News that Spirit Hall's new pope was about to assume the Pope's Seat spread from Spirit Hall, then swept across every corner of the Douluo Continent at tremendous speed.
Inside the Holy Dragon Sect's great hall, Sect Master Tuoba Xi could scarcely believe the news he had received.
"His Holiness the Pope is actually stepping down?!" Tuoba Xi's eyes widened. "Why would His Holiness relinquish the Pope's Seat?!"
"His Holiness's prestige is at its peak right now! Why would he step down?!"
The Holy Dragon Sect owed its rise to its current heights, and its title as the greatest sect under heaven, entirely to His Holiness's support all those years ago!
Speaking of which, His Holiness was truly the Holy Dragon Sect's great benefactor. Without him, there would be no Holy Dragon Sect!
His abdication was therefore an enormous matter for the Holy Dragon Sect, one that had caught them completely off guard!
His Holiness was still in his prime, and he was a Super Douluo to boot. If he wished, he could actually remain pope indefinitely. Yet His Holiness...
"Without His Holiness's support back then, the Holy Dragon Sect would never have become what it is today!" Tuoba Xi said with feeling.
Back then, the Holy Dragon Sect had not even been among the Seven Great Sects.
His Holiness had elevated the Holy Dragon Sect into the Upper Three Sects. It was also His Holiness who had allowed them to reap a windfall from the war between the Two Great Empires.
Both empires had emerged as losers, while the Holy Dragon Sect and the Papal Palace had gained a great deal without doing much of anything.
"Sect Master, the new pope's succession ceremony will begin in a few days. What should we do?!" an elder asked.
"Spirit Hall has