Worlds’ Apocalypse Online

"Feel free to speak out your thoughts. After all, the new leader must be someone recognizable"

After saying that, Dao Lord Hao Ran went quiet again.

The rulers, sect leaders, elders of various cultivation worlds also fell into thought.

After a while, someone broke the silence.

"Xie Dao Ling------ erm, I think she's a great candidate overall, except that her cultivation is too low" an elder hesitantly said.

This opinion was shared by quite a few people here.

But then a few more people started to say otherwise.

"That's not entirely correct" a sect leader spoke, "ever since joining our Cultivation Alliance, I've seen with my own eyes how she broke through over and over again, advancing through the realms like water flowing down a mountain, not even those demonized cultivators could catch up to her cultivation speed"

Another cultivator also added: "Everyone should also remember the strict screening process the Alliance enforced on Xie Dao Ling not too long ago"

"At the time, because of how quickly she advanced through the realms, everyone was suspicious enough that the elder council had her take a test to see if she was a demonized person"

"But the results? She had used nothing but her pure talents every step of the way"

Another elder commented: "I still remember when she had only joined the Cultivation Alliance, 88 cultivators had challenged her to an exchange of cultivation theory in an attempt to make a newcomer know of the vastness of the 900 million World Layers----- but in the end after listening to her views of cultivation, 21 of them gained a new understanding and managed to breakthrough not long after"

"That cultivation speed and understanding of cultivation could be nothing but a gift from the Gods above sent to give us salvation"

Another martial cultivator stepped out and loudly declared: "What Xie Dao Ling needs is only time, as long as you give her ample amount of time, we will become stronger than anyone here!"

"Do you fancy her?"

"Of course, she's a true fairy of a female, I have cultivated for several thousand years and seen countless cultivators who call themselves fairy, but none could compare to her peerless and graceful bearing"

"Ah, that is so"

"Indeed"

"I agree, her smile is bewitching, no charm techniques or spells could ever dream to achieve the same effect"

"If that's the case, she must be quite the character"

Seeing the topic slowly veering off, Dao Lord Hao Ran hurriedly cleared his throat.

"Silence please!"

He waved his hand and loudly reminded everyone.

"We are here to discuss the serious matter of the next Alliance leader, not to pick out who is the best Dao companion, please don't go off-topic"

Dao Lord Hao Ran then faced everyone and placed a question:

"Then, the current problem is that Xie Dao Ling's realm is not high enough, unable to truly be an authoritative figure, is that correct?"

The first elder to spoke up answered: "Indeed, unless she could break through another realm------ because no matter what, cultivation realm and level has always been a crucial standard of consideration for us cultivators"

Sparse supporting voices came out.

But sure enough, a lot more dismissive voices loudly drowned out the supporting ones.

It was clear that a lot of people disagreed with this elder's opinion.

Venerable Qing Yun stepped out and raised his hand to signal everyone to quiet down.

Both the supporting and dismissive voices went away.

As the first person to be nominated the new Alliance leader, he naturally had more than enough prestige to do so.

Venerable Qing Yun began to speak.

"Elder, if you think that Xie Dao Ling's realm is not high enough, then I have one question for you"

"Go ahead" the elder said.

Venerable Qing Yun asked a single thing: "Would you fight against Xie Dao Ling?"

The elder thought of Xie Dao Ling's multitudes of spells, techniques, the cruelty and mercilessness she showed on the battlefield, he couldn't help but blurt out: "Ridiculous! Who would!?"

As soon as he said that, the elder realized.

Yeah, that's right.

Even when her cultivation wasn't as high as my own, I still wouldn't be willing to fight her.

This was wariness that came from his spirit sense.

This was a natural reaction that came from a cultivator's will to live.

As the others heard this, they fell into thought.

Even when her cultivation wasn't very high, she could already make a cultivator from a higher realm be fearful of her.

Furthermore, she was the only one who fought the only winning battle of the entire campaign.

If everyone were to give such a person enough support, wouldn't she be able to achieve even greater things right away?

More and more began to nod in approval.

But the elder still hadn't given up: "Her cultivation is still a problem------ being at a lower cultivation realm will cause her to not have enough spirit energy to perform more spells"

"Even if I don't dare to fight her, her total spirit energy reserve would definitely not be as much as mine!"

After some consideration, a few nodded in agreement with him: "Being at a lower cultivation realm will indeed cause Xie Dao Ling to be unable to hold on for too long"

Someone else added: "Indeed, as the leader who commands the war at the frontline, her own spirit energy being unable to keep up would be ridiculous"

"If she runs out in the middle of the campaign, wouldn't that mean our leader would have to retreat first?"

"That would be a huge blow to everyone's morale"

A sect leader continued: "Unless she can breakthrough another realm--------- but that is too hard, everyone knows that the difficulty of breaking through a realm will only become harder and harder, I won't believe that her advancement would be able to keep up the same speed as before"

Another Venerable chimed in: "Indeed, no one can possibly keep up such fast advancement speeds----- unless they are a demonized who rely on [Order] to cultivate, but it's clear that Xie Dao Ling isn't such a person"

The people who supported Xie Dao Ling began to loudly refute these claims.

Both sides couldn't convince the other.

Dao Lord Hao Ran naturally noticed this situation.

He simply waited for a bit more until everyone had fully committed themselves into the discussion of the matter seriously

The argument was becoming more and more heated.

--------a candidate had been decided that took everyone's attention, that's good.

Now I can stop this meaningless bickering and move on to the next phase.

Dao Lord Hao Ran swung his hand and activated the silence spell again.

The planet went silent.

The cultivators turned to look at Dao Lord Hao Ran.

He cleared his throat and began to speak.

"Now, we only have two questions left to answer"

"Firstly, is Xie Dao Ling willing to become the Alliance's leader"

"And secondly, we will all vote to see if the number of people who supports her being on this seat reaches 70%"

"So, let us first ask Xie Dao Ling of her opinion"

"Fellow daoist Xie?"

"Fellow daoist Xie, can you please give us a word?"

After saying so, Dao Lord Hao Ran waited for a while, but still, Xie Dao Ling never spoke up.

At this time, almost a thousand cultivators here who were bickering finally noticed the situation wasn't right.

They ignored all manners and quickly released their inner sights to search for Xie Dao Ling.

"She's not here"

"Strange, I clearly sensed that she arrived at this world?"

"Did she leave half-way?"

"Leaving in such a crucial moment?"

The cultivators around began to loudly criticize her.

At this point, a female cultivator stepped out and told everyone: "Please don't be alarmed, everyone, let me explain"

She carefully considered her words before speaking: "About that… at the start, fellow daoist Xie was indeed here"

"But she only stayed for a few moments before she returned"

The crowd was stunned.

"She returned? Why? Does she not feel the Alliance's meeting to be important enough?"

Dao Lord Hao Ran scowled and asked.

The female cultivator quickly explained: "It's not so, it was because she felt that she was about to breakthrough. And triggering the cultivation here wouldn't only be inappropriate, it would also delay the meeting, so she silently returned"

"She had told me to help cover it up for her, just in case"

After saying so, the female cultivator smiled bitterly: "I agreed to help her cover it up, but I didn't think the situation would become like this"

The world fell silent.

Everyone was completely speechless.

One moment later, Dao Lord Hao Ran realized something.

"Did you say----- she was about to break through again?" he trembled as he asked.

"Yes, I was standing right next to her at the time, the spirit energy waves she gave off had indeed formed a tide, exactly like the signs of lingering on the border close to breaking through" the female cultivator explained in detail.

Everyone went silent again.

"Ahahahahaha!"

Dao Lord Hao Ran suddenly looked to the sky and laughed.