Soul Land: From a Willow Staff to the Heights of Heaven
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Chen Ping, the miracle-working King Wu'an who manifested divine power and slew evil (4K)

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The miracle-working King Wu’an who manifested divine power and slew evil!

The political implications of this royal title were terrifyingly strong.

It was unlike the title of Blue Silver King, equal in rank to the emperor, which the Heaven Dou Empire had granted Tang San back then to secure his assistance.

Chen Ping's royal title was undoubtedly the optimal solution reached after consultations, discussions, probing, and concessions from all sides.

"Manifesting divine power and slaying evil" needed no explanation: it satisfied the Three Great Empires' shared desire to link the Sun Moon Empire with Evil Soul Masters and portray it as the continent's common enemy.

Yet it did not deliberately deify Chen Ping, allowing him to overstep the Three Great Empires' sacred imperial authority once his cultivation grew too high and he became Shrek's true ruler.

The words "miracle-working" and "Wu'an" further balanced Chen Ping's image, softening the majesty of "manifesting divine power and slaying evil" with his reputation for improving people's livelihoods and curing ailments as soon as he administered medicine.

Combined with a title meaning "securing the realm through martial might," it acknowledged that Chen Ping was not a noble of any one of the Three Kingdoms while letting the people of all three understand that the Douluo Continent now had a king who would one day be capable of suppressing the Sun Moon Empire and securing the realm through martial might. It truly killed several birds with one stone.

This royal title conveyed nobility without exceeding the bounds of protocol, deftly avoiding such seemingly grand but excessively exalted appellations as Guardian of the Nation, Heavenly Venerable, Illustrious Virtue, and Fortune-Guarding, which were actually only suitable for posthumous honors. It did not pin Chen Ping beneath an oversized hat and leave him unable to move.

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