Under everyone's gaze, Golden Horn pressed the Dictator Button with a sharp smack.
The instant the button went down, a ripple of warped space-time spread rapidly outward.
Then everyone in the Three Realms Assembly felt time racing backward. Even the words they had spoken and the statements they had made were repeated in reverse.
Boom!
A tremendous crash rang out.
The Three Realms Assembly shook.
Then everyone sensed that something was amiss.
Thump!
The sound of the Small Gavel ringing out echoed again.
"Order! The recess is over! We will now hear the opinions of each advisory delegation!"
Clap, clap!
The lights blazed, and a beam once again gathered on Kong Xuan. Once more, it was time for the masses to pass judgment on him!
"Human Race Advisory Delegation, please state your opinion!"
Another beam fell on the Human Race Advisory Delegation. Everything seemed to have started all over again.
Yet they remembered the vote that had just taken place with perfect clarity!
"Wh-what's going on?"
"Didn't we just vote?"
"Exactly! I remember voting just now! Our advisory delegations were split 4-4! The Saint Elder Council voted 3-4! Kong Xuan was innocent!"
With a sudden uproar, some of them caught on.
Everyone in the Three Realms Assembly, including the Saints, exchanged bewildered looks. What the hell was going on?
Another vote?
"Presiding judge, our Human Race Advisory Delegation supports the Three Realms Assembly's charges against Kong Xuan!"
Filled with curiosity, Li Shimin expressed his opinion again.
"In favor!"
"Our Demon Race Advisory Delegation is also in favor!" Kunpeng answered involuntarily as well.
"In favor! Our Heavenly Court Advisory Delegation also supports putting Kong Xuan on trial!" Wu Tian discovered that he, too, had involuntarily cast a vote in favor.
"In favor! Our Western Lands Advisory Delegation also supports putting Kong