The Great Mu Empire's new emperor ascending the throne was, without question, the foremost event of the age.
It was said that "Blue Vault" had replaced "Cangtu"; the divine kingdom was still the same divine kingdom, and the Transcendence that stood apart from mortal affairs was still the same one. Nothing seemed to have changed, yet Helian Shanhai—who had championed royal authority over divine authority and contended with the hegemonic lords—had been replaced by Helian Yunyun, who was only in the True Insight realm...
Could she hold it down?
In this age of great contention across the world, cultivation records were being broken again and again, and the demands placed upon rulers grew ever higher. For a hegemon state to have someone below True Lord level occupy the ultimate throne was clear proof of declining national fortunes!
Helian Shanhai had personally undertaken God Seizure out of necessity. Helian Zhaotu had ascended to the throne and gone to his death out of necessity.
In many people's eyes, Helian Yunyun's accession was likewise a necessity—because there had been no other choice.
Moreover, after the Mu Kingdom had expended such terrifying national fortune in the battle for God Seizure, how much support could it still offer its new emperor? That, too, was a tremendous question.
Which civil or military official in the entire court did not require the support of national fortune? The exhaustion of national fortune represented the overall decline of the state.
The hegemon states had come with their congratulations, and all under heaven had come to pay court. This was the highest respect, but also the strictest scrutiny.
That was why Jiang Wang had to come to the grasslands on this day, to offer his blessings to the new sovereign.
Helian Yunyun's occupation of the ultimate throne was a necessity