Published: January 7, 2025
Acting vice hall master.
Due to the unique nature of Tian Gong, many powerful beings do not need to fight for the human race on the Myriad Races Battlefield to obtain extraordinary status and resources.
This is the privilege of their refiners.
As a result, many of the elders in the Heavenly Work Headquarters Secret Realm have practiced here for countless tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years; some long-established elders have even practiced here for a million years or longer.
Especially, there are many ancient powerful beings who have slept here, their lifespans unknown.
For these old-generation powerful beings, many honors are no longer worth their contention; the only things they care about are glory and status.
This is similar in many places. Many old-timers, having lived too long, have completely lost desire for certain things because everyone has what they should have. Instead, they place more importance on some empty titles, and on the opinions of others.
For example, identity.
Steward, elder, vice hall master—each layer upward represents a different identity for each person.
Among stewards, there are also many types, including external stewards, internal stewards, those responsible for refining, and those responsible for management, with many merely holding a nominal title.
Elders are similar in this regard, with enormous gaps between them.
In this Headquarters Secret Realm, all elders share a common dream: to become a vice hall master. This is the glory that countless people pursue, their relentless desire after surviving for millions of years or even longer.
Historically, there have been many elders in the Heavenly Work Headquarters Secret Realm, but the number of vice hall masters has always been scarce.
For instance, there are currently only eight serving vice hall masters in Tian Gong.
For the refiners, who have continued for billions of years and have a low death rate, this number does not seem large.
However, considering those elders who have made numerous contributions to Tian Gong but cannot break through to Tianzun, Tian Gong has another honor, that of honorary branch master.
This honorary branch master is merely a title, yet it is something countless Peak Earth Venerables and half-step Heaven Venerable elders crazily pursue.
Additionally, there are indeed some skilled Tianzun in Tian Gong, but these Tianzun have lived for so long that their lives are nearly at an end, or they have retired from the position of vice hall master. Due to their dwindling lifespans, they can only be forced to seal themselves, sleeping in endless voids.
Such individuals will be awarded the title of honorary vice hall master.
However, whether it is the honorary branch master or the honorary vice hall master, neither can compare to the position of acting vice hall master.
The status of acting vice hall master in Tian Gong is second only to the founder of Tian Gong, the hall master Divine Artisan Heaven Venerable, as well as the eight serving vice hall masters.
One could say that the acting vice hall master is almost indistinguishable from a serving vice hall master, except that one is acting while the other is formal.
This position has been extremely rare in the history of Tian Gong, amounting to only a few over billions of years.
Each of them has made extraordinary contributions to Tian Gong and possesses unparalleled talent in refining and martial arts, having reached the limit of half-step Tianzun, soon to become Tianzun for certain.
In fact, they all eventually became Tianzun, transitioning into serving vice hall masters.
However, they share a commonality; each of them has gradually risen from holy son, core holy son, steward, elder, step by step, and has undergone years of deep cultivation in the Headquarters Secret Realm, gaining the recognition of everyone.
The most recent acting vice hall master is a matter of many thousands of years ago.
At least in the recent million years, there have been no new acting vice hall masters.