Chapter 306

307. Chapter 307: The Former Emperor's Seventh Day, the New Emperor Ascends

"Morning... morning, Sister Orange..."

Meng Hongchen squeezed out a smile, breaking the silence first.

"Mm, morning, Xiao Meng. Did you have fun last night?" Orange looked at Meng Hongchen with a smile, her meaning profound.

"It... it was alright..."

As soon as this was mentioned, a trace of resentment appeared in Meng Hongchen's gaze toward Orange.

Whether it was fun or not, didn't you, Orange, know already?

"Giggle~ Alright, alright, I'm just joking. Little White isn't actually like that every time; it's just that it's been too long since... you know~"

Orange was amused by Meng Hongchen's expression and covered her mouth, chuckling.

Then she walked over, grabbed Meng Hongchen's arm, and said with a grin: "Alright, let's go. I'll take you to the hot spring in the backyard to soak and get a massage to relax."

As she spoke, she didn't forget to remind Bai Zhou: "Little White, hurry up and make lunch. Xiao Meng was exhausted last night; you must make something good to reward her!"

"Alright, alright, you two go ahead."

Bai Zhou smiled and agreed immediately.

After all, Orange and Meng Hongchen had been so well-behaved last night; Bai Zhou had long had this intention.

How boring was a life of killing and fighting? This kind of ordinary life was what he wanted.

A few days later.

The old Emperor's seventh day.

Xu Tianhe announced his ascension.

Imperial Palace, Tianming Hall.

Xu Tianhe sat on the spacious dragon throne, a look of disbelief still on his face...

Because for these seven days, he hadn't even left his manor.

On the seventh day after his old man kicked the bucket, Bai Zhou had told him to come to the Imperial Palace's Tianming Hall to ascend the throne.

He brought his subordinates all the way to the palace, and then one by one, the high-ranking elders of the Imperial Clan came out to kneel and pay their respects.

Then someone started draping the bright golden, wide imperial robe over him.

The Great Supplier of the Hall of Offerings came personally to place a crown weighing over two hundred jin, inlaid with countless rare gems, on his head.

Finally, they stuffed a scepter symbolizing the highest imperial power into his hand.

The crown was named the Crown of the Sun.

The scepter was named the Scepter of the Moon.

Both were peak Level 9 Soul Tools, crafted when the old Emperor ascended the throne by gathering 90% of the Soul Tool Masters in the entire Sun Moon Empire.

Not only did they represent supreme majesty, but they also possessed incomparably powerful capabilities, and only those with the Imperial bloodline could use them.

One focused on attack, the other on defense; they were extremely rare treasures.

"We pay our respects to Your Majesty!"

When the ceremony ended, Kong Deming was the first to kneel on one knee, pledging loyalty to the new Emperor.

"May Your Majesty live ten thousand years!"

"May the Sun and Moon flourish forever!"

Following Kong Deming's lead, hundreds of ministers in the hall all knelt down with a thud, bowing respectfully one by one.

"Haha, good, good, good. Everyone, rise." Xu Tianhe laughed and hurriedly said.

If it were before this, he would have felt like sitting on pins and needles, wishing he could escape back to his bedchamber and hide.

But the events of these past few days had completely changed his perspective.

After all, he had Bai Zhou, this super powerhouse, standing behind him! Even top powerhouses like Kong Deming and Xu Tianyuan had been subdued by Bai Zhou, so what was he afraid of?

Moreover, quite a few assassins had tried to kill him these past few days. Among them, a Level 9 Soul Tool Master had even appeared out of nowhere, breaking into his bedchamber while holding a Level 8 Soul Tool Cannonball, wanting to die with him.

At the time, he thought he was done for and nearly wet himself.

But he never expected that Bai Zhou had actually invited the legendary Dragon Emperor Douluo to secretly protect him.

That Level 9 Titled Douluo only fired one shot before being slapped to death by the Dragon Emperor Douluo.

Although it blew up most of the bedchamber, he remained unscathed.

After that incident, he instantly felt confident.

However, it was only the confidence of staying alive...

After all, he knew his throne was given by Bai Zhou; he was just a worker, or one could say, a trash puppet.

Xu Tianhe took a deep breath, looked at the hundreds of ministers rising below, thought of the things Bai Zhou had instructed, and then slowly said: "Summoning you all today, besides the ascension matters, there are also some important things to announce..."

Half an hour later.

Xu Tianhe announced the end of the court session.

There were only two main issues this time.

The first was to publicly announce the Holy Spirit Sect as the state religion of the Sun Moon Empire, granting it the legal right to spread its faith and establish holy halls within the empire.

The second was his own ascension ceremony, which would be held in one month.

At the same time as the ascension ceremony, a Sacrifice to Heaven Ceremony would also be held in advance!

The Sacrifice to Heaven Ceremony was specifically requested by Bai Zhou to honor ancestors and heaven and earth, used to unite the hearts of the people and consolidate the national fortune.

The last point was also what Bai Zhou valued.

The Sacrifice to Heaven Ceremony was usually held every five years, though it could be moved up if important events occurred.

For example, a new Emperor's ascension definitely required a Sacrifice to Heaven Ceremony to stabilize the national fortune.

Of course, this ceremony wasn't just a simple sacrifice; it required summoning representatives and big shots from every city in the entire Sun Moon Empire to observe and worship together.

Only in this way could the national fortune be consolidated to the greatest extent.

Therefore, it required a long time to prepare; it wasn't something that could be done on a whim.

Besides these two points, there were tax exemptions and some reform policies beneficial to the people, which could win over hearts and also increase the Imperial Family's fortune.

These were all instructed to Xu Tianhe by Bai Zhou, and Xu Tianhe naturally dared not neglect them and did everything as told.

At the same time.

Mingdu, Holy Spirit Sect Branch.

Today, all the high-level members of the Holy Spirit Sect in Mingdu were gathered here, each one full of excitement.

"Everyone, starting today, our Holy Spirit Sect is the state religion of the Sun Moon Empire. I hope you will all work harder in the future and strive to fill every city with the radiance of the Holy Spirit within a year!"

In the main seat of the hall, the Sect Master of the Holy Spirit Sect, Zhongli Wu, said in a deep voice, pumping up the crowd.

"Let the Holy Light shine upon the earth, let the Holy Spirit descend upon the world!"

The Holy Spirit Sect disciples and high-level members below were also flushed with excitement, shouting loudly, clearly very thrilled.

"After our Holy Spirit Sect becomes the state religion, we will have the opportunity to establish holy halls. Next, we need to move the Holy Spirit Sect branches in every city into the open and build them into our 'Holy Halls' to quickly gather believers."

Zhongli Wu continued, slowly explaining the Holy Spirit Sect's next plan.

As the Sect Master of the Holy Spirit Sect, he naturally had quite a bit of ambition.

Although he wasn't very clear about what agreement his mother, Ye Xishui, had reached with the Imperial Family, just being a state religion was far from enough to satisfy his ambition!

He wanted to carry forward the Holy Spirit Sect in his hands, making it an existence that could override imperial power, control the entire Sun Moon Empire, and make every resident of the Sun Moon Empire a believer of his Holy Spirit Sect! (End of chapter)