This meeting was clearly an internal gathering of the western upper echelon of the Order Shrine. Those present were all senior figures from the Shrine's western region.
Aside from Ilena, the Garrison God King, the other twelve figures were evidently the heads of the seven departments or other important high-ranking officials.
And according to the Order Shrine's tradition of status, position, and strength being linked, they should all have been Level Three or Level Four God Kings.
Therefore, although Star Founder God King held absolute authority within the Star Founder God System, he was clearly among the lowest-ranking people here.
That was why, when Ilena called on him and asked him to answer, he was stunned for a second.
Then, rather than immediately answering Ilena's question, he pondered with an uncertain expression for a moment before slowly saying,
"Actually... I think this plan is quite good."
"And I don't understand why the other God Kings think it is dangerous."
As he spoke, he seemed to have finally made up his mind. His aged gaze calmly swept across the God Kings as he said,
"As long as you carefully work through this plan, you'll find that aside from Qiu Tu himself facing danger and needing to meet Shepherd Heart God King face-to-face, we have no other risks."
He began listing what their side needed to do.
"The battle is currently deadlocked. The Order Heavenly Gods and God Kings being tied down in those seven God Kingdoms cannot withdraw anyway, so there is no need for us to do anything extra."
"And although Lady Ilena would face some danger by leaving the Wine God Kingdom and separating from her own God Kingdom..."
"...the other four Paths currently regard the Chaos Faction as their enemy and will not hold us back at a