After Pan Xuan spread his proclamation throughout the Primordial World, Mount Buzhou entered an unprecedented bustle.
The nine-tiered altar stood towering and majestic atop Mount Buzhou.
Funerary runes inscribed by the Three Pure Ones with the power of laws flowed ceaselessly across every tier of steps.
The law imprints left by each of the Twelve Ancestral Witches merged with the altar's earth veins.
The entire altar seemed to have become one with Mount Buzhou itself, every brick and stone radiating solemn dignity.
Beside the Blood Pool before Pangu Hall, the flames in the Creation Cauldron had yet to die out. Pan Xuan was still refining the last few ritual vessels needed for the funeral, one by one.
These ritual vessels were not as central as the Heaven-Worshipping Jade Bi, the Earth-Suppressing Square Cong, and the Soul-Calming Bell.
Yet each one concerned the smooth progression and solemnity of the funeral.
The Soul-Guiding Lamp was refined from phoenix nirvana crystal, its wick a wisp of fire of annihilation, expressly intended to illuminate the souls' journey home.
The Spirit-Calming Furnace was cast from Taiyi refined gold. Inside, ninety-nine sticks of Soul-Stabilizing Incense were kept warm, their fragrance able to keep departed souls at peace before annihilation.
The Heaven-Worshipping Goblet was fashioned from Nine Heavens profound copper and held spirit-spring water drawn from the Sea Eye of the Four Seas, an indispensable sacred object in the heaven-worshipping ceremony.
The Earth-Suppressing Cauldron was cast from melted Five-Colored Divine Stone. Sealed within it was sacred soil from across the Primordial World, symbolizing the land formed from Father God's flesh and blood returning to unity.
Every piece was refined from supreme-grade spiritual materials, and every piece bore the blessing of Divine Dao laws.
Once the final ritual vessel was finished, Pan Xuan returned the Creation Cauldron to