Inside the Divine Hall's council chamber.
This time, Fang Mo sat in the Head Seat, with Yunhe and Qingshui seated below him.
The masters of the Five Peaks, several Venerables, and the leaders of each peak were all present.
Last time, Fang Mo had sat below as one of the leaders attending the meeting. Now, he was presiding over it as the Tianli Sect's Sect Master. The shift in status had happened so fast that he still felt somewhat unaccustomed to it.
There was not a trace of dejection in Yunhe's expression. On the contrary, he seemed rather exhilarated. His gaze swept across the hall as he declared in a ringing voice, "Everyone, although the Sect Master Hall's Affairs Hall has already issued a notice, I will announce it once more here. Holy Son Fang Mo has now been jointly appointed by the Sect Master and the Council of Elders as Tianli Sect's First Deputy Sect Master. He will take full charge of all Tianli Sect affairs and holds the Sect Master's Token. No peak is to slight him, or they will face severe punishment under sect rules!"
"Greetings, Deputy Sect Master Fang!"
Everyone saluted Fang Mo in unison. Even the masters of the Five Peaks inclined their bodies slightly.
Biqiong looked at the figure seated in the Sect Master's seat, her gaze complicated.
Previously, she had been unable to see through Fang Mo's fate or deduce his destiny, so she had kept a respectful distance from him and had even been unwilling to become too entangled with him. Though she could not calculate Fang Mo's fate, she knew that a dense killing tribulation clung to him.
Countless people would die because of him. Now it had indeed come true—he had slain twelve True Lords in a single day, his