The Sun Moon Divine Cult's worship ceremony was held once on the first day of every month. Unlike the Divine Sacrifice held once every three years, this monthly worship ceremony was rather loosely organized.
Attendance was not mandatory; it was entirely voluntary. But that freedom applied only to martial artists qualified to worship.
More than ninety-nine percent of the martial artists in the Sun Moon Divine Cult wanted to worship but lacked the qualifications.
Loose attendance did not mean one could be perfunctory during worship. On the contrary, every ceremony was exceedingly solemn, regardless of how many attended.
Ye Zhen had gone to cultivate at the Immortal Realm Spirit Vein on the previous occasions, so he had never had the chance to worship. This time, he happened to catch it and could not miss it.
The Divine Statue of the Sun Moon Divine Cult was a great mystery in Ye Zhen's heart.
The time for worship was when the sun rose on the first day of each month and the first dawn appeared. While the east was still shrouded in darkness, Ye Zhen headed with Feng Qingyue toward the Sun Moon Divine Cult's altar.
After what had happened yesterday, the relationship between Ye Zhen and Feng Qingyue had become much closer. Still, they remained restrained within the Divine Cult.
More Sun Moon Divine Cult martial artists attended the worship than Ye Zhen had expected.
Even with several high-ranking members absent—the Deputy Cult Master Tian Guizhang, Second Commander Chen Changxing, Sun Radiance Hall Master Shen Cang, and others—nineteen people had gathered. Zuo Xiong was among them, but Nian Xinghe had not come this time.
That did not include the two Grand Elders and Cult Master Jian Qianxiong, who had yet to arrive.
Including them, there were probably around twenty-five people in