No one could have imagined it.
Sage Zhu had actually given Xu Qingxiao these two choices.
One was to cripple every scholar in the world, with Xu Qingxiao bearing all the consequences himself. After all, though these scholars each had flaws in their character, they could indeed suppress demons.
That was an indisputable fact.
If every scholar were crippled, it would be an enormous loss for the entire Dust Realm.
Or he could slaughter every Confucian Student in the Literary Palace and leave Sage Zhu's Lineage intact. But if Sage Zhu's Lineage continued making trouble, there was nothing he could do about it.
At that moment.
Every scholar in the world was dumbstruck.
Every scholar in the Literary Palace was stunned.
They had never imagined Sage Zhu could be so ruthless.
He had placed the fate of every scholar in Xu Qingxiao's hands.
Even thinking with their toes, they knew what Xu Qingxiao would choose.
Wasn't this condemning them to die without even a place to be buried?
In Great Wei's Capital.
The Female Emperor also found it inconceivable.
After all, these were all Sage Zhu's disciples. Though they had committed wrongs, surely it did not warrant this. But regardless, this was a good thing for Xu Qingxiao.
Somewhere ten thousand miles away.
Wu Ming quietly watched everything unfold.
Even he was moved.
He had never expected Sage Zhu to be so ruthless.
Yet he inexplicably felt something was wrong, though he could not put it into words.
In the Tuxie Dynasty.
The Tuxie Emperor fell silent, unsure what to say, while his entire court erupted in an uproar.
This would wipe out Sage Zhu's Lineage completely.
In the Chuyuan Dynasty.
Great Emperor Chuyuan frowned, weighing many things.
The imperial clans of the Eastern Continent.
They, too, were all watching