116: Chapter 116 The Ceremony of the Hundred Flowers Pact (Part 2)

Tianyuan Peak.

The majestic and ancient Changming Hall stood quietly, its entire body shrouded in a layer of pale golden eternal halo. The eaves were crimson and yellow, their corners piercing the clouds, exuding an ancient and majestic aura.

Above the hall, a stone tablet was quietly suspended in the Void Realm.

The stone tablet was as massive as a mountain, its entire body flowing with a warm, jade-like moon-white radiance. On the face of the tablet, three hundred golden names shone brilliantly.

On both sides of the plaza, wisteria waterfalls hung down. Pale purple flower strands swayed gently in the breeze, filling the air with a faint fragrance that intertwined with the solemn aura of the hall and the holy tablet.

With a flash of light, over ten thousand figures appeared on the plaza.

Ling Hao stood aloof, his black Sect Master robes fluttering in the wind, his posture as straight as a pine.

Yu Lingshuang and Chi Shuying stood on his left and right. Behind them, Chi Wanhe, Qin Zhaoxue, Du Yuqing, Lu Changning, Huang Yutong, Qu Qingzhu, Li Sumei, Hua Youyou, and a thousand other covenant Elders and Disciples, as well as many more observing Disciples, all held their breath.

Thousands of gazes, burning like fire, gathered upon the suspended everlasting light tablet.

Ling Hao raised his head, his gaze calm.

"The flower-pinning invitation is complete; next is the dew-seed heart alliance!"

He spoke aloud, his voice not loud, yet it was clearly branded into the depths of every Disciple's Divine Soul, triggering resonance with heaven and earth.

"First Vow: Witnessing the Dao to achieve longevity, walking the Moon path together!"

"With the moon as our alliance, the shadow as our witness! The Great Dao is vast, this body promises to ascend with you!"

As the words fell, it was as if a bright moon had been cast into the heart lakes of the thousand covenant participants, a clear voice resonating.

Naturally, they understood, and the voices they chanted in unison merged into a torrent that shook the heavens.

"Not seeking the same lifespan, only wishing to share the shadow! Willing to be a ray of light beneath the moon!"

The firmament shook violently. Within Changming Hall, three hundred bright moons rose up.

The cold moonlight intertwined with the rain of flowers filling the sky, illuminating the entire peak as if it were a dream! The sky of the entire Moonshadow Sect seemed to be occupied by countless bright moons in an instant.

"Second Vow: Accompanying each other from dawn to dusk, the moon fills the world!"

"With the sun as a mirror, flowers as proof! As time flows, this heart shall accompany you from dawn to dusk!"

This time, what responded to him was an even more gentle and firm resonance of heart-sounds, like trickling streams merging into an ocean.

"Not envying the immortal palace, only hoping to share the same quilt! Willing to act as spring mud to nourish the roots of the Dao!"

Hum— The brilliant sun within Changming Hall, symbolizing Ling Hao, flew out of the hall gate with a boom. It ascended to the sky, above the center of those three hundred bright moons.

The moment the great sun appeared, heaven and earth lost their color!

Above the firmament, the light of the true sun, which had existed since ancient times, seemed to be swallowed by an invisible, great power!

The radiance of the great sun completely replaced the natural daylight, descending upon the world like an absolute Dominator.

From the Changming Hall on the peak, to the Yingxi Small Building at the foot of Moonshadow Mountain, the Sheng-Sheng Creation Spring on Xuanyin Peak, the corridors of Yingxia Peak, the Five Elements Chaos Spirit Pool on Houde Peak, and even the entire Moonshadow Sect, and even three thousand miles of mountains and rivers!

All Disciples, all living beings, were bathed in this eternal sunlight that belonged exclusively to the Moonshadow Sect.

Outside the Sect, billions of living beings only felt that the sun above the firmament had suddenly become several times brighter and warmer, but they did not know why.

"Covenant—Formed—!"

A cold voice of the Heavenly Dao resounded throughout the entire Moonshadow Sect without warning.

As the voice of the Heavenly Dao fell, strange phenomena suddenly appeared!

Above the heads of Yu Lingshuang, Chi Shuying, Chi Wanhe, Qin Zhaoxue, Du Yuqing, and Lu Changning, a deep, ice-blue moon wheel phantom condensed!

Within the moon wheels, the phantom shadows of immortal flowers that matched their life-bound auras (Ice Soul Orchid, Ink Jade Peony, Golden Dawn Red Lotus, Warm Jade Hibiscus, Profound Gold Narcissus, Pink Jade Lily of the Valley) slowly bloomed.

In the depths of their Divine Souls, the moon-Soul motto was clearly branded:

"The Soul is the essence of the moon, the spirit tied to the Sect Master's heart!"

The Moon Soul is the essence of the moon-body; at this moment, they were the most core halves and reflections on Ling Hao's Dao path!

Huang Yutong, Qu Qingzhu, Li Sumei, Hua Youyou... and the other nine hundred and ninety-four Disciples, instantly had bright, silvery-white ribbons of light swirling around them!

The light ribbons were light and agile, and upon them, countless phantoms corresponding to their life-bound flowers (Green Heart Peach, Star Dream Iris, Twin Purple Jade Peony, etc.) flickered.

In their Sea of Consciousness, the humming of the moon-splendor motto echoed:

"The flower is the light of the moon, bathing in radiance is receiving grace!"

Moon Splendor is the clear radiance shed by the moon, illuminating all things! They carried the glory of the Sect Master, and also used their own radiance to nourish the Sect Master, together building this Moonshadow world!

Heart-covenant formed! Heaven and earth resonate!

Covenant formation phenomenon! Flower-tablet resonance!

The mountain-like giant tablet suspended above the hall saw the golden light of the three hundred true names upon it erupt! The three hundred bright moon phantoms surrounding Ling Hao's Origin great sun shone brightly, the moonlight like silk, intertwining and resonating with the golden light of the true names on the tablet.

When the three hundred true names and the moonlight reached their peak, the warm, jade-like surface of the everlasting light tablet rippled with the rhythm of the Dao.

As the ripples passed, seven hundred phantoms of names flowing with silver radiance quietly emerged. Above the firmament, outside the three hundred bright moons, seven hundred pale, transparent moon-shadow outlines were silently dyed.

The moment the seven hundred phantom names and pale moons appeared, on the peak, the petals of the life-bound covenant flowers at the temples of the thousand covenant participants shook violently. These spiritual flowers, carrying Ling Hao's magic power imprint and the covenant participants' heart-intent, erupted with Soul-light originating from the same source as their Revered Masters!

Ice-blue, crimson gold, warm jade, silvery white, emerald green, starlight...

A thousand pinned flowers left their bodies and floated up, turning into a thousand brilliant rays of light, shooting towards the everlasting light tablet.

Flowers fall, tablet congeals; dew-seed heart alliance!

The light rays merged into the tablet face, and the golden flames of the three hundred golden names became even hotter. The seven hundred silver name phantoms suddenly solidified, their silver radiance bursting forth as they transformed from phantoms into near-tangible silver seals. The seven hundred pale moons in the sky saw their outlines flow with radiance, their edges gradually becoming clear.

On the holy tablet, every pinned flower that merged into the stone tablet branded a miniature life-bound flower shadow next to the corresponding name! The orchid accompanied "Ling Shuang", the red lotus reflected "Wanhe", the hibiscus lined "Zhaoxue"...

A thousand Disciples, a thousand flower shadows, and a thousand names (three hundred golden names, seven hundred silver names) perfectly merged.

All the spiritual flowers in Wanfang Garden left their branches and surged toward the peak like a flowing river of flowers.

A thousand moon phantoms surrounded the central great sun, the ice-blue moon wheels and silver-white light ribbons reflected each other, and the rain of flowers filling the sky drifted down amidst the eternal sunlight and cold moonlight.

The entire Tianyuan Peak, and indeed the entire Moonshadow Sect, was immersed in this ultimate sanctity, eternal romance, and supreme glory witnessed by heaven and earth!

At this instant, outside the Changming Hall, with the great sun as the heart, a thousand moons guarding it, and ten thousand flowers paying homage to the Sect!

The covenant of eternal Dao Companions was thus magnificently concluded, never to change for all eternity!

On the plaza, those Disciples who had not yet formed a covenant looked up at this Soul-shaking scene, their eyes filled with incomparable envy and longing.

"Oh my god... a thousand moons guarding... is this the eternal Dao Companion covenant?"

"So beautiful... I'm so envious of the Senior Sisters..."

"I must work hard to Cultivate! At the next ceremony, my name will also be carved on the tablet, becoming a bright moon guarding the Sect Master!"

"Yes! Me too!"

Lin Xiwei stood at the edge of the crowd, looking up at the vast star map of "Great Sun and Thousand Moons" and the thousand names intertwined with light and shadow on the holy tablet, her expression complex and difficult to fathom.

She subconsciously gripped the ice heart epiphyllum in her sleeve, her cold eyes filled with longing, struggle, contemplation on the simplicity of the Great Dao, and a trace of indescribable palpitation.

Is this covenant... a shackle, or a ladder to a higher place? Her heart was like a tide.

And Xia Yingying beside her was completely mesmerized by the scene before her. She tilted her little face, her clear apricot eyes wide open, reflecting the sky full of bright moons and the dazzling holy tablet, filled with pure amazement and longing:

"So... so amazing! Revered Master is so amazing! The Senior Sisters are so amazing too!"

"Yingying..."

At this moment, a cold voice filled with endless confusion sounded deep in Xia Yingying's mind.

"Sister Xinxi?!"

Xia Yingying called out in her heart with great joy, "You're awake?!"

"Hmm... Hmm?!!"

Xia Yingying's frosty white left eye lit up, and then Yue Xinxi was instantly awakened by the scene before her,

"Yingying! Where is this?! What are these people doing?! That stone tablet! That great sun and thousand moons! This terrifying Soul fluctuation?!"

"Sister Xinxi, this is the Moonshadow Sect I told you about!"

Xia Yingying explained happily, "Today is the Hundred Flowers Covenant Ceremony! Revered Master is forming eternal Dao Companion covenants with one thousand Senior Sisters! Look, how spectacular!"

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Yue Xinxi's consciousness seemed to have been struck by a Nine Heavens mysterious thunder, instantly going blank!

Who am I? Where am I? Has the True Demon Realm already destroyed all the heavens and worlds? Only this strange place called Moonshadow Sect is left holding some kind of... some kind of ceremony?!

This... this is over a thousand women forming a Dao Companion covenant with one man?!

This is simply absurd! Unheard of!

She felt that her cognition and worldview had suddenly been completely overturned at this moment, and then smashed to pieces by the great sun, bright moons, and holy tablet filling the sky!