The Great Heng Emperor's possession attempt and Chi Guanguan's destruction of him had all happened in an instant. Everyone outside, including the First God Cult Master and the Great Heng Empress, had only seen Zhang Yuan freeze in place. Now they were watching him from afar.
"Cult Master, the Holy Son..." Deputy Cult Master Gao asked quietly.
The First God Cult Master shook his head. Though he said nothing, his meaning was clear.
The Great Heng Emperor was at the peak ascension realm. Even without the Great Heng Founder's divine power, the difference in their realms alone made resisting his possession utterly impossible.
Tan Duanchang's aura was feeble. Hearing this, his face filled with deep remorse, and he blamed himself:
"Alas! It's all because I failed to protect the Holy Son. If only my natural talent were better, if only I'd cultivated harder and reached the peak ascension realm too, perhaps nothing would have happened to him..."
Deputy Cult Master Gao patted his shoulder and consoled him. "Old Tan, this isn't your fault. Blame that Great Heng Emperor for being so sinister, abandoning his own flesh to possess a mere Foundation Establishment junior."
Though he said this, he still felt it was a terrible shame that they had only just appointed their Holy Son, only to lose him moments later.
Just then.
Zhang Yuan withdrew his divine sense from his sea of consciousness and gradually came back to his senses. Feeling the many gazes upon him, especially those of the Great Heng Empress and the First God Cult Master, he sank into thought.
Under normal circumstances.
There was no way the Great Heng Emperor's possession could have failed. If it had, the First God Cult Master would surely become suspicious of his identity. Should he claim the possession had succeeded,