"All right, all right. Let's leave the small talk for now. More guests from the Inner Territory are still coming, so let's not make a spectacle of ourselves." Seeing the shift in the atmosphere, the Morning Tide Heavenly Emperor smoothed things over with a faint smile beneath her vivid red eyes.
"Once the Myriad Sects Imperial War begins, we can watch these youngsters fight while we chat. There's no need to say everything now," the Weaving Delusion Heavenly Emperor said with a chuckle.
The others around them, their expressions varied, smiled and chimed in.
By unspoken agreement, they seemed to have put this invisible dispute aside.
Heavenly Emperor Ganfeng glanced at them, smiled, and said no more.
A little while later, more people from Third-Tier Affiliate Nations arrived at Fengxian Spirit Island above the Imperial City.
The garden had seating for over a thousand. It had not been prepared solely for the Myriad Realms Heavenly Emperor and a few others, but to accommodate representatives from at least a thousand affiliated countries in Third-Tier Star Systems across the Inner Territory.
As time passed, more top powerhouses from Third-Tier Star Systems arrived, until they numbered over a thousand!
Even those of the lowest standing among them were at least high-ranking officials on the level of Chancellor Xu in their respective nations.
Anyone below that threshold had no right to appear in this skyborne garden!
Though they were all affiliated countries of the Inner Territory, the gap between those in Third-Tier Star Systems and those in Fourth- and Fifth-Tier Star Systems was enormous. The rulers of the latter were not even qualified to take a seat on Fengxian Spirit Island!
As the hosts, Heavenly Emperor Ganfeng and the Abyss Prince welcomed the thousand-odd guests. They exchanged pleasantries, talking and laughing together.
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