Chapter 6

Now it has appeared, and clearly, this is going to change the current landscape—a major shake-up is coming!

The entire Nine Heavens world was in an uproar. Everyone was watching this mysterious person, but he still didn’t stop.

Another set of sixth-order runes appeared. Above the Supreme Sanctuary, dark clouds gathered, and suddenly a fierce wind arose. Everyone was surrounded by a whirlwind brimming with soul power.

Named—“Medal of the Storm Knight”

Everyone, whether combat or life professions, saw a new world. Yes, an earth-shattering, extraordinary world.

However, the mystery didn’t stop. Seven more sets were handed over, making a total of nine sets of god-level runes, covering everything. Whether the players on site or those watching the video, all went from shock to utter stupefaction.

The Rune Masters’ Guild was completely surrounded. At the same time, the queue time for entry into the Supreme Imperial City was “1,050,970 hours.” Players were strongly advised to switch login cities.

Those who had just obtained NO.1, such as King Carter, were already there. They got the news and rushed over at the first moment, because they all had a hunch that Old Walker was going to do something big today.

Right in front of them was this, one hundred percent scoundrel, Old Walker!

Martial God Dante Alighieri wanted to rush in, but even with his max-level martial artist status, he couldn’t take a single step past the thunder barrier. Super-god-level exorcism barrier—The Bloom of Deadly Despair.

At this moment, the sky of the global Nine Heavens world suddenly shone with dazzling light. Countless holy rays poured down, and time stood still.

Ten years ago, a genius named Frank Walker wanted to usher in a new era of gaming. With his glib tongue, he successfully talked eight followers—seven men and one woman—into founding the Nine Heavens Dream Studio to develop the virtual online game “Royal Nine Heavens.” However, just as the game succeeded, the main creator Frank Walker disappeared. Helplessly, Ethan Lincoln stepped up as the new CEO, reportedly Frank Walker’s girlfriend. At the time, this caused a huge stir, and there were even rumors that the eight had joined forces to drive Frank Walker out...

But only Frank Walker knew that he had convinced these people to give up their own life plans and join Royal Nine Heavens. However, Frank Walker’s high-difficulty content design soon plunged the company into crisis. Ethan Lincoln, who was in charge of finances, tried everything, even selling the house her parents had prepared for her, but still couldn’t solve the financial crisis. At that point, Frank Walker, ignoring everyone’s advice, borrowed from loan sharks. But soon, all the funds were burned up by Frank Walker’s obsession with design.

Ethan Lincoln, Sean Bolton, Tom Marshall, and the others could only sleep three or four hours a day, and still had to endure Frank Walker’s bad temper. But they had no complaints. Deep down, they admired Frank Walker and always believed Royal Nine Heavens would succeed, as long as Frank Walker could lower his perfectionist standards just a little.

But the young and headstrong Frank Walker didn’t. He missed the best opportunity. As the massive debt was about to come due—a life-or-death moment—under immense pressure, the nearly obsessive Frank Walker finally broke down.

He... ran away.

He abandoned the company, abandoned his promises, and fled like a fool, falling from a genius admired by all into the mud.

Yet fate favored those who persevered... Ethan Lincoln had no choice but to release the first version of Royal Nine Heavens to the market. Though imperfect, it was a huge success as soon as the public beta launched.

They operated and improved as they went.

Sometimes, perfectionism really gets in the way.

After their success, Ethan Lincoln and the others ignored outside criticism and tried everything to find Frank Walker.

But Frank Walker knew... he couldn’t go back now, nor did he deserve to. Everything he once prided himself on had collapsed.

When the game launched, Frank Walker secretly played it. Maybe it was a case of breaking down before building up—suddenly, inspiration struck, and he found a way to perfect Nine Heavens. As a special player, he wanted to finish all this before returning.

He just didn’t expect that this would take another ten years—sleeping on the streets, rummaging through trash cans, pretending to be a loli, even acting as a mature woman. At his lowest, he almost became a host. But when it came to resilience and stubbornness, Frank Walker never lost to anyone.

The new chapter of Royal Nine Heavens, the complete version!

On the Nine Heavens continent, beams of holy light shot straight down from midair. Then the light grew brighter and thicker. After a moment of stillness, the entire game world seemed to tremble slightly. People in the hall felt as if there was an earthquake, swaying and staggering.

Whenever a character leveled up or received a special reward, such light would appear, but never with such a commotion.

In that dazzling light, a goddess slowly appeared, dressed in a white robe adorned with brilliant golden runes. Everyone was extremely familiar with her, as she was the opening scene of Nine Heavens, but this was the first time she appeared as an NPC.

The shining six-pointed star sigil on her forehead symbolized her as the supreme being in the Nine Heavens world—the Nine Heavens Goddess.

“Wow, wow, did we trigger a quest? What kind of quest is this awesome?”

“Feels like things are getting wild this time. Did Bai Niang get poisoned or something?”

“Amazing! Just to give out a reward, they had to bring out the highest goddess herself to present it?”

“Damn, this goddess babe is so sexy, I want to sing ‘Conquer’...”

“Can you all stop being perverts! Why is this earthquake still going? My head’s about to get shaken off...”