Long story short, this kind of Heavenly Vow didn't have much constraining force on weak warriors at low realms.
However, it did have immense binding force on semi-governing gods and more powerful warriors such as governing gods.
Once a governing god made a Heavenly Vow, he wouldn't dare to violate it easily.
If he broke his vow, his fighting power would have been almost completely destroyed.
Simply put, the consequence was far too heavy to bear.
"Young man, I think you should believe us,"
the supreme grandmaster of the Long Sword Sect declared, his eyes firmly on Austin right after they made the vow.
Meanwhile, the other seven governing gods couldn't hide their sense of loss.
All of their gazes softened and the way they looked at Austin changed.
They made a Heavenly Vow that they would follow Austin's orders from now on.
"Good.
I'll let go of all the grudges between us.
You have to remember your vow.
Once you break your vow, I'll punish you before the heaven can do so,"
Austin said, his voice light and cheery. Only then did he put away his sword.
In the blink of an eye, the harsh murderous will that had enveloped his entire body vanished.
Since the eight top leaders of the Long Sword Sect made a Heavenly Vow together, Austin lost all desire to make things difficult for them.
"Mr. Lin, don't worry. None of us would dare to easily break our Heavenly Vow,"
the supreme grandmaster of the Long Sword Sect assured.
"Is that so?
I trust you'll keep your word."
Austin nodded in response.
"I don't have any special requirements for your Long Sword Sect.
You can operate your sect as usual.
If I need anything from you, I'll just send a voice message."
With a wave of Austin's hand, eight jade slips flew out and each one landed in front of one of the eight senior leaders of the Long Sword Sect.
These jade slips were something Austin specially created.
As long as they use jade slips, long distance transfer of voice messages between Austin and another person would be possible.
"Got it,"
the supreme grandmaster of the Long Sword Sect replied, taking the jade slip into his hand.
While the seven governing gods of the Long Sword Sect, including their sect leader, also pocketed the jade slips.
All of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
If Austin told them to take to his heels like a dog or do various errands like they were his attendants, they would have felt humi
Sect. With the senior members of our sect, we're here to visit you!"
In the space and time of the Sword Cosmos, Austin was walking. Suddenly, he found a large group of people dropping to their knees in front of him with great respect.
"Hmm..."
Austin just hummed softly and didn't even spare them a glance.
Since he gained great power, many creatures and forces in the Sword Cosmos would come crawling to him due to the change in the wind and seize their chance to flatter him.
After all, he had just begun to rule the Sword Cosmos. Those creatures and forces would think that the earlier they tried to curry favor with him, the more benefits they would get in the future, as long as Austin had a good impression of them.
Whoosh!
Without even sparing them a word, Austin ignored the members of the Eternal Sword Sect and disappeared from this space and time.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Although Austin's figure disappeared from sight, his terrifying energy pressure was still left in the air and left the space and time trembling.
All the members of the Eternal Sword Sect felt the weight of a heavy divine mountain on their back, forcing them to bow and be unable to straighten up at all.
It wasn't until a few more moments had passed that they found that the pressure on their bodies gradually disappeared.
"Leader, we humbled ourselves before him,
but he just ignored us. He's too arrogant!"
a senior member of the Eternal Sword Sect said to the sect leader secretly through his spiritual sense.
Upon hearing that,
the sect leader of the Eternal Sword Sect immediately slapped the senior member and sent him flying away.