Only when the Voice of the Sacred Way rang out did the members of the Left Prime Minister Faction understand why Liu Shan had been so enraged.
A river flowed outside the imperial palace, running through the capital from west to east. Since the west corresponded to metal, it was called the Golden Water River.
The Golden Water River lay opposite the palace's main gate, and now a Dragon Gate a hundred feet tall appeared in its waters.
The Golden Water River instantly boiled, and every member of the Water Race swam desperately toward the Dragon Gate.
The sacred voice summoned the Dragon Gate; ten thousand fish vied to leap through it.
Dense thunderclouds had already gathered high overhead, slowly absorbing the power between heaven and earth associated with the Classic of Filial Piety and the Second Saint Zengzi. But now that the Voice of the Sacred Way had sounded, it strengthened not only the effects of Second Gift to Liu Shan: Parting from Mother, but also those of the earlier First Gift to Liu Shan: The Crow Cries.
The Voice of the Sacred Way formed by "Of a hundred virtues, filial piety comes first; judge the heart, not the deeds, for if deeds alone were judged, poor households would have no filial sons" stirred a resonance in the Sacred Way throughout heaven and earth. The power Zengzi had left behind rapidly gathered directly above the capital.
Slowly, a vast, majestic presence gathered in the sky above the capital. No one could see what lay above the dark clouds, but everyone felt as though a Saint stood high overhead, a Half-Sage formed from the way of filial reverence.
Inside and outside the capital, men and women, young and old alike looked up at the sky, sighing with emotion.
Second Gift