Chapter 616: Chapter 330: Advancing Two Realms Consecutively (Part 2)

During this period, the Capital City was already torn apart by the lofty cultivators, leaving countless people with lifelong scars. This night, it was finally released,

The chaos reached an extreme point!

In the Imperial City,

The former Emperor of the Xia Kingdom, now self-degraded to King Xia, Ji Yi stood on the city wall. His hunchbacked figure appeared quite desolate in the raging wind, yet he hysterically laughed while looking at the devastated Capital City, tears streaming from his eyes.

Ji Anle stood beside Ji Yi, his expression complex, silent for a long time, then said, "Father, can the Human World... still be restored?"

Ji Yi slightly closed his eyes and said, "From the moment the Immortal Sect descended to the world, it has been impossible to restore, unless..."

Ji Anle pondered for a moment and said, "The Martial Emperor?"

Ji Yi nodded and said, "Unless the Martial Emperor can continue, in the upcoming era of complete Spiritual Qi revival, to suppress all cultivators as he does today!"

Ji Anle sighed and said, "But, is it possible?"

...

West City, at Kong Family Manor.

Wen Sheng Kong Xi looked at the two Daoists in front of him, sighed helplessly, and said, "Gentlemen, I truly don’t know. The reason I yielded to the Martial Emperor is truly because Confucian Sect cultivates oneself, and the Court’s existence better aligns with the development of our Confucian Sect. It’s not because I know something."

The two Daoists in front of Kong Xi were Changmingzi and Master Xuan Yang from Wenxian Dao South Gate and North Gate.

Changmingzi chuckled and said, "Mr. Kong, we are so familiar with each other, there’s no need to hide anything. Just honestly tell us, what exactly is the Martial Emperor’s identity? If you don’t say, this old Daoist will just stay here and not leave!"

Kong Xi helplessly said, "Daoist Changming, I truly don’t know anything. Speaking of which, your Wenxian Dao’s divination techniques in Ancient Times were famous and illustrious. This question should be asked to you all, right?"

Changmingzi’s small eyes filled with suspicion and said, "If I knew, would I still come to ask you?"

Kong Xi chuckled lightly and said, "I don’t believe you. If you truly knew nothing, how could you publicly help the Martial Emperor? Aren’t you afraid of isolating yourself from the Cultivation Realm?"

"What did I help him with?" Changmingzi hurriedly said, "I just said two sentences!"

"But those two sentences of yours directly helped the Martial Emperor break Tian Teng’s Vajra Bracelet," Kong Xi said.

"I just took the opportunity to flatter the Martial Emperor," Changmingzi said, "With the Martial Emperor’s strength, even without my reminder, Tian Teng couldn’t compete with him. The Vajra Bracelet, although strong, is still a dead object. The Martial Emperor would just expend a bit more effort, that’s all."

"Who believes that?" Kong Xi said, "Would anyone believe if you said this out loud? Anyway, others just know you, Changmingzi, openly helped the Martial Emperor against the Cultivation Realm."

"I, I, I..."

Changmingzi was momentarily speechless, and only after a while did he say, "You scholars are really crafty, managing to entangle me in it. I won’t talk nonsense with you anymore, I’ll just ask, what exactly are you planning to do?"

Kong Xi shook his head and said, "Don’t probe me anymore, I truly can’t see anything, and it’s impossible to discern anything. The Martial Emperor is unlikely to be a Great Power reincarnated; Martial Arts only appeared a few thousand years ago. Which Great Power would reincarnate to cultivate Martial Arts? Furthermore, exploring a path step by step?"

Changmingzi asked, puzzled, "Really not a Great Power reincarnated?"

"No," Kong Xi said solemnly, "At least I haven’t seen him as any Great Power reincarnated. However, there is some speculation."

"Tell me." Changmingzi’s eyes sparkled.

Kong Xi slowly said, "Although Martial Arts hasn’t been inherited as long as cultivation, it is a path evolved from ten thousand years of human fortune. Now that Spiritual Qi is revived, and Martial Arts’ fortune is declining, it should gradually walk toward decline.

Yet, precisely at this moment, a Martial Emperor appears, which also means the fortune of Martial Arts hasn’t passed and can still continue for many more years. Thus, he should also be one of the people destined in this era."

Changmingzi realized, "So that’s the reason you yielded."

"Not completely," Kong Xi said with a grin, "The main reasons are twofold. First, I feel I can’t defeat the Martial Emperor; second, I have no conflict with the Martial Emperor. Why should I be at odds with him?

In Ancient Times, Confucianism practiced entering the world as Dao. Back then, there was no notion of the Court; it was all various tribe towns. At that time, disciples of Confucianism traveled across the world assisting Human Kings in governing their people, gaining merit.

Confucian Dao has always complemented earthly power. So, the stronger the Martial Emperor is, the better it is for me, isn’t it? I’m just a scholar; if the Martial Emperor is willing to employ me, I’ll become an official. If not, I’ll just be a schoolteacher fostering disciples to enter the Court. There is no conflict at all!"

Changmingzi paused and said, "Right, those cultivators are hostile to the Martial Emperor due to conflicting interests, whereas we seem to have no reason to be enemies with the Martial Emperor!"

Kong Xi laughed lightly and said, "How to say this, maybe different thoughts. After all, in Ancient Times, the Human World was full of independent regimes, each manipulated by various cultivation forces.

Now, having survived the End of the Dharma Era, the Cultivation Realm reappears, and they still want to restore that kind of system, while the Martial Emperor cannot accept the rule of cultivation sects. Conflicts are inevitable, as the Martial Emperor cannot accept being controlled, and those cultivation forces cannot accept that worldly regimes can resist them.

As for the Kong Family I founded, the path we’ve taken has always been assisting Monarchs. Your Wenxian Dao emphasizes arduous cultivation, conforming to destiny; both do not conflict with the Martial Emperor’s overwhelming, supreme path. Isn’t that what you think?"

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