After he finished speaking, the hall fell silent for a moment.
The Three Pure Ones exchanged glances. Laozi rose first, his tone as calm as ever, yet carrying an indescribable solemnity:
"Brother Pan Xuan, the Three Pure Ones fully support your proposal.
"Father God transformed his body into all things, accomplishing his work without claiming credit. As his descendants, we never once thought of holding a funeral for him throughout these countless years.
"The proposal Brother Pan Xuan put forward today serves, in public terms, to perfect the Divine Dao and complete the order of the Primordial World;
"in personal terms, it fulfills our filial duty to Father God and consoles his spirit in heaven.
"The Three Pure Ones were born from Father God's Primordial Spirit. Holding a funeral for Father God is a duty we cannot shirk.
"Leave the development of the Funeral Rites Protocol to us."
Yuanshi also rose. The Pangu Banner trembled faintly behind him, the Light of Chaos on its surface a shade deeper than usual:
"Funerary Rites have never existed in the Primordial World. Rites embody the order of heaven and earth.
"The rules of the funeral, the sequence of its ceremonies, and the specifications of its sacrificial vessels must all be established from nothing, one by one.
"Yuanshi is willing to fulfill his Responsibility of Expounding the Dao by devising a complete set of ritual rules for Funerary Rites.
"From the altar's design to the number of sacrificial vessels, from the bearing of the officiants to the order of the participants.
"Every rule and every provision must withstand the scrutiny of the Great Dao's laws before it can be worthy of Father God's dignity."
Tongtian was even more direct. He rose, and the Four Swords of Immortal Slaying gave a clear, ringing cry behind