"Before today, after today..."
"I am the Dao Ancestor."
His words rang out, calm and unruffled, proclaiming it to Heaven and Earth and the assembled powers.
The statement sounded at once like a declaration and a question.
It declared the fact that he was the Dao Ancestor.
It asked whether anyone objected to him holding that position.
Who approved? Who opposed?
No one spoke against him. Everyone looked at Meng Chuan. His impassive face weighed on them so heavily that even their thoughts seemed to freeze, leaving them unable to speak.
It felt as though a single ill-timed word would make them drop dead on the spot.
The assembled powers fell silent. Not a voice rose among them.
No one dared object. They had no doubt that if they spoke against him one moment, their heads would fall the next.
The Limitless Ones could not die, but a Primordial Unity Being could.
Judging by the strength Meng Chuan had displayed, crushing a Primordial Unity Being to death would be all too easy.
Besides, even the Ten Limitless Ones had fallen silent, tacitly accepting his claim. What standing did these Primordial Unity Beings have to say no?
There was no reason for them to stick their necks out.
After a while, Meng Chuan withdrew his gaze from the many Great Powers. His thoughts emptied, drifting toward something distant and ethereal.
The powers of the Chaos Sea had expressed their answer through their actions.
Your fist is big and hard. Whatever you say goes.
In truth, the Ten Limitless Ones had not completely lost their ability to resist. Far from it. They still had strength to spare and could still do many things.
To a Limitless One, as long as they lived and had a breath left in them, they would never