Everyone's gaze followed Zhou Xuantong's line of sight.
Li Hongtian and Su Wen followed his gaze as well. They were first stunned, then their expressions changed slightly.
Li Hongtian's gaze lingered on Jiang Bei for a moment. His lips trembled, but in the end, he said nothing.
Su Wen also fell silent for a moment, his eyes surging with a complicated, icy light.
The others from the Divine Mansion all turned to look at Jiang Bei as well. All manner of emotions churned across their faces—shock, realization, and sentiment—yet not a single person spoke in opposition.
Zhou Xuantong's gaze fell upon Jiang Bei as he said solemnly, "Over all these years, I, Zhou Xuantong, have seen geniuses as numerous as carp crossing a river. Yet there are very few people I have truly admired, and Jiang Bei is undoubtedly one of them. His talent is outstanding, unprecedented! If he had not done everything in his power today to hold back Hua Xuan and Hua You, forcibly enduring the joint assault of two God-Annihilation Realm Major Refinement experts from the Treading Spirit Sect, our Myriad Forms Divine Mansion would have been breached long ago. We would never have held on until the moment I intervened."
"I am giving the Myriad Forms Sacred Body to him, allowing him to go a step further and lead all of you onward. Today, I place my hopes upon him. I believe he can lead the Myriad Forms Divine Mansion out of its current predicament and go even farther!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Bei abruptly raised his head, his expression changing drastically.
He hurriedly cupped his hands toward Zhou Xuantong and said, "Divine Mansion Lord, absolutely not! The Myriad Forms Sacred Body is the foundation of the Myriad Forms Star Realm's inheritance, the symbol of the