Su Luxi (6)
The plot couldn't stop Jiang Li from being instated as the Holy Church's prophet. His status in the whole empire took a different turn and was now probably only a bit lower than the crown prince who had just turned eleven years old that year.
Jiang Li became the subject of gossip, of course. The attention he got was not limited to the Empire, but even from other nations and countries. After all, everyone in the Baler Continent believed in the same deity.
The Goddess acknowledged a prophet for the first time in a thousand years. How could the world not be excited? On the day of his official ceremony, many envoys from the surrounding territories and countries hurried towards the empire's capital to witness the event.
At the same time as Jiang Li's formal ceremony of being the Goddess' messenger, the Marquisate became a Dukedom due to the Emperor's grace. It was probably because the prophet pledged his loyalty not only to the Holy Church but the Empire.