Regardless of how "Shang Yun" had obtained this Heng Ancestor's Edict Seal from the deeply scheming Yin Di, the seal's radiant patterns now flowed with extraordinary divine splendor. It had clearly already "acknowledged" the Azure Emperor before the hall.
That meant "Shang Yun" had taken a single step across heaven, invisibly vaulting over every obstacle on the path of ascent, and directly gained the status of a Sealed Emperor with Chain, able to stand as an equal among the great nobles present.
For the acknowledgment of Heng Ancestor's Edict Seal stood above all private prejudices of the noble clans.
Even the Eternal Council had no choice but to recognize it.
Seeing the wonderfully varied expressions of these Eternal Nobles, Li Qingyun smiled faintly. "It seems my status has already been recognized by all of you!"
Then his handsome face hardened, and his eyes blazed brightly like two sharp swords of eternal light, abruptly piercing toward Xia Jing Supreme Being, who had stirred up the challenge.
"As for how I suppressed and killed Tailande, the relevant explanations, traces, and evidence were long ago submitted to the Cosmic Dwarf Star Southern Great Domain Capital and forwarded to the Patrol Cosmos Department!
As Deputy Director, rather than first examining the relevant evidence, you instead questioned me at random.
I have reason to doubt whether you are qualified to sit in that position!
Furthermore, may I, like you, demand additional proof from those who passed the assessment before me?"
The chime-like Dao sound grew ever more impassioned, its edge flashing without the slightest restraint!
Li Qingyun was exceptionally forceful. The pressure around him rose in tandem, invisibly sweeping toward Xia Jing and giving neither Xia Jing nor the Xia clan any face.
Yet now that he had revealed his status as a Sealed Emperor