In Heavenly Pivot Hall, Zhijing stood beneath the veranda, gazing up at the night sky.
High in the nine heavens, Tianquan Star shone with an exceptionally brilliant divine light.
Ordinary eyes could not see changes in stellar power, but as a high-ranking cultivator of the Northern Pole Sect, Zhijing could sense the unusual activity of Tianquan Star.
His gaze shifted to the North Pole Heavenly Emperor Hall below. The vast stellar power was clearly centered on the statue of the North Pole Heavenly Emperor, spreading continuously outward.
The descending, spreading stellar power resembled successive waves of deep blue, swiftly covering all of Upright Yang Peak and still spreading farther outward.
A trace of surprise and uncertainty appeared on Zhijing's habitually solemn face. "Was this truly the Northern Emperor's blessing?!"
Since he had begun cultivating, he had never witnessed the gods manifest their divine power.
As his cultivation grew higher, he had developed his own views on the Northern Emperor and the other gods.
The gods dwelled above the nine heavens. Like the sun, moon, and stars, they were part of the Heavenly Dao, unlike mortal emperors with their personal joys and angers.
Zhijing worshipped the Northern Emperor because following his Dao could grant great power, but he did not blindly believe in the Northern Emperor's doctrines and rules.
He felt these were merely things the predecessors had invented to restrain disciples, followers, and believers.
Such a vast, mighty change in stellar power, which even caused extraordinary phenomena among the stars above the nine heavens, exceeded his understanding of Law Power and stellar power.
Yet if this was not the Northern Emperor's blessing, there was no other reasonable explanation.
Zhijing felt deeply uneasy. With Zhou Wuji pulling something like this, whether he acknowledged it or not, others would certainly believe it