On February 1, 1073 in the Eternal Era, a month after John the Martyr of Life.

Pope Benedict II of the Eternal Church held a religious conference at Holy Square, delivering a passionate speech denouncing the infiltration and subversion by the Life Church in the Human Kingdom, condemning the invasions of Fengye Territory and Southern Territory.

On this day, Benedict II solemnly declared, to the nobles, priests, knights, and mercenaries of the Human Kingdom, calling all devout believers of life to fight for their faith, to launch a holy war against the Life Church, to rescue the lands tainted by heretics and expel the ambitious heretics.

The Eternal Church promised that anyone who fights against the Life Church purely for devotion rather than vanity and self-interest, to rescue the chapel of the Eternal Lord, this pilgrimage can suffice to replace all penance.

The Eternal Church also promised that, in the holy war, the lands and wealth seized from the heretics would be distributed to devout believers who make extraordinary contributions, whether they are nobles, knights, or mercenaries, with the hope of gaining hereditary land and titles bestowed by the church.

Shocking news continuously emerged from the Eternal Holy Seat, spreading throughout the world, showcasing the Eternal Church’s determination for this holy war.

For a time, the eyes of the entire world were drawn to this perhaps unprecedented great holy war in the Segis World.

As the promises of the Eternal Church were announced, whether it was Holy Maniya or Aries, or the various large and small duchies around the two major powers, almost all nobles and ambitious individuals went mad.

Land! Wealth!

In a miraculous world with Divine beings, once the world order stabilizes after each reshuffle, it becomes exceedingly difficult, but now... with the promise of the Eternal Church, many see hope.

For a time, nobles eagerly joined the war, forming their own armies, with knights and mercenaries as well as freemen selling their assets, preparing supplies, and participating.

The entire Human Kingdom was like a giant war machine, slowly beginning to operate.

As the caller of this holy war, the Eternal Church formed an unprecedented Judgement Army, numbering an astonishing one million.

A million troops, each possessing at least Silver Upper level strength, with over a third of the Judgement Knights even reaching Golden Rank.

The powerful forces prepared in secret by the Eternal Church over the years finally showed their fangs at this moment.

Moreover, responding to the call of the Eternal Church, support bloomed across the Human Kingdom, with just nobles and hereditary knights participating reaching over fifty thousand; considering the private armies established by the nobles, the total human troops might approach a scale of five million...

Mad, all are mad.

The generous promises of the Eternal Church stirred the ambition of all the ambitious individuals.

Five million troops.

This is an incredibly terrifying number.

However, for the Segis World, with a population of billions and possessing miraculous powers, this troop count has not yet reached the war limits of the Human Kingdom.

The rise in magic power brings about productive development and further enriches warfare potential.

As of now, how much military force the entire Human Kingdom can mobilize is unknown to anyone.

However, similarly, the more people mobilized, the greater the pressure on society.

Of course, this also means the war will be more brutal than ever before.

But this is not something the fervent participants care about.

Ambitious individuals never consider the whole world.

Because the symbol of the Eternal Church is a platinum sun badge, and all participating soldiers will mark this symbol on their shields or armor, thus the Eternal Church army participating in this holy war is also called the Sunshine Army.

Besides the Human Kingdom, while the Eternal Church was organizing the Sunshine Army, divine miracles appeared in various parishes, Judgment Angels descended from the heavens, accompanied by the mythical Angel Army.

Though True God level powers did not arrive, Demigod Level, Legend, and Golden Rank strength reached a rather terrifying degree.

Feeling the strong might and determination of the Eternal Church, the various forces secretly focusing on this holy war lost their voices.

This is still merely the power of the Eternal Church in the Segis World; if the Segis World were not still closed, no one dares to imagine, if combined with other planes, what kind of army the Eternal Church could mobilize.

For a moment, many mythical beings suddenly felt a slight sympathy for the Life Church, and the ancient Divine power behind it.

Even though the legendary World Tree has developed its force into the second-largest force in the Segis World.

But the Segis World is ultimately not the Segis Universe.

Nevertheless, as the epicenter of this battle for faith, the Life Church was not intimidated by the terrible power displayed by the Eternal Church.

In the seventh day after Benedict II announced the holy war, Sofia, the Chief Executive of Fengyue Free Territory, and White Knight Frank, the leader of the Pathfinders Alliance, successively issued announcements calling all Life believers within their territory to resist the invasion of the corrupt Eternal Church.