Qi Xuansu was not surprised by the so-called “Anti-Daoist Bill.”0

Over the years, the Holy Court had been secretly promoting the idea of the Daoist menace, slandering the East as a threat to the West and calling for Western nations to unite against it. There was even a famous painting of an apostle with wings leading seven valkyries standing on the seashore, gazing across the ocean, where an Eastern dragon carrying a cross-legged Easterner was flying west. The scene was titled “The Roar of the Evil Dragon.”0

This anti-Daoist bill was nothing more than another extension of the Daoist menace narrative.0

Whether the bill would actually be enacted was still uncertain. If this were the Western Continent itself, the Holy Court would certainly not allow such a bill to pass. That was because the Holy Court had no confidence in defeating the Daoist Order, and the two sides maintained extensive trade relations. As a result, they dared not openly tear relations apart.0

The situation on the New Continent was somewhat more complicated. Although it was also within the Holy Court’s sphere of influence, many factions existed her...0