Neither William and his departing companions nor Qin Siyang and the others guarding the Boundary Domain noticed the countless eyes watching them through the curling mist, observing everything that happened on the Great River.
A group of Large Gods stood at the border of the Eighth Domain, anxiously watching the outcome of the First Domain's invasion.
The Eighth Domain Master had returned from the dead and turned utter defeat into victory, leaving the Large Gods inwardly astounded.
Yet none of them spoke or interrupted.
Only after William's party slunk away did Niu Douchong let out a "Moo!" and burst into laughter.
The Sturgeon Crocodile brothers and Red Carp sisters beside him also grinned from ear to ear.
The Large Gods laughed for a while before quieting down, though delight still filled their faces.
Power Bull sat perched on a boulder beside the ridge, picking his teeth with a slender sapling. His gaze swept over the densely gathered Large Gods around him, a hint of a smile playing at his lips.
"It looks like the [succession star competition] here will continue for a while longer, and none of you can leave just yet. How do you feel about that?"
The Large Gods exchanged glances, the shock in their eyes still lingering.
A strange spider covered in scaly tentacles sighed. "The Eighth Domain's comeback was truly extraordinary. Had we not witnessed it ourselves, I doubt any living being would believe it."
"Indeed," said a Giant Bird whose wings were stitched together from the faces of countless living beings. "After lying low for so long, he stunned everyone, breaking through two levels in succession. Then he killed a Domain Master two levels above him who had arrived here decades earlier, and repelled an army of over a hundred thousand from the First Domain,