"I have heard that the Northern Dipper has a light that brings relief and dispels adversity. I wish to use it now. Who can deliver it?"
An ethereal, lofty inquiry rang out above Chessboard Mountain.
As that inquiry rang out, the Purple Tenuity Star in the sky seemed especially bright. Its purple radiance shone upon the ritual altar, triggering the hidden restrictions.
As the altar's chief officiant, He Songshi immediately sensed that, after that oracle-like voice sounded, the aura of the altar beneath his feet changed. From an independent altar, it became a subsidiary altar within an Altar Array. Through the interlinked auras of the Array's altars, several scenes flashed before his eyes, and different voices reached his ears:
"Yu Zhang, Sanyuan Mountain, the Northern Dipper Black Altar of Purifying Water and Bright Radiance, offering the Northern Dipper's light of purity, brightness, and clarity."
"Yu Zhang, Gezao Mountain, the Northern Dipper Black Altar of Boundless Salvation, offering the Northern Dipper's light of salvation and disaster dispelling."
"Jinling, Juqü Mountain, the Northern Dipper Black Altar of Natal Life Extension, offering the Northern Dipper's light of fate governance and protection."
"Yu Zhang, Three Pure Ones Mountain, the Northern Dipper Black Altar of Celestial Divination, offering the Northern Dipper's light of numinous efficacy and evil repulsion."
"Dianwen, Weibao Mountain, the Northern Dipper Xuanji Black Altar of Fortune Preservation, offering the Northern Dipper's light of evil expulsion and pacification."
"Wuling, Eight-Faced Mountain, the Northern Dipper Black Altar of True Martial Demon-Slaying, offering the Northern Dipper's light of evil destruction and demon-slaying."
How could He Songshi not know that these six schools announcing their altars were all illustrious, renowned Northern Dipper Dao Lineages of the present age!
Beyond those six, He Songshi also sensed that all the divine light offered by these altars converged upon