As the hidden undercurrents quietly stirred the Grand Cyclic Stellar Region, the world continued advancing towards the single goal of the masses, rife with anticipation and opportunity: the Chosen King Competition!
After millennia of sub-par showings, unable to produce a Chosen King, this event slowly earned the reputation of having some superficial importance to the Grand Cyclic Stellar Region, seen more as a means to gain rare alchemical products, resources, and remembrance of the grand legacy the King of Everlore left behind. It was mostly treated as a farm by which to obtain resources to nurture talent or seize rare products for Ascended beings; now, with the Neo-Dawn Eclipse Pill's existence and the advent of the new Chosen Standards, the hope of a Chosen King rising amongst the hopefuls was rekindled.
MC having MC things.
Crazy how if this followed Lin Ming's POV, how differently we'd feel about all this. In fact, we might be rooting for him.