The Sun Lord's offhand remark sent the atmosphere in the conference room plunging to freezing point.
The nine elders looked at one another and found each other's expressions stiff. Uneasy fear fermented in their hearts.
They had already learned from Heaven's Punishment that the Sun Lord had been born and descended into reality, restoring the Wind and Thunder Twin Gods' sanity.
And this newly ascended Sun Lord was none other than Yuanshi Tianzun, the discarded son of the Five Elements Alliance!
A bolt from the blue!
Those were the only words that could describe how they had felt upon hearing the news.
Their shock was comparable to a dog being elected president of the Free Federation.
That young man, whom they had scorned as arrogant and impossible to control, had ultimately climbed step by step to the highest rank, becoming the most powerful demigod of the present age.
Ling Tuo had failed to obtain the Solar Origin. For the lawful faction, that was exhilarating news—but the one who had become the Sun Lord was Yuanshi Tianzun. To the nine elders, that was enough to make their hearts tremble!
More or less, all of them had suppressed that thorny genius and indulged, even tacitly permitted, Cai Qinhe's actions.
Seeing the nine elders' rigid expressions, Zhang Yuanqing's imposing face broke into a smile.
"Don't be so nervous. I'm not that petty. What's past is past. I summoned you today to announce two things. First, the struggle for the Solar Origin has ended, but the lawful faction did not win.
"You should already know that the lawful demigods haven't returned."
Great Elder Di Hong let out a soft breath. "Please enlighten us!"
Heaven's Punishment had only conveyed news of the Sun Lord and had not mentioned what had happened within the Sun Instance.