"Year Two of Xuanzhang, the tenth day of the seventh month. Martial Ancestor led the myriad beings of the Confucian School in destroying the false Buddha in the Western Regions. The true Dharma returned to its place, and the True Buddha descended into the world."
"The heavens and earth underwent a great change. The sun hung high in the sky for three days without setting. Then the moon shone for four days, and only afterward did the sun rise in the east."
"Mountains and rivers shifted position, waterfalls flowed backward, and wind and rain showed no sign of stopping."
"Fortunately, the Confucian and Daoist Schools coordinated to stabilize heaven and earth, and the cities escaped harm."
"Seven days later, the moon set and the sun rose. Rosy clouds stretched ten thousand zhang, while pure qi filled heaven and earth and moistened the heart. People said that the sky had grown higher, the earth thicker, and the sun and moon brighter."
"As for the cause, it was ****, *****."
—Miscellaneous Notes of Xuanzhang
When he saw the rising sun, with the wind stilled and the rain ceased, Second Rank Great Scholar Liu Zhenfeng let out a long breath and sank into a chair.
"Finally, nothing happened..."
Liu Zhenfeng murmured to himself.
At that moment, he felt the vitality within his body rapidly drain away, while his eyelids grew unbearably heavy.
His allotted lifespan had ended seven days ago.
But heaven and earth had suddenly changed, and Martial Ancestor Chen Luo—trusted above all by the common people—had inexplicably encountered some problem. There had been no transmission of the Great Dao, so even the people sent from the Central Capital had found it difficult to dispel the people's panic. As the most respected man in the city, he had not dared to