churches in villages below rat-class tribes in Ice and Snow Wilderness and disseminate the doctrine of Ancient God Church.
Above priest was the position of bishop, which corresponded to the power and territory of each tribe in Ice and Snow Wilderness. Therefore, those tribes were divided into parishes of different classes.
The honorary bishop was in charge of rat-class tribes' parishes.
The chief bishop was in charge of eagle-class tribes' parishes.
The bishop was in charge of wolf-class tribes' parishes.
The bishop was in charge of leopard-class tribes' parishes.
The bishop was in charge of fox-class tribes' parishes.
The bishop was in charge of bear-class tribes' parishes.
Above the bishop was the cardinal bishop who could manage the affairs of the entire Ancient God Church and was appointed by Zhang Tie.
Above the cardinal bishop was the pope. After combining the position of pontiff with the secular royal power of Sacred Iceland Kingdom, Zhang Tie became the tsar.
It turned out that the priests of tribes in Ice and Snow Wilderness were awarded the same rank as the tribal bishop according to their positions in the tribes. Priests of Glory. The positions of Lead Priest, District Priest, Capital Priest, Guardian Priest, Sect Priest and High Priest.
Elder Merkel of grey eagle tribe who once made Zhang Tie suffer a lot was promoted to a chief priest under the new system. Pontiff Sarlin was still a pontiff with the same title; however, his position was elevated at once. Nominally, the priest who ruled the entire Ice and Snow Wilderness was only responsible to Zhang Tie.
Once the structure of Ancient God Church was established, The entire Ancient God Church would enter a new stage.
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"How do you plan to deal with Ewentra Archipelago? Based on the scale of Ewentra Archipelago, you need at least one bishop to control the situation there. Have you got a candidate?" Elder Gouras asked Zhang Tie after hearing Zhang Tie's introduction.
"I don't plan to dispatch any bishop to Ewentra Archipelago. Actually, I only dispatch a batch of priests to Ewentra Archipelago!" Zhang Tie answered calmly.
"Ahh, only priests?" Elder Gouras became a bit shocked.
"Yes, priests!" Zhang Tie nodded, "Actually, besides the heads of fire bear tribe, wild bear tribe and sea bear tribe, I will not promote any other members of Ancient God Church. I will only confirm their titles according to their achievements. Although Ancient God Church is widely spread across Ice and Snow Wilderness, its foundation is still relatively weak. Over the past 5 years, most of my followers could at most reach the level of honorary bishop. Therefore, besides the 3 heads of clans and those priests who have surrendered to me, I will not confer any clergyman of Ancient God Church whose rank is higher than that of honorary bishop. I will only give them time and show them their future prospects. I will confirm their titles as long as they could make it!"
I will confirm their status according to their achievements! "The three elders were smart. After hearing Zhang Tie's words, they immediately understood Zhang Tie's intention. The reason why Zhang Tie didn't confer any title to clergymen above the level of honorary bishop was that Zhang Tie wanted all the clergymen above the level of honorary bishop in a rat-level tribe. If that person could establish the belief of Ancient God Church and his status in a rat-level tribe, Zhang Tie would confer him the title of honorary bishop; if that person could establish the belief of Ancient God Church and his status in a wolf-level tribe, Zhang Tie would confer him the title of parish bishop. Each person's position depended on his ability and achievements. In this case, Ewentra Archipelago would become an uncultivated virgin land and a training field in the eyes of all the clergymen of Ancient God Church.
"If someone could establish the status of Ancient God Church and Ancient God Church in Ewentra Archipelago in the future, I could even confer him the position of cardinal bishop, not to mention the title of patriarch. If there's no such person..." Zhang Tie shrugged as he said casually, "Just leave those positions empty. I'd rather leave them empty than make up the number of people! In any case, for a religion to gradually grow stronger is not something that can be achieved in eight to ten years. "
The three elders nodded at the same time.
"Oh, I prepare to reorganize the 10,000 fighters of bear-killing camp into grey palace fighters and make them the direct force of Ancient God Church. Is there any problem with that?" Zhang Tie continued.
At this moment, Zhang Tie already had the Thor's Hammer. If he incorporated the bear-killing camp which was entirely composed of bear-killing fighters, the two most powerful forces across the huge bear tribe would be in the hands of Zhang Tie in different names. The two forces were the core forces of the huge bear tribe.
"Sure!" The three elders answered very straightforwardly, almost without any hesitation.
Zhang Tie became completely reassured. He then clapped his hands and said leisurely, "Well, that's all I want to tell you. I'm done. May I know what Elders would like to say to me? "
After exchanging a glance with each other, Elder Sarlin slowly opened his mouth. "Before the official coronation, there are some things that you should know!"
"Ah, what is it?"
"This is the biggest secret of the huge bear tribe. Only a few people in the huge bear tribe knew this secret. Only tribal elders! "Pontiff Sarlin said with a solemn look.
"Ahh …" Zhang Tie became amazed as his curiosity was aroused at once, "What's the secret?"
"Follow us and you'll know!" Pontiff Sarlin said as he stood up. Watching Elder Gouras and Elder Toles standing up, Zhang Tie also stood up.
Elder Toles then led the way out of the room. Zhang Tie then followed Elder Toles. Zhang Tie followed Pontiff Sarlin.
This room was in the hieron. However, the hieron was in the hinterland of Elzida Mountain. Therefore, the moment Zhang Tie left the room, he had come to the hinterland which had been excavated by people. Both sides of the aisle in the hinterland were inlaid with ice crystal fluorite, which was the best fluorite which could only be produced in Icebound Continent. The ice crystal fluorite radiated soft, milky white light, which illuminated the man-made aisle in the hinterland.
Elder Toles walked in front of Zhang Tie and Zhang Tie towards the depth of the hinterland of the mountain. The entire hinterland of the mountain reverberated with their silvery footsteps.
At the beginning, Zhang Tie could see some guards of the hieron on both sides of the aisle. However, when they entered a fork, they saw fewer people on both sides of the aisle. Additionally, there were more access guards on the aisle. The key of the access guard was in Elder Toles' hand. After opening each access guard, Elder Toles would carefully close it before continuing to move forward.
"Where are we going?"
"The backroom of the elders of the huge bear tribe!" Pontiff Sarlin answered.
After walking about 1 km towards the hinterland of the mountain and opening over 10 access guards, they finally arrived at the backroom. Elder Toles opened the hard alloy door with the key. After that, Zhang Tie followed him in.
With a loud sound "bang...", the thick alloy door of the backroom was closed once again. Zhang Tie then looked around in the backroom where the elders were in secluded cultivation.
This was an empty space which covered over 5,000 square meters. Like a huge warehouse, it contained some simple daily necessities. It seemed to be the place where the elders used to cultivate.
After looking around, Zhang Tie found nothing special about this place.
Just when he was feeling strange, the three elders had already walked to three different places in the secret chamber. They were separated by dozens of meters, and each of them placed their hands on an inconspicuous stone brick on the wall of the secret chamber. They nodded to each other, and then simultaneously exerted their strength to press down the stone in their hands.
When the three elders pressed down the stone brick on the wall at the same time, a stone table silently slid off the ground over 20 m away from Zhang Tie, revealing a 1 m diameter hole which looked like a deep well silently in front of Zhang Tie.
Zhang Tie walked over there as he found that the deep well was hundreds of meters deep. A wisp of orange-red light could be seen faintly from the pitch-dark hole.
Zhang Tie threw a glance at Elder Sarlin. Elder Sarlin nodded. Zhang Tie then jumped down first without any hesitation.
As a knight, Zhang Tie directly used his flying skill. He didn't land freely; instead, he directly rushed towards the hole without touching the ground.
The closer he was to the hole, the brighter the orange-red light would be. In the blink of an eye, Zhang Tie had rushed out of the hole. After that, he floated in a natural mountain cave which was 2-3 times larger than that of the previous backroom.
When Zhang Tie caught sight of the source of the orange-red light, he widely opened his mouth.
An orange-red crystal-like object which was as large as a 7-year old kid was suspending in the air over 50 m away from the hole like a huge crystal bamboo shoot. The orange-red light was radiated from that object, which made this underground mountain cave look like a weird dreamland.
Almost at the sight of that object, Zhang Tie had felt a powerful and special energy in this space. In a split second, it penetrated into his body through his skin. That energy seemed to carry a special property. Zhang Tie felt that his body was like a ladle in a stream of water, which was full of holes. That energy easily penetrated through his body and penetrated out of his body.
In just a few seconds, the brilliance of that thing floating in the air had turned from orange to turquoise …
The three elders had already penetrated through the deep well-like tunnel and stood in the air on Zhang Tie's side. The special energy in the space also penetrated into their bodies and came out of their bodies …
"What's this?" Zhang Tie asked out of amazement.
"This is the piece of God's Star!"
"What?" Zhang Tie watched the huge crystal bamboo shoot which could change its color in the air with an unbelievable look, "Is this the piece of God's Star?"
"The great prophet Pontiff Elzida first discovered this object. This is the most precious asset that the great prophet Pontiff left to the huge bear tribe!" Elder Gouras watched the crystal bamboo shoot with an awe-inspiring look as his tone was full of respect.
"Does the piece of God's Star look like this?" When Zhang Tie came to Ice and Snow Wilderness for the first time, Samaranth the Star and Moon Sword Sage also came here for the piece of God's Star. Unimaginably, he was killed by the trap of Three-eye Association before he even saw the piece of God's Star. It turned out that there was indeed a piece of God's Star in Ice and Snow Wilderness. However, it was not in the underground of Haidela Glacier Crack; instead, it was in a secret cave in the hinterland of Elzida Mountain. It was always in the hand of the huge bear tribe.
Watching the crystal bamboo shoot floating in the air, Zhang Tie became a bit absent-minded, "What's the use of this object?"
"This piece of God's Star contains a special energy, which could affect the Elements Realm and cause some marvelous changes in the Elements Realm where this piece of God's Star is. Because of this piece of God's Star, Slavs could become berserk. The source of berserk which could enable bear-killing fighters to grasp the berserk skill was brought by this piece of God's Star. After your coronation tomorrow, according to the will of the great prophet Pontiff Elzida, you will have this piece of God's Star..."
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