Chapter 1 The Pope's Chapter

The Holy Chapter floated in the air, radiating a powerful divine force.

The last chapter of the Book of Order was here as well. The Pope was within reach!

After spending so much time in the game, Nie Yan had gradually come to understand a truth: the strong get stronger! Having better skills than others meant you could complete more difficult tasks and obtain better equipment and skills. After your equipment was upgraded, you would naturally encounter some more challenging tasks and get better things. The gap between you and ordinary players widened little by little in this way.

Just like Nie Yan now, after successfully advancing to Legend, many things could be easily obtained, such as this Pope title. Obtaining these things would take Nie Yan's strength to the next level, and the gap between him and ordinary players would only continue to widen.

Nie Yan followed the stairs all the way up to the door, looked at the floating Holy Chapter, and reached out his hand.

The Holy Chapter seemed to sense Nie Yan and began to spin around, emitting a soft white light.

Nie Yan reached out and grabbed it, placing the Holy Chapter into his bag. The six scattered Chapters of Order slowly fused together. After a burst of brilliant light, they slowly formed a scroll. The six scrolls of Order merged again, transforming into a thick book. The cover was made of an unknown material, inlaid with gold edges, somewhat worn, and appeared very dark, showing its age. Four powerful characters were written on it in Ancient Common Language: Book of Order.

Nie Yan was just about to check the effects of the newly synthesized Book of Order when he suddenly felt a tremor under his feet. The stone bridge in the void and the huge iron gate in front were quickly covered in spiderweb-like cracks.

This place was collapsing!

Nie Yan's heart skipped a beat. Not daring to stay in place, he activated Gale Step and sprinted back the way he came.

Boom, boom, boom, explosions echoed in his ears.

Huge meteorites roared and smashed down. These meteorites were hundreds of times larger than those summoned by mages using forbidden spells. They bombarded the void stone bridge, instantly destroying a large section of it.

A huge meteorite fell in front, smashing a gap of hundreds of yards in the stone bridge with a deafening boom.

Nie Yan quickly stopped. The way forward was cut off!

Three system announcements and a system prompt sounded in his ears. Nie Yan didn't have time to see what was happening. Just as he was about to summon the Ghost Dragon to fly away, several more meteorites crashed down towards him.

It was over; there was no way to dodge.

Nie Yan thought dejectedly. Fortunately, he didn't have anything on him that could be dropped. The several pieces of divine equipment were all bound. After completing the Dark Undead Region quest, the Death God's Edge was also bound. The Book of Order, obtained after synthesizing the Holy Chapter, was also bound. He would only lose some experience.

Boom, boom, boom. Nie Yan felt a scorching wave of heat engulf him.

After a while, Nie Yan resurrected in the graveyard. He checked his experience points and hadn't lost a level, which was still acceptable. He had obtained the Holy Chapter, so he had still profited.

Nie Yan glanced at the two system announcements he had just received.

System Announcement: Player Nie Yan has obtained the Holy Chapter and the title of Pope. In two hours, Archangel Tyrael will hold a papal coronation ceremony for player Nie Yan at the Holy Temple in Carol City.

System Announcement: Player Nie Yan has opened the entrance to the Void World.

System Announcement: The Void World is invading! Citizens of the Light Faction, for the continuation and transmission of your race, return to your cities and defend against the invasion of the Void creatures! May the God of Light bless you!

System Prompt: Emperor Giobia is dead. The quest 'Elder Radwin's Betrayal' has failed, and the fragments of the Giobia Scepter have disappeared.

Nie Yan had barely finished reading the system announcements and system prompt and hadn't understood what was happening when he received countless system announcements in succession.

System Announcement: Carol City is under attack by Void creatures. Please be vigilant and defend!

System Announcement: O'Kalon City is under attack by Void creatures. Please be vigilant and defend!

System Announcement: Nisode City is under attack by Void creatures. Please be vigilant and defend!

...

More than thirty system announcements left Nie Yan dumbfounded. He had only obtained a Chapter of Order. Was it really necessary to make such a big commotion?

What Nie Yan didn't know was that the Void World event had certain triggering conditions, namely the simultaneous appearance of the Book of Chaos and the Book of Order. Once that happened, the Void World would open. Duo Duo's Book of Chaos had been synthesized long ago. The Holy Chapter just happened to be the key.

This was a triggered event, so even the Great Prophecy spell couldn't predict it.

The Void creatures were attacking. It seemed to be another major event similar to an expansion pack.

In two hours, Nie Yan would also go to the Holy Temple in Carol City to hold the coronation ceremony, but due to the invasion of the Void creatures, the entire Light Faction was in chaos. It probably wouldn't be as grand as the Dark Faction's Dark Council Speaker's coronation ceremony.

Whether it was the news of Nie Yan obtaining the Holy Chapter and his impending coronation as Pope, or the news of the opening of the Void World, it caused a violent shock among the players. So many major events gathered together left many players dumbfounded.

"Guo Huai, how is it on your side?" Nie Yan whispered to Guo Huai.

"All our fortresses are under attack by Void creatures. There are too many Void creatures. We can't hold them off. I estimate that only a few fortresses can be saved," Guo Huai said worriedly.

Nie Yan fell silent. Every so often, Faith would have a major event that destroyed everything, and the players would rebuild on the ruins. So this Void event was bound to come.

"How is it on the Dark Faction's side?" Nie Yan asked, hoping that the Void creatures were attacking not only the Light Faction, otherwise it would be too unfair.

"They're also under attack. I guess Duo Duo is having a headache right now."

"That's good. Since everyone is encountering Void creature attacks, whoever can survive is the winner. I'm going to O'Kalon City immediately!" Nie Yan said, browsing through the guild chat. Only then did he realize that after he obtained the Book of Order, countless green meteorites had appeared in the sky above the Atlantean Continent. After they crashed onto the ground, they turned into Void creatures. Some meteorites fell on the city walls, even knocking them down. These Void creatures began to hunt down players in the wild. In a moment, countless players were sent back to the graveyard. After killing the players in the wild, they were still not satisfied and immediately began to attack the major cities.

Among these Void creatures, the lowest level was level 180 ordinary monsters. There were also countless Void Walkers, Void Slayers, Void Hunters... level 200 lords, level 210 lords, level 220 lords, and many were even demonized. The defending players began a arduous defensive war. It would take a lot of effort to kill these Void creatures! It often took thousands of people to pile on one Void creature to kill it!

Several fortresses were directly bombarded by meteorite showers and fell under the attack of a large number of Void creatures. The major cities were a little better. There were a large number of NPCs, so they could still defend.

Nie Yan was a little puzzled. What was the relationship between this Void event and Emperor Giobia and Elder Radwin's betrayal? He had never done that quest, but he suddenly received a message that the quest had failed. Fortunately, this quest hadn't been fully triggered, and there was no penalty for failing. Could the Void event have been caused by Elder Radwin's betrayal?

He wouldn't worry about these things. He would cross that bridge when he came to it. The Void event might not be an opportunity. With his current strength, the appearance of so many high-level lords was just right for him to level up. He could take this opportunity to accelerate the improvement of his own level and strength.

He didn't know what the attributes of the Book of Order were. Nie Yan opened the Book of Order and looked at its attributes.

Book of Order: Holy Inherited Item.

Item Description: The holder of the Book of Order will obtain the inheritance of the gods, obtain the title of Pope of the Light Faction, and your mission is to spread the glory of God.

Item Attributes: All attributes of the holder of this item are increased by 300%, gains an additional 80% experience when killing monsters, has a 10% chance to obtain an extra magical item, this book records all spells and all skills. The player can learn any one hundred skills from it. All skills are top-level. All dark magic is ineffective, and physical attack effects are reduced by 80% (mutually offset by the effects of the Book of Chaos).

Holding this item allows you to freely mobilize the NPC army of the Holy Temple and command all the believers of the Holy Temple.

Usage Restrictions: This item is limited to use by those of Good alignment.

Note: The effect of this item is generated when it is placed in the backpack.

The attributes of the Book of Order were undoubtedly very powerful. As an item that took effect when placed in the backpack, it could be described as heaven-defying. This was an add-on to the Pope title, the ultimate item in Faith. It wasn't surprising that it had such attributes.

Seeing the words 'This book records all spells and all skills, players can freely learn any one hundred skills from it', Nie Yan felt ashamed. The Book of Chaos probably had similar powerful attributes. If he hadn't obtained the Book of Order and rashly challenged Duo Duo, he would have probably lost miserably. It seemed that guy had been holding back last time. Fortunately, he wasn't so reckless.

What Nie Yan didn't know was that the attributes of Duo Duo's Chapter of Chaos were completely different from the Chapter of Order. Since the attributes of the Chapter of Chaos were not public, Nie Yan had no way of knowing its attributes.

Yet another piece of equipment with attributes that were not inferior to any divine artifact. Nie Yan's strength had risen to an astonishing level. His current strength was probably no less than some legendary NPCs. Killing those Void creatures should be more than enough.

Duo Duo was probably killing Void creatures as well. Nie Yan's heart surged with pride. He stroked the blade of the Zennarde's Sword with his left hand, and the Zennarde's Sword blazed fiercely. Nie Yan couldn't help but think, let's compare and see who's faster!