In the early morning, the rising sun had already become exceptionally blazing, even at daybreak.
On Sky Shadow Peak, quite a number of buildings had already been completed.
Glazed tiles of every color gleamed brilliantly beneath the sunlight.
At that moment, from a massive building on the shaded side of the mountain came the tolling of bells.
This was the Ye Family's newly constructed ancestral shrine, now also its most solemn structure.
It recorded not only the clan members who had passed away on Soaring Cloud Peak, but also many who had passed away on the other Hidden Peaks. It was the Ye Family's most comprehensive ancestral shrine; even quite a few members from generations above the Sheng generation were recorded within.
The entire ancestral shrine stood nine zhang tall. Inside were ninety-nine azure lamps and several hundred bright red candles.
Incense was offered day and night, while the lamps and candles burned eternally.
At that moment, atop the enormous black-lacquered Eight Immortals table lay one demon head of a fourth-rank Three-Headed Bird Demon King, along with countless offerings of fruit and spiritual food.
Before ten neatly arranged prayer mats, Ye Jingcheng and the Earth Dragon Demon King were both kneeling in worship.
Ye Xuefan picked up sandalwood incense and placed it into the censer. Once the smoke transformed into the shape of a dragon and slowly rose, Ye Xuefan began murmuring the sacrificial prayer.
"All right, Jingcheng. We can begin!" Once the ceremony had concluded, Ye Xuefan looked toward Ye Jingcheng and the Earth Dragon Demon King.
Before the Ye Family's ancestral shrine, the Earth Dragon Demon King was likewise exceedingly reverent. Its gaze lingered on the Sheng generation for a long while.
It then looked toward the generations before that, finally stopping beneath several dozen names from