Three days later, at the grand ceremony of the Shugu Tribe.
Lugu became the new Great Chieftain of the Shugu Tribe.
Before the eyes of the masses, Mo Hua stood upon the high platform. In his capacity as "Shaman," bearing the will of the God Lord and the charge entrusted by the Shugu Ancestor, he personally handed the White Bone Scepter, the symbol of the Shugu Tribe's authority, to Lugu.
The powerful, brawny Lugu knelt on one knee before Mo Hua and accepted the scepter with utmost reverence.
From that moment on, Lugu leaped from being a general of the Main Tribe to becoming the Great Chieftain of the entire Third-Grade major tribe, the Shugu Tribe, wielding supreme real authority. Mo Hua, meanwhile, became the spiritual symbol of the Shugu Tribe.
Lugu held military authority.
Mo Hua represented divine authority.
Divine authority stood above all other authority.
War raged at the time, and the famine disaster spread beyond their borders. The ceremony was not especially grand, yet there were still hundreds of thousands of Shugu tribesmen in attendance. These Barbarian Cultivators witnessed the transfer of power within the Shugu Tribe with their own eyes.
They witnessed the birth of the Shugu Tribe's new Great Chieftain.
They also witnessed the first emergence and spread, upon the lands of the Great Wilderness, of the "divine authority" represented by Mo Hua.
For a time, the masses bowed in worship and shouted:
"Long live the Shugu Tribe!"
"Long live the Great Chieftain!"
"Shaman, may your wisdom shine forever!"
"God Lord, eternal and undying!"
Ten thousand voices converged, trickles flowing into a sea, surging like a tsunami. They shook the mountains and earth, echoing through heaven and land for a long while.
Thus, after a round of careful strategizing, Mo Hua had preliminarily achieved the