Lady Bai Guards the Pass, Her Sword Rises with the Momentum of Dragons and Serpents

On New Year's Eve, under General Han's leadership, more than a thousand Jianghu Experts and Great Zhen elites, mixed into an Assault Battalion, changed into the clothing and armor of Zuyue Kingdom soldiers. Just after nightfall, they returned to camp laden with cartloads of supplies.

At the same time, led by Daoist Qing Song and assisted by several cultivators from the Great Zhen army, a ritual altar was established atop a hill beside Qilin Pass. Its purpose was to disrupt the heavenly timing to a certain extent.

That night, atop a flat-topped mountain, stood a three-tiered Dharma Platform built from Earth Element Magic. The platform was about three zhang wide, with banners planted all around it, each painted with various celestial phenomena. The two great banners in the center were modeled after the two Star Banners of Cloud Mountain Temple.

Daoist Qing Song stood at the center of the ritual altar. Several cultivators around him had long since begun casting spells, continuously pouring magical power into every banner on the altar. The banners gradually glimmered, making the star patterns upon them shine as brightly as the stars in the heavens.

Daoist Qing Song suddenly rose to his feet. Holding a whisk and a Daoist sword, he paced the Star Steps at the center of the altar, constantly swinging the whisk and sword to cast spells. As he moved past each banner, either the whisk swept over it or the sword traced across it. When he returned to the center, he raised his sword toward the sky.

"Reflecting Stars and Illuminating the Dipper, Stars Align—go!"

Whoosh~~~

Starlight lit up on every banner. Vaguely, there seemed to be a sight of stars ascending into the heavens, while streams of barely perceptible light shot directly into the sky. A moment later, the starlight