It's finally over... 

Qin Ye closed his eyes with his arm held up high and leaned back against his throne as he heaved a long sigh of relief.

Seated beside him was Qin Changxin, who was staring blankly at all of the raised arms around him, and a smile slowly appeared on his face, but tears were also welling up in his eyes.

Zhao Yun was looking at Qin Ye with fierce approval in his eyes, much like the expression of a father watching his son come of age.

Only they knew just how much pressure they had been under during their past nine days in Nara.

"Through a unanimous vote, we welcome the Cathayan Underworld back as one the international forbidden arts supervision nations," Borfis declared to the sound of light applause.

This was a sign to the entire world that the glory of the Cathayan Underworld had returned.

At this point, no one was stupid enough to oppose this decision, and soon, the applause began to spread across the room, becoming louder and louder. In the blink of an eye, the applause had crescendoed from a light smattering into a thunderous chorus.

The applause went on for a long time, and Qin Ye acknowledged all of the applauding death gods with a polite yet restrained smile, but unbeknownst to everyone, his hands were trembling slightly as he held onto his armrests.

He had managed to stand his ground against the entire world.

Never did he think that he would be overcome by such an intense sense...