On the way to Cloud Platform Mountain, Ascendant Fuluan suddenly spoke, "Fellow Daoist Xu, since you intend to assemble your peers and battle demons, you must have a legitimate banner under which to operate."
Xu Qing raised an eyebrow, gesturing for Ascendant Fuluan to continue.
"When we conduct ceremonies, exorcise evil, and invite gods, we must suppress with authority, summoning thirty-six altar generals, seventy-two routes of soldiers to protect the altar and execute the ritual."
"Now that your intention is to confront the demons of the Dark River, you need an impressive name to suppress those spectres and phantoms with unprecedented audacity."
Nearby, Zhang Pingsheng agreed eagerly, "Daoist Fuluan speaks wisely. In our Celestial Master's lineage, when disciples receive credentials and ascend in rank, they must accept the Talismans of the Supreme Three and Five Merits, the Alliance Might of the True One, and the Credentials of the Three Caverns Five Thunders as 'momentum'."
"The grandeur of Heaven, Earth, and the Law. Be it the Talisman of Wealth, Celestial Medicine, Literary Excellence, True Martial, Demon Subduing, or Youth Talisman, their purpose is to increase the cultivation momentum of our sect's disciples, adding further support for future cultivation."
"These secret titles are not merely the proclamation of status but also to align with the cosmic forces, bringing spiritual efficacy to the bearer."
Xu Qing fell into contemplation.
The words of Zhang Pingsheng and Ascendant Fuluan reminded him of his own Immortal Hall.
According to the two, his Immortal Hall lineage, the Bao Sheng Temple lineage, is similarly a kind of secret title.
And this specific title can bring more tangible faith and wishes of the masses to the temple lineage, thereby enhancing their influence on Heaven, the Tao...
Since the group is planning to form a force to resist calamity, naturally, a name is indispensable.
Otherwise, when recruiting allies and asked what sect or organization they belong to and what beliefs they hold, if they cannot answer, wouldn't it reveal they are just a rag-tag group?
Throwing oneself into calamity is a deadly task; if you cannot provide everyone with absolute confidence, who would be willing to join you in life-and-death struggles?
This matter, to put it plainly, is akin to recruiting soldiers, raising a banner, and rebelling.
However, they certainly cannot be rebels, so what name should they choose...
Zhang Pingsheng, eager to contribute, suggested, "Why not call it the Alliance of Heaven and Earth, with the purpose of fulfilling divine justice!"
Monk Xinyuan shook his head and sneered, "Too common, too vulgar! It lacks the charm of Immortality."
"Then you suggest something!"
"I, a humble monk, do not mind such superficial names. Why not call it the Feast of Wine and Meat, so this monk can drink and eat meat every day, carefree and free."
Zhang Pingsheng furrowed his brow, and the two began arguing once again.
Xu Qing ignored the two who were like water and fire, he had been operating his Immortal Hall for years and had much experience with various temple lineages; if he truly decided to take action, he would have to organize a proper sect.
At the very least, it cannot be like the master of the small waterfall cave, who merely calls out 'children' when facing the Celestial Soldiers and Generals.
That is too undignified, it neither boosts morale nor occupies the moral high ground.
Xu Qing roughly thought, the first criterion must be righteousness, and it must exude a grand demeanor.
Not to mention the distant, just in terms of momentum and style, it must surpass the True One Way or his Cat Immortal Hall.
The Immortal Hall is ultimately a private sect, cannot be too ostentatious. However, a sect uniting the world's True Cultivators to slay demons and subdue monsters must have the presence to impress allies and awe the Gods and Buddhas!
If the newly established sect cannot even impress peers, how can it suppress the arrogant flamboyance of demons?
When they were a hundred miles away from Cloud Platform Mountain, Xu Qing suddenly stopped in the high clouds.
Zhang Pingsheng and others were perplexed and were about to inquire when the next moment revealed the young man in the clouds waving his sleeve, using the clouds as ink, the sky as canvas, beginning to outline the new sect lineage.
"The Daoist ritual often sets twelve altars, each altar offers different deities, performing specific functions. Since we are dealing with the twelve leaders of the Dark River, we must follow the cosmic order and establish twelve altars, corresponding to their interaction."
Xu Qing waved his sleeve, dividing the surrounding clouds into twelve regions, occupying the four directions and eight positions, twelve branches, while also according to the twelve hours, one cycle a year, a total of one era, corresponding to the cosmic cycle numbers, namely, year, month, era.
When all ideas converged into one place, yet each had extensions, before Xu Qing emerged the grand vision of the new sect.
The twelve rituals covered the entire space-time, reaching the three realms and ten directions, twelve sectors divided the world into twelve regions, twelve stars ran the world predicting fortune and misfortune...
Moreover, various scriptures and talisman systems following the cosmic order naturally emerged.
Feng Shui, prayers, salvation, ceremonial worship, life and death, military forces, celestial medicine...
In a fleeting moment, before Xu Qing evolved the complete sect lineage.
Zhang Pingsheng was astounded; he could not utter a single coherent sentence.
This grand sect system that was deduced could only be accomplished by distinguished sects, not by any inconspicuous small sects engaging in trivial affairs.
From Xu Qing's exhibited sect vision, Zhang Pingsheng not only saw the essence of the scripture credentials but also saw the evolution maps of ultimate arrays like the Earth Array and the Circulation Array.
Could this be the work created by a funeral professional of the Jin Sect?
Monk Xinyuan was equally shocked; he had considered accompanying Xu Qing in uniting Daoist friends for a grand undertaking, but he had not anticipated Xu Qing would accomplish something so momentous!
Founding a mountain and establishing a sect, and using cosmic vision as a basis for forming doctrinal systems... In Xinyuan's memory, the last time such a sect was established was by the 'Celestial Court' of the upper realm.
Thinking of this, Monk Xinyuan's expression suddenly changed.