Longevity Heaven watched the situation gradually develop in the direction he had anticipated, a faint, almost imperceptible smile curling at the corner of his lips.
He lowered his head to glance at Xurang Xi beside him and gave her a silent signal.
She immediately released her pressure, forcibly cowing the entire room into silence.
Only after everyone had quieted down did Longevity Heaven clear his throat and begin speaking:
"I understand everyone's concerns, and I also understand that placing all our hopes on a single God's Chosen One carries too great a risk."
"So, in addition to that, I intend to gather resources and cultivate five more God's Favored."
"As for the criteria for selecting these candidates..."
"As the representative of the Eternal Star Clan, and the Domain Overlord with the greatest number of God's Favored within my clan, I should avoid any suspicion of bias."
"I will not participate. I will only observe."
"The specific criteria will be decided by all of you. Recommend suitable candidates and finalize the spots."
The entire room was stunned once more.
Longevity Heaven was actually being this fair and just?
He would not participate in the evaluation and would merely observe?
Did he not want to concentrate the resources of the entire universe and rapidly promote the God's Favored within his own clan?
Or, with the Demon Tide about to erupt, had this Hub Star Domain Overlord truly grown desperate? Had he set aside his personal ambitions, eager to save the universe from disaster in order to preserve himself?
If that was the case, then the events Xurang Xi, the God's Favored of Fate, had "foreseen" were likely all real.
Otherwise, Longevity Heaven would not have made such an enormous concession.
For a moment, the Domain Overlords all harbored different thoughts.
Some were