When that aura descended upon the hall, Mount Tai Venerable had no choice but to kneel in midair.
That was right. This being who stood at the pinnacle of the ruling order had knelt before everyone.
Though he too found it humiliating and awkward, he had no choice but to kneel!
Everyone looked up toward where the aura had come from. Ripples like water spread through the air, and an old man clad in a straw raincoat and wearing a bamboo hat appeared in the sky.
The moment the old man appeared, that powerful aura fell silent in the air.
It was as though the aura from before had been nothing but an illusion.
Everyone stared up at the old man. If that distinct aura had not left such a profound shock in their hearts, they would surely have thought him no more than an ordinary old fisherman.
Yet Mount Tai Venerable, lofty and standing at the summit, was now worshipping this ordinary old fisherman.
Mount Tai Venerable knelt prostrate in the air and spoke before everyone:
"Father!"
"Father!?" Everyone was shaken, as if thunder had struck directly overhead.
"This... this old fisherman is actually Mount Tai Venerable's father!"
"Heavens!"
The old fisherman stood in the air. He glanced at Mount Tai Venerable, then at the divine soul projections that had surrounded Mount Tai Hall so tightly not even water could pass through, and shook his head helplessly.
He paid no attention to Mount Tai, leaving him kneeling in midair.
As for Mount Tai, unless the old fisherman permitted him to rise, he would never dare rise.
The old fisherman swept his gaze over the crowd. Naturally, he knew why these people had gathered here.
With a wave of his hand, the surrounding Eternal Void immediately rippled. It was as