Chen Jiu's gaze held more respect than ever before. The trace of defiance he had always carried vanished completely before the Grand Ancestor.
Everyone present, whether from the Cicada-Holding Directorate, the Divine Guard Bureau, the Abyssal Army, or the major sects' Fourth-Grade Grandmasters, bowed with clasped hands.
The White Bone God Lord did not move. Neither did Zhu Xiu, Luo Wendao, or the White Bone Elder.
Seeing that, Yang Ling stayed still as well.
He quietly sized up the experts the Grand Ancestor had brought. There were roughly thirty of them, ranging from the Lower Fourth Grade to the Upper Fourth Grade.
Not one was newly promoted. Some stood at the peak of the Lower Fourth Grade, with both attributes at 999.
Others stood at the peak of the Middle Fourth Grade, with both attributes at 1,999, or the peak of the Upper Fourth Grade, with both attributes at 2,999!
Their Internal Arts and Martial Techniques... every one of them is first-rate.
Yang Ling's expression grew grave.
These were the true elites of the Great Dream Dynasty.
In this Fourth-Grade Heaven Ranking Battle, anyone whose foundation fell even slightly short probably would not qualify.
After signaling Chen Jiu and the others to rise, the Grand Ancestor smiled at the White Bone God Lord.
"God Lord, it's been many years since we last met. I never expected so much to have changed."
The powerful figures who knew the White Bone God Lord's background were not surprised.
But many present still knew nothing of her origins. They only knew her as Supervisor Bai of the Myriad Affairs Bureau.
Seeing the Grand Ancestor address the supervisor personally, in the tone of an old friend he had not seen for years, left them shaken.
They could hardly believe it.
"You're too courteous, Grand Ancestor.