Halfway up Moon Mountain, Wang Ping and the others stood on the edge of a cliff with a wide field of vision, gazing down at the ritual assembly in Yuequan Town below.
In the center of the square, a temporary high platform had been erected. Upon it was an incense table, on which were displayed tablets for the six Saints canonized since the rise of the Human Dao. Liu Zixiu's was last in line.
On Wang Ping's behalf, Liu Shuang led a group of renowned Second Realm Cultivators in a slow, unique procession around the incense table, chanting softly. The other Second Realm and Entering Cultivators circled the high platform itself.
In the surrounding streets and alleys, members of great clans and common folk who had come to observe the ceremony were praying and paying respects according to their own customs.
"It seems the Heaven-Chaos Pearl won't be making an appearance," Ganxing said, breaking the silence among them.
