Only after the others had gone far away did Gu Qianli stroll over, undisguised excitement on his face. "Who would have thought our Chang'an Great Houses could lay down rules for a major sect? This is truly unprecedented!"
Chen Xuanqi burst into hearty, joyous laughter. "That felt good!"
Everyone else laughed along.
Among the Ten Great Houses of Chang'an City, counting only their publicly known Soul Douluos, the He Family had three, the Shen and Ji families had two each, and the remaining seven houses had one apiece-a full fourteen Soul Douluos in total.
They had even more Soul Saints, nearly a hundred, while their other Soul Masters numbered two or three thousand.
Yet in Chang'an City, one of the continent's ten greatest cities, that force amounted to only a third of the city's strength.
If they wanted to announce rules to the continent's other powers, they were still a little short of the necessary fire.
Consider the Chen Clan seven years ago. Even without its Branch Lines, the Main Family alone had possessed three Titled Douluos, over twenty Soul Douluos, and over fifty Soul Saints!
Even the Infinite Hall, aside from its Titled Douluos, had countless Soul Masters, and its overall strength was no less than that of the Ten Great Houses combined.
And that was just one major sect.
How many such mighty powers were there across the continent?
But with the Chen Clan's support, the situation became entirely different.
Shen Lang said solemnly, "Everyone, we should begin."
Ji Chengjian nodded and turned to He Qingchuan. "Brother Qingchuan, please!"
Liu Yirong added, "Big Brother Qingchuan, you stand at the head of our Chang'an Great Houses. It will carry more rightful authority if you make the announcement."
A flush rose on He Qingchuan's face, born of both excitement and