Half a month passed. With the Profound Court's proclamation, the various continents and lodges within and beyond Celestial Xia learned that another Venerable had now been added to the Profound Court.
This individual had risen from the Profound Method, yet had not attained it entirely by relying on the methods of predecessors. Instead, he had opened up a new path of his own.
This path had remedied every former flaw in the Profound Method. Thus, the Profound Methods that had previously contained defects were now stripped of their name and no longer acknowledged as orthodox methods.
Once this proclamation spread, it stirred enormous waves throughout all of Celestial Xia. Just as Liang Yi had anticipated, Profound cultivators from the various continents and lodges had successively offered Zhang Yu a seat of veneration.
This was also permitted by Celestial Xia, a grace granted only to those who opened a path above a certain Dao method.
Take Daoren Feng, for instance. In the past, because Celestial Xia's Profound cultivators regarded him as the foremost pioneer of the path, he had received veneration. But now his seat of veneration had been removed and replaced with Zhang Yu's.
However, Daoren Feng's direct disciples were still permitted to offer him veneration. This was also why Liang Yi and the others had placed Yu Chang's seat of veneration together with Zhang Yu's.
Western Firmament Heaven, Net Lodge.
Within a certain elevated platform garrison, Xu Chengtong was carefully placing a memorial tablet upon the platform. This jade tablet had been made from the finest spirit-channeling violet jade, and he had personally cast spells and incantations upon it. Not a speck of dust could cling to it, nor would it ever be stained by any filth.
After setting it straight, he looked around, then stepped back and gave