The winds and clouds of heaven and earth changed dramatically. A bolt of lightning streaked across the boundless sky.
The flash began in the east of Kyushu Continent, cleaving through the clouds and carving a path westward for tens of millions of miles. It bore overwhelming heavenly might, its weight and majesty leaving everyone shaken to the core.
Suddenly, a magnificent voice descended. Every word boomed like thunder, echoing through the three realms of immortals, mortals, and the underworld across Kyushu Continent. Every living being could hear it clearly.
"Heavenly Emperor establishes the immortal realm, rebuilds the Ascension Channel and the place of reincarnation, allowing the order of the three realms to circulate anew."
"Yet the people know not Heaven's will, and ministers understand not their sovereign's heart. I think of those who raised me, yet I am unfilial; I think of those who support me, yet I am disloyal; I think of those who serve me, yet I do not worship them..."
"Heaven and earth were established, but human ethics were not. The world is savage, and rites and music have collapsed. Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and faith; warmth, kindness, courtesy, frugality, and humility; loyalty, filial piety, fraternal devotion, prudence, integrity, diligence, uprightness, steadfastness, honesty, and courage—all these beautiful words are merely whitewash concealing rot, fine on the outside and hollow within."
"Those who are loyal, virtuous, chivalrous, and valiant are pitifully few. The treacherous, wicked, stubborn, and dull are beyond counting. The Heavenly Emperor gazes upon this and grieves, shedding sorrowful tears."
"Today, I establish the Investiture of the Gods list and open the Great Tribulation of Investiture of the Gods. I shall purge the absurdities of heaven and earth, sweep away the vulgarity of the three realms, and rebuild the countless orders of the three realms..."
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