Pan Xuan stood in the hall, swept his gaze over everyone present, and nodded slightly.
The Dragon Clan had been more efficient than he expected. These candidates covered almost all the major waters of the Primordial World.
Their cultivation was all at the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal level or above, and several leaders of the great rivers were even Daluo Golden Immortals.
More remarkably, every candidate Ancestral Dragon had selected was a practical worker who had guarded their waters for years.
With them, the Water God and River Lord system would not be an empty framework, but a functioning divine administration with real authority.
Ancestral Dragon walked up to the Dragon Throne at the head of the hall, but instead of sitting, he turned toward Pan Xuan and cupped his hands.
"Fellow Daoist Pan Xuan, the Dragon Clan's candidates are all here. Please preside over the investiture as Lord of the Divine Dao."
In his capacity as the Dragon Clan's patriarch, he was entrusting the coming ceremony entirely to Pan Xuan.
Pan Xuan nodded slightly, walked to the head of the hall, and turned to face the hall full of Dragon Clan members.
A streak of purple-gold light flew from his sleeve. The Star Divine Dao Seal slowly rose and hovered beneath the hall's vaulted ceiling.
The sun, moon, stars, mountains, and rivers on the seal lit up in succession. Its purple-gold radiance shone together with the dragon palace's luminous pearls, illuminating every minute detail of the Four Seas Hall.
"Great Dao above, let the Heavenly Dao bear witness."
Pan Xuan's voice was steady as a mountain, every word reaching everyone present with perfect clarity. "Today, I, Pan Xuan of Mount Buzhou, Lord of the Divine Dao, confer divine offices on Heaven's behalf.
"The Dragon Clan stands supreme among the