Bibi Dong sat high upon the papal throne. Today, she wore the Pope's Mantle, an Amethyst Crown upon her head and the Golden Scepter in her hand. She appeared graceful and imposing, noble and majestic.
Standing to her left was the High Priest of the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu!
Qian Daoliu almost never came to the Papal Hall. After all these years, this was his first time stepping into it, naturally for Qian Renxue's sake.
Although Qian Daoliu's status within Spirit Hall was not much lower than Bibi Dong's, the Pope was still Spirit Hall's public face and nominal supreme ruler. By convention, even the High Priest should fall under the Pope's jurisdiction.
It was only because Qian Daoliu was so powerful that Bibi Dong could do nothing about him.
But today, in the Papal Hall and before Spirit Hall's many Titled Douluo, he still had to show Bibi Dong some respect.
Lu Yuan stood to Bibi Dong's right. Under these circumstances, only Lu Yuan was qualified to stand opposite Qian Daoliu.
In the hearts of Spirit Hall's many higher-ups, Lu Yuan had long been the inevitable next Pope. Apart from that status, he was also the Hall Master of Dragon King Hall.
The title of Dragon King Hall's Hall Master alone was enough to put him on equal footing with Spirit Hall's Pope.
He was absolutely qualified to stand opposite Qian Daoliu.
As for Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who would normally have stood there, both of them stood below today.
The elders and priests below were mainly divided into three groups.
On the left stood the elders from Bibi Dong's Papal Hall faction, led by Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. There were more than ten of them, and the Titled Douluo they had nurtured openly and secretly had