The majestic and ethereal voice did not ring in the ears.
Instead, it rippled forth from the depths of the heart, from the deepest parts of one's Soul and True Spirit. It rose from below, bit by bit, suffusing the entire body before echoing and resonating within the skull.
In that instant, whether one was born deaf, a member of an Alien Race who spoke a different tongue, a newborn infant still wailing, or even a small cat licking its wounds or a hog sound asleep in a sty.
At this moment, they all heard, understood, and thoroughly grasped the meaning of these eight words.
"All you myriad living beings, now hear my words!"
Like a monstrous tidal wave coming to an instant halt, a hush fell across the thirty-three Provinces of the East Continent.
Whether they were netizens bickering online or the toiling masses endlessly busy in the real world, everyone stopped what they were doing and began to listen in silence, unable to help themselves.
