Fang Qing sensed the Alliance's renewed state, responsive as an arm and a finger, with its fortune flowing freely through it. Heroic ambition surged in his heart.
He slowly rose to his feet. He did not deliberately release any pressure, yet an unsurpassable bearing that commanded All Heavens and bore Myriad Daos naturally enveloped the entire divine hall. Everyone felt reverence rise within them and involuntarily lowered their heads.
His gaze flashed like lightning as he slowly swept across the thirty-six core members below.
The Light and Dark Two Emissaries, the Nine Dao Protector Dharma Kings, and the Twenty-Four Heavens Dao Protector Divine Generals.
These people were proud, profound, fierce, cunning, upright, or savage...
Yet at this moment, all their auras were linked to the Alliance's fortune. Their gazes were fixed upon him as they awaited the Alliance Leader's command.
Fang Qing then looked toward the thousands upon thousands of All Heavens Old Ancestors and representatives of various factions standing farther out.
Their expressions were complicated. There was reverence, expectation, envy, and even traces of unease.
But regardless, the Dao Protector Alliance's new core of power had already been established. The greater trend had taken shape.
"From this day onward,"
Fang Qing's voice was not loud, yet it rang through every corner of the divine hall with the clarity and steadiness of great bells and grand chimes. Through the connection of fortune, it faintly carried out into All Heavens and Myriad Worlds.
"The new era of the Dao Protector Alliance officially begins!"
"The Great Tribulation is upon us. The enemies of the Future World eye us like tigers, while the turbid waves of the Brahma River seek to engulf All Heavens. At this moment of peril, we cultivators must cast aside old grudges and unite our strength!"
"Since I am