129: Cloud Palace New Era

After Huo Rulie, Fen Juechen, and Yue Yunzhan, three top-ranking bigwigs, successively expressed their support for Long Aotian to become the Dragon Grand Elder, Peak Lord Qian Chen of Thunder Peak, Peak Lord Si Jin of Water Peak, Peak Lord Gao Wen of Gold Peak, and Peak Lord Ruo Han of Ice Peak also expressed their support for Long Aotian to become the Dragon Grand Elder of Cloud Palace, from the perspective of benefiting the development of Cloud Palace.

At this point!

The general trend was set!

The general trend was inevitable!

Other Cloud Palace higher-ups also expressed their support for Long Aotian to become the Dragon Grand Elder.

Even Wu Ming, who had been slapped into a dead dog by Long Aotian, made his stance clear.

Wu Ming was originally feigning death, but Long Aotian, for more persuasiveness, directly woke him up. What else could Wu Ming do? Now, with others as the butcher and him as the fish, even if he had a thousand reasons not to agree, he had to say these insincere words.

He believed that if he dared to disagree, Long Aotian, this fiend, would absolutely risk not being the Grand Elder and just slap him to death!

Perhaps Long Aotian spared his life to gain public support?!

After all, having strength certainly allows one to do as he pleases, but within a collective, if one wants to be a comfortable leader, he must command respect, right? Otherwise, wouldn't it be vexing if all the people under this leader were merely outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant?

Long Aotian not killing Wu Ming meant there was still room for maneuver, allowing him to win the public support for his becoming the Dragon Grand Elder.

As for him severely injuring Wu Ming?

Didn't the Dragon Grand Elder say it? He didn't expect Grand Elder Wu to be so weak. Fortunately, he only used twenty percent of his strength and held back. Could this be blamed on the Dragon Grand Elder?

Not to mention the Dragon Grand Elder didn't expect it, even they initially wanted to see the Dragon Grand Elder get taught a lesson. They also didn't expect that the one who would lose so miserably in the end would be Grand Elder Wu.

Therefore, this matter really cannot be blamed on the Dragon Grand Elder. If anyone is to blame, it can only be blamed on Grand Elder Wu being truly too weak!

Subtly, Wu Ming's status was truly declining. Many high-ranking figures in Cloud Palace felt that he was too weak, possibly not even a match for Grand Elder Fen, who was in the same Realm as him. His position as the Second Grand Elder should now be changed to the Fourth Grand Elder.

The Dragon Grand Elder, the Second Grand Elder Huo, the Third Grand Elder Fen, the Fourth Grand Elder Wu... Wu Ming was truly spitting blood!

...A Promotion Ceremony for a Deputy Peak Lord ultimately evolved into a Promotion Ceremony for a Grand Elder.

Let the music and dance continue.

Long Aotian becoming the Grand Elder of Cloud Palace also meant that Cloud Palace's internal and external structures underwent astonishing changes.

First, the internal structure!

Long Aotian, as the Grand Elder of Cloud Palace, would become the most central figure of power in Cloud Palace. This was equivalent to a country changing its king. Previously, this king was Huo Rulie, and now this king was Long Aotian.

A new king!

A new structure!

A new atmosphere!

Next, Cloud Palace's external structure changed. Long Aotian announced that from this moment on, Cloud Palace would transcend from an Imperial-Level Giant Cultivation Faction, bypassing a Vice State-Level Giant Cultivation Faction, and be promoted to a State-Level Giant Cultivation Faction.

Immediately after, Long Aotian announced that he would represent Cloud Palace and might lead a team to Dongzhou to participate in the Millennial Prodigy Out-of-Body Realm Bronze List of Dongzhou, the Millennial Prodigy Spirit Division Realm Silver List of Dongzhou, and the Millennial Prodigy Mahayana Realm Gold List of Dongzhou, and would definitely lead a team to participate in the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts in Zhongzhou!

Participating in the Out-of-Body Realm and Divided Soul Prodigy Lists of Dongzhou was not very significant for Long Aotian. It was merely to broaden the horizons of Cloud Palace's Out-of-Body Realm and Divided Soul Disciples, and it was optional.

But he absolutely had to attend the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts in Zhongzhou. This concerned the quota for entering the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm and the issue of advancing to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm; not going was not an option.

Especially since his current Cultivation Realm had already broken through to the Seventh Revolution Stage of the Mahayana Realm, and the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts was still three years away. Three years was enough time for him to break through to the Ninth Revolution Peak of the Mahayana Realm, and entering the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm would allow him to directly assault the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.

Moreover, with his Cultivation breaking through to the Ninth Revolution Peak of the Mahayana Realm, he could easily defeat Ascension Realm experts without even using the Divine Dragon Five Styles. Even a one-against-three scenario would have a chance of victory, and the Divine Dragon Five Styles could then be used as his ultimate trump card.

He would have even more confidence in leading the team to Zhongzhou to participate in the conference!

...The news of Cloud Palace being promoted to a State-Level Giant Cultivation Faction and the Dragon Grand Elder representing Cloud Palace to lead a team to Zhongzhou to participate in the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts shocked the entire Cloud Palace.

Some were optimistic, while others were not.

Dragon Peak Lord Ao Jingtain was the first to express her stance. She would join the Dragon Grand Elder's team representing Cloud Palace and go to Zhongzhou to participate in the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts!

Ao Jingtain's declaration immediately caused many Late Stage Mahayana Realm experts of Cloud Palace to follow suit.

Fire Peak Lord Huo Yaner immediately followed suit, stating that she would join the Dragon Grand Elder's team representing Cloud Palace and go to Zhongzhou to participate in the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts!

Ice Peak's First Deputy Peak Lord Si Nan expressed his stance... Gold Peak's First Deputy Peak Lord happy expressed his stance... Twenty-odd Mahayana Realm Prodigies of Cloud Palace successively expressed their stance, thus forming the team that Long Aotian would lead to Zhongzhou to participate in the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts on behalf of Cloud Palace.

They would usher in a new era for Cloud Palace!

The Disciples of Cloud Palace were thrilled by this.

This was the first clear statement from the Cloud Palace higher-ups, and it also revealed a deeper message: Cloud Palace had the ability to lead a large number of Disciples to cross the Yunmeng Marsh and leave the Eastern Barrens.

In contrast, those Disciples with lower Cultivation Realms were more concerned that Cloud Palace could clearly state its ability to cross the Yunmeng Marsh, which would mean they were not trapped beasts, and the Eastern Barrens was not a place for trapped beasts!

With this hope, they Cultivated even harder.

How could one leave the Eastern Barrens to explore the outside world if their Cultivation was too low? They heard that the outside world was very terrifying, with experts everywhere... It could be said that after Long Aotian's Grand Elder Promotion Ceremony, a Cultivation craze swept through Cloud Palace from top to bottom.

Especially those Prodigy Mahayana Realm Disciples who had declared their intention to join Long Aotian's team to participate in the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts, they entered a state of secluded Cultivation to the death.

They understood that they were about to face Prodigies cultivated by State-Level and even Continental-Level Giant Cultivation Factions on the continent, which gave them a sense of urgent crisis.

Furthermore, after the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts, they would enter the Tribulation Dao Secret Realm for training. Regardless of whether they ultimately obtained a quota to enter and train, they had to be prepared, preferably by raising their Cultivation to the Ninth Revolution Peak of the Mahayana Realm, so that they could better Breakthrough to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm!

Cloud Palace, from top to bottom, entered a Cultivation craze, and the astonishing changes in Cloud Palace quickly spread throughout the entire Eastern Barrens.

Throughout the Eastern Barrens, every Cultivation Faction had people within Cloud Palace.

For example, in the Imperial Family of the Eternal Leaf Dynasty, the Seventh Princess Ye Changxi was the Young Peak Lord of Cloud Palace's Ice Peak, and so on.

Long Aotian becoming the Dragon Grand Elder of Cloud Palace, Cloud Palace declaring itself a State-Level Giant Cultivation Faction, the Dragon Grand Elder leading a team to represent Cloud Palace in the Heaven Ruins Millennium Grand Tournament of Martial Arts... These were not secrets and spread at an extremely fast pace through Cloud Palace's high-ranking figures or Disciples to the high-ranking officials of various Cultivation Factions in the Eastern Barrens.

For a time, the entire Eastern Barrens was shocked...