Today's second update: Chapter 1169! 4/6!
The Kong family had only ever seen such a grand occasion during their annual ancestral worship ceremony!
And now, from top to bottom, they all knelt neatly in Xu Kun's direction!
Even Saints had no power to resist!
All below the Saint rank were ants. Before the Sage's Carving Knife Xu Kun held high above his head, radiating Confucius's aura, they could not even raise their heads!
Even Kong Yinzhi, a Demi-Saint, was no exception!
As for Saint-level beings like Kong Yuancuo, they could only barely lift their heads while resisting the pressure.
But the moment they saw what Xu Kun held in his hand, their vision went dark, and they nearly fainted!
Back then, Confucius, the ancestor of the Kong family, had used this carving knife to inscribe a single word into human history!
That word was: Saint!
Among the myriad races, those above Level 60 were called Venerables. Only humanity used the title Saint, beginning with the day Confucius left behind that word with this carving knife!
This was the item that had accompanied Confucius from childhood to the pinnacle, intimately tied to humanity's fate—let alone the fate of the Kong family!
Having transcended its original material and advanced by another path into a Supreme Divine Artifact, the Kong family's sacred relic was now held by an outsider!
The shock it brought to the Kong family's Saints was beyond words!
"Dean Shi Zhan, get up!"
Holding the Sage's Carving Knife, Xu Kun helped Kong Shizhan to his feet. He had been the first person at Xu Kun's side to feel the knife's pressure and had knelt without hesitation!
Who knew that Kong Shizhan, still lowering his head, would shudder and hurriedly shake his head? "No, I'd better stay kneeling... It's more