Star River and Mu Cangming led the others into the hall.
"Everyone is here. Please, take your seats!"
Fang Mo rose as well, smiling as he lifted a hand. He did not remain seated in complete arrogance, yet neither did he lower his bearing too much.
"Greetings, Alliance Leader!"
Everyone hurriedly bowed, even Star River and Mu Cangming paying their respects with great deference.
Whether in the Tianli Sect or the Tianli Sword Domain, the strong were revered, and status decided everything.
Within the Tianli Sect, once one's strength rose, so did one's seniority.
Even though Star River had once been of Fang Mo's Martial Ancestor generation, and they could address each other however they pleased in private, in public, strength still determined status.
Fang Mo was now not only the Alliance Leader and the number one person under heaven, but also an existence in the Holy Realm. By reason and sentiment alike, Star River and the others did not dare put on airs and have Fang Mo address them as Martial Ancestor before so many people.
Lie Jiuyou and Jian Buxu followed behind them. Originally, the arrangement had been for the Heavenly Venerates to hold posts in the Heavenly Way Alliance, but now every Sect Master had come in person.
Still, after experiencing the previous great battle and fighting shoulder to shoulder, the two at least dared to stand before Fang Mo. Otherwise, they truly would not have dared to step forward and make their presence known.
"No need for ceremony. Sit!" Fang Mo said with a smile, raising his hand before taking his seat first. He understood that if he did not sit, no one else would dare sit before him.
Once he sat down, everyone took their seats in turn.
Servants immediately brought tea and set it