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Chapter 125 Saint Celestine
For the empire, there are many living saints.

There are even multiple living saints who were born from battle sisters. For example, the six battle sisters who first met the Emperor were all living saints.

They are not the kind that are canonized by the state religion, but the kind that can be resurrected after death.

Among them, St. Catherine is the founder of the Order of the Martyrs, which is questioned by the six major orders of combat nuns. GW even created a special piece for her, the Triumphal Procession of St. Catherine.

(Also called the Sisters' Pall Bearers, with the body of Saint Catherine lying in the middle, surrounded by the combat nuns of the six major orders)

This living saint had experienced resurrection many times, but ultimately died in battle and never resurrected.

The Bomb Girls of the Triumphal Parade carried her remains throughout the Empire, believing that enough faith and piety would resurrect this living saint and return to them to lead them.

In addition to Saint Catherine, there is another very famous combat nun and saint, Saint Celestine, the famous E Demon.

She is currently the most active living saint in the empire, and also the one who resurrects and manifests divine power most frequently.

As long as Saint Celestine appears on the battlefield, the morale of the Imperial army will be locked in a fierce battle, even if it means fighting to the last soldier, they will win the war for the Emperor.

This made her name widely known throughout the empire, and her image became one of the symbols that the state religion focused on promoting.

It was for this reason that when Saint Celestine descended from the sky, the only thing on the minds of the Ecclesiarchy's priests and all the Ecclesiarchy believers present was their fanatical loyalty to the Emperor.

When Saint Celestine shone her divine light on Chen Xi and blessed him, all the believers cheered; a new saint was born.

There is absolutely no need for the canonization of the Ecclesiarchy, nor the approval of the Ecclesiarchy Headquarters on Terra. When the Living Saint comes in person, she represents the will of the Emperor himself, and those she recognizes are also recognized by the Emperor himself.

This recognition is also effective enough for the state religion, although the state religion headquarters may have some complaints about it, and the Pope who dares to oppose the regent's leadership of the empire in the future may also raise questions and objections.

But now aboard Rostov II, no one dared to doubt that those blessed by Saint Celestine had the approval of the Emperor himself.

Including the old bishop who was kneeling in front of Chen Xi and Saint Celestine.

He had doubted Chen Xi, suspecting that this was a play he directed and acted in himself (he guessed correctly), but the coming of Saint Celestine could not be fake, especially when he bathed in the glory of the living saint. The warmth and holiness that came from his heart were undoubtedly a miracle.

Then the old bishop spoke: "Revered Living Saint, it is an honor for you to come to this humble world! Thank you, Your Holy Majesty, for being able to watch over this world!"

"I did not come for this world," Saint Celestine said, her voice kind and gentle, yet filled with determination. "Your Majesty has chosen his spokesperson. I am merely here to bear witness and endorse him."

This answer shocked the old bishop, as he had not expected such an answer from the venerable living saint.

At the same time, he was extremely surprised by Chen Xi. He did not expect that the planetary governor had such amazing divine favor. The emperor would actually send his own living saint to provide endorsement for Chen Xi.

This made him examine his own and the state religion's plans to see if there was something wrong.

In other words, when they knew that the letter of appointment came from the throne room of the imperial palace, they should have realized that this was part of His Majesty's grand plan!
The old bishop confessed that he had used foul language, but he found it difficult to express his feelings without swearing a little, even though he had not used such foul language in decades.

Please forgive me, Your Majesty. He really needs to curse a few times to calm himself down. He has now fully realized that what the state religion should do is to fully cooperate with Chen Xi, rather than relying on the general trend to suppress him.

The old bishop didn't have so many ideas. He was just a devout believer. All he wanted was to spread his faith in the Emperor.

For this purpose, he can confront Chen Xi. For this purpose, he can know that Chen Xi wants to build this planet into an administrative center and a paradise world, but still insist on transforming it into a shrine world of the state religion.

All this is for the purpose of preaching and spreading the faith in His Holy Majesty.

Because in the old bishop's opinion, the reason why the empire has fallen into its current state is that too many people in the empire have deviated from the teachings of His Holy Majesty and have no devout faith.

As long as we spread our devout faith in His Majesty throughout the empire and the galaxy, and let everyone believe in His Majesty, the empire and mankind will surely usher in new glory.

But when Chen Xi's actions caught the attention of the Emperor himself, the old bishop's thoughts quickly changed.

Chen Xi didn't even need to speak, his attitude had already taken a 180-degree turn.

"Greetings to you, the living apostle of His Holy Majesty." The old bishop lowered his head to Chen Xi and addressed Chen Xi with a very subtle title.

The living apostles are the messengers sent by His Holy Majesty to the world.

"Thank you for coming, venerable Living Saint." Chen Xi saluted Saint Celestine, but still couldn't help but ask curiously, "I never thought you would come in person. I'm truly flattered."

Chen Xi really didn't expect that his throwing of a chess piece would attract the real person. The old man Huang really gave him enough pomp and face.

The living saint personally descended to bestow blessings, which was indeed the best solution to the problem Chen Xi was facing at the moment.

But Chen Xi was still very curious why Saint Celestine came in person.

After all, if it was just about solving the problem, Chen Xi could have solved it by investing in the Living Saint.

Facing Chen Xi's tentative words, Saint Celestine simply stared at Chen Xi and then said, "His Majesty asked me to remind you to hurry up."

"Time? I..." Chen Xi was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and said, "I understand. I will speed up the implementation of the plan."

"You don't need to explain to me. I don't know anything about your Majesty or your plan. I'm just conveying your message." Saint Celestine was very humble, but did not have too many in-depth conversations with Chen Xi.

After giving him a brief response, he turned his attention to the old bishop beside him.

"The future of the empire is dark. We need to work together and forge ahead." After Saint Celestine said these words that sounded like a prophecy, he flew into the sky again and disappeared.

But if everyone wasn't hallucinating, Saint Celestine had indeed arrived just now.

(End of this chapter)