Chapter 1116: Chapter 1113: Grand Sacrificial Ceremony
"Welcome the Divine Sovereign to preside over the grand sacrificial ceremony!"
Countless Mountain Venerables spoke in unison.
The scene was grand.
Numerous cultivators were stirred with fervor.
"This girl is actually the Divine Sovereign?"
All eyes were cast towards the white-haired maiden atop the ancient altar.
Divine Sovereign is not a realm, but a title.
Those who earn this title are often ancient powerful beings who have been ennobled.
Although it was known long ago that this white-haired maiden was extraordinary, it was still unexpected how formidable she was.
For a moment, the cultivators who had privately discussed the Qing Meng Divine Sovereign earlier looked a bit pale, fearing that Qing Meng Divine Sovereign might cause trouble.
However, they were destined to be overthinking it.
Qing Meng Divine Sovereign gave no heed to these people, she stood up from the ancient altar, her wide Taiji Eight Diagrams Daoist robe engulfing her slender figure, her white hair tied into a Dao bun, appearing very efficient.
Her flawless appearance, matched with slightly eerie white eyes, possessed a most unique beauty.
Qing Meng Divine Sovereign lightly waved the horsetail whisk in her hand, ascending into the air.
Then, upon the ancient altar, intricate and mysterious Dao Patterns emerged, generating a gentle cyan light visible to the naked eye, engulfing the entire Ancestor Mountain in an instant.
Hum!!
Next, in the regions belonging to the Daozhou Mountain God Dao within Wanjie Mountain, taupe incense burners appeared.
"The ancestors created the Mountain God Realm, established the Mountain God Dao, and blessed All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds."
Qing Meng Divine Sovereign stood aloft, her expression solemn, her voice cold and gradually transmitted:
"All evil shall ultimately be destroyed..."
"All karma shall ultimately be liberated..."
"All beings shall ultimately fulfill their wishes..."
"Mountain God Dao, eternal and immortal, universal unity."
"Sun and moon as witnesses."
"Heaven and earth as verifiers."
"Let all heavens’ immortals, demons, ghosts, and gods hear!"
In this moment, Qing Meng Divine Sovereign was like the center of an endless world, attracting worldwide attention, akin to the emperor at the pinnacle of cultivation!
With Qing Meng Divine Sovereign’s words resounding, all the Mountain God Dao cultivators in the Ancestor Dao Field, as well as Mountain Venerables of the Mountain God Realm, were filled with devout intent, spontaneously kneeling, respectfully bowing, chanting loudly:
"Mountain God Dao, eternally immortal, universal unity!"
All beings were doing the triple bow with nine kowtows.
Including the eighty-one ancient Mountain Venerables on the eighty-one Coiled Dragon Pillars, they were the same.
Qing Meng Divine Sovereign calmly watched the scene, her gaze lightly shifting to the Daozhou region’s Ye Xuan.
At this time, when everyone was performing the triple bow with nine kowtows, Ye Xuan and Qiankun Ancestor were sitting calmly, without any movement.
Qing Meng Divine Sovereign was not surprised by this.
Because she knew better than anyone else who Ye Xuan was.
Undying Night Emperor!
Would the Undying Night Emperor perform the triple bow with nine kowtows?
That was impossible.
Ye Xuan never revered ghosts or gods.
Not only that.
Ghosts and gods had to revere Ye Xuan.
This was the Undying Night Emperor.
And Qiankun Ancestor, being Ye Xuan’s servant, naturally followed his master.
Soon, the ceremony of triple bow with nine kowtows concluded, and people began to offer incense.
Mountain God Dao puts great emphasis on incense.
Thus, each sacrificial ceremony would require every disciple of the Mountain God Dao to participate in the incense offering ritual.
As members from various Mountain God Dao factions offered incense, the air above Ancestor Mountain was filled with dense incense smoke.
In the higher sky dome, the incense transformed into pure energy and dispersed into the heavens, uniting with the Mountain God Realm.
The sacrificial ceremony lasted a full two hours before it ended.
In the past, at this time, Mountain God Dao factions from all heavens and myriads of worlds would begin to communicate.
But such tradition had changed millions of years ago.
Currently, it was the time for the so-called friendly exchange among various Mountain God Dao factions.
The losers would have to hand over the respective territories.
Essentially, it was a struggle over territory.
Mountain God Dao cultivators need to consecrate mountains, and although repeat consecrations are possible, it’s far more effective to consecrate a mountain not previously consecrated.
Thus, territory becomes very important.
This struggle not only exists internally within large worlds but also exists between different large worlds in mutual competition.
However, usually, these are battles between large worlds.
Small worlds typically just go through the motions as their inherent strength and territory are limited, and preserving one’s strength is paramount.
But of course, cultivators from larger worlds, possessing strength, naturally harbour greater ambition.
At this moment, some cultivators from large world Mountain God Dao factions had eyes flashing with excitement.
That expression akin to a hunter about to bag prey.
Huang Yue and others sat cross-legged behind Ye Xuan, their faces showing concern.
In this ’exchange’, if they couldn’t hold the territory of Daozhou, the Daozhou Mountain God Dao would be taken over.
The future Daozhou Mountain God Dao would be name in vain.
However, when Huang Yue and others looked at Ye Xuan’s back, they felt much more at ease.
With this being the case, as long as Ye Xuan is here, the Daozhou lineage will undoubtedly not be taken.
"Is Emperor Ye going to participate in this so-called... exchange?" Qing Meng Divine Sovereign still stood aloft, watching everything in the Ancestor Dao Field with interest.
Usually, by this time, she would have left.
But this time was different, as Ye Xuan was here, so she stayed.
"Healthy competition should follow through, but purely eliminating a fellow Mountain God Dao lineage that’s inherently interconnected for territory contention is something that still needs addressing." Ye Xuan stated calmly.
Qing Meng Divine Sovereign furrowed her eyebrows, seemingly puzzled.
She was a Divine Sovereign.
A true deity, her origin differing from everyone else’s, so she didn’t quite understand people’s emotions or thought processes.
Even with Ye Xuan’s straightforwardness, Qing Meng Divine Sovereign still didn’t fully grasp the meaning.
After pondering, Qing Meng Divine Sovereign offered, "Should Qing Meng help Emperor Ye suppress these folks?"
Ye Xuan shook his head slightly, "No need, you should just watch this one."
Qing Meng Divine Sovereign nodded, "Alright."
Ye Xuan slowly stood up, hands in pockets, softly said, "Huang Yue, go and avenge."
Behind Ye Xuan, upon hearing these words, Huang Yue felt a surge of excitement, stood up with a hint of thrill in his expression, "Yes, senior!"
"This..."
Shang Qingyun and others hesitated.
Because once combat begins, it wagers the opponent’s territory.
Even though Huang Yue holds the lowest seniority among the World Mountain, his current cultivation surpasses Yun Shanzi, the highest seniority, and his subordinate mountain gods are naturally stronger.
Sending Huang Yue first, if defeated, would be detrimental to Daozhou Mountain God Dao.
"Hm?"
Meanwhile, at Qing State Mountain God Dao’s side, they were discussing countering other large world Mountain God Dao factions. Noticing movement from Daozhou Mountain God Dao’s side, they immediately cast their gaze.
"Before external exchanges start, internal ones already began?" The elder of Xuanzhou Mountain God Dao, who previously mocked Ye Xuan’s group, sneered, "Typical of Daozhou, no sense at all."