Dao Spreads Through the Primordial Era, Setting the Foundation Stone; Heavenly Secrets Surface, Calamity Stirs in Darkness

The demonic calamity had temporarily subsided, and the covert attack had collapsed. The East Sea had finally regained its clarity. After returning to the Academy, Wanhua did not rush to pursue the Heavenly Court's sneak attack, nor did he immediately remove the Blood-Colored Poetry Ring hanging high above.

He knew full well that the current peace was like a lull before a storm. Every faction was reassessing the situation and making calculations in secret.

The urgent task was to stabilize the Academy's foundations and truly transform the power of the Literary Heart and the will of the Firewood of Inheritance displayed during this calamity into a solid cornerstone for the Confucian Dao to establish itself in the Primordial Era.

The Academy revised its teachings and spread the Dao across the land.

By the clear spring behind the mountain, Xuanjizi had barely stabilized his injuries before Wanhua summoned him.

"Xuanji, do you know what was key to our Academy's survival in this calamity?" Wanhua held a bamboo scroll in his hand.

He seemed to be reading it, yet also seemed to be asking a question.

Xuanjizi stood respectfully to one side. After pondering for a moment, he replied, "First, we relied on Master's might as a Great Power to intimidate petty foes and seal the Return to Void; second, we relied on our fellow disciples standing united, their Literary Hearts linked together, using the Firewood of Inheritance grand array to defend our gates; third... the principles of the Confucian Dao possess their own resilience and vitality. They are utterly incompatible with the chaos of demonic calamities, and thus could restrain them."

Wanhua nodded slightly. "That is correct. Yet at the very root of it, the Dao's inheritance had not been severed, and the power in people's hearts to seek goodness and