After the four had settled their plan, they went their separate ways to attend to their tasks. The calculations were not difficult; they merely required advance preparations. Zhong Tingzhi was exceptionally skilled in divination, and so long as the arrangements were sound, nothing would go wrong.
The matter of opening up a separate void domain, however, required some effort.
Opening a void domain was not the same as opening heaven and earth. So long as it was not meant to be maintained indefinitely, much less stabilize yin and yang, it was not overly difficult. It could be accomplished entirely within one's mind.
The hardest part was creating something that could shine down upon the world in order to draw the power of spiritual prophecy across and merge it. Even if it existed for but an instant, it still required immense magical power to drive it.
This undertaking required quite a few conditions: a superior magical artifact to bear the void domain, an appropriate evolution of heavenly mechanisms, and precise timing. Most important of all was a cultivator of profound attainment. These elements had to be coordinated properly; not the slightest flaw could be permitted.
Had this been in the eras of Ancient Xia or Divine Xia, it would not have been so easy. In the end, one could only rely on a cultivator of sufficiently lofty realm to hold the whole situation in hand and keep it from straying.
But Celestial Xia was different. Celestial Xia cultivators excelled at wielding collective strength. They did not even need cultivators like Zhang Yu, who pursued the Dao of perfection, to take action. A few ordinary Mystical Venerables would suffice.
Zhang Yu did not need to do anything for now. Yet as a Court Executor holding the authority of Guardian of Rectitude, he