Before I Ascend the Throne

Zong Mi had seven Legendary-grade quests.

Only by completing all seven could he be crowned king.

So he clawed his way forward through lies, deception, and manipulation, scamming seven unfortunate suckers along the way.

In the end, he successfully ascended to the throne as the ruler of the Sky City within the Inner Domain, reaching the pinnacle of life.

Yet on the very day of his coronation, the system announcement rang coldly beside his ears—

[The resources of the Divine Kingdom’s main city have been exhausted. Hidden quest released.]

[Obtain the approval of the seven quest NPCs to restart the Divine Kingdom and condense a godhood.]

Zong Mi: ???

He thought about the people he had scammed before, including but not limited to—

The god who governed plague.

The Pope of the Dawn Church.

The king of the Skarman Empire.

The most powerful black wizard of the current age.

The Master of the Assassin Temple.

The aloof and transcendent Elven King.

And the ugly siren lurking beneath the deep sea.

In short, none of them were people he could afford to provoke.

Back then, he had deceived them too thoroughly, leaving himself no room for retreat.

Now he finally knew regret.

—Big brothers, please forgive me. I really know I was wrong.

The people of this world did not understand love.

Ten thousand years ago, they had personally exiled love with their own hands.

And when the one who had been banished finally returned once more, starlight gently veiling his brows and eyes, his royal robes draped upon him as he turned back—

Only then did they realize that the exile of love had merely been born from fear.

“Fear of the inevitable echo within the soul.”

[The final sentence of the synopsis is quoted from Vladimir Nabokov.]