Regarding coronation, Han Dong had made his decision long ago.
Until he completed the full collection of the Book of the Dead and cultivated all its remaining pages to minor mastery, he could not possibly undergo coronation.
For that reason,
Han Dong had long been considering how to participate in this game against Uncontrolled Ones at their peak as a "pseudo-king,"
and how to narrow the gap between himself and the Supreme Ones without undergoing coronation.
While considering this matter,
the first thing that came to mind was a scene he had personally witnessed, one that had greatly shaken him.
Within the Zothique Continent—the Corpse Repository,
Professor Morgan, who had no throne, had nearly killed M.O., the Lower-ranking Old King then known as the Ghoul King, head-on. By himself, he had severed M.O.'s right arm, destroyed the Corpse Repository, and caused the entire Zothique Continent to sink.
Later,
the "Tooth Emperor" Han Dong encountered in the Chaos Abyss
was in a similar situation. As a pseudo-king, he possessed strength equivalent to a middle-ranking king.
This made Han Dong realize
that even without undergoing the Coronation Ceremony, an individual still had room to grow as a "pseudo-king."
Yet such growth was inevitably fraught with difficulties, as though a level barrier akin to a world barrier hung overhead. One had to press against that barrier and move forward under its weight.
For Han Dong,
the "compatibility" of his three puzzle pieces had already reached 100%. If he wanted these three main attributes to undergo a qualitative improvement, coronation was the only path.
Therefore,
he could only attempt to achieve growth and breakthroughs from the side.
For example, he could try developing secondary or unique attributes unrelated to his main attributes.
Or he could train something as fundamental as his physical body and