At that moment, an invisible, uncanny psychic force radiated from them, blanketing the scene and affecting everyone who heard them nearby. The listeners grew frenzied, shouting along as though possessed.
"Paradise Sovereign, have mercy on us mortals and save all living beings from the sea of suffering.
"Why have you been driven from place to place, left destitute and reduced to this?
"Because the Azure Heaven is unjust! The Imperial Court is unjust, the lords are unjust, and those wealthy aristocratic clans are unjust!
"Why should they have thousands of spacious mansions, beautiful women, and fine food, while we toil in the fields, suffering wind and rain?
"We tend the fields for an entire year and can barely fill our bellies. We live worse than a dog in a rich man's house!
"And now, you no longer even have the chance to be an obedient dog.
"The so-called Azure Heaven, the so-called Imperial Court, and the so-called lords will not tolerate us. Soon they will send armies to slaughter us all!
"Tell me, what should we do?"
"Kill them! Kill them all!"
"Kill the rich!"
"Kill the officials!"
"Kill the lords!"
"Kill the Imperial Court!"
"Storm the Heavenly Court and overthrow the Azure Heaven!"
Amid their cries in unison, a surge of Human Way fortune arose like flame and shot toward the vault of heaven, as though it would destroy everything.
At that moment, countless mighty beings saw the stars begin to dim and waver as that fire-red radiance spread.
Beneath the Great Earth, the Killing Intent that had lain hidden and dormant also stirred. It shifted now and then, seeming to answer the murderous force of the Human Way calamity.
Heavenly Killing Intent, Earthly Killing Intent, Human Killing Intent—it seemed that even the stars might shift and the constellations