The voice was strong enough to shake the ground beneath everyone in the capital city, silencing the entire crowd on the spot.
The gazes of the people in the capital city, no, the entire Kingdom of God, focused on the owner of that voice. A voluptuous woman in black floated in the air before anyone even noticed her arrival. She slowly and gracefully descended onto the platform on the right side of the throne. It was Shenwu Youluan.
Soon after her appearance, every gaze turned away from her and locked onto the man who appeared to be walking slowly through the air. Everyone present, including the representatives from the other kingdoms and the Pure Land, rose to their feet without even realizing it, staring at the man in complete shock.
He did not exude any overbearing aura that commanded fear or respect. Instead, there was something mysterious about him, something subtle and impossible to pin down. Combined with his impossibly good looks, it captivated everyone present without exception.
When he reached the throne, he sat down with complete ease, propping up his head with the hand resting on the throne's armrest. Then he spoke. "Youluan, you may begin."
"The Divine Regent, he... he is so handsome!!!" No one knew who shouted it, but the exclamation snapped everyone back to their senses and summed up exactly what the entire crowd felt.
Everyone knew the new Divine Regent was powerful, extremely powerful, and plenty of people even believed he must be unbelievably handsome to make Shenwu Yanye hand over her power to him.
Everyone believed the only reason he managed to get rid of her was that she had given up her Divine Power for him. Whether she did it out of love or for some other reason, no one knew, but that explanation made sense to everyone. After all, she was a True God, and no mortal, no matter how strong they were, could defeat a True God.
Seeing him in person only strengthened the idea that he had seduced her. Almost every woman present felt that if they could spend a single day with this man, they would gladly give up half their lives.
"This new Divine Regent really is handsome, don't you think so, Your Majesty Empress Meng?" The one speaking to Meng Xuanjue was one of the Seven Sword Sovereigns. Given the close relationship between the Dreamweaver, Heaven Breaker, and Boundless kingdoms, their seats were arranged right beside one another.
"Indeed." Meng Xuanjue was the one who came to represent the Dreamweaver Kingdom.
Normally, Divine Regents from the other Kingdoms would be the ones coming to congratulate the new Divine Regent. Throughout history, the Six Kingdoms of God had remained relatively close, with almost no real conflict between them. Because of that, it was perfectly normal for a Divine Regent to attend the coronation of another Divine Regent, their equal.
However, since the Eternal Night Kingdom, now the Eternal Light Kingdom, had been isolated for tens of thousands of years, and given how hostile and contemptuous Shenwu Yanye had been toward the other Divine Regents, it was only natural that none of them came personally this time, likely to save face.
"On behalf of the Dreamless Divine Regent and the Dreamweaver Kingdom of God, I congratulate you on your ascension, Supreme One. May your reign bring peace and prosperity to the Eternal Light Kingdom," Meng Xuanjue stepped forward, bowing slightly as she offered her congratulations. Her eyes flicked with envy toward Shenwu Qing and Shenwu Youluan, who stood on either side of the throne.
She truly wanted to be the one standing there.
Following her, the other representatives stepped forward to offer their blessings, including Su Shang. In fact, her presence had shocked the other four kingdoms, because normally no one from the Pure Land would bother to attend.
What shocked them even more was that they all recognized Yun Wuji. Every Kingdom of God knew of him, the one who had defeated the Knight Commanders in the past, and each had conducted their own investigation. Yet they all found the same thing. He seemed to have no past, as if he had appeared out of nowhere.
However, now they began to form their own guesses. The possibility that he had been groomed by Shenwu Yanye from a young age, raised into such a remarkable man with unparalleled looks and talent to make up for her bitter regrets, made sense. If she had wished to keep him hidden, it was only natural that no one would know about him.
Some even began to speculate that the reason he appeared at all was that he had escaped from Shenwu Yanye's clutches. Perhaps he returned later or was caught, and then something happened between them. Maybe he finally sacrificed his virginity to seduce her into giving up her power for him, only to turn his back on her afterward.
Given how ruthless and insane that woman was, it was easy to understand why this man would do that. No one knew how much suffering he had endured all those years under her.
Staring at Shenwu Qing and Shenwu Youluan, who seemed unusually close to him, they even began to speculate that the root of all this might lie in the feelings between the three of them. Perhaps they had an affair, and Shenwu Yanye discovered it, punishing them, and from that moment, Yun Wuji's resentment began to grow.
The amount of drama these people began to imagine, and even convince themselves that it was close to the truth, was unbelievable!
Neither Yun Wuji nor the two women had any idea that these people were busy imagining some ancient palace drama in their heads. The simple reason he never bothered to change his appearance was that he did not care in the first place.
He feared no one and nothing. Even if all the Kingdoms of God and the Pure Land gathered and attacked him right now for whatever nonsense they came up with, he would simply crush them on his own.
Shenwu Youluan stepped forward, her delicate, beautiful, yet powerful voice carrying for tens of thousands of kilometers. "People of the realm, today we witness the rise of the one who pulled our kingdom out of the abyss, the eternal darkness that Shenwu Yanye left us to suffer. We all remember it, the oppression, the despair, the outright enslavement she forced upon each of us, tearing apart our families for nothing more than her selfish and unreasonable hatred!"
Her voice carried the genuine emotions she felt in that moment, and it resonated with the majority of the people present. Some who had been tearing up earlier began crying again as they remembered the tragedies that had befallen them and their families. "If it weren't for His Majesty Yun Wuji's grace, we would all still be at the mercy of that crazy woman."
"His Majesty is a gift sent to us by the heavens themselves to save us. He is a man whose strength cannot be measured by any scale we have invented."
"A man whose mind is so sharp that calling him a genius is practically an insult."
"A man whose looks make even the heavens themselves feel bashful!"
The more Shenwu Youluan spoke, the more excited she became. It was as if everything she said was not just glazing him, but the genuine belief in her heart.
"Good job, Youluan! She needs a raise!" Yun Wuji felt no shame at all hearing her over-the-top speech. On the contrary, he was very satisfied. He felt that everything she said depicted him perfectly.
"She doesn't need a raise. She'll be satisfied with more dick," Hei Xiaolian answered him.
"And so, on this historic day, we welcome the one true ruler, the man who saved our Kingdom from eternal darkness!" Shenwu Youluan's speech continued for over two hours before she finally turned to face Yun Wuji and dropped to her knees. "All hail His Majesty Yun Wuji. May his reign be long, prosperous, and full of miracles!"
As her voice faded, almost everyone in the entire kingdom, except for the visiting representatives, dropped to their knees. "All hail His Majesty Yun Wuji!"
"All hail His Majesty Yun Wuji!"
"All hail His Majesty Yun Wuji!"
Yun Wuji watched the scene calmly. He felt a bit dissatisfied with this coronation. It was far too shabby compared to his coronation back in the Primal Chaos. He suddenly thought, "I will make sure to make up for it once I take over this world and fuse the Abyss and the Primal Chaos together."
What followed next was the appointment of roles and duties. Shenwu Youluan called each person one by one, assigning them their positions. The kingdom had been a mess under Shenwu Yanye, barely functioning at all. It needed reforms, but it was not something that had to be rebuilt from scratch.
Though Yun Wuji did not care at all, he simply let Shenwu Youluan handle everything however she pleased. In his mind, once he ruled the complete universe, he would naturally restructure all of this from scratch, assign new roles, new territories, and so on. After all, the Land of Living right now barely accounted for one percent of the Abyss. There were countless territories to hand out, plenty of people to promote, and, of course, even more people to demote and kill.
During the entire ceremony, Yun Wuji did not bother speaking. He silently watched everything unfold. The only thing he ever did was acknowledge the clan leaders and elders who pledged their loyalty to him after receiving their roles.
When everything ended, Yun Wuji stood up, turned, and flew away. He was honestly still very horny. He wanted to return and bury his double-headed dragon deep in Yun Wuying's unforgettable holes.
His sessions usually lasted for months, so a few hours of sex was never enough for him, especially since Yun Wuying's body was just too good.
Returning to his Divine Temple, he walked directly toward his private room, under the awed and respectful gazes of the maids. Halfway there, he suddenly stopped, his expression darkening as Shenwu Youluan's sound transmission reached him. "Just as you predicted, Su Shang came looking for you."
"Shit!" Yun Wuji covered his face with his palm and cursed aloud. Why choose such terrible timing? Why was she in such a hurry? Couldn't this woman wait a few hours, a few days, or even a few months until he was finished?
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What do you think of Yun Wuji's backstory? It seems like a great idea for an ATG fanfic.