Attack on Jade Capital, a Grand Show of Force

Northern Pole Heaven, the far reaches of the Northern Wilderness.

This place was not far from the North Sea. Icy winds howled between heaven and earth, while the biting polar astral winds circulated year-round. Ice and snow drifted through the void, and the cold gleam of stars fell across the boundless frozen plains.

The Jade Capital Immortal Palace stood at the heart of Northern Pole Heaven's firmament. The entire palace was forged from innate cold jade and Nine Heavens star gold, its halls, terraces, and towers stretching for hundreds of millions of miles. Nine immense celestial star pillars pierced the clouds, drawing upon the primordial power of the North Pole Nine Stars.

Beyond the immortal palace, the Nine-Star Dipper Formation slowly revolved. Strands of starlight barriers enveloped all of Jade Capital, its defenses tightly guarded.

Tianpeng had long since left this place, but the other eight Star Lords of the North Pole Nine Stars remained behind to guard Jade Capital.

All eight Star Lords had cultivated the Great Dao of the Three Corpses, their cultivation ranging from the early Quasi-Saint realm to the late Quasi-Saint realm. Commanding the authority of the North Pole Nine Stars and relying on Jade Capital Immortal Palace's stellar geomantic grounds, they activated the Nine-Star Formation and guarded this stretch of the Northern Wilderness sky.

On this day, boundless Golden Buddha Light tore through the snowstorm filling the Northern Pole and came surging from the far end of the void.

Endless Buddhist chants resounded mightily throughout all of Northern Pole Heaven. Golden lotuses bloomed from thin air, Buddhist light obscured the cold starlight above, and countless Buddhist wheels revolved in the sky. The vast pressure of a million Buddhist soldiers forcibly scattered the biting astral winds across the heavens.

Ksitigarbha sat upon a Netherworld Lotus Platform,