The Confucian Staff Broke, Then Regrew

In the next instant, the vast scene before them shattered like glass.

Their vision shifted, and they found solid ground beneath their feet once more. They were back at the manor, yet everyone remained caught in the shock of what they had just witnessed, unable to shake it off.

Dead silence filled the grounds. A falling needle would have been heard.

"What just happened..."

"Could it have been an illusion?"

Li Shun pondered this for a moment, then shook his head. He could clearly sense the lingering aura on his body and around him, left by the Outer God emissaries being torn apart by absolute power.

It was no mere illusion.

The Grand Arbiter used supreme power to drag us into a mysterious realm. Then, before our eyes, she slaughtered every Outer God emissary, along with the prying will the Outer God had cast into that realm.

The Grand Arbiter... her strength had reached such a terrifying level?

What realm was she in? The Heaven and Earth Realm? Or...

Li Shun was shaken and bewildered.

At the same time, he understood in a flash why the Grand Arbiter had done it.

With that crushing display of absolute force, she had driven an unshakable anchor into the hearts of every Hundred Schools disciple present.

The Outer Gods were not invincible.

After all, those gathered here were the finest of the Hundred Schools' new generation, the pillars who would resist the Outer Gods' invasion of Great Qian in the years to come. The Grand Arbiter herself had already verified that none of them had been corrupted by an Outer God's will.

Even so, adding another defensive anchor atop the teachings of each school was a reasonable way to make them more secure.

Li Shun was certain that today's staggering scene would be