"...When that point comes, you need not say anything," said Lay Buddhist Qi's Benefactor. "He will ask Yuan Zhao for concrete proof."
"In that case, Yuan Qing, how do you propose to settle this dispute?" A quiet voice descended from the Imperial Throne, and the entire Court Square abruptly fell silent.
Throughout all the arguments, this minister had stood silently with his hands folded, never speaking. He stood at the head of the ranks like a log... yet when the sage turned and lowered his gaze, he was the only one he asked.
But many people quickly understood-who had set this Scholarly Dispute in motion.
The center of every storm in the Literati Circles these past months, the figure standing behind the scholars. The sage concealed nothing; his gaze fell directly upon him-the Two Heavens Theory had been established. Yuan Zhao, what was your next move?
And so, in the next instant, almost everyone realized with a shudder... had this minister truly prepared a means of deciding right and wrong?
In the Court Square, where only the wind could be heard, Yuan Zhao lowered his head and stepped out of the ranks, speaking woodenly. "I have heard the two Philosophers say that Haotian is the sole ultimate of all things, yet there is one matter I do not understand, and I ask for an answer: in cultivation, there is what is called the Dao of the sword. As all assembled here know, this weapon is entirely a human creation. How, then, can it wield the authority of heaven and earth?"
If humans could create an authority equal to heaven, how could one say that heaven governed everything about humanity?
"This, too, is an old argument. Swords have existed since ancient times, and their origins and development remain unclear. The human