Deng Zhenquan, dressed in purple, held a delicate golden seal in his palm. It was the official seal of the Grand Secretariat of Daxia. A bright yellow aura of National Fortune soared into the air, transforming into a divine beast with the body of a tiger and the claws of a dragon—a Bi'an, a creature known to love litigation.
The power erupting from Deng Zhenquan felt as vast as the heavens and earth themselves. It not only suppressed and dissipated the karmic fire within the hall but also left the Rank Three officials gasping for air. Yet, Deng’s own state was far from stable. His face, luminous like a halo, shifted between dignified solemnity and twisted agony, as if another being were lurking deep within his body.
The Confucian Fifth Grade "Pacifying the People" allowed one to replace the will of Heaven with one's own heart. By utilizing the collective willpower of the common people, a practitioner could carve out a small domain advantageous to themselves, where their own will could directly influence the laws of that space. However, the Fourth Hall of Yama was not under Deng’s jurisdiction; it was the territory of the Sleeping Dragon. Under normal circumstances, even with Deng touching the threshold of Rank Two "Establishing Merit," he should have been unable to employ the methods of "Pacifying the People" here.
Chapter 624