As soon as those words were spoken, Master Huang Jian, sitting beside Peng Gong True God, froze. It was the first time any of the Universe Masters or Universe Supreme Beings present had seen Shadow Blade Master like this.
Shadow Blade Master had not actually been in charge of the Virtual Universe Company for long, only a few hundred thousand eras in all. Some Venerables might have emerged from seclusion only to discover that the person in charge of the Virtual Universe Company had changed.
Back when Chaos City Lord had prepared to enter seclusion and break through to become a Universe Supreme Being, he had entrusted the Virtual Universe Company's faction to Shadow Blade Master. Neither Master Ice Peak nor Darkness Master had objected, and even Original Ancestor had raised no opposition. It was clear from this that the Universe Masters of the Virtual Universe Company's faction were fairly satisfied with Ye Muxuan.
Later, Chaos City Lord had indeed broken through to become a Universe Supreme Being. His bodies had merged into one, leaving him without an avatar to guard the Initial Universe. At that point, Shadow Blade Master had formally taken charge of the Virtual Universe Company as a third-generation disciple of its faction, becoming the third-ranking figure among the many powerful members of the Human Race, second only to the two Universe Supreme Beings.
Later still, Darkness Master became Darkness Demon God, and Aurora Palace Master, Original Ancestor's blood descendant and Chaos True God's eldest disciple, also broke through to become a Universe Master. His second disciple, Venerable Guiyi, became Universe Master Gui Yi. Even then, not a single Universe Master in the faction proposed that Shadow Blade Master step down.
Since Shadow Blade Master had taken charge of the Hong Alliance, some of his ideas and