Once they entered the grand hall, quite a few Celestial Venerables and Imperial Sovereigns were already waiting. Those qualified to enter and discuss grand plans were essentially the Creation God Dynasty's foremost experts. Quasi-Emperors did not even have the right to set foot inside. Some meetings were reserved for Celestial Venerables alone.
The arrangements differed according to the rank of the gathering.
Inside the hall, the Celestial Venerables took their seats upon rows of thrones at the very center, while the Imperial Sovereigns sat around the outskirts, their positions considerably lower than those of the Celestial Venerables, displaying the latter's supreme status.
Even among Celestial Venerables, there were distinctions of rank. Ordinary Celestial Venerables could only sit to either side, while fifteen thrones stood at the head of the hall. Yet only two were occupied. When the Four Great Celestial Venerables of the Southeast, Northwest arrived, they each took one of those thrones.
Even the Time and Space Celestial Venerable was not qualified to sit among those fifteen thrones. He could only sit below them. Though he ranked first beneath those fifteen, he still could not stand shoulder to shoulder with them.
Ye Xiwen understood at once. Besides the five great Celestial Venerables of the east, south, west, north, and center, the fifteen thrones belonged to the city lords of the ten god cities—Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow, Universe, Hong, Desolate, Sun, and Moon. On the ship, he had already heard Battle Venerable speak at length about the structure of the Epoch Battlefield.
Within the Creation God Dynasty, the Four Great Celestial Venerables of the Southeast, Northwest held the highest authority. Yet on the Epoch Battlefield, the city lords of these ten god cities were the leaders.
Both sides belonged to the Creation God Dynasty's two major divisions. Their statuses could