For Lu Yan, the union is a crucial part of his plan.

Establishing a church directly is too conspicuous and would easily attract the joint attacks from various forces. With Lu Yan's current strength, he absolutely cannot contend head-on with the Seven Major Gods Church.

Through the extraordinary knowledge in Sain's mind and the information obtained from the Seven Gods Church during the Great Collapse version, Lu Yan has gained a rough understanding of the strength of the Extraordinary Path.

Sequence 9 and Sequence 8 correspond to the Qi Cultivation Stage, representing low-sequence transcendentals.

Low-sequence transcendentals possess various special means, but most of them have embarked on incomplete extraordinary paths.

These incomplete extraordinary paths are not only prone to losing control but also bring numerous negative effects. Without opportunities, the vast majority of wild transcendentals stop at Sequence 8.

Sequence 7 and Sequence 6 correspond to the Foundation Establishment Stage, representing mid-sequence transcendentals.

This is almost the limit that wild transcendentals can reach. Without proper inheritance of the extraordinary path, the extreme limit of most incomplete extraordinary paths is only Sequence 6.

However, reaching this level has already far surpassed the human realm, enough to establish a medium-sized underground gang in the kingdom's capital or dominate a small city.

Once at Sequence 5, a transcendental undergoes earth-shattering changes, with strength comparable to a Golden Core, enough to be called a strong individual, completely able to act at will.

If one has no criminal record, they can join the Noble Council to receive a Knight title.

Even if burdened with guilt, they can establish a large pirate group overseas to become a maritime overlord or occupy a colony to become a local ruler.

An extraordinary path capable of reaching Sequence 5 indicates that this path was at least created by a being above a demigod.

Sequence 4 steps into the realm of the Human Saint, almost the strongest known in the secular realm.

Most extraordinary paths reaching Sequence 4 have a long history of inheritance, and even the creatures at the end of their extraordinary path mostly still exist in the world.

The Saint Xi'en that Lu Yan encountered in the Great Collapse version was a Human Saint at Sequence 4, possessing powerful Peak of Nascent Soul strength.

Sequence 3 is called the Demigod or is equated with the Human God, corresponding to the Divinity Transformation Daoist Monarch.

The source of extraordinary paths reaching Sequence 3 is almost always related to a True God.

Beyond that, Lu Yan only has vague knowledge of some rumors through Sain's memories.

But it is certain that all Seven Major Gods Church have Sequence 2 powerhouses overseeing them.

Especially in Oranck where Lu Yan is located, within the largest Steam Church Divine Hall, Lu Yan vaguely sensed a dangerous aura.

Even if Lu Yan goes all out now, he can at most contend with a Divinity Transformation Daoist Monarch, and in terms of pure strength, he absolutely cannot compare with the Seven Major Gods Church.

Under such circumstances, directly establishing a church to provoke an attack by the True God Church is the most foolish choice.

But if a church is gradually established and expanded from remote areas, it might be feasible, but it would take too long, and Lu Yan has limited time in this version.

Therefore, Lu Yan chose to develop the union to gain the capital to contend against the church by leveraging the power of the workers.

If the mystic version was a world purely ruled by strength, where upper-level transcendentals could disregard the lives of the lower people and suppress everything at will, then the union would be worthless.

No matter how the lower workers resist, they absolutely cannot oppose the upper transcendentals; only by bringing in absolute power could one overthrow everything.

However, in the mystic version, the Celestial Dao's concealed mist is everywhere, and in its special environment, True Gods and churches desperately need faith, which is provided by the vast lower class.

In the face of this factor, a small portion of the lower class gathering together still cannot shake the upper order.

But if the union and the number of workers swell to a certain level, capable of influencing the trend of faith, these lower people will erupt with enough influence to make the church take notice.

At that time, the Underworld Divine Court can appear under the name of Emperor Fengdu.

With the name of a real-world True God, combined with Lu Yan's strength and the influence of the union, forcing the True God Church to make concessions is not impossible.

Of course, all of this depends on whether the union can quickly develop under the suppression of capital and nobles.

However, with historical knowledge from the previous life as a reference and Lu Yan's strength to escort its development, Lu Yan is confident in the growth of the union.

The desire for survival in people is infinite; before, workers endured exploitation simply because they had no choice.

Now there is a choice, who would still want to fall ill and die from overwork in their teens, being exploited to the end? Who would still want their children to start working at two years old, only to die young at five or six?

Walking slowly on the streets of the industrial district, Lu Yan's black silhouette formed a stark contrast with the gray background.

He listened to the roar of machinery and the shouts of workers coming from both sides of the road, feeling the pulse of this era. The fog that blanketed the city seemed to lighten a bit, revealing the sky full of possibilities behind it.

"The seeds have been sown; now it's time to wait for them to grow!"

"However, before everything matures, I still have some urgent matters to attend to."

Lu Yan quickened his pace and disappeared into the fog.

...

Leaving the industrial district, he was met with a bustling wide street, forming a stark contrast with the previous scene. Here, there was no infiltration of coal smoke, no workers' shouts, and no suffocating oppressive atmosphere.

Neatly planted poplar trees lined both sides of the street, adding a rare touch of greenery to the area.

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