The Sacred Path Heart Cleansing arena was established, and all around was as quiet as night.
The same scene had already played out five times today. The Palace Master and four Vice Palace Masters had all fallen short, some losing their heads, others suffering devastating damage to their literary reputations.
The forty-four heads of the various palaces collectively stepped back.
Not a single quasi-Saint in the entire Holy Hall stepped forward.
Under such circumstances, stepping forward voluntarily truly required courage.
Zhang Weikong stepped forward.
Facing the Law Sage's Sacred Path Heart Cleansing.
The Law Sage seemed intent on challenging the Military Sage, for the question he asked was exactly the same as the Military Sage's...
"What does your sacred path hold as supreme?"
Zhang Weikong answered blankly, "The sacred path is supreme!"
Everyone was shocked.
"What direction does your sacred path take?"
"It takes the hopes of all people as its direction!"
All the Saints opened their eyes at once, staring at Zhang Weikong in astonishment.
Was the Sacred Path Heart Cleansing still in effect?
It was!
Zhang Weikong was completely immersed in the Sacred Path Heart Cleansing. Every word he answered was exactly what lay in his heart.
The people below were all dumbfounded as well...
If he had not been under Sacred Path Heart Cleansing, giving the same answers as Zhang Weikong would have been perfectly normal. Those were standard answers to begin with, the answers most fit to be displayed on a grand stage.
Yet what normal person truly set their heart that way?
What normal person had no private motives at all?
Take the people before him, for instance. Although their answers had looked utterly shabby and unbearable when laid on the table, they had at least been genuine...
Zhang Weikong's answers, on the other hand,