The surging spiritual radiance entered their bodies and merged with the Divine Energy of True Person Chonghua and the other three. Dots of bright light immediately appeared within them, and one could vaguely see flickering stellar essence flowing through their meridians.
High in the sky above Heavenly Pole Peak, several constellations appeared at each of the southeast, northwest, and other cardinal corners, flashing in sequence for a brief moment.
Every one of Chonghua's group followed the path of the Aspect of the Gods, and all cultivated the Divine Talisman Sect branch of the Xuan Sect's orthodox Profound Refined Heavenly Body.
Ordinary Aspect of the Gods cultivation involved sending one's spirit beyond the heavens to seek an Aspect of the Gods compatible with one's own divine nature, then gradually stealing its power. One would then replace its spirit with one's own, thereby transcending the mortal world.
But the Xuan Sect's Divine Talisman Sect was different. Great sects like the Xuan Sect, passed down since ancient times, had produced all manner of Upper God mystic immortals, spiritual officials, and heavenly generals through generations of predecessors worshipping and comprehending them together, even sacrificing themselves to establish their aspects.
These deities dwelled above the Heavenly Layers, without self or emotion, possessing only their aspect bodies. True Persons who received the Xuan Sect's orthodox talismanic ordination could entrust their Divine Energy to the aspect bodies of these enfeoffed divine positions and borrow their power for their own use.
If they continued cultivating along this path, then once their art was complete, they could merge the divine aspect into their own bodies and occupy that divine position. Thereafter, they would establish themselves as the sole holder, and no one else could borrow it again.
The Celestial Mystery Sect had originally been an offshoot of the Xuan