The Great Mystery Sundial stood silently in the void, its shadowed hand slowly ticking through time.
"We've already waited two quarters of an hour." Ju Kui gave a light cough. "Looks like it'll only be the three of us today."
This was simply outrageous. Jiang True Lord was convening a Great Void meeting for the first time, and the others had the nerve to show him so little respect. Was this True Lord going around calling himself a True Lord, demanding that you True Persons who were not True Lords pay respects to this newly advanced True Lord?
Jiang Wang cast an immortal's sidelong glance at Zhong Xuanyin's meeting minutes and saw written there—
"The rest had matters preventing their attendance."
"Mr. Zhong," Jiang Wang drawled, "what exactly are these matters that the rest have?"
"Every one of them was vague as mud." Zhong Xuanyin set down his writing knife, replying irritably, "Why don't you ask them yourself, True Lord Jiang?"
Jiang Wang was choked up again.
They said those at the pinnacle stood Equal to Heaven. Why didn't he feel any elevation in status at all?
They said a True Lord was lord over True Persons, yet all his colleagues were rebellious to the bone!
He raised a hand and traced a circle, then gave it a gentle push—
Flowing light spun and, in an instant, formed a mirror. The power of Heaven's Dao rippled within.
Beyond the shimmering radiance stood a brilliant figure, charging back and forth within the mirror. Wherever blade light passed, demon heads rolled, and black mist filled the sky.
"Councilor Dou!" Jiang Wang asked warmly. "What are you busy with?"
Dou Zhao, who had gone many days without sleep or rest, shot a sidelong look at the Heavenly Law Mirror Circle in the air.