"Blood light assails the moon—an ill omen..."
A Daoist who saw the bloody radiance could not help muttering to himself.
Since ancient times, changes in the heavens had been closely bound to changes upon the earth. This was what was meant by heaven and earth responding to one another.
Whenever celestial phenomena shifted, there was never no cause behind it.
Moonwatch County. Wu Qi had only just arrived with his army, setting up camp here to rest awhile, when he witnessed this strange sight.
As he watched the dense bloody glow, a surge of vexation abruptly rose in his heart.
"Moonwatch, watching the moon... We have only just arrived, and already the bright moon is stained with blood. Could Heaven be warning me that this battle is perilous...?"
Wu Qi murmured.
As for ghosts and gods, he knew of them but did not believe in them. Put simply, he knew there were ghosts and gods in this world, all manner of supernatural wonders, but he knew even more clearly that the power of ghosts and gods could not surpass the power of men. If ghosts and gods truly possessed great divine might, why would they need to play at mystifying people? They could simply use divine power to force all under heaven to kneel in submission.
Yet the unbroken chain of changes these past days had nevertheless stirred within him a sense that the Heavenly Mandate was something to be feared.
Only, many times, this so-called Heavenly Mandate meant that even when you knew the outcome, you still lacked the power to change it.
Take the present, for instance. The Feng and Chen families had joined forces, and their strength was naturally not to be underestimated. Peril was certain—but his current situation left him with no room to retreat. If