The Council of Elders' collective decision was no easy thing to overturn.
The Great Elder had brought up the old matter again, and the assembled high-ranking figures had no choice but to grit their teeth and admit that Mu Chen, who had brought back the Eight-Part Buddha, was entitled to a seat in the clan council.
With that, Jing Branch's seats in the Council of Elders had reached a staggering nine.
The obstacle to the Young Clan Leader's upcoming duels had thus vanished.
The two Main Branches that had fought tooth and nail to stop him, Xuan Branch and Mo Branch, looked as if someone had just died.
Qing Yanjing and her husband, meanwhile, seemed thoughtful.
This was for the best. Mu Chen's tour of the Buddha Realm a few days ago had merely put him in the public eye.
But if he wanted to truly establish his authority, he still needed a few satisfying bouts.
In the Great Thousand World, only one's fists spoke the truth; the victor was king.
That was even more true within the Five Great God Clans. Strength was the only hard currency.
"Then let's start with Xuan Branch."
Under the exceptionally tense gazes of Xuan Branch's experts, Mu Chen darted forward and landed on the White Jade Battle Platform belonging to a Heavenly Sovereign at the Early Spirit Grade. He issued his challenge:
"Mu Chen of Qing Branch requests Elder Xuan Lin's instruction!"
Every expert who witnessed the scene had the same thought: he was picking on the weakest.
Mu Chen was unquestionably a Heavenly Sovereign.
However, because Qing Yanjing had deliberately concealed his strength, the clan only knew that his spiritual energy cultivation was roughly at the Spirit Grade. They had no idea of his precise level.
But as the Young Clan Master