Am I going to be controlled by the players too?

Freya and Himegami both stopped what they were doing and paid their respects to this true god's representative in the human world.

The Pope sat down next to Serafina, first glancing at Himegami, then asked, "Do you intend to continue fighting until the entire world is turned into a battlefield?"

"My mind is made up," Ji Yushen said firmly.

"So... your goal is to become a god?"

Hime no Misami did not reply this time, but just stared at him intently.

"The ascension ritual of the Source Essence [Glory] is to dominate a fully realized True God or a Primordial Demon," Clement III said. "Currently, there is only one True God, our Lord, who sacrificed himself to save the heavens; while the Primordial Demon is far below the abyss, and the newly born War Demon is too weak... So your goal is to wait for the War Demon to grow into its complete form before dominating and conquering it?"

This time, Hime nods: "Yes."

"If I succeed, humanity will gain two more true god-level warriors, and the entire world will be under my rule. At that time, no matter how terrifying or twisted the other primordial demons are, I can take them on alone and protect the world."

"To harbor bandits for personal gain! Utterly naive!" Clement III angrily cursed. "This is gambling with the lives of billions of people worldwide! Aren't you afraid of playing with fire and getting burned? What cards do you have up your sleeve?"

"Since I have done this, I am naturally confident—but I have nothing more to say."

Himeko stood up from the dragon throne, intending to look down at the three legends present—but when she realized that she was only as tall as the Pope and Serafina when she stood up, her face turned pale. She then simply climbed onto the dragon throne and stood up again, looking down at everyone: "Do you believe in gods? I admire the first Amber God who killed the primordial one, because he might have died in the ritual."

"But humanity has been living in peace for too long under the protection of the Amber God, in a false peace of thousands of years. So long that they have forgotten the real threat—peace under the protection of the gods is nothing more than frogs in warm water. In their pursuit of stability, they have long since lost their determination to resist and will only become lambs to the slaughter!"

"Only by giving birth to a new true god and breaking the original shackles can we tear apart the cage and create a truly new world!"

"This is the only way. Even if I put the whole world on the table, make billions of people pay for my ambition, bear eternal infamy, and leave behind piles of corpses, I will have no regrets!"

"I will soar to the heavens, and even if I eventually fall, I will still achieve my ultimate victory—for after that, countless people will pass over my body and fly to even higher skies!"

"I'll say it again, man will eventually ascend to godhood, and the war will accelerate—"

"Upon my return to the capital, I will immediately issue the Edict of Corruption, initiating a full-scale war across the nation—Freya, you and your kingdom, prepare yourselves!"

Chapter 118, A Young Girl's Ingenious Plan to Secure the World

"Great Judgment of the End of Light, Sylvia de Claire! Good follows you, evil admires you! Light longs for you, darkness also yearns for you! You are the being beyond all, the color that God has adorned for all things!"

In the dark hall, on the cold throne, Sylvia looked at the cultists of the Primal God who were kneeling in submission to the prince, and nodded with satisfaction: "Rise."

"Thank you, sir!"

Countless figures in black robes rose to their feet, forming a dense, dark mass that stretched from the bottom of the steps all the way to the palace entrance. Their eyes, filled with reverence, looked up at Sylvia.

Looking down at the assembled believers from the high platform, Sylvia exuded a sense of pride.

These are the people she will rely on to seize power in the future.

Although most of them were disabled soldiers who had retired from the battlefield, they were all incredibly brave and could serve as Sylvia's pillar of strength.

On the Eastern Front, tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of soldiers were killed or wounded every day. Those who retreated from the front were filled with fear of war and were the source of the demonic power of war. Freya and the legends of the Theocracy were deeply worried about this, and some even suggested killing them all as a sacrifice to the heavens to prevent them from aiding the enemy.

Fortunately, Sylvia protected them and brought them all under the tutelage of Genshin Impact.

Through the initiation ceremony of the Primal God Cult, all believers' fear of war is transformed into fear of the Primal Demon Gods, and then into reverence and submission to Sylvia, making Freya and the others mistakenly believe that these people have lost their threat.

Everything is going according to plan.

Now that the three Golden Archbishops of the Primal God Cult are dead and Cheng Cheng is gone, Sylvia naturally becomes the Supreme Leader of the Primal God Cult. She also has the permission of the Theocracy and Freya to preach in public, intending to control this unruly element of the Primal God Cult.

For this reason, Freya even appointed Sylvia as the Supreme Religious Governor, in charge of national religious affairs, liaison with the theocracy, and major religious matters such as royal coronations, weddings, and prayers.

"Freya, Freya, if you're heartless, don't blame me for being unjust. (`⌒'メ)"

Sylvia couldn't help but sigh.

She had already learned from Paul that Freya had contacted Cheng Cheng, but for the past two months she had insisted that she had not found Cheng Cheng and monopolized the communication channels!

What a foolish ruler!

But Sylvia knew that beauty belonged to the strong.

Freya was born at the finish line; as long as she ascended the throne smoothly, she could become a legend who controlled the source matter and stand at the top of the world. Although Sylvia had always been superior to her in cultivation, she had no choice but to submit now and could not even raise any objections to Freya's marriage.

Li Xianyu secretly suggested smashing the axles of the wedding car on the day of the Queen's wedding and stealing the bride in the street, but Sylvia thought it was not advisable.

After all, he was only a near-legendary figure at the moment, and had no power to defy the royal authority.

Given the Queen's status, a subject's death is a matter of absolute authority; even a general commanding a million-strong army must relinquish his military power at the Queen's command—this has been documented in female-oriented online novels.

Moreover, Sylvia wasn't sure whether Cheng Cheng loved her or not, or whether she loved him or not.

On the night Freya finished her witch trial and they argued and fought, Serafina privately apologized to Sylvia, saying that the legendary "demon" Judas of the Theocracy had inadvertently manipulated her emotions and heightened her "romantic" feelings, hoping it hadn't caused her any unnecessary harm.

This left her feeling confused.

In the days that followed, she pondered countless times in the dead of night what her true feelings for Cheng Cheng were—

Is it love?

Of course there is, otherwise Judas wouldn't have been able to amplify emotions that didn't exist in the first place, but it's probably more about trust and gratitude than love.

She was grateful that he saved her every time she was in danger, grateful that he led her onto the path of the extraordinary, grateful that he trusted her at all the most crucial moments... It was precisely because of this that Sylvia didn't know how to express her feelings to him.

Perhaps in the future, they will have time to spend together again, pouring out their hearts to each other and revealing everything.

So Sylvia, full of anticipation, kept delaying until Freya and he participated in the witch's dream trial and became partners; until Cuckoo stole her away and took many first kills.

It wasn't until Freya ascended the throne and announced her marriage to Cheng Cheng that she finally understood—no matter what kind of feelings they were, she just had to get him into her hands first and then slowly cultivate them!

From childhood to adulthood, Freya has taken so many things from me. This time, I absolutely cannot give in again!

The Genshin Impact cult now numbers in the millions, with the vast majority gathered in the capital—if so many forces not belonging to her were to gather in the imperial capital, Himeko would probably lose sleep. But Freya was quite at ease, thinking that Sylvia was her best friend; how could she possibly harm her?

That's amazing!

The ultimate goal of this war is to reclaim the "Hanged Man" flame, and Freya promises to hand it over to her, so that she can become the "Hanged Man" legend, preside over the ceremony, reverse the properties of the source, and completely eliminate the hidden danger.

The "Hanged Man" ritual reverses a world-class event—which might have been difficult in the past, but now, as long as Sylvia signs the armistice on behalf of the Queen, it is equivalent to reversing the world from war to peace, which is enough to complete the ritual in one step.

Then, during the ritual where Freya voluntarily accepted the reversal and let her guard down, the targets were temporarily changed, and the identities of the two, "Queen" and "Genshin Cult Leader," were reversed!

To this end, Sylvia deliberately managed the Primal God Cult according to the kingdom's administrative divisions, trying to make the Primal God Cult correspond to the kingdom in terms of mysticism as much as possible; with the help of rituals and the rules established by her father, as well as Freya's promise to "voluntarily give up the throne to Sylvia", she was able to pull Freya off the position of queen in terms of mysticism and take her place!

The plan is perfect, but the question is—will we win?

“We will win!” Sylvia said firmly. “In general, the fake heiress wins over the real heiress, while the real heiress can only yearn for rebirth… This has been recorded in female-oriented novels before.”

"When the time comes, I will immediately learn from your mistake, hold a grand wedding with Cheng Cheng, seize the initiative, and leave you no chance to regret it!"

Thinking this, Sylvia looked at the prince and the others and murmured, "Freya, Freya, don't blame me for being ruthless. Blame yourself for being a naive and stupid woman."

"When the time comes, I will do as I said before. The first thing I will do after I ascend the throne is to bestow a marriage upon you and marry you off to the most useless man in all of Kornoma—a good-for-nothing, childish, mama's boy, a shut-in who is already an adult but only knows how to play games and never goes to work, and only knows how to call his mother!"

"And I will use the source energy to erase your memories of Cheng Cheng, and Cheng Cheng's attachment to you—to become the ultimate victor!"

…………

"Sylvia, you probably didn't expect that I've already made contact with Cheng Cheng, did you?"

After the Three Kings Conference in the Celestial Realm concluded, Freya's consciousness returned to the palace. After instructing her subordinates to prepare for the Empire's counterattack, she returned to her bedroom.

Her Majesty the Queen was in a good mood today, gently stroking the book of memories in her hands.

Although the negotiations with Himegami fell through, the Empire's actions angered the Pope. While he did not directly send any legendary figures or troops to assist, the Pope granted the Kingdom a military loan of three trillion credit points.

This money, besides being used for the production of military equipment and the payment of soldiers for the next month, is enough to buy more than thirty sets of gold breakthrough materials, hundreds of sets of silver breakthrough materials, and countless upgrade pills.

If this wave of gold can be nurtured, the kingdom's future is promising.

More importantly, with Cheng Cheng secretly assisting the Empire's high command, the Empire's intelligence is almost transparent to the Kingdom. The Kingdom can also use false information to lure the Imperial army into traps, giving it a natural advantage on the battlefield.

Once the gold-level combat power is cultivated, even if the entire platinum-level force of the empire were to be deployed, it would be sufficient...

"What are you doing?"

Freya was stunned when she pushed open the door to the room.

In her room, at her computer desk, Bugu, heavily pregnant, was huddled in a chair, typing away. Hearing Freya's voice, she jumped in surprise, then turned around with a bright smile: "Freya, what brings you back... I'm so sorry, Freya, I'm just resting during my pregnancy. Your computer is too powerful, and I was worried about radiation, so I thought I'd come and turn it off~"

"You're in your room, and you never turn off your computer, so what are you worried about regarding radiation!"

Freya muttered something to herself, glancing at Bugu's lower abdomen, which clearly didn't look like a bloated stomach from overeating. Her complexion was even worse. She thought to herself that she must change the name of the palace's WiFi to "Supreme 6G Signal Penetrating Wall Abortion King" later.

I'll ask Mr. He Busi, the Minister of Information, when 6G will be released.

"Get off me! My computer contains state secrets, you can't touch it..."

Freya pulled Bugu off the chair and looked at the computer. The chat interface was still open, and Bugu was using his secret account to speak to Cheng Cheng:

"Boss, tell Bugu the truth, are you just playing with her feelings? Bugu is so old, she's been with you behind Freya's back, thinking you're her true love. When we first met, you always said Bugu was feminine, that she was beautiful. Before you left, you even asked her to send you some lewd pictures, and she even took some for you in a maid outfit. Later, you wanted to go out with her, but she thought you were too young and didn't agree... How come you blocked her as soon as you went to the Empire? You don't answer my calls. If you have any complaints about her, you can tell her, don't treat her like this. I'm too old to handle this, please don't treat her like this, okay? If you come back to her, she'll do anything for you. If you see this, remember to write back to her, Bugu and the baby in her belly are waiting for you >﹏<"

Freya: "..."

"Well... the baby's almost due, we need to let the baby's dad know..." Bugu rubbed her fingers together. "You agree, right?"

"go out."

"what?"

"Get out of here!" (ノ=Д=)ノ┻━┻

Freya was furious and lunged at her best friend to help her get an abortion: "How could you come into my room, wear my pajamas, use my computer account, and chat with my man! How could you do this! (◣д◢)?"

"Hey! Show some respect for pregnant women... I'm still your honorary governor!"

"I'm firing you right now! ε?(?>3<)?з"

"Firing a pregnant woman is illegal! I'm going to sue Villette... Hey! Are you serious?! Don't hold me accountable! Σ(?д?lll)"

…………

"Damn Freya! I will make the entire kingdom pay for this!!"

The atmosphere inside the Zichen Palace was icy and still, with the candlelight flickering violently.

After returning to the capital from the meeting, Ji Yushen could not suppress his anger at the thought of Freya, that shameless little girl, daring to humiliate his figure like that. He pointed to the west and cursed loudly. Then, with a swing of his long arm, the priceless official kiln ice-crack pattern celadon Yuhuchun vase in his hand suddenly flew out of his hand and crashed heavily onto the bluestone ground.

"Bang!"

With a crisp sound, shards of white porcelain shattered, leaving the lustrous celadon porcelain scattered across the floor. The finest imperial porcelain had vanished into thin air. The palace attendants and servants inside the hall trembled with fear, bowing low and barely daring to breathe, lest they incur the emperor's wrath.

Hearing the sound of the priceless treasure shattering, Ji Yushen gradually calmed down, his face turning ashen. Just as the hall was deathly silent, a soft tinkling sound of jade pendants slowly drifted over.

The mermaid princess, dressed in elegant palace attire, walked slowly into the hall. Her posture was gentle, and her eyes showed just the right amount of concern, without a trace of fear. She dismissed the palace servants around her and walked alone to Ji Yushen. Her voice was soft and gentle as water as she spoke softly: "Your Majesty, please calm down. Your health is of utmost importance. Why get angry over trivial matters and harm your body?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Yushen's fierce aura softened slightly in the gentle voice, and he slowly rose and walked to the mermaid princess.

The Little Mermaid gracefully bent her knees, and then presumptuously sat on the dragon throne.