This time for the ancestral rite, Zhang Jian also prepared a grand celestial ceremony.
At this moment, as a Saint King, he offers sacrifices not just as a Human Emperor to the gods of heaven and earth, nor as in ordinary rites to the celestial emperors lined up.
Instead, it is to the ethereal path of heaven and earth and the many Saint Emperors of the Human Race.
This is not merely to show merit.
It is an announcement to heaven and earth, and to his ancestors, that he has achieved the Saint King Dao Fruit, and now is the time for those who wish to ally with him to offer their conditions early...
If flowers can be picked, pick them when they bloom; don’t wait till there are no flowers, and all that’s left are bare branches!
Apart from Zhang Jian, the Saint King, the grand celestial ceremony includes civil and martial ministers from the court, lords of the dukes from the Five Continents, and thousands of dukes from the various divisions.
Besides promoting the cultural and martial achievements of the Saint King, Zhang Jian naturally also wants to display his ’martial power.’
However, today the world is united, even the Demon Race of the Barbaric Region and the Ancient Alien Species of the Western He Region have sent strong representatives to express submission, so he naturally cannot resort to martial power.
The best way, naturally, is to preach the Dao and expound martial arts.
Yet, given that most High-Tier Cultivators usually fear power rather than virtue.
The Saint King’s sermon and exposition are context-specific, with differentiated discussions.
Most of the time, it is primarily to showcase the Saint King’s Divine Power.
Only when facing some staunch supporters of the Great Xia Dynasty does Zhang Jian have targeted discussions on the mysteries of the Great Dao, solving the puzzles of the Immortal Gods!
For example, Taiyin Fairy, Dong Shen Ancestor, De Yang Ancestor, Baiqiu True Immortal, Kanglong True Immortal, True Monarch Lingyou, True Monarch Guihong, etc., who joined his High-Tier Cultivator and True Immortal ranks at the start of their rise.
The magnificent celestial ceremony shook the skies, Five Continents, and seas.
The vast incense fire surged into the sky, and in the temple of Saint Kings of the Five Continents and seas, many Ancient Saints and Ancient Saint Kings’ golden bodies simultaneously manifested numerous anomalies, acknowledging Zhang Jian’s identity as Saint King.
For a time, the Dragon Qi and Emperor’s Qi swirling in East Suspended Divine Continent persistently expanded, continually rising by a tier.
With the recognition from numerous Ancient Saint Kings and Ancient Saints, the Great Xia Saint King Dao Lineage gains greater legal legitimacy.
The title of East Continent Zhang Family as Saint King’s Family is now rightfully earned.
Such grand scenes are sensed by Immortals and Gods inside and outside Zhou Mountain Realm.
The Saint King’s celestial ceremony, such a display, is rare through the ages, exceedingly astounding.
After the celestial ceremony, Zhang Jian gradually announced the month-long Great Xia trade fair, setting the location in the accompanying Divine Capital.
For a time, making Haojing City even more lively.
Inside the Grand Ancestral Temple.
After the celestial ceremony, Zhang Jian led numerous children from the Imperial Family to hold a grand ancestral rite simultaneously.
The Ancestral Hall was flourishing with incense.
Each Divine Master Tablet was surrounded by endless Incense Fire Divine Power.
For this ancestral rite, Zhang Jian and the Empress of the Western Palace, Bai Liying, stood at the forefront.
Beside them were Imperial Consort Ji, Noble Consort Yun, and Pure Consort Meng.
Next were Crown Prince Zhang Zhao, Madam Si, and Prince Nan’an Zhang Yi, Prince Xing Zhang Xian, Princess Anping Zhang Chang’an, Princess Nanyang, along with many Princes and Princesses.
Each of the three concubines had two to three Princes and Princesses under them.
These Princes and Princesses are all grown and have mostly embarked on the cultivation path; as for a few who chose differently, aged prematurely or faced unexpected situations, their Dao Practice halted before Foundation Establishment.
Other than that are the third-generation Imperial Grandsons, and fourth-generation Imperial Great-Grandsons.
As for fifth, sixth, and seventh generation members of the Imperial Family, there are quite a few too.
Inside the Grand Ancestral Temple, nearly hundreds in scale.
A century’s accumulation achieving Saint King status, the East State Zhang Family finally began to flourish, branching out, incense fire endlessly.
Zhang Jian stood aside, watching the youthful or thirty-year-old, or even elderly Imperial Family members perform rites, his eyes were extraordinarily calm.
These numerous members of the Imperial Family, he watched them being born, and grow.
Watching their growth always gave him a sense of fleeting time.
Only as it happened repeatedly, Zhang Jian gradually retracted his thoughts.
Not out of coldness, but witnessing these descendants from youth to old age, he sometimes still felt emotional.
At this moment, he finally understood those ancestors of True Immortal Families or Cultivation Families.
Being an ancestor is sometimes not easy.
But his Dao Heart is firm, as hard as iron, these changes only enhance the foundation for his Dao Heart growth, nothing else.
After many Imperial Family members finished the ancestral rites, they left the Grand Ancestral Temple in succession.
Empress of the Western Palace Bai Liying, and the other three consorts also need to seize the time to absorb and materialize the immense destiny on them into tangible benefits.
The consorts know very well, such opportunities are hard to come by.
Once Zhang Jian’s Saint King Dao is complete, there may not be such good opportunities again.
Not only the consorts, but also the practicing Princes.
This is the best period for the East State Zhang Family to build its foundation.
Perhaps, thousands of years later, this group of cultivating Princes will become the backbone, elders, or even the elders who stabilize the clan of the East State Zhang Family.
Inside the Grand Ancestral Temple.
Soon it quieted down, Zhang Jian stood alone, dressed in a crimson Emperor’s Robe, he established his court by fire virtue, the Great Xia Dynasty is also a fire virtue orthodox dynasty.
"Ancestors, now the East State Zhang Family has multiplied to this extent, Imperial Family relatives spread across the Five Continents, now it can be considered a Saint King’s Family. I, in this life, have not let you down, living up to Father Emperor’s and Mother Empress’s expectations. If you know this in the underworld, you should be comforted!"
Zhang Jian steps forward, lighting nine sticks of Dharma Incense, inserting them into the grand cauldron.