novelODS Chapter 441 - 110: Become the Plane King, then the Domain King, and Finally the King of the World
Chapter 441 - 110: Become the Plane King, then the Domain King, and Finally the King of the World
To the Lord Players of the entire Hua Country, the fact that all their Lord Planes were locked down by the "Anti-Holy Empire Global Alliance Army" and forced into a 1v8 Plane War was like a butcher’s knife to the throat—a cataclysm that threatened to wipe them out completely.
But for Qin Feng, this catastrophe engulfing all Hua Country players was the very opportunity he had long lain in wait for, a golden chance to ascend to the top. The thorny ladder to the throne of a King, with disaster as its cornerstone and forged in blood and fire, now lay unfurled before him.
From the moment he first entered the Lord World and his fingertips touched the activation panel for the "Riding and Cutting System," Qin Feng had never once hidden his ambition.
While other Lord Players flocked to easy development paths like "Pledge Allegiance to Powerful Native Creatures" or "Hire Powerful Native Creatures," his gaze swept past those mediocre options, landing squarely on the mode representing the highest difficulty: "Player-Built Nation."
For he had never wanted a safe, mediocre existence. He wanted the absolute power to crush all opposition, the hardcore foundation needed to bear the mantle of a King.
Creating the Holy Empire, now a power formidable enough to intimidate all Lord Players, was the first solid move in his ambitious master plan.
Others expanded their territories through conquest, slaughter, and plunder, paving their borders with mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
The path Qin Feng took, however, was derided by countless players at the time as "foolish benevolence."
When dealing with the Native Creatures of his Lord Plane, Qin Feng never resorted to brute force. Instead, he used tangible acts of grace to pry open the gates of trust.
In villages ravaged by malevolent monsters, he dispatched his Priest Corps with Holy Spring Water to perform a Purification on the land, allowing withered fields to once again grow wheat.
For the remote tribes assaulted by Void Creatures, the Royal Dragon Cavalry Legion rode to their aid overnight. They not only slew the creatures but also left behind ample armor and provisions.
Even when it came to Demon Beasts corrupted by the Power of the Evil God and driven to the brink of madness, he didn’t simply slaughter them. Instead, he used practical remedies to dispel their corruption and promised them a safe haven within the forests of his empire.
This tolerance, which transcended species, was far more persuasive than any blade.
And so, totems dedicated to "His Majesty Tingfeng of the Holy Empire" were erected in every village. The Native Creatures spontaneously wove gold-and-white banners, carved Tingfeng’s name into their tribal legacy stones, and willingly came under his banner, becoming the empire’s most loyal subjects. Even the children learned to hum a little tune: "His Majesty the Emperor keeps us safe and sound."
And in his treatment of other Lord Players on his Plane, Qin Feng demonstrated an even greater breadth of vision.
In the beginning, many Lord Players who heard he had chosen the "Player-Built Nation" path privately mocked him for ’posturing and courting his own doom.’
When they saw he neither plundered nor conquered, they sneered that ’a soft heart like that could never accomplish anything great.’
But Qin Feng paid no mind to their criticism. When he encountered Lord Players besieged by the Evil God’s forces and on the brink of destruction, he would send his Divine Chosen Army to their aid without a second thought, even providing them with large quantities of weapons and equipment.
For players stuck at a developmental bottleneck, he held nothing back, compiling the various growth techniques he had mastered into guides and sharing them freely.
Change began with one staggering display of power after another.
The gossip and slander gradually faded, replaced by genuine awe. Everyone finally saw that Qin Feng’s "benevolence" was never weakness, but the calm confidence that came from a foundation of absolute power.
Tangible resource support dissolved any suspicions about his motives, and his repeated aid in desperate times forged a solid foundation of trust. The very Lord Players who had once mocked him for ’loving to show off’ now brought their Divine Chosen Armies to pledge fealty. Even the most defiant lone-wolf Lords performed a respectful kowtow upon submitting.
In just half a year, a Lord Plane once fragmented by constant infighting—where lords attacked each other one day and sabotaged one another the next—was completely united by Qin Feng into a single, cohesive force.
The gold-and-white banners of the Holy Empire flew from the Heaven-Reaching Tower in the central capital to the ruins of the Elf Kingdom in the far north, the Great Plains to the south, and the beaches of the Western Territory.
And songs of praise for Emperor Tingfeng were sung not only in the bustling capital; even in the most remote nomadic tribes, one could hear herdsmen strumming bone lutes as they celebrated his benevolence.
Qin Feng sat upon the gilded throne of the Holy Empire, accepting the homage of his subjects and fellow Lords. No one dared to question his title of Heaven’s Chosen Ruler in the slightest.
And this was merely the prologue to his master plan.
His gaze was never limited to a single Plane. He aimed to become the Lord of Domains over all Hua Country Lord Planes, to unite them all into an unstoppable force, and to raise a banner in the Lord World that belonged to Tingfeng alone.
If possible, he wanted his power to pierce the barrier between the virtual and the real, extending the might of the Holy Empire into the Real World and becoming a true global King.
When the Eight Realms Alliance Army had attacked before, he had deliberately slowed the pace of his victory. This was not only to farm more Bloodthirsty Layers, but also to reveal, step-by-step, the overwhelming military might of the Holy Empire.
That victory had been a carefully orchestrated show of force, intended to plant the impression among the Hua Country players that ’the Holy Empire is invincible.’
Unfortunately, he lacked the right catalyst to make all Hua Country players submit to him completely.
But now, the foreign coalition’s "nation-destroying" tactic had delivered that very catalyst right to his doorstep.
Just as all the Hua Country Planes had fallen into the desperate isolation of their sealed plane barriers, just as every Lord was on the verge of collapse under the pressure of a 1v8 battle...