I, The Dragon Overlord Chapter 592 - Taoist Scripture

South Korea was a country in a strange position.

This country had been teased by Netizens as the country closest to Cthulhu.

The percentage of the population that believed in Christianity was extremely high. In the survey that was conducted many years ago, it was said that more than forty percent of the population were believers. Just looking at this figure, anybody would say that the country was Christian.

The truth however was quite the opposite. In fact, the vast majority of Christianity practiced by the country was not orthodox Christianity, but something slightly different.

However, South Korea emphasizes religious freedom. Only destructive religions were referred to as "cults." In other words, only religions that have caused major bloodshed were labeled as cults. Religions that engage in scams, financial exploitation, or promote nonsensical and chaotic doctrines were not considered cults; they were classified as “new religions”. This laid the groundwork for a wide variety of religions to thrive.

Actually, if we go by the standards of many other countries, the majority of those faiths in South Korea could easily be labeled as cults. While it might be an exaggeration to say that all South Koreans believe in cults, it's not entirely unfounded. Even their presidents have had some rather unconventional religious affiliations.

In South Korea, as long as you’re good at boasting, as long as you can claim some connection to Christianity, and as long as you dare to come up with innovative theories, you can easily establish a religious sect that's attractive enough to draw in numerous followers. In some novels, people often mock the abundance of swordsmen, but in South Korea, this is where you truly find a plethora of messiahs.

Korea’s cults not only moved towards internationalization, but they also influenced the political arena.

When the supernatural began to appear on Earth, when the true Christ descended, the whole Korean cult groups cheered and felt that their time had come.

According to statistics, in the

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