Without delay, they promptly began to prepare for the Ask the Heaven Ritual.
In theory, communicating with Heaven using lay person's body should be the last choice in how the temple handle matters. Performing Ask the Heaven meant that it was impossible to solve the problem solely based on the power of mortals, and it was a manifestation of incompetent performance. At the same time, the ritual was as difficult as ascending to the sky. According to the view of Temple of Heaven, the preparatory work must at least be done for six months or more, and the required rare materials were countless.
However, this was a false proposition. If it was an emergency that the Temple of Heaven couldn't handle it no matter what, how could it take half a year to prepare for the ritual?