Junero's departure didn't have much of an effect on Sui Xiong.
Though this "scholar emperor" hadn't been emperor of the Orcs for very long, he'd accumulated a great amount of power. On top of that, rather than dying, he'd done the equivalent of ascending to the heavens in broad daylight. Such a feat meant that not only did he not lose relevance after leaving the Mortal Plane, but he actually became more famous than before.
In a situation like this, there was great meaning in the succeeding Orc Emperor—"Iron Teeth" Ilo—strictly adhering to Junero's policies. As for those ambitious folks hidden throughout the Orc Empire, they behaved for now. None of them wanted to stand out among the crowd.
