With Leviathan and Cetus submitting one after another, news spread throughout the sea. Most of the island people, seeing the situation was hopeless, went with the flow and chose to surrender. Only a small minority, still clinging to a sliver of hope, put up a desperate resistance.

And so, the Divine Chosen Army aboard Qin Feng’s Gulad Warships played the decisive role in settling the matter.

They split their forces, hunting for the remaining islanders hidden in the Deep Sea Area like falcons. Once a target was locked, they would immediately use the "Village Guard Team" Talent to report the coordinates to Qin Feng.

This information was then rapidly synchronized with all Divine Chosen Soldiers, allowing them to pinpoint the enemy’s location. They would then begin their encirclement, completely wiping out those who resisted to the bitter end.

In the blink of an eye, countless Gulad Warships formed an Iron Wall, surrounding and attacking from all sides. The remaining islanders were utterly annihilated under the relentless assault.

As this final battle concluded, all the cities of the western island nations lost any power to resist. They were completely absorbed into the Holy Empire, becoming its vassal cities.

[Prompt: As the Dragon Realm does not participate in the King’s War, you have subjugated all Native Powers besides the Dragon Realm and have successfully obtained the title "Heaven’s Chosen Ruler"!]

[Calculating overall player rankings... Calculating winning faction player rankings... Distributing ranking rewards...]

[As you did not participate in the King’s War event, you are not eligible for ranking rewards!]

[However, as the holder of the "Heaven’s Chosen Ruler" title, you will receive a special reward exclusive to you! And because you are the first Lord Player in history to hold the "Heaven’s Chosen Ruler" title, you will also receive an additional Achievement Reward!]

[You have obtained the title "Heaven’s Chosen Ruler"!]

[Heaven’s Chosen Ruler (Title Talent): While holding this title, you do not need the Stone of the Gods to raise your level above 100 (effective when the Lord World reaches its fourth stage). Additionally, you and all the Divine Chosen Soldiers, Native Creatures, Lord Players, and the Lord Players’ Divine Chosen Soldiers loyal to you will gain 500% Extra Life Value and become more durable.]

[You have received a reward of 2,000 Dragon Crystals!]

[You have gained an opportunity to modify a recruitable Divine Chosen Soldier Type under your command! They will receive a random Divine Gift ability, becoming a special Divine Gift Soldier Type exclusive to your Lord World!]

[Note: The Sielo Knight is a special Divine Gift Soldier Type left over from the previous Lord Game!]

[You have acquired a new Lord Skill: "Plane Gate"!]

[Plane Gate: Can be cast after the world enters its third stage. Summons a Plane Gate leading to other Lord Worlds, allowing you to lead all the Lord Players and Native Creatures of your world to directly invade the various powers in another Lord World, plundering weapons, equipment, Dragon Crystals, and more.]

[You have received an Achievement Reward: 1,000 Dragon Crystals, and your initial Lord Skill’s effect has been enhanced by 100%!]

[War Blessing (Enhanced War Legion Effect): Grants you, your Divine Chosen Soldiers, and allied units Fighting Side by Side with you a 250% (previously 125%) Full Attribute Bonus, and a corresponding 250% Life Value Bonus. However, this effect does not stack with another person’s "War Blessing"; only the highest value will apply.]

Heaven-defying!

’Is the Mutual Kill Era already a thing of the past?’

Qin Feng clearly remembered the MC saying that when Native Creatures obtained the "Heaven’s Chosen Ruler" title, although they would provide an attribute bonus to loyalists in their faction, it would never be a massive Life Value boost that drastically increased a combat unit’s margin for error.

More importantly, this attribute bonus wasn’t distributed equally. The Native Creatures would allocate it based on a loyalist’s contributions and length of service. The amount given depended entirely on performance—and personal favoritism.

This meant that only the Lord Players who successfully picked a side at the earliest opportunity, or the lucky few who earned the favor of the Native Creatures, could obtain a sufficiently powerful bonus to their Attributes.

As for the other players on the fringe, they would ultimately walk away empty-handed, without a single benefit to their name.

And this was one of the key reasons why the "Non-Completely Unified War Plane" could exist.

Those fringe players, pushed outside the core group, could neither enjoy the attribute bonus from the Native Creature’s "Heaven’s Chosen Ruler" title, nor could they get a share of the resources, which were completely monopolized by the core players of the King’s War’s winning faction.

In such a situation, if they didn’t choose to rebel, they would be trapped at the bottom forever with no chance of ever getting ahead.

Conversely, if their rebellion succeeded and they helped their own loyal Native Creature ascend to the position of the new "Heaven’s Chosen Ruler," these bold and gambling Lord Players could ride their coattails to glory.

Not only would they subsequently gain more resources and territory, but they would also obtain a powerful attribute bonus far beyond anything they had before.

「Now.」

Qin Feng didn’t have to worry about this problem.

His "Heaven’s Chosen Ruler" title provided everyone under his command with a massive 500% Extra Life Value bonus. This was equivalent to raising the Blood Volume of all Extraordinary Soldier Types and Lord Players to at least the Kraken Level.

Factoring in the Wing Connection Soldier Types, which could combine their health pools, their Blood Volume could easily break ten thousand.

An Extraordinary Soldier Type of the same tier would find it impossible to one-shot such a high-health bulwark.

But these Wing Connection Soldier Types could easily kill other enemy Extraordinary Soldiers who lacked the bonus from Qin Feng’s "Heaven’s Chosen Ruler" title.

What was even more Heaven-defying was that Qin Feng was the first Lord Player in the entire world to obtain the "Heaven’s Chosen Ruler" title. The honor of being the first to achieve this also brought him an exclusive enhancement to his Lord Skill.