At this moment.
The upper echelons of every nation wore solemn expressions as they gathered in emergency meetings to discuss the current crisis.
"Verified by Xia Kingdom's Undertaker, it has been confirmed that the power of a Throne can be acquired a second time by killing a Lord. In other words... those Pioneers who never had the chance to become Lords now have the opportunity to become Usurpers of Throne power!"
Usurper was a new title coined in contrast to Lord.
Judging from the name alone, it was clear that this title was far more aggressive than Lord.
If the descent of a Lord was a brilliant, dazzling meteor that briefly shook Earth Star as it streaked across the sky—
Then the emergence of an Usurper was a meteorite, smashing apart the balance Earth Star had painstakingly built and maintained over thousands of years the instant it appeared.
Spirit Qi Recovery had always been a cruel battle for dominance.
The world was in turmoil, and chaos was about to descend. Countless factions would be reshuffled. Nations were merely larger factions; whoever gained power could become the ruler of the new world.
And now, before Spirit Qi had even fully recovered, the special nature of Lords and Usurpers had accelerated the process.
Survival of the fittest.
The strong survived.
"Right now, the situation in every major nation has already fallen into chaos. In many countries that were already relatively free, there have even been cases where people launched vicious attacks against a Lord immediately after a Throne recognized its Lord, before the Lord had fully grasped their power."
"The most infamous case happened in Bangzi Kingdom. The situation was especially vile. On the second day after Sakura Island was split in two, a young Wind Attribute Lord was born. This Lord