In Kunlun Mountain, wisps of spiritual energy formed within the mountain, but they quickly dissipated into the world. In the Dharma-Ending Age, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth had run dry. The world was like a giant funnel: any spiritual energy that escaped soon vanished. Only the memories of certain spiritual beings retained traces of it.
Daoist Hunyuan sat cross-legged in the back mountains of Kunlun Mountain, slowly refining the essence of Yellow Stone Daoist's origin. Just then, his mind stirred, and a surge of righteous qi welled up throughout his body. It swept up a Turtle Plate and a ruler and sent them flying into the world. It turned out that a great sage had appeared in the Confucian School.
One day, Zisi, a direct descendant of Confucius, was reading by candlelight when sleepiness suddenly overcame him. He saw a figure beside him and hurriedly knelt in greeting. "Greetings, Grandfather."
Kong Qiu said, "A great sage will soon arise in our Confucian School and carry forward Confucian teachings. You may choose him as your disciple and teach him with care."
"These two items are treasures passed down through our Confucian School. You may pass them on to your descendants, so that our teachings can flourish."
Zisi knelt and said, "I will obey our ancestor's instructions!" The figure slowly faded away. Zisi woke at once, finding two treasures radiating strange divine power clutched in his hands. He sighed deeply.
The Mortal Realm entered the Warring States period. After the investiture of the gods during the Zhou Dynasty, all the religious sects in the world had moved out of the Mortal Realm. For more than four hundred years, throughout the Western Zhou, people worshipped only heaven, earth, and their ancestors, and revered no religious tradition. This sudden break in the