Heaven-and-Earth Grand Confucian, proof at the Literary Palace, resonance with the Sages, shock throughout the world [One million words]

The Great Wei Palace.

Within the palace hall.

Cheng Lidong's body writhed. He let out low, guttural growls, and the light had already faded from his eyes.

He had never imagined he would be schemed against like this.

In the final moment of his life, only two scenes remained in his mind.

One was Yan Lei's promise.

"As long as you cultivate an unorthodox art, I will trust your loyalty and do everything in my power to fulfill your dream."

"Besides, this unorthodox art is incomplete. I will suppress it for you with righteous Haoran qi. Once this is over, I will invite a Heaven-and-Earth Grand Confucian to help you eradicate the root of its corruption."

Those were Yan Lei's words. He was a Grand Confucian, so Cheng Lidong could hardly refuse to believe him. Even if he did, it would make no difference.

He had no other choice.

The second scene was Xu Qingxiao.

Xu Qingxiao's warning remained vivid in his mind, but he had had no choice, and he had trusted Yan Lei.

Yet in the end, he had become a pawn that could be discarded at any moment.

How laughable.

How utterly laughable.

The demonic seed awakened, and Cheng Lidong had no means of resisting it. As it transformed, he died almost instantly, turning into a hideously ugly serpent demon.

More precisely, he was half human, half serpent.

Demonic qi spread. Cheng Lidong had been a Seventh Rank martial artist, but at this moment, he transformed into a Sixth Rank martial artist, forcibly rising an entire rank.

The demonic seeds inside Xu Qingxiao also began stirring in that instant.

Yan Lei and the others had made Cheng Lidong cultivate a flood-dragon or serpent-type unorthodox art specifically to draw out the golden crow demonic seed inside him.

Golden