Chap 1 Part 10

Atop the beam of white light appeared a face, shining brightly and multicoloured, emitting thousands of reflections and shadows; its name was ‘Summoning Demons’. A little while later, the winds howled, a thick fog descended, and dark clouds gathered. The winds strengthened, announcing the arrival of all the Demons under heaven to that Temple to listen to the word of the Goddess. The Goddess Nuwa told her attendant Rosy Clouds to bid the other Demons and Monsters to leave, and to bid only the Three Attendants of the Grave of the Yellow Emperor to remain.

These three Demons entered the Temple together, and said, ‘My Lady’s powers are boundless! Long live My Lady!’ One of the three was a thousand-year old spirit of a vixen, the second was a nine-headed pheasant spirit, and the third was a jadestone lute spirit; together, they prostrated themselves before the Goddess Nuwa in the Red Courtyard of the Temple. Nuwa said to them, ‘listen to my command, O Demons! Cheng Tang’s dynasty must fall and lose the rights to the land. The phoenix calls from Mount Xiqi, heralding the birth of the one from the Land of West Zhou who will replace them! Heaven has decreed this…’