The people of Hezhou City, who valued boys over girls, felt as though they had been dealt a vicious slap.
They suppressed the storm raging in their hearts and stared blankly up at the woman in the sky.
They still refused to believe that this was the Heavenly Dao!
The Heavenly Dao that upheld all fairness in the world, that maintained every rule governing humanity.
Surely it ought to be an impartial, solemn, dignified man!
How could it possibly be a woman!
A woman! What right did she have to be the Heavenly Dao!!!
Yet they had witnessed this miracle with their own eyes, and none dared say a word!
Could someone who descended from the heavens be an ordinary person?
Duke Yan almost staggered back in shock. Was this... was this Heaven?
How could a woman be the Heavenly Dao?
"May I ask your illustrious name, divine lady?" Duke Yan called loudly to the woman.
The Heavenly Dao frowned slightly and merely cast Duke Yan an indifferent glance.
Bang-
An immense pressure actually forced Duke Yan to the ground, driving him to his knees.
"I am the Heavenly Dao!" The woman's indifferent, majestic voice resounded throughout Hezhou City.
The people of Hezhou City were frightened out of their wits by that pressure. They fell to their knees and stayed there, pouring out their grievances in anguish.
"We beg the Heavenly Dao to uphold justice for the people!"
"This person has lost all humanity and means to slaughter us! Heaven has eyes! Heaven has appeared to aid the people!"
"Princess Ximing deserves to be struck by lightning!!!"
The people knelt in a circle and worshipped the Heavenly Dao. From their perspective, Xia Wanwan had been oppressing them all along. Now she had surrounded them with troops and summoned lightning to