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News of the events spread rapidly throughout the world of Murim, far quicker than anyone had anticipated. The Heavenly Palace lay in ruins, its treasures scattering like rain across the land. The Murim Alliance had dissolved, giving way to the newly formed Heavenly Demon Alliance, with the Ghostly Fist Alliance standing as a steadfast supporter.
The Heavenly Demon had returned alongside his son, and the shocking truth emerged: the Heavenly Emperor was none other than the Golden Dragon Emperor in disguise. He had posed as a benevolent ruler while secretly devouring innocents and orchestrating devastation, staging massacres and tragedies to heighten the people's desperation and faith in him.
The greater their fear of the Golden Dragon Emperor, the more fervently they prayed to the Heavenly Emperor, flooding him with waves of Worship, Trust, and Belief. This surge empowered him immensely as the new occupant of Murim's Divinity Throne.
