♦Sacred birth celebrated on the 24th day of the 6th lunar month♦
Ruler of the Celestial Worthy of the Thunderclap of Universal Salvation that Resonates with the Primal Essence of the Nine Heavens, reverentially regarded colloquially as “the Ancestor of Thunder,” and recorded in ancient books as “Master of Thunder.” He is a deity of innate yang essence. According to the Tao Sutra, the Ancestor of Thunder lives above the nine heavens, and commands the five thunders, responds to the nine heavens, operates the three realms, and oversees the Thunder Capital with its two ministries and three bureaus (the two ministries are the Five Thunder Ministry and the Exorcism Ministry; the three bureaus are the Lightning Bureau of Ten Thousand Deities, the Thunderclap Capital Bureau, and the Thunderclap Division Bureau). He is responsible for punishing perpetrators of evil, destroyers of living things, and those who ruin the crops.