Shameless trick

The Pope had naturally noticed that the clerics on his side were suffering. He hadn't expected that Duke Roger would gather so many forces to fight against them.

It felt as though Duke Roger was aware of his trump cards. However, he wasn't flustered.

He was extremely confident in the Radiant Church's ability to keep a secret. Even the Archbishops wouldn't know about the true secrets before becoming a Pope.

Only after becoming a Pope do these clerics realize the significant distance between a Pope and an Archbishop.

No matter how hard an Archbishop worked, he could never fill up that gap in the rank.

This gap in the rank wasn't just the cultivation difference between the two. It was a difference in their value and loyalty.

Only the Archbishops who had proven their value and loyalty to the Celestials would get the chance to be a Pope and learn the true secrets of the Radiant Church.