While the people of Jing Kingdom reveled, the Sacred Way Torrent in the sky continued to change.
The Confucian Sacred Way had completely shed the other Sacred Ways. Neither its momentum nor its total volume came close to what they had been, yet the Confucian Torrent grew ever purer white. Not only did it show none of the signs of dissipation seen in the Miscellaneous School Sacred Way, it became even more concentrated.
The scholars of every nation, and even the saints of every realm, racked their brains without finding an answer.
When the Confucian Sacred Way suffered that devastating blow, the saints of the Demon Realm cried out in wild jubilation.
After all, Confucius had suppressed the saints of the Demon Realm single-handedly, leaving a shadow over their hearts for all these years. Any serious problem with the Confucian Sacred Way would mean that Confucius's own Sacred Way was wrong.
Yet the Confucian Sacred Way had diminished only in "quantity," or perhaps "realm," while its "quality" had improved. The saints of the Demon Realm found this intolerable.
The Human Race could not understand it either.
Inside the Confucius Mansion, the Kong Family's scholars were seething with indignation, demanding action against Fang Yun. They had nearly reached a consensus, but this unforeseen change left the Kong Family unable to act.
In the past, both the Miscellaneous School and the Mohist School had faced crises. They had made almost identical choices: prune the branches and strengthen the trunk.
Later, the Miscellaneous School focused on political affairs, while the Mohist School focused on craftsmanship and technology. The latter achieved greater success, expanding the Mohist Sacred Way into the Craftsmen Sacred Way, which stood firm to this day and continued to grow stronger.
With such pearls and jade before them as precedents, the