Elsewhere, Southern Mountain Residential Compound.
Witnessing the astonishing spectacle that pierced heaven and earth, Lu Chen instead felt utterly steady.
After all, compared with the grand merit ritual for a hundred thousand people in Dragon-Tiger County...
This [Consecration] ritual was clearly still a notch weaker.
Even so...
Its momentum was enough to shake the entire city.
Good!
The grander the spectacle, the louder the name.
When the time came, his "Lu Clan Temple" could ride today's winds and clouds and soar straight into the heavens.
With the [Hearthfire Register] manifesting...
It was now time for the third stage of the ritual—[Eye-Opening].
So-called [Eye-Opening]...
At its core, it was "inviting the god into the vessel."
Using one's own spiritual power to drive the spiritual aura of the deity corresponding to a divine statue or ritual artifact, injecting it into the object.
And what the [Hearthfire Register] required was naturally the mortal hearthfire aura.
Lu Chen's gaze was calm as he looked toward the ritual altar.
The many talismans burned during the earlier [Inviting the Gods] ritual had, after three minor cycles and nine revolutions, turned into a pile of ashes.
With a nimble flourish of his peachwood sword, he lightly flicked it, sweeping all the ashes into the clear water in a copper basin prepared beforehand.
Then, his incantation rose once more:
"Heaven and earth have spirits; all laws return to their source. With my true heart, I shall paint thy eyes!"
Whoosh—!
The clear water in the copper basin, mixed with incense ash and talisman remnants, began to move without wind, spinning rapidly into a murky vortex!
"Open!!!!"
Lu Chen exhaled sharply and shouted. His peachwood sword came down with the motion, its spine striking the rim of the copper basin heavily!
Clang—!
A clear, lingering tremor rang out.
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