Not only Elder Xuanyuan, but all the other Dao Province elders present wore stunned expressions.
Elder Xuanyuan silently put away the longsword in his hand. As he looked at Mo Hua, his gaze turned exceptionally cold.
"This brat..."
Originally, the campaign to besiege the Imperial Court and invade the Dragon Pool had proceeded step by step entirely under his control.
He had already discussed matters with the great clans of Dao Province in advance.
With the Xuanyuan Family at the forefront, everyone would advance and retreat as one. Once they took the Dragon Pool, they would divide its benefits according to merit and absorb the Great Wilderness's fortune.
The forces from the other provinces could only act according to the wishes of Dao Province's great clans.
In terms of the division of power, Dao Province stood at the center of the cultivation world. It was where the Central Dao Court resided, the place where the authority of the world converged.
The great clans of Dao Province had always been a cut above the rest.
In terms of rank, most Dao Province great clans were powerful fifth-grade families, with some even reaching the pinnacle of Sixth-Grade.
At this moment, within the Four Symbols Palace, Dao Province also had the greatest number of Golden Core cultivators.
Therefore, among everyone in this Four Symbols Hall, Dao Province's great clans possessed the strongest power.
Elder Xuanyuan had also been confident that he could control the situation and sway every great clan's decisions and distribution of benefits.
That had always been the case before.
And it should have remained so.
Until he brought this Void Gate prodigy named "Mo Hua" into the hall, the situation suddenly went bad.
It was as if he had led a great loach into a fishpond. In an instant, all