The burning Great Sun in the sky continued for several more breaths, then turned from blazing white to bright yellow, then to red, before slowly transforming into billowing smoke, rising into the sky like a towering mushroom.
Ji Country returned to darkness, but millions of people witnessed the sun rising at midnight, stunned beyond words yet inexplicably excited.
At this moment, the people were suffering greatly, all hoping for a demonic force from the heavens, and any celestial abnormal phenomenon brought hope.
Prince Ji stood before the steps, watching the slowly extinguishing Great Sun, completely forgetting the cold as he had rushed out without having time to put on shoes, and now his feet were numb from the icy stone steps.
He even forgot to issue a decree to have the Observatory explain the heavenly omen.
