Sacred God Domain, Heaven's Sacred Hall.
Five people sat quietly within the hall. The seat of honor should have belonged to the master of this place, Heaven's Sacred Venerable, but a man in black robes now occupied it without the slightest hesitation.
The three Sacred Venerables seethed but dared not speak.
"Fellow Daoist." Heaven's Sacred Venerable suppressed his pent-up frustration and cupped his hands. "Since what happened earlier was a misunderstanding, could the faithful of my domain... be restored to their original state?"
As he spoke, he glanced at the Lower Cultivators below the sixth realm within the Sacred Domain. Every one of them wore a face resembling that of the man in the seat of honor. It was truly eerie.
This was also the main reason he had finally yielded.
"Certainly, certainly." Chu Mo smiled faintly, then activated his Dao Fruit and released the beings he had occupied.
It was only a matter of a thought, after all. Whenever he wanted to use them, he could occupy them again. Such was the power of the all beings Dao Fruit.
Within the Sacred God Domain, billions of living beings fell into a momentary daze at the same time. Then their original appearances returned, and they continued whatever they had left unfinished.
Emperors reprimanded their ministers, cultivators taught their disciples... everything continued as usual. None of those beings knew what had just happened.
Sensing that the people of his domain had returned to normal, Heaven's Sacred Venerable let out a long breath, then bowed with his hands clasped. "You are magnanimous, fellow Daoist. I was rash earlier. What compensation would you like?"
"Well..." Chu Mo drew out the word, then flashed a brilliant smile beneath the other's apprehensive gaze. "From this moment onward, the authority over all beings in this domain