¹Carrying out Taemonim’s command, Gyeong-seok journeyed to Guritgol Village and announced to Hyeong-ryeol the purpose of his visit,²but Hyeong-ryeol was dismissive, saying, “My daughter is on the brink of death. Not only is it extremely inappropriate for you to seek something when our family is mired in tragedy, I cannot consent to your purpose, because our Teacher entrusted me with the custody of everything in the medicine room.”

³“You will meet with misfortune if you do not submit to decisions made as part of the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth,” Gyeong-seok said.

⁴“If this decision was indeed made as part of the Work of Renewing Heaven and Earth, there will be a sign from the spirit realm,” Hyeong-ryeol retorted. “If there is no sign, I will not believe your words.”

⁵When word of Hyeong-ryeol’s refusal reached Taemonim, She drew a sun and moon on a sheet of paper and then made gestures with both index fingers toward the sky.

⁶From the clear sky above Guritgol Village came a sudden flash of lightning, a crack of thunder, and a downpour of heavy rain. The lightning shot into the medicine room and then flashed throughout the entire house.⁷Hyeong-ryeol, who had demanded a sign, was deeply shocked, then he abruptly recalled that Sangjenim had once said, “If your household is on a course for ruin, craft a new beginning by discarding all possessions without any regret over their value. If you believe your possessions to be precious and cling to them, you will be utterly ruined, even in body.”