"To meet the ever-increasing intensity of war, effective immediately, the Second through Ninth Authority Priests of our Ancestral God Hall, as well as all Hall Masters except those of the Barbarian Spirit Hall, shall be replaced by awakened Sacred Priests.
The original Authority Priests and Hall Masters shall be demoted by half a rank and serve as Assistant Priests to the newly appointed Authority Priests and Hall Masters, assisting them in handling all affairs. Once our Ancestral God Hall has weathered this crisis and secured victory, these Sacred Priests serving temporarily shall retire once more."
The words of Grand Priest Dongyang Si Chen, who had just assumed office through the Law of Survival dragonhide book, crashed down like successive thunderbolts, leaving every Authority Priest and Hall Master present utterly stunned.
No one had expected the new Grand Priest Dongyang Si Chen's first order to be this.
Though the order sounded lofty and righteous, at its core, it was a seizure of power!
The transfer of the Grand Priest position from Dongyang Lige to Dongyang Si Chen had, in truth, merely been an internal rotation of power within the Dongyang Family.
But Dongyang Si Chen's order now was naked, undisguised power-grabbing.
The positions of Authority Priests and Hall Masters would be assumed by Sacred Priests, while the original Authority Priests and Hall Masters could only serve as Assistant Priests under them.
It could be said that the Authority Priests and Hall Masters seated here would immediately become errand-runners for those newly appointed Sacred Priests. Before long, even the post of Assistant Priest might become an empty title, leaving them thoroughly sidelined and stripped of all authority.
The reason was simple: how could mere Dao Realm cultivators contend with Sacred Priests?
Moreover, it was certain that the Sacred Priests suddenly elevated by