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His composure beyond his years, and his bearing that treated earth-shaking achievements as nothing out of the ordinary, filled Chancellor Zhao Wenyuan and Grand General Guo Poyun, who were attending this small meeting in the Imperial Study, with silent admiration. They found His Majesty increasingly unfathomable, as though he had already weathered all the vicissitudes of life.

Li Chen usually handled most of his work online through his "phone," and rarely summoned his trusted senior ministers for a private meeting in person.

He dismissed the attendants, leaving only Zhao and Guo, and went straight to the point, his voice steady. "The affairs of Daluo are settled. I will depart for the Eternal Day Empire in the coming days. This journey may involve some danger."

He then briefly explained how he had acquired the two nominal titles of "papal successor" and "State Preceptor" in the Eternal Day Empire, along with the intelligence he had received about the Pope's mysterious disappearance and the suspected attack on Emperor Charles.

Zhao Wenyuan stroked his beard in thought, his brow slightly furrowed. "Your Majesty, this is indeed suspicious. In my opinion, the likelihood of a trap may not be high, but danger certainly exists.

"The crucial point is that, even if something truly has happened to the Pope, the Everlasting Day Imperial Clan-and Emperor Charles in particular-will almost certainly be unwilling to see you smoothly inherit the papal seat.

"They have finally found an opportunity with the Holy See left like a host of dragons without a head, mired in internal strife. They can seize this chance to suppress or even control religious authority. How could they allow an 'outsider' like you, especially as the Emperor of Heavenly Strategy, to occupy a papal throne powerful enough to stand against imperial authority as an equal? They