The moment the Kongtong Seal was formed, nine bolts of golden divine lightning descended from the Thirty-Three Heavens. The seal flew out of its own accord, uncontrollable, with nine golden dragons circling and dancing upon its knob. Soaring up to meet the divine lightning, each golden dragon raised its head in a roar, swallowed a bolt of lightning, and returned to rest upon the seal's knob.
Suddenly, an overwhelming aura burst outward. First within the East Sea, and then across the entire Primordial World, this pressure was felt. Though not intensely oppressive, it faintly carried a sense of ruling over all under heaven.
In particular, Taiqing Laozi in the Bajing Palace on Mount Shouyang sensed an aura intimately connected to his own being brought into the world. He immediately woke from his meditation, gazed toward the East Sea for a long while, yet could not fathom why this pressure—merely of the postnatal grade—should forge a karmic tie with him.
Chapter 103