MMO: Pierce Heaven Til’ It Breaks

Brother Windcloud Nine had already completed the Emperor of the Continent Quest Series more than ten days ago, but the last step required him to head for the Emperor’s Capital. The Imperial Guards stood in the way, so he could not get in.

The Emperor’s Sword Li Yi had was just a prerequisite to the position of emperor, so once the continent had its first emperor, the sword was no longer a symbol of the emperor. It was relegated to nothing more than a special weapon. Other successors could also ascend the throne of Emperor of the Continent without this sword.

Brother Windcloud Nine could not enter the Emperor’s Capital, so he had no choice but to ask Li Yi for help. With Li Yi’s aid, he entered the Basilica.

This time, Carulla did not appear. Brother Windcloud Nine could have ascended the throne right there and then, but he heeded Li Yi’s suggestion and delayed his ascension.

It was only when the Defiant Continent entered the Disastrous State that Brother Windcloud Nine finally took the position of Emperor and stripped Defiantly Tyrannical of his throne.

The Emperor of the Continent could only dismiss kings when their Celestial Capitals were in the Disastrous State. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, even the Emperor of the Continent would not be able to strip the three continents’ kings of their thrones.

Li Yi did not participate in this chain of events, but he controlled the strings behind every event.

Defiantly Tyrannical’s loss was no coincidence.

Li Yi had promised Chen Yang the throne within five days because he knew that Defiant Continent’s Celestial Capital would enter the Disastrous State. Of course, even if it did not, Li Yi would find a way to make it happen.

It was all so easy. Li Yi did not even to send out a single soldier, but just like that, the Defiant Empire was over…

[The ruler of the Savage Empire, Tall and Mighty, has ordered a generous decree to distribute the contents of the Treasury to the refugees, winning the hearts of the people. The Celestial City’s Prosperity Value has risen by 1,000 points.]

[The ruler of the Savage Empire, Tall and Mighty, has ordered a generous decree to distribute the contents of the Treasury to the refugees, winning the hearts of the people. The Celestial City’s Prosperity Value has risen by 1,000 points.]

[The ruler of the Savage Empire, Tall and Mighty, has ordered a generous decree to distribute the contents of the Treasury to the refugees, winning the hearts of the people. The Celestial City’s Prosperity Value has risen by 1,000 points. The Celestial City’s Security Value has risen by 500 points. As a result, the other major cities have become safer too. The riots and looting cases are gradually decreasing…]

With Li Yi’s guidance, the newly-appointed King Fatty threw open the doors to the Treasury and handed out half of the assets Savage City had accumulated, stabilizing the country in an instant.

It was true, money did make the world go round. The Defiant Empire was broke, so the country fell apart. Once Chen Yang took the throne, however, his deep pockets steadied the country in no time at all.

“We lost again…”

When he saw the red words that kept flashing on the National Channel, Yang Xingchen barely had the energy left to speak.

Defiantly Tyrannical was still unconscious, and I Love Beast Beast kept shaking him. Meanwhile, Yang Xingchen was utterly dejected.

He was the richest member of the Three Major Guild Alliance. When Defiantly Tyrannical became King, he immediately gave Yang Xingchen the role of Finance Minister. This position came with a lot of power as the Finance Minister controlled the entire country’s economy directly, but if one wanted to benefit from it, they would have to increase the country’s Prosperity Value to 1,000,000, at the very least. Once they met that mark, the Finance Minister could mobilize the national assets or even fill their own pockets with them…

Yang Xingchen was fully aware of that, and that was why he had been busying himself since he received the position. He invested a lot of his personal funds recklessly, but it was not easy to raise a city’s Prosperity Value. Even after he used all his money, the country’s Prosperity Value had only increased to about 3,000 points.

On the other hand, once a certain number of players defected from a country, the country’s Prosperity Value would automatically fall and vice versa. Defiantly Tyrannical was not exactly a paragon of virtue, and too many players defected because of him. As a direct result, Yang Xingchen’s funds were completely wasted.

However, he had already lost so much, so if he gave up now, all would be for naught. Yang Xingchen was not about to do something like forgo all possible profits and incur only losses.

He borrowed money from every lender he could find, taking loans and mergers, desperately trying to increase the country’s Prosperity Value. He aimed to regain everything he had invested, interest included, once they reached the required value.

His idea was decent, but reality was cruel. There were just too many defectors, and the Defiant Empire lost consecutive battles, so rather than rising, the Prosperity Value only decreased…

Now, Yang Xingchen was deep to his eyeballs in debt. In fact, he had lost even more than Defiantly Tyrannical had.

“F*ck, f*ckkkk…”

Yang Xingchen stomped his foot, infinitely frustrated.

Chen Yang’s heavy investments soon increased the Savage Continent’s Prosperity Value to more than 5,000. It was completely stable now, so as long as the Prosperity Value did not drop below 1,000 in the future, the NPC residents would never revolt.

Everything had happened too quickly. Defiantly Tyrannical was taken down, Tall and Mighty had risen, but the most shocking revelation was still the fact that Brother Windcloud Nine was now Emperor of the Continent!

“F*ck, Brother Windcloud Nine…”

“Dafuq, is that the power of moolah?”

“Brother Nine, Imma f*ck your wife! When did you complete the Emperor Quest? I’m only halfway through gaaaaaah…”

“You’re bad*ss, Brother Nine! Imma follow you from now on!”

“Hahaha, Emperor of the Continent! That motherf*cking bad*ss, Brother Nine, you BAMF!”

Tall and Mighty did not stand in the spotlight for long before Brother Windcloud Nine took all the attention away.

The Emperor of the Continent was the Kings’ direct superior. To the emperor, a king was nothing more than a minister. The two of them appeared at the same time, so it was perfectly clear who was more important.

Brother Windcloud Nine’s taking the throne resulted in an unexpected victim, his wife Sister Windcloud Nine. A bunch of jealous players spammed the World Channel with a flurry of messages, talking about how they would “f*ck her brains out”…

The Savage Empire had been stabilized, and as the Emperor of the Continent, Brother Windcloud Nine began to exercise his Imperial Authority as well.

Firstly, Brother Windcloud Nine announced that the Ninth Continent and the Savage Continent were officially forging an alliance. From then on, players from both countries would not be restricted by geological borders, and their Return City Stones could be bound to any major city from either continent. The kings of both countries could also teleport as they pleased.

The major cities’ teleportation doors were open to players from both countries, too.

The taxes at the Auction House fell by 2%, and the prices of wares from the NPC shops from the allied countries fell by 5% too.

Allied countries also had a special attack mode. From then on, players no longer had to form parties in order to cooperate. All they had to do was activate this attack mode, and they would be able to face their common enemies.

On the other hand, sanctions were imposed on the Assembled Gods Continent. Any country that was not an ally would have to pay an additional 10% in major city taxes.

More than a hundred small countries on the Assembled Gods Continent declared that they were joining the Allied Nations. Within seven hours, there were less than ten countries left on the Assembled Gods Continent that were not part of the Allied Nations.

The Fluttering Snow Kingdom, the Assembled Gods Nation, and other factions who considered Brother Windcloud Nine refused to join the Allied Nations.

Brother Windcloud Nine gave the order, calling on the hundreds of nations from all three continents to raid the discordant forces.

A King’s Order was a right exclusive to the King, so what was an Emperor’s Order?

As soon as the Emperor’s Order was declared, players from all three continents would receive it. That was the Emperor of the Continent’s executive right!

Bai Xiaoya was the smartest, and she was the first to surrender. Amber Sword Heart followed suit, and finally, Drifting Snow was the only country to remain.

They swore to fight to the end!

Within half an hour, Drifting Snow’s kingdom was no more, and he became a stateless player. Right now, his name looked red to every player with a nationality.

He was stateless, so killing him was pointless. This was the lowest one could fall in this game…

“Bro, does this mean we’ve unified it all?”

Brother Windcloud Nine and Li Yi stood in the Basilica, poring over a map of the Pantheon Continent’s factions.

The whole Pantheon Continent was green, without even a speck of red. This meant they had no more enemies.

The world had been unified. Three continents and a billion players, all under the same alliance!

“We’re almost there, but we gotta hunt Drifting Snow for a bit longer. Oh yeah, Bai Xiaoya too. Best if we can make her stateless too.”

Li Yi was definitely playing the role of the dastardly adviser now, and indeed, everything that Brother Windcloud Nine had done recently was all part of Li Yi’s plans.

Brother Windcloud Nine sighed. “Bai Xiaoya surrendered, so we can’t pin her for any crime.”

Brother Windcloud Nine actually hated Bai Xiaoya even more than Li Yi did. Every time he remembered how she treated Sister Windcloud Nine, he wanted nothing more than to tear her mouth off.

“Who needs a crime? Once we settle in, we can do her instantly.”

An emperor had to stay on the throne for more than two months before they could access all the rights the imperial system afforded. Otherwise, there were many things they could not do, such as remove a player’s nationality and make them stateless.

Of course, if they did do that, the three continents’ Security Value would be greatly affected. If all their Security Values dropped below 1,000, the Emperor of the Continent would have to abdicate too…

“We’ll do her hard!” Brother Windcloud Nine’s eyes shone with a vicious gleam. He rarely ever hated someone for real, but Bai Xiaoya was undoubtedly one of the privileged few.

…

Brother Windcloud Nine’s ascension meant that the balance between the continents had changed drastically overnight. The days of three opposing countries were over now, and the world was united under one alliance. Players from all three continents could form whatever parties they wanted and play with each other freely.

No one could do this in the past life. It had to be said that Li Yi’s second chance at life had altered the progress of the King of Pantheon game altogether.

Since the continents were united, that meant that Li Yi’s Starting Point City was now part of the alliance too. According to his wishes, however, Starting Point City retained its policy of never accepting other players as residents. He and his few girlfriends were Starting Point City’s only original residents, whereas every other player could only be a tourist.

The unification of the continents caused quite a stir on the World Channel for a few days. Many players who were dissatisfied but could not do anything to change the situation chose to swear in the World Channel instead.

King of Pantheon had several billion players. Could anyone ever expect all of them to obey orders?

It was impossible. Brother Windcloud Nine’s ascension had its supporters and opponents, and the heated PK battles never stopped. Many players even gave up their nationality of their own accord because of how unhappy they were with the Allied Nations, voluntarily becoming stateless.

The formation of the Allied Nations meant that at least several million players became stateless robbers.

They pillaged, robbed, and looted…

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