"What happened?"
"Why? Why did this happen?"
"Heavens... the Heavenly Emperor."
The Universe Country Person atop Mount Tai were on the verge of losing their minds.
The Yellow Emperor had clearly turned his gaze upon them. Why had he suddenly looked away? Why?
The team leader from the Department for the Administration of Mysterious Forces, who had accompanied them throughout, was baffled too. By all past experience and logic, once such a great being had looked their way, he would surely display his divine might next. Why had he looked away instead? Were Huaxia's gods different from those of other countries? Did they simply do things their own way?
Or was the Yellow Emperor unwilling to accept the offerings from these Universe Country Person? Could he simply not be bothered with them?
Several possibilities sprang to the team leader's mind. Each seemed right, and each seemed wrong.
In the conference room, everyone stared at the screen in stunned silence. What had happened shook them to the core, leaving their thoughts in turmoil.
"The visions are gone. Reports from Mount Tai say that unmistakable feeling of being watched has vanished too. Does that mean their sacrifice really did draw His Majesty the Yellow Emperor's attention, but he simply didn't want anything to do with them?"
"Possibly. But I'm more curious about His Majesty's identity than Universe Country's predicament. They praised the Central Primordial Spirit Sovereign... That's a Daoist title for the Yellow Emperor, signifying the Heavenly Emperor of the Center. Does what Gija said mean the Yellow Emperor now rules the Heavenly Court?"
"Possibly, but there's another explanation. His Majesty the Yellow Emperor may have ruled the Heavenly Court once, then stepped down. After all, from the Zhou dynasty onward, people offered sacrifices to Haotian Shangdi. The Song dynasty did briefly