¹After Sangjenim opened the gate of ultimate enlightenment to renew the universe at Daewonsa Temple, he returned to his home in Gaengmang-ri Village and there opened heaven and earth’s great gate of the spirit realm, thus commencing the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth.

²During this time, auspicious qi radiated from his house into the sky and the roar of thousands of soldiers and the thunder of their horses’ hooves shook the sky.³During the day, Sangjenim remained seated upright in his room without uttering a single word, but at night, he summoned the spirits of heaven and earth and issued commands to them in a thunderous voice.⁴The atmosphere of solemnity that settled over the village so overwhelmed his family and neighbors that they, fear-struck, dared not even emerge from their houses.