The Tang Dynasty.
Chang'an City.
From Chengtian Gate, along Zhuque Street, exiting Zhengde Gate, walking eastward for about a thousand steps, you reach the Round Altar.
Along this road, twelve guards are stationed.
Ten thousand soldiers, their banners obscuring the sun, their long spears like a forest.
On both sides of the road, the flow of people is like a long river, shoulder to shoulder.
The clamor of voices is deafening, tearing through the sky.
Civil and military officials, wealthy merchants and gentry, soldiers and commoners, an endless stream.
At this moment, this majestic and vast city gathers a crowd exceeding a million.
“Do you think His Majesty is arranging all these people to sacrifice to Heaven?”
“No, I heard from a friend that it's to sacrifice to a deity.”
“Which deity? The scale of this sacrifice, I'm afraid, has already exceeded a million, making it the largest sacrifice in ancient and modern times.”
“Is it the Three Pure Ones? Or the Jade Emperor?”
“With such a large scale of sacrifice, how could the court allow it? Didn’t the Wei Grand Master object?”
“Not only did the court not object this time, but they were also very proactive.”
“I heard that in the court, the deity manifested a miracle, making the Duke of Yi, the Duke of Lu, the Duke of E, and the Duke of Wei, and other martial generals, free from all ailments and restored to their youth.”
“Why hasn’t it started yet?”
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Because, it’s uncertain whether he can obtain Ye Hao’s consent.
So, although Li Shimin notified all the people of Chang’an City, and the surrounding people of Guan Zhong, to participate in the sacrifice.
But, he didn’t say exactly what deity they were sacrificing to.
If Ye Hao disagrees, this sacrifice will be for Ye Hao.
Other than Ye Hao, no other ethereal deity is qualified to make him, Li Shimin, hold such a grand and solemn sacrifice.
“Your Majesty, has the deity allowed us to sacrifice?”
At this moment, at Chengtian Gate, Cheng Yaojin, Wei Chi Jingde, Qin Shubao, Wei Zheng, and others gather in front of Li Shimin, their hearts filled with anxiety.
In order to achieve the best possible effect for the sacrifice.
Li Shimin even had Wei Zheng take a Blood Bodhi in the court.
Upon seeing Wei Zheng consume the Blood Bodhi, his entire being emanated a crimson glow, floating in mid-air. He could even lift a hundred-pound stone with one hand.
Whether it was Li Shimin’s close aides or the officials of the Five Great Families and Seven Great Clans, their eyes were red with envy.
After that, he had Qin Shubao, Li Jing, and others take the Blood Bodhi in the military camp.
It even made countless soldiers prostrate themselves in worship.
The nobility, the clan families, and the soldiers and generals, these three most powerful forces of the Tang Dynasty, having witnessed the miracle, there was no longer any obstacle in the entire Chang’an City.
“I have received the divine decree, the deity has allowed us to sacrifice.”
“If we are devout enough, the deity will descend upon our world.”
Li Shimin said excitedly.
Empress Changsun had told him about Ye Hao’s supreme power in the Mythical World.
He could cover the heavens with one hand, causing the Heavenly Dao to fear him.
What kind of immense power was this!
Therefore, in Li Shimin’s eyes, and even in the eyes of some people in the chat group.
There was no difference between Ye Hao and a true deity.
“Will the deity really descend upon our world?”
“Will we have the opportunity to receive divine favor?”
“I will be devout in my sacrifice, move the deity, and witness the true deity. Even if I die immediately, I will have no regrets in this life.”
“Hopefully, we can all witness the descent of the true god.”
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Receiving Li Shimin’s affirmative answer, the civil and military officials were completely ecstatic, filled with excitement and agitation.
If they received the deity’s grace, they might also regain their youth, like Cheng Yaojin and Qin Shubao.
Or even attain immortality, transcending the mundane world.
“Let us go!”
Li Shimin’s face was solemn, his voice loud.
“Dang~”, “Dang~”, “Dang~”
Thick, dignified, and mysterious music played.
Instantly, the civil and military officials fell silent, following behind Li Shimin, their expressions grave, standing upright.
The entire Chang’an City, under this solemn and dignified atmosphere, was also tinged with a sense of gravity, gradually becoming quiet and sacred.
“Don’t fail!”
Li Shimin walked quickly, and when he reached the Round Altar, his breathing became slow and heavy.
The Round Altar is built of compacted earth.
The walls and the platform are smoothed with yellow clay.
It is nine meters tall.
Four circular platforms.
Each circular platform has twelve steps, evenly distributed around the platform, arranged in the twelve earthly branches.
The three sacrificial animals are placed on the sacrificial altar!
The five grains are placed around the sacrificial altar!
Nine incense sticks are placed in front of the altar!
A series of grand music plays!
“We can begin.”
The sun set in the west. Looking at the somewhat dim sky, Li Shimin issued a command to a confidant.
“Buzz~”
Immediately, in front of the Round Altar, a giant image was projected into the air.
It was the projector that Empress Changsun had traded with Qi Tongwei.
The image being projected was that of Ye Hao.
“The deity is manifesting!”
Countless people were astonished, and they all knelt on the ground.
“Oh, most supreme and eternally enduring true god, please listen to my prayer!”
Li Shimin secretly opened a switch connected to a loudspeaker next to his collar, and prayed loudly.
Instantly, Li Shimin’s voice was clearly heard within a radius of several miles around the Round Altar.
“You are the most supreme deity.”
“You are the eternally enduring true god.”
“Oh, most supreme god, your miracles are my faith, your grace is my redemption, your divine decree is my truth.”
“Oh, most supreme god, descend!”
The sacrificial text was very short and very simple.
This was done so that ordinary people, as well as the soldiers, could follow along and recite it.
With Li Shimin’s prior arrangement, more and more people joined the ranks of prayer, reciting it again and again.
The voices grew louder and louder, like rolling thunder booming.
【Ding dong! Ye Hao's activity in the Tang Dynasty has reached the required level, enabling world channel access.】
The chat group vibrated.
In the depths of his being, Ye Hao also sensed a channel connecting to a world.
At the same time, in the sky above the Tang Dynasty, as the people of the Tang Dynasty prayed, the heavens also changed.
A blurry channel appeared, connecting to the boundless void.