Huyan Jingxuan was a pillar of the Huyan clan, a True Blood family of the grasslands; the current head of the Azure Feather Patrol Office; and the strongest True Person in Mu Kingdom, having shattered the Cangtu Mirror Wall.
Strictly speaking, in Mu Kingdom's internal division of powers, he should have belonged to the "Joint Council of Elders."
The Joint Council of Elders was an organization with an exceptionally complex structure. Put simply—it essentially represented the interests of the grasslands' major True Blood tribes.
As everyone knew, throughout the long ages, the grasslands had remained shrouded beneath the divine radiance of Cangtu God, Venerable God of The Present World.
Before Great Mu was founded, Cangtu had already been the sole true god.
Divine Authority was supreme, like an eternal truth—but it had not, in fact, endured eternally.
When Mu Kingdom was first established, Divine Authority still reigned supreme across the grasslands.
Back then, Mu Grand Ancestor Helian Qingtong bowed once every three steps as he climbed Qionglu Mountain, where he received his coronation from the Divine Crown High Priestess of the Cangtu God Temple. Only afterward, with the support of the Cangtu Divine Cavalry, did he unite the tribes of the grasslands.
Thereafter, every Son of Heaven of Mu had to travel to Qionglu Mountain to receive the crown upon ascending the throne.
The divine seat of Cangtu stood supreme, and the Divine Crown High Priestess representing Divine Authority was the foremost person of the grasslands, second only to the god.
Only beneath Divine Authority stood imperial power and the Joint Council of Elders, side by side.
Under the watch of Divine Authority, the Helian royal clan and the other True Blood tribes checked and balanced one another, sharing worldly power.
To the Cangtu Divine Church, this was an idealized