Normally, the Talisman-bestowed Ceremony at Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion in this world was not held frequently; the intervals were much longer than the triennial Transcension Ritual.
...Of course, it wasn't so infrequent as in the past, when it was once delayed for over ten years.
As long as the Celestial Master hadn't entered seclusion, or there wasn't a severe drought in eligible candidates, typically the Ceremony was held every six years.
But during the special period when there was a vacancy in the position of Celestial Master, the elders at the High Merit Pavilion found it convenient to make exceptions.
The number of promising candidates stuck from last time really was excessive.
Some of those people had already been delayed for years; now, they couldn't be delayed for another six years.
