Those twelve Divinities had not all been recruited by the same person.
Thus, they were not gathered in the same place.
To receive their authorities, Li Yun still had to travel to different locations.
He spent several days accepting the authorities of nine of those Divinities in succession, bringing the number of Divinities in the All Wonders Divine Kingdom to eighteen.
Only then did he head to a deserted island in the eastern seas.
There awaited three Divinities whom the Profound Mystery Island Master and the Heavenly Fortune High Person had recruited together: Nuji, Black Crane, and Cangtu, three experts who had remained hidden for many years.
However.
The moment Li Yun set foot on the deserted island, he keenly sensed something amiss.
Nuji, Black Crane, and Cangtu were indeed Divinities, but they already fucking bore other Divine Kingdom Marks. Those marks had merely been concealed through an extremely sophisticated method-or, more precisely, through the power of a high-level authority.
They looked just like ordinary Divinities who had submitted to no one.
The Profound Mystery Island Master and the Heavenly Fortune High Person lacked the strength to detect anything unusual.
Upon seeing Li Yun arrive.
The two hurried forward to welcome him.
"My lord, you're finally here."
"Allow me to introduce them to you, my lord. This is Ancestor Nuji, this is Ancestor Black Crane, and this is Ancestor Cangtu... These three fellow Daoists are all supreme experts born in the ancient era of the Myriad Sources Continent."
"They have long since become Divinities as well."
"All three have explicitly expressed their willingness to enter your service voluntarily..."
The Profound Mystery Island Master spoke with considerable excitement.
Although the recruitment had been a joint effort with the Heavenly Fortune High Person, bringing three Divinities into the All Wonders Divine Kingdom