Throughout the history of the Violetglow Imperial Palace, there had always been forty-eight Star Kings, with few exceptions.
Forty-eight, plus the twenty-five votes of the clan sovereigns, plus the thirty votes of the Empyrean Sovereign, made an odd number in the end.
As long as it was an odd number, there would be a winner and a loser, a result.
And since the outcome of this vote happened to concern Li Tianming himself, everyone had excluded his own "wish" before voicing their opinions. Otherwise, if he took part, the total would become even.
With one extra Star King, the total number of votes in the Thousandstar Assembly had become even. This was also an issue that would need to be rectified in the future. Of course, under normal circumstances, even with an even number of votes, the odds of a tie were still quite low.
Only Star King Ziyan had yet to state her position, while the rest of the votes had added up to an exact tie. This came as a surprise to everyone, and it made Li Tianming's eight-star cosmic divine source all the more dramatic.
"So now, the chance has come to test whether Star King Ziyan was telling the truth last time."
If she opposed it, that would prove that everything she had said before had merely been deception.
"If she agrees, it still doesn't mean she is entirely trustworthy, because it cannot be ruled out that she is using an Empyrean Sovereign divine source to win my trust... Of course, no matter what, I'm making a killing."
The Empyrean Sovereign divine source was an unexpected gain. If he could obtain it, everyone would be delighted; if not, Li Tianming did not care all that much. Sooner or later, it would be his anyway!
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