After the Grand Court Assembly, Fang Yun made a trip to the Eastern Sage Pavilion at the Sacred Academy, then soon returned.
At eight that evening, the Eastern Sage Pavilion issued a Sage Edict from the Eastern Sage.
The Sacred Academy activated Sacred Way Protection. All scholars at or below the rank of Metropolitan Graduate who changed their Sacred Way within one month would receive the Sacred Academy's protection and suffer no harm.
Once this Sage Edict was issued, vast numbers of scholars immediately changed their Sacred Way, and the power of the Political Way surged once more.
Many scholars above the rank of Metropolitan Graduate deeply regretted missing this opportunity. The higher their Literary Rank, the greater the cost of changing their Sacred Way. However, there were no restrictions on secondary study.
They could abandon their original secondary Sacred Way and make the Political Way their principal secondary pursuit without suffering any harm.
Thus, in just one day, the number of scholars pursuing the Political Way as a secondary discipline reached astronomical proportions.
Although these scholars did little to increase the Political Way's power, they could make it more stable.
On that same day, the Demon Realm declared the ceasefire over and resumed its assault on Two Worlds Mountain.
Everyone in the Human Race could detect the rage born of humiliation in the Demon Realm's declaration.
The Demon Realm had temporarily ceased hostilities to give the Miscellaneous School an excuse to suppress Jing Kingdom, to leave both sides of the Human Race battered, and, more importantly, to weaken Fang Yun.
In the end, apart from the Miscellaneous School's genuinely devastating losses, the outcome was not merely good for Fang Yun, Jing Kingdom, and the Human Race-it could even be described as a bountiful harvest!
This period of respite had