First update today: Chapter 1012!
Not sure how many chapters there would be today, but four at the very least!
As the brand on Xu Kun's brow flickered, the Heaven-Tipping Finger collapsed and dispersed into clear light that filled the sky!
The Kong family members responsible for maintaining the formation were repelled by an invisible force. Their chests tightened, their bloodlines shook, and they were sent flying!
Kong Yinzhi was dumbfounded by the sight.
Xu Kun, whose brow was glowing, lowered his head and looked over. But in Kong Yinzhi's eyes, Xu Kun was no longer Xu Kun—he was Confucius draped in a robe of light!
"A... Ancestor!"
With a thud, Kong Yinzhi, a Demi-Saint, dropped to his knees before Xu Kun without a shred of dignity.
The awakened consciousness of Confucius ignored Kong Yinzhi and instead said to Xu Kun, "My young friend, I've made a fool of myself before you again!"
Xu Kun shook his head and looked toward the prosperous Kong City. "Beneath that magnificent exterior lies a decaying body. Those outside want to enter, yet they have no idea how pitiful the people living in this city truly are!"
At that moment, Xu Kun thought of Kong Youde. Though he had already attained the Emperor Realm and become an important figure in his own right, Xu Kun wondered whether Kong Youde would still have desperately wanted to return to the Kong family if he had seen Kong City in its current state!
"A family that accumulates goodness is sure to receive lingering blessings; a family that accumulates evil is sure to suffer lingering misfortune. Confucius, your lingering protection is like a towering tree, shielding everything beneath it—even blocking out the sunlight that ought to shine upon this city!"
Confucius fell silent.
Before long, one figure