The Miscellaneous School claimed to "embrace Confucianism and Mohism, unite the School of Names and Legalism." It claimed it could encompass everything and contain ten thousand paths, but in truth, its Sacred Way was an utterly tangled jumble.
The Miscellaneous School had no Saint to anchor it and no foundation for its teachings, yet it had set itself such an unattainable goal. If it continued down that road, it was bound to decline.
Thus, to escape its predicament, the Miscellaneous School had eventually been forced to specialize in the way of officialdom.
But even the way of officialdom was far too broad. Without any powerful Sacred Way at its core, the Miscellaneous School's various Sacred Way powers all suffered from innate deficiencies.
The Miscellaneous School's scholars had originally believed they could do anything, and do it well. But after the Clerk Examination was divided into separate subjects, they realized that their school knew something about everything yet excelled at nothing.
Even now, the Miscellaneous School could neither truly "embrace Confucianism and Mohism, unite the School of Names and Legalism" nor distill a single powerful Sacred Way.
Thus, Saint Zong wanted to draw upon the School of Diplomacy Sacred Way and use his heaven-bestowed genius to seize an imperishable achievement by force, maneuvering among rival powers and securing peace within and without, thereby establishing a new direction for the Miscellaneous School's Sacred Way.
Unfortunately, Fang Yun had obstructed Saint Zong at every turn from the very beginning.
And yet Saint Zong had never been able to strike back directly.
Sages do not block the way.
This was a Sacred Academy iron law, because even if Confucius returned to life, he could not determine whether a new reform might create a new Sacred Way or strengthen the Human Race.
Thus, while the