The increasing number of believers ant that the New Rule Garden gradually beca unable to accommodate so many people, and chaos ensued.
The initial chaos arose from the apparent crowding in the New Rule Garden, caused by the increase in the number of believers. Xilan had no choice but to earnestly ask Casas to send craftsn to expand the New Rule Garden.
Supported by skilled craftsn, the New Rule Garden underwent large-scale expansion. The originally singular temple began to be divided into multi-segnt buildings, temporarily solving the problem of the scale of believers. Xilan was very satisfied with this.
However, the chaos that concerned Xilan more did not co from this apparent issue.
It stemd from matters of belief.
In the New Rule Garden, as the number of believers increased, different people began to diverge in different directions, proposing different interpretations of the Prophet’s story.
So people said, "The Prophet did not walk with God but ascended to the sky and beca a star."
Others said, "He saw the Prophet and God standing on a cloud, with a gentle blow, the tyrant who had been flying high fell."
So even made subversive claims, openly declaring, "All Prophets are illusions created by God, through which God leads us."
Various differing opinions gradually ford different factions within the originally equal New Rule Garden, each amassing their own following.
Xilan deeply worried about this ideological chaos.
He couldn’t help but worry that the mutual disparagent between factions could lead to large-scale divisions in the New Rule Garden in the future.
When the Prophet was still present, the New Rule Garden was not large, and because of the respect people held for the Prophet, any ideological chaos that barely erged was turned to ashes under the preaching of the Prophet.
But Xilan was not the Prophet.
Even though he was the leader of the New Rule Garden, his influence was far less than that of Noen.
Xilan had firm beliefs but dared not deviate casually from the Prophet’s path.
For this reason, he preached more frequently, attempting to contain the chaos in belief.
But it was hardly effective.
The chaos in belief was not contained but instead, due to deeper understanding by more people, resulted in more disagreents.
One day, a believer asked Xilan,
"Having taken over this New Rule Garden, how should we address you in the future?
Should we call you ’sir’?"
The question made Xilan widen his eyes, and he responded,
"Why do you ask this?"
The believer replied respectfully,
"So say the path of faith is like that of kings and nobles, with each having their own rank. Logically, as a follower of the Prophet, you should be called Sir Xilan."
"No, don’t call sir. I am just a preacher.
You should refer to as... Priest or Disciple."
Priest, in the Ajia Kingdom, referred to one who managed docunts, and Disciple, naturally, ant a disciple of the Prophet.
The believer nodded slightly, accepting this title.
After the believer left, Xilan’s worries deepened.
He began to rely on prayer, hoping that God would reveal a miracle to lead the believers onto the right path.
But his prayers were ineffective, and nothing happened.
Xilan took a deep breath, perhaps God was testing him through this.
As ti passed, a general idea gradually took shape in his mind.
That idea was just an embryo, but the more Xilan contemplated it, the more feasible it seed.
Then, one day, the speech of a believer, who held so prestige in the New Rule Garden and was regarded as a wise man yet often made shocking statents, solidified Xilan’s thoughts.
After praying one day, he boldly declared to his supportive followers,
"Kagawus and our Lord, they are the sa God!
I heard a priest of Kagawus say that in ancient tis, Kagawus was regarded as the creator by the Three-eyed Ape People in the desert.
It’s just that since we ca to the land of Ajia, the original thoughts were dispersed and not passed down.
Another vital point, our Lord once created the Logos people, also known as genuine Elves.
And we, created by Kagawus, actually possess part of the Elves’ bloodline.
This is not a coincidence. Kagawus and the Lord are the sa God!"
In Xilan’s view, the so-called wise man’s argunt was full of holes, but for most believers who couldn’t clearly differentiate between the two, this argunt had much persuasive power.
Even though Xilan sternly refuted the wise man’s argunt, so people still silently supported the idea that Kagawus and the Lord are the sa God.
This situation was terribly frightening, and Xilan felt a deep crisis.
If the confusion of thoughts was tolerated, the New Rule Garden faced not only the problem of division but also the problem of the faith in the Lord being replaced by Kagawus or other Divine beings.
Without restraint, it would invite great disaster.
In this situation, Xilan completely refined his idea.
That was to hold a conference to seek and establish a consensus in belief.
The consensus had to be in accordance with the words of the three Holy Scriptures, to represent the collective thought of the believers, and excessively contradicting opinions were not to be propagated in the New Rule Garden.
After discussions with multiple parties, Xilan resolved to hold the conference in thirty days.
This was the first major conference since the establishnt of the New Rule Garden, set to gather nearly all the believers of Ajia Royal City, solely to seek a consensus in belief and find the true path to the Heavenly City.
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