All the Celestial Venerables fell silent. This outcome had been within their expectations. From the moment Ye Xiwen defeated the three Peak Celestial Venerables, many of them had already reached their conclusions. Yet the fact that he had defeated the Heaven City Lord so swiftly, with such crushing superiority, was the real reason they found it impossible to accept for the moment.
It was simply too terrifying!
Ye Xiwen took a step out of the chaos and returned to the great hall. He sat upon the throne, looked over the crowd, then said, "I presume everyone should be satisfied now. Is there anyone else who wishes to offer guidance?"
He swept his gaze across them, and they had nothing left to say. Ye Xiwen truly possessed the strength to awe the heroes. If they stepped out at this moment, they would no longer merely be opposing Ye Xiwen—they would be provoking him.
Only now did they understand why the Central Celestial Venerable had chosen Ye Xiwen as his supporter. It was not because his brain had taken on water, nor because Ye Xiwen was his trusted subordinate. It was because Ye Xiwen truly possessed such terrifying strength.
Compared with the Central Celestial Venerable of old, he was likely only stronger, not weaker. Though they still harbored doubts about how things would end when two mighty powers contended for supremacy, judging from what Ye Xiwen had said, this was clearly not the time to discuss that matter.
"Since that is the case, then I shall not decline what duty demands. I will temporarily assume the great authority of the Creation God Dynasty. If you have any matters in the future, you may report them to me," Ye Xiwen said. "Do not treat what I said before as wind passing by your