Chapter 879: The Throne Hall
There were no civil or military officials in the Golden Throne Hall that day.
The higher-ups of the Divine Nine and the Terrestrial Ten arrived in twos and threes, each taking their respective places in the hall.
Every one of them was a powerful figure capable of shaking the world. These people rarely appeared in public, yet they had gathered there in one hall.
Even the leader of the Greater-Yin Cult, who had always ignored worldly affairs, was sitting in a corner of the hall. She wore a dark palace gown and a black muslin veil, and her hair was adorned with ebony hairpins. A silver crescent mark gleamed on her smooth forehead. Below it, her eyes looked clear and cold, as if veiled in mist.
Her name was Yin Guyue, and she was considered the most enigmatic figure among the immortal sects of the Divine Nine. If the matter at hand did not concern the fate of the mortal world, it was likely she wouldn't have shown up to the assembly at all.
"I warned you long ago that the Heaven-Devouring Bug was no trivial matter, yet you insisted on listening to the Noble Dharma's nonsense. Now that the Demon God has come back to life, I wonder how you plan to clean up this mess?" Yin Guyue said to the others apathetically.
The Greater-Yin Cult and the Holy Mountain were both located in the Northern Regions, but they had always maintained a good relationship and often aligned with each other in major situations like this.
However, the Greater-Yin Cult had been the staunchest voice of opposition on the matter involving the Heaven-Devouring Bug. The Greater-Yin Cult had argued that the mortal world was in a stable state and that there was no need to take unnecessary risks to eliminate the Demon God's origin essence.
Then, just as the Greater-Yin Cult had expected, trouble had arisen.
Lu Jiuwai, the sect leader of the Great Astral Sect, was seated across from her. He replied, "If Daoist Cangsheng hadn't turned on us and betrayed the humans, the Demon God would have already been destroyed. Anyway, what's done is done. We're here to discuss how to deal with the Demon God, so stop pointing fingers, Cult Leader Yin."
"The Demon God has only just revived, so this is when she has the least spiritual qi. It is the perfect time for us to join forces and fight her to the death!" exclaimed a man wearing white mourning clothes.