Chapter 985: The Book of Order

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

The final chapter of the Order Chapter was here as well—the Pope was within reach!

After spending so much time in the game, Nie Yan gradually came to understand one truth: the strong only grow stronger! Superior skill meant you could complete more challenging tasks and acquire better equipment and skills. Once your gear improved, you would naturally gain access to even more difficult quests, allowing you to obtain superior items. This was how the gap between elite players and ordinary players widened gradually.

Take Nie Yan now, for example. After successfully advancing to the Legend class, he could easily obtain many things, such as the Pope title. Acquiring these would further elevate his strength, widening the gap between him and ordinary players.

Nie Yan ascended the staircase, proceeding all the way to the door. As he gazed at the floating Holy Chapter, he reached out his hand toward it.

The Holy Chapter seemed to sense Nie Yan’s presence, spinning rapidly and emitting a soft white glow.

Nie Yan reached out and grabbed it, placing it into his backpack. The six scattered pieces of the Order Chapter slowly fused together. After a brilliant flash of light, they fully merged into a single volume. The six Order Chapters merged again, transforming into a thick book. The cover was made of an unknown material, bordered with golden edges that were somewhat worn and darkened, clearly showing its ancient age. Written on the cover in ancient universal script were four powerful characters: The Book of Order.

Nie Yan was about to check the effects of the newly synthesized Book of Order when suddenly he felt a tremor beneath his feet. The stone bridge in this void and the massive iron gate ahead rapidly developed spiderweb-like cracks.

This place was about to collapse!

Nie Yan’s heart leapt. He didn’t dare to stay in place and immediately activated his Haste Step, sprinting back the way he had come.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Explosions thundered in his ears.

Huge meteors whistled through the air and crashed down. These meteors were hundreds of times larger than those summoned by mages using forbidden spells. As they struck the void stone bridge, large sections of the bridge were instantly destroyed.

A massive meteor fell ahead, crashing down with a thunderous boom, creating a gap in the bridge hundreds of yards wide.

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

He heard three system announcements and one system notification, but had no time to check what had happened. He was about to summon his Phantom Dragon to escape when more meteors came hurtling toward him.

It was over—he couldn’t dodge anymore.

Nie Yan thought bitterly. Fortunately, he had nothing valuable to lose. All his artifacts were bound to him. After completing the Dark Death Zone quest, even the Deathbringer Blade had become bound. The Holy Chapter he had just obtained and the newly synthesized Book of Order were also bound. He would only lose some experience.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Nie Yan felt a scorching heat wave engulf him.

After a while, Nie Yan respawned at the graveyard. He checked his experience points—no level loss. It was acceptable. He had obtained the Holy Chapter, so it was still worth it.

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

System Announcement: Player Neiyan has obtained the Holy Chapter and received the Pope title. In two hours, Archangel Tyrode will perform the Pope coronation ceremony for Player Neiyan at the Holy Sanctuary of Carol City.

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

System Announcement: The Void World invasion has begun. Citizens of the Light World, for the continuation and survival of your race, return to your cities and defend against the invasion of Void creatures. May the God of Light protect you.

System Prompt: Emperor Jobiah has died. The quest ‘Elder Redwin’s Betrayal’ has failed. The fragments of the Jobiah Scepter have been lost.

Nie Yan had barely finished reading the system announcements and prompt when he received countless more.

System Announcement: Carol City is under attack by Void creatures. Players, please prepare for defense.

System Announcement: Okoren City is under attack by Void creatures. Players, please prepare for defense.

System Announcement: Nisord City is under attack by Void creatures. Players, please prepare for defense.

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More than thirty system announcements left Nie Yan momentarily stunned. He had only obtained one Order Chapter—was this much commotion really necessary?

What Nie Yan didn’t know was that the Void World event had specific trigger conditions: the simultaneous appearance of both the Book of Chaos and the Book of Order. Once both books were present, the Void World would open. The Book of Chaos had already been synthesized long ago, and the Holy Chapter had now become the final key.

This was a triggered event, so even the Grand Prophecy couldn’t foresee it.

The invasion of Void creatures—this was clearly another major event akin to an expansion pack.

In two hours, Nie Yan would head to the Holy Sanctuary of Carol City for his coronation ceremony. However, due to the Void invasion, the entire Light faction had fallen into chaos. It would likely not be as grand as the coronation ceremony of the Dark Council Leader from the Dark faction.

Both Nie Yan’s acquisition of the Holy Chapter and his upcoming Pope coronation, as well as the opening of the Void World, caused massive ripples among players. With so many major events happening at once, many players were left stunned.

“Guo Huai, how are things on your end?” Nie Yan privately messaged Guo Huai.

“All our strongholds are under attack by Void creatures. There are too many of them—we can’t hold. Only a few strongholds might survive,” Guo Huai replied, clearly worried.

Nie Yan fell silent. In Faith, major events occurred periodically, wiping everything away and forcing players to rebuild from the ruins. So this Void event was inevitable.

“What about the Dark faction?” Nie Yan asked, hoping the Void creatures weren’t attacking only the Light faction, or it would be too unfair.

“They’re under attack too. I bet Duo Duo is in a real mess right now.”

“Good. If both sides are under Void attack, whoever survives will be the winner. I’m heading to Okoren City immediately!” Nie Yan said. He checked the guild chat and learned that after he obtained the Book of Order, countless green meteors had appeared in the skies over the continent of Atlantis. Upon impact, these meteors transformed into Void creatures. Some landed on city walls, even collapsing them. These Void creatures began hunting players in the wild, sending countless players back to the graveyard in seconds. Unsatisfied with just killing the outdoor players, they immediately began attacking major cities.

Among these Void creatures, the weakest were level 180 regular monsters, but there were also countless Void Walkers, Void Slaughters, and Void Hunters—level 200, 210, and 220 bosses, many even of demonic caliber. Defenders in the cities were engaged in a grueling battle of attrition. Eliminating a single Void creature often required thousands, even tens of thousands of players!

Several strongholds were directly hit by meteor showers and fell under the onslaught of massive Void attacks. Major cities fared slightly better, with their large NPC populations still able to mount a defense.

Nie Yan was puzzled—what was the connection between this Void event and Emperor Jobiah and Elder Redwin’s betrayal? He hadn’t completed that quest yet, but suddenly received a failure notification. Fortunately, the quest hadn’t fully triggered, so there was no penalty for failure. Could the Void event have been caused by Elder Redwin’s betrayal?

No matter—he would deal with whatever came his way. The Void event might even be an opportunity. With his current strength and the appearance of so many high-level bosses, this was the perfect chance to level up quickly.

He wondered about the properties of the Book of Order. Nie Yan opened the Book of Order and checked its attributes.

Book of Order: Divine Inheritance Item.

Item Description: The holder of the Book of Order will receive divine inheritance and obtain the Light faction Pope title. Your mission is to spread the glory of the gods.

Item Attributes: All attributes increased by 300%. Additional 80% experience gained from killing monsters. 10% chance to obtain an additional magical item. This book contains all spells and skills. The player may freely learn any one hundred skills, all at their maximum level. All dark magic is nullified. 80% of physical attack effects are negated (mutually canceled with the Book of Chaos effect).

The holder may freely command the NPC army of the Holy Sanctuary and all its followers.

Usage Restriction: This item is limited to lawful good users.

Note: This item takes effect immediately upon being placed in the backpack.

The Book of Order’s attributes were undeniably powerful. For an item that worked just by being placed in the backpack, it was practically godlike. As an additional benefit of the Pope title, it was the ultimate item in Faith, so such attributes weren’t surprising.

Seeing the line, “This book contains all spells and skills. The player may freely learn any one hundred skills,” Nie Yan felt a bit uneasy. The Book of Chaos likely had similarly powerful attributes. If he hadn’t obtained the Book of Order and recklessly challenged Duo Duo, he might have suffered a crushing defeat. It seemed that the other party had held back his strength last time. Fortunately, Nie Yan hadn’t acted rashly.

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

Another item whose attributes rivaled any artifact-level equipment, Nie Yan’s strength had risen to an astonishing level. At this point, his power was likely comparable to some Legendary NPCs. Clearing out these Void creatures should be more than manageable.

Duo Duo was probably grinding Void creatures too. Nie Yan’s spirit soared. His left hand brushed across the blade of Zennarde’s Sword, causing its flames to surge fiercely. Nie Yan couldn’t help but think: Let’s see who’s faster!