Awaken Chapter 228

A body fell to the ground.

These are the readers of the Zhu Sheng lineage.

The world was silent since.

Who would have thought that Zhu Sheng would be so vicious.

Even if Xu Qingnian was fierce and ruthless, he was only paying lip service, but Zhu Sheng was different and came up with the real thing.

At this moment.

The beheaded readers all coalesced into a ball of light and appeared in front of Zhu Sheng.

This was Hao Rang Sheng Qi.

It was not Hao Ran Zheng Qi.

“Zhu Sheng is really angry.”

“Reading sage books and gathering the Qi of saints, Zhu Sheng put his disciples to death and gathered their holy Qi together, this is really to put all enemies to death,”

Someone exclaimed, he was trembling, this was a great Confucian, he showed fear and said what this was.

This voice rang out and people were once again shocked, it was really hard to come back to their senses.

Powerful people from all sides, too, were completely seated at this moment.

“Amitabha Buddha.”

“Zhu Sheng, what is the need for this?”

At this moment, in the middle of the Western Continent, the sky was filled with Buddha’s light, reflecting the Western Continent and expelling the darkness.

This was the first rank of Buddhism, an old monk with a six-fold Buddha light behind his head, appearing sacred and magnificent.

He was the first to step forward and dissuade Zhu Sheng.

“Humph.”

“The lineage of Confucianism has rotted its roots and destroyed its meaning, Confucianism is not like Confucianism, and people are not like people.”

“There is no lack of you and others in this.”

“Although the old me is not there, the old me will definitely not condone it either.”

“You and the Buddhists also presume to be alone, today I am gathering the Sacred Heart, and all the First Cla*s will be buried with me.”

“You’re delusional to think that you’re going to hit me.”

Zhu Sheng was furiously rebuking him.

Since his absence, the Confucian lineage had been targeted, and it had taken hundreds of years of effort to make the Confucian lineage, look like this.

How could he not be angry?

Moreover, Zhu Sheng was clear that the other party was extremely clever.

He was hiding in the shadows, making offerings to himself and attempting to create a god.

It was clearly his own intention, but he had to put it on his head, somewhat in the same way as the Buddhists.

So, since it had come to this point, Zhu Sheng did not hide.

Like to play, right?

Then let’s all die together.

He would kill all of them except for the First Grade of the Great Wei Martial Way in the world.

The First Grade of the Buddhist Sect, he would kill.

The Immortal Sect’s First Grade, he also kills.

The Demon First Grade, he brought them all down together.

He didn’t believe that, having come this far, the other side would still not come forward?

If that was the case, then it didn’t matter, all those who should be killed had been killed, what chaos could still arise?

Xu Qingnian was destined to be qualified to become a saint, and given enough time, nothing would be a problem.

When he thought of this, his holy qi coalesced and a holy heart appeared.

This was still a real move, not a joke.

“Saint Zhu, behind this matter, there must be a mastermind behind the scenes, who exactly is it, we indeed do not know.”

“In this way, the Immortal Sect, a sect, will do its best to help you find the real culprit and purge everything, how about that?”

In a flash, the Tai Shang Immortal Sect rang out.

This was the head of the Seven Great Immortal Sects, and it was normal to have a First Grade Immortal Daoist powerhouse.

The Tai Shang Immortal Sect blossomed with immeasurable light, immortal music bursting forth, shadows abounding like an immortal realm, and a human figure appeared, who was 100,000 miles apart to dissuade Zhu Sheng.

Because he knew that Zhu Sheng was really serious and was not a threat at all.

Once Zhu Sheng launched his rampage, who in the world could stop him?

“Vermilion Saint, we are not involved in this matter, and since you became a saint, we have also been honest and disciplined, why are you acting like this? Where is the appearance of a saint?”

In the midst of the abyss was the voice of the First Grade Demon Dao, his tone a mixture of anger, but more helplessness.

“There must be someone behind this matter, perhaps he wants you to be like this, don’t fall for it.”

On Tianqi Mountain, a voice also came from the First Grade of the Demon Clan.

Nowadays, in a time of peace and prosperity, everyone was relatively calm with each other and there was no war, this situation was already very good.

But if Zhu Sheng went berserk and really put to death the world’s First Grade powerhouses, this would definitely not be a good thing for them.

It was not a question of whether they would die or not, once all the First Grade were dead and only the First Grade martial artists of Great Wei were left, would Great Wei sharpen their knives?

Moreover, the person behind this curtain had nothing to do with them, if this person behind the curtain made a move, what would they do at that time?

This move by Zhu Sheng was indeed a threat to them, but it was also indeed a real move.

“Noisy.”

Zhu Sheng spoke, his gaze calm.

The reason he did this was that he had the confidence that the person behind the curtain must be in contact with other powers.

The First Grade was the strongest existence in this world.

If he slaughtered the First Grade, the other side was bound to be severely injured as well.

Right now, what he was doing was to force out the person behind the curtain.

Since he was hiding behind the curtain and did not dare to show himself, Zhu Sheng instantly understood that the other party did not have real strength.

With absolute strength, who would be behind the curtain?

Just come out directly.

Only those who had scruples, or did not have absolute strength, would be behind the curtain and manipulate everything.

Today.

What Zhu Sheng wanted to do was to force out the person behind the curtain.

Poof poof poof.

One by one, the readers fell to the ground and were directly decapitated.

Zhu Sheng was so ruthless that even Xu Qingnian was ashamed of himself.

But thinking about it, these people claimed to be Zhu Sheng’s disciples, but in reality? They were just doing some unseemly deeds under the banner of Zhu Sheng.

They do not have any Confucian heart, nor do they have any intention of being a gentleman or a saint.

Yet, they turn around and say that they are disciples of Zhu Sheng.

This is ridiculous.

A large number of scholars were beheaded.

Today’s incident will certainly be recorded in the history books.

“Zhu Sheng, we know that we are wrong, we really know that we are wrong, I beg the sage not to kill.”

“Sage, this matter is our fault, I beg Sage, let us go.”

“Please forgive and spare our lives, Sage.”

I don’t know how many scholars knelt on the ground, in front of absolute power, they no longer yelled.

No more shouting.

What they had at the moment was remorse, immense remorse.

But their remorse was not heartfelt remorse, but remorse in the face of death.

In the middle of the Palace of Literature.

A thundering blade appeared, cutting them down directly.

They too were kneeling on the ground, crying in pain too, and more to the point, they did not expect that Zhu Sheng would really kill them.

And so decisively, without a single chance to speak.

Lu Zi and the others were even more panicked.

Zhu Sheng did not kill them at first, as if he had deliberately left them alive.

But the readers around them, one by one, died, and this feeling was even more torturous than killing them.

The two half-saints of the Palace of Literature were trembling, he was already so scared that his legs were weak.

The two Half-Saints detained by Zhu Sheng also turned white, for by this time, the people behind them, had not yet come out of the world.

“Tell the truth.”

The next moment.

Zhu Sheng looked at the two Half-Saints as he questioned the two with a terrifying voice.

The two were stunned by the voice.

Their brains were dazed, fear struck them, and they actually unknowingly spoke at that moment.

“Everything …….”

Someone opened their mouth to tell the truth.

Only the next moment.

Flames coalesced on his body that looked extremely terrifying, instantly burning itself, and he let out a miserable scream on the spot.

“Karmic fire?”

Someone exclaimed, seeing at a glance what it was.

This was not an ordinary flame, it was the fire of karma that could not be extinguished.

It was a divine means of the Buddha Sect.

“Something to do with the Buddha Sect?”

“Is the Buddha Sect behind this?”

All at once, various voices rang out as some roared in anger and looked at the Buddha Sect.

The first-ranked powerhouses under the heavens also landed their gazes on the Buddha Sect.

“Amitabha Buddha, this matter has nothing to do with the Buddhist Sect, someone is trying to frame the Buddhist Sect.”

The Buddhist Sect’s First Grade, the Abbot of Tianzhu Temple looked calm, he was not the least bit alarmed, but instead biting the bullet that this matter had nothing to do with them.

Only, Zhu Sheng did not raise his voice, but looked at the second half-saint.

However, the latter did not even say a word as the same karmic fire filled his body, followed by a miserable and incomparable scream.

“Ah.”

Heart-breaking screams rang out as the two Half-Saints were unable to resist the karmic flames that enveloped them.

In the middle of the void.

Zhu Sheng did not speak, but quietly looked at these two Half-Saints.

In his eyes, these two Half-Saints were completely to blame and it was not a pity that they died.

However, burning their bodies with karmic fire was really a heavenly means.

This was a great divine power of the Buddha Sect.

But Zhu Sheng did not think that this was done by the Buddha Sect, the Buddha Sect was not that stupid, and if they did this, they would undoubtedly be looking for trouble.

It was obviously a plant.

In a flash.

Zhu Sheng reached out, and he intercepted a karmic flame.

“Zhu Sheng be careful, this is karmic fire, if you touch it, you will be in big trouble.”

Someone spoke up to warn Zhu Sheng, a divine monk from the Buddhist sect.

But this reminder seemed somewhat redundant.

Because this was not Zhu Sheng’s true self, but just a true spirit.

The karmic fire intercepted.

Zhu Sheng quietly felt it.

However, at this very moment, the karmic fire suddenly surged and flooded Zhu Sheng’s body.

“Zhu Sheng.”

“Sage.”

“What’s going on here?”

For a moment, many voices rang out, and Xu Qingnian could not help but shout out.

Zhu Sheng had only intercepted a karmic flame, and although it could not be extinguished, it could not have suddenly skyrocketed.

Something must have gone wrong.

However, Zhu Sheng did not say anything, instead, he allowed the karma fire to add to his body again.

As the karmic fire filled his body.

The crowd’s eyes looked at Zhu Sheng nervously.

Boom.

As the terrifying karma fire burned his body, Zhu Sheng’s holy power continued to decay, and his original terrifying holy might gradually diminished.

Everyone could sense that the True Spirit of the Vermilion Saint was gradually weakening.

Some were worried, while others were delighted.

In the Palace of Literature, Lu Zi was very excited, he could not wait for the True Spirit of the Vermilion Saint to disappear, although many things could not be explained, but at least he had survived.

As for the remaining two half-saints, and the remnants of the readers, at this moment

Zhu Sheng let out a long sigh, the karmic fire in his body, which could not be extinguished or suppressed, was the most terrifying flame between heaven and earth.

The fire of the resentment of all beings.

If his true self appeared, he might be able to suppress it.

But a true spirit, obviously, could not suppress it.

However, just as the flames were blazing, Zhu Sheng opened his eyes.

“You’re hiding too deep.”

“Unfortunately, you still can’t help it.”

“I know who you are.”

Zhu Sheng spoke, and he let out a long sigh of relief as he intercepted the karmic fire and added it to himself, searching for the root cause in this way.

Although karma fire was a Buddhist divine ability.

But it did not necessarily come from a Buddhist powerhouse.

Now, through the karma fire origin, Zhu Sheng traced some vibes that the other party could not resist striking out and trying to burn this true spirit of his with karma fire.

But as a result, he had also revealed his identity.

Boom.

Suddenly, Zhu Sheng’s figure disappeared, and he did not know where he had gone.

No one knew where Zhu Sheng had gone.

Everyone was waiting here in silence.

Meanwhile, as Zhu Sheng left, all the light dissipated and all the visions gradually disappeared.

Peace returned between the heavens and the earth.

It was as if the True Spirit of the Vermilion Saint had disappeared.

The monstrous Holy Might was also gone.

Outside the Palace of Literature, the remaining Confucian students were all secretly happy, thinking they had escaped death.

Not only them, but also the scholars of the Zhu Sheng lineage in the world could not help but sN*gger with joy.

The feeling of having come back from the dead was a great relief to them.

Boom.

However, an overwhelming aura appeared.

It was Xu Qingnian.

The Zhen Devil Power Battle Spear appeared.

It burst straight through and killed dozens of Confucian students straight away on the spot.

Xu Qingnian did not know if Zhu Sheng was still around.

But what he knew was that whether Zhu Sheng was there or not, all of these people had to die.

Not a single one would be able to escape.

The Hao Ran Dynasty had already collapsed, so he had to make his own move, otherwise what was the point of keeping these people?

To keep on cursing themselves?

Xu Qingnian wasn’t that stupid.

“Xu Qingnian.”

“Are you crazy?”

“You’ve come to this point and you’re still demonic?”

Zhou Sheng roared in anger, pointing at Xu Qingnian, his voice trembling.

“Xu Qingnian, do you want to take the opportunity to kill us when you see the true spirit of Zhu Sheng disappear?”

“You’re going against heavenly justice.”

Another Half-Sage followed suit and angrily rebuked Xu Qingnian.

Only, where was Xu Qingnian to waste words with them.

Zhu Sheng had taught himself a lesson.

It was a waste of words to say so much in the face of a spitfire.

Bang bang bang!

A war spear shot out, blasting each and every Confucian student to death, blood splattered everywhere outside the Palace of Literature, and white bones exploded.

Xu Qingnian was like a demon god.

He was not sure if the true spirit of Zhu Sheng was still alive, but he knew that he had to kill these people.

Lest a scourge be left behind.

“Master Xu.”

“As a half-saint, how can you commit such a ma*sacre?”

“This is a sin, a sin.”

A voice rang out, the voice of a Buddhist monk.

Divine Monk Hui Jue spoke.

He was the first to strike, and a string of rosary beads blossomed with immeasurable Buddhist light, trying to suppress Xu Qingnian.

Buzz buzz buzz.

In an instant, the Hao Ran Wen Zhong and the Eight Jade Sacred Ruler flew in to block Divine Monk Hui Jue’s suppression.

Giving Xu Qingnian enough time to do something.

“This Saint has yet to settle the scores of the Buddha Sect, and one day, this Saint will come to the Buddha Sect himself.”

Xu Qingnian roared out.

He now had an extremely bad impression of the Buddha Sect.

When Lu Zi and the others tried to harm him in every way possible, the Buddha Sect did not come out in compa*sion, and when it was time for him to take revenge, the Buddha Sect ran out in compa*sion.

There was nothing good about these people either.

Moreover, did the karmic fire just now really have nothing to do with the Buddha Sect?

It was just that Xu Qingnian did not want to provoke the Buddhists right now.

Boom.

Xu Qingnian came directly in front of Lu Zi and the others.

The demon subduing power filled the air, turning into a big black cauldron and smashing it hard into the group of Confucian students, smashing it in front of Lu Zi’s face.

Poof, poof, poof.

In an instant, blood splattered everywhere, and in just one glance, all the tendons and bones of the Confucian scholars were broken and they let out harsh screams, and some of them even died without even letting out a scream.

“Xu Sheng, spare my life.”

“Xu Sheng, we will never dare to do it again, we will never dare to do it again.”

“I implore Xu Sheng to spare my life.”

Faced with Xu Qingnian, who was like a fierce god, the group of scholars trembled and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy.

They did not want to die.

“You have been given the chance too many times.”

“Today, this Saint is going to clear the way for Zhu Saint.”

Xu Qingnian’s voice was icy cold.

He had given these people an unknown number of chances, but unfortunately, these people did not know how to cherish them.

Now Xu Qingnian didn’t hold back any either.

The black cauldron transformed by the Devil Subduing Force was stained with the blood of the literati, and groups of readers were directly subdued to death.

Bodies were piled up and blood and flesh were blurred.

In just a short while, all the scholars were killed by Xu Qingnian, leaving only Zhou Sheng and the two of them, as well as Lu Zi.

Looking at this state of affairs.

There was a look of fear in Zhou Sheng’s eyes.

They had just escaped the Zhu Sheng tribulation, but they did not expect Xu Qingnian to be waiting for them here.

This made them feel unwilling and fearful.

“Xu Sheng, I am willing to abrogate my sainthood and dive into the hard study of my heart, so I hope Xu Sheng will spare my life.”

Zhou Sheng knelt on the ground as he kowtowed towards Xu Qingnian, willing to dethrone himself from the holy throne in exchange for a life.

“Xu Sheng, you can’t kill any more, the scholars of the Zhu Sheng lineage have been slaughtered cleanly, if you kill any more, it will lead to endless trouble.”

“The chaos of demons, the chaos of qi, when the time comes, there will be no one to suppress it.”

“I understand that what happened in the past was indeed our fault, but no matter what, we, the readers, can at least suppress the demons.”

Another half-saint said in a crying voice.

He admitted his mistake, but also stressed their role and the role of the readers.

After all, if they followed Xu Qingnian’s method of killing like this, the Palace of Literature would completely exist in name only, which would then lead to endless trouble.

“Die.”

Xu Qingnian did not listen to the two men’s nagging, and the two men were instantly killed as the great cauldron suppressed them.

“Amitabha Buddha.”

“Sinful sin.”

“Master Xu, you have sinned so much.”

“The lineage of Confucianism, when it is really going to be destroyed, what is your suffering?”

Divine Monk Hui Jue evolved his Dharma phase, and a Buddhist shadow appeared behind him, blasting away with golden light towards the holy weapon.

Bang, bang, bang.

The sound was deafening, but unfortunately, the two holy weapons had previously been enchanted by the Vermilion Saint and were infinitely powerful, so unless a Buddhist First Grade appeared, it would be impossible to break through the holy weapons.

“Shut up.”

Xu Qingnian angrily rebuked back.

He then turned his gaze towards Lu Zi.

Lu Zi was the only one left in the entire Wen Palace.

By putting him to death, all the noise would be completely silenced as well.

Only, the other party was already a will body, not a true body.

The true body had already been obliterated by himself, and the will had fused with the Palace of Literature.

It was impossible to truly kill Lu Zi.

But he could not kill Lu Zi, but he could kill his heart.

Xu Qingnian did not say a word, he stood with his hands folded and quietly looked at Lu Zi, the black censer evolved by the Zhen Devil Power, still dripping with the blood of the half-saint.

Standing here.

It was an invisible declaration.

He was defeated.

Feeling Xu Qingnian’s gaze, everything and everything, made Lu Zi silent.

Zhu Sheng was burning with karmic fire, and he was stealing joy.

But he ignored Xu Qingnian and his aggressiveness.

He had slaughtered everyone in the Palace of Literature.

Only himself was left alone.

Although he could not kill himself, what could he gain?

The Hao Ran Dynasty had failed to open the country, the country’s fortunes had long since collapsed cleanly, and even the great man behind himself had never appeared from beginning to end.

Instead, it was these two people who died here.

And they were still obliterated by this great figure.

All the calculations.

All the scheming.

It was all gone, all gone in vain, leaving him in deep despair.

“Ugh.”

Finally.

Lu Zi let out a long sigh.

This sigh was filled with many emotions.

He looked at Xu Qingnian, his eyes extremely complicated amongst them.

“The only thing that I regret is that I did not choose to execute you at the very beginning.”

“Now that you have become a climate, you are even able to control the True Spirit of the Vermilion Saint, something that I really did not expect.”

“You have slaughtered the Wen Gong lineage, but you must not dream of the springtime.”

“There is no way the Confucian Way will be controlled by you anymore, there is a hand that is invisibly controlling everything in the dark.”

“Even Zhu Sheng can’t do anything about it.”

“Xu Qingnian, you are wrong, you are terribly wrong.”

Lu Zi’s voice was exceptionally calm, and he did not say it directly, but used voice transmission to communicate with Xu Qingnian.

“At this point, you still have a tough mouth.”

“I will become a half-saint in a year, and I will step into the true holy dao in ten years.”

“What can the man behind the curtain do? The fact that he doesn’t dare to show himself proves that he doesn’t have absolute strength.”

“When I become a saint, even the biggest black hand will die.”

Xu Qingnian’s voice was firm, he had no fear of any black hand or no black hand.

If he didn’t even dare to show himself, what was there to fear?

“You are wrong.”

Lu Zi shook his head, he looked at Xu Qingnian and took a deep breath.

“You’re very wrong.”

“To become a half-saint within a year is indeed an astounding talent, and I have never denied your qualifications.”

“But to become a saint is too difficult, so difficult that you can’t even imagine.”

“When the Vermilion Saint decimated 80% of the readers, do you know what will happen in the future? Demons will be in turmoil, Immortals and Buddhists will flourish, and the Confucian lineage will be completely dead.”

“It will take at least several hundred years for the Confucian Way to regain its vitality.”

“But in these hundreds of years, the Buddhists will have long since stepped into everything, the Immortal Sect will also be worshipped by the world, heaven and earth will not be looking after the Confucian Way, and this lineage will most likely have to fall completely.”

“Back then, the Great Sage sacrificed himself to save the world, and only then did the Confucian Dao lineage gain the favour of Heaven and Earth, and now that the Zhu Sage has destroyed his own lineage, he has also touched the punishment of Heaven.”

“This involves a truly great worldly battle.”

“You don’t understand, and you don’t know.”

“I have lost, but I have not lost, and you have not won.”

Lu Zi spoke, still unconvinced to this day, still resigned to this day.

He knew that he had lost, but he had not lost, and Xu Qingnian had not won either.

“Win or not, at least I’m still alive.”

“And you can’t live.”

“What the future really is, you will never see it again.”

Xu Qingnian’s voice was icy cold.

He could feel the other party’s emotions, full of resentment.

But it didn’t matter, he liked to talk tough, didn’t he?

Then Xu Qingnian would put his heart to death.

At these words, Lu Zi laughed coldly.

But just as he wanted to continue speaking.

The holy might that had disappeared appeared once more.

A terrifying Saint’s Might descended.

Accompanied by the sound of Zhu Sheng’s roar, the world trembled.

“How foolish you are.”

Zhu Sheng’s roar rang out.

People were shocked, they had thought that Zhu Sheng had been eroded by the karmic fire and had already disappeared.

But to their surprise, Zhu Sheng was still there.

At this moment.

Zhu Sheng’s body was filled with karmic fire, and among his face, he was filled with anger as he appeared directly in front of Lu Zi.

Facing Zhu Sheng, Lu Zi was still filled with awe.

“You are really foolish, you want to get the world killed.”

Zhu Sheng roared in anger, his body trembling.

Closest to Zhu Sheng, Xu Qingnian saw through the karmic fire, he saw blood on Zhu Sheng’s body, as to whether it was Zhu Sheng’s or someone else’s, Xu Qingnian did not know.

Lu Zi was silent, he did not know what had happened.

“Look for yourself, what have you done.”

“Just like this, you still want to become a saint, you are taken for a fool.”

“To be such a sub-saint and be so foolish as to scourge the living beings, you are truly foolish.”

Zhu Sheng roared in anger, but all these voices were blocked and could not be heard by outsiders, only Xu Qingnian and Lu Zi could hear them.

The next moment.

A flood of information poured into Lu Zi’s mind.

Xu Qingnian stood by, his eyes filled with curiosity, but he did not say anything more.

Soon.

Lu Zi’s eyes gradually changed from confusion to astonishment, and in the end, Lu Zi even revealed fear and remorse.

In less than a few moments.

Lu Zi fell to his knees as he kowtowed frantically towards Zhu Sheng, remorse in his eyes.

“Please forgive me, Zhu Sheng.”

“Please forgive Zhu Sheng.”

“It is the student who has done wrong, it is the student who has done wrong, I hope Zhu Sheng will forgive me.”

No one knew what Zhu Sheng had shown Lu Zi, the crowd was just stunned as to why Lu Zi, who had looked somewhat unconvinced and resigned just then, had suddenly become like this straight away.

“Forgiveness?”

“You’re a sin that heaven and earth can’t even forgive.”

“You are too stupid.”

Zhu Sheng was furious, he could hardly suppress the anger within him, and when he said this, he grabbed Lu Zi, and the terrifying karmic fire instantly spread to Lu Zi’s body.

“Ah.”

A heart-breaking scream rang out once again.

The karmic fire on Zhu Sheng’s body, spreading to Lu Zi’s body, was like meeting kerosene, instantly erupting to a height of three feet.

The terrifying karmic fire caused the people of the Buddhist sect to be shocked.

Karmic fire is the fire of karma.

The most terrifying flames between heaven and earth are the resentment of all beings.

And the formation of karma fire is karma, the more karma a person has, then the more likely it is to produce karma fire.

Right now, the karma on Lu Zi’s body was incomparably exaggerated. Even if an ordinary person were to have his karma ignited, it would at most be a small cluster and then it would just keep burning until he died.

Three feet of karma, what concept is this?

Even a vicious great demon would probably not be able to do this.

Lu Zi was entangled in the karmic fire, and he let out a miserable and incomparable sound.

Rolling on the ground in agony

And all this was not caused by Zhu Sheng, but by Lu Zi himself.

“You will do anything to become a saint.”

“I had thought that at most you would only plague the Confucian Way, but I never imagined that you would do such a heartless thing.”

Zhu Sheng continued to rebuke angrily, and when he reached the end of his sentence, he even walked directly in front of Lu Zi.

He grabbed Lu Zi and lifted him up directly.

His eyes were filled with hatred.

“Look at me.”

Zhu Sheng roared, and Lu Zi trembled, both in excruciating pain and fear from the depths of his soul.

“Zhu Sheng, kill me, kill me.”

Luzi let out a voice as he pleaded with Zhu Sheng to kill him and give him a painful death.

“Kill you?”

“Don’t you dare dream.”

“This Saint, today, will suppress you in the abyss for a thousand years, don’t you want to live forever?”

“Then this Saint will seal your will and suffer the pain of a thousand years of karmic fire imposition.”

Zhu Sheng roared.

Now it was impossible for Lu Zi to die if he wanted to, he would suppress Lu Zi’s will and make him taste life as bad as death, and also satisfy his dream of living forever.

With his will sealed, it is tantamount to stilling everything and suffering from karmic fire. No matter who comes, if he breaks Zhu Sheng’s seal, Lu Zi will surely die.

This is the most extreme punishment in the human world.

It is also the most extreme suffering in the human world.

After Lu Zi heard Zhu Sheng’s words, he panicked completely and utterly.

No matter what before, he had never panicked so much.

The Karmic Flame added to the pain he felt was unparalleled.

Not a single minute or second did he want to endure, he wanted to die right now.

But now, he had to endure a thousand years of suffering by himself.

Naturally, he panicked.

A thousand years of torture, this is unbearable pain.

“Sage Zhu, the student is at fault, the student is willing to reshape the will of a gentleman for the world’s readers, I implore the sage to spare me.”

Lu Zi cried out.

Remorse finally appeared in his eyes.

Fear and dread had also finally appeared.

Even when Xu Qingnian had killed him in front of him just now, he had not shown a trace of remorse or fear.

But now he couldn’t hold back.

He couldn’t hold on anymore.

He cried out and begged for mercy, hoping that Zhu Sheng would spare him, not his life, but this kind of punishment.

“Get lost.”

Zhu Sheng roared, and in an instant the holy power coalesced, sealing him in a crystalline piece, before turning into light and disappearing into the sky, suppressing him into the dark abyss.

No one would go to that place for a thousand years, and demons wouldn’t dare to go near it.

Whoever goes there will die.

After all this was done.

Zhu Sheng still found it hard to vent the anger in his heart.

“Kill.”

He roared again.

The power of thunder erupted again, turning into a rain of swords, and the readers who thought they had survived the robbery before were once again slaughtered.

And this time, it was even more vicious than before.

Zhu Sheng sat quietly outside the Palace of Literature.

A slight chill appeared in his gaze.

The fire of karma was still burning around him.

At the same time, Zhu Sheng’s voice rang out.

“Shouren.”

“Within how many years, you have the confidence to become a saint.”

Zhu Sheng spoke as he looked at Xu Qingnian and said so.

Just as soon as this was said, Xu Qingnian’s expression could not help but change.

When Zhu Sheng asked such a question, it was obvious that he was in trouble.

“Ten years at the earliest.”

Xu Qingnian pondered for a moment, then gave an answer.

Become a saint within ten years.

This was Xu Qingnian’s answer, not in a bad way, it was expected in the best direction.

“No.”

“Ten years is not enough time at all.”

“Three years.”

“Shouren, you only have three years left.”

Zhu Sheng spoke, and he took a deep breath, informing Xu Qingnian that he only had three years left.

“Sage, what exactly has happened?”

Xu Qingnian didn’t care about three years or ten years, he was now most curious about what had happened.

Zhu Sheng had suddenly disappeared.

Now it suddenly appeared again.

Sealing Lu Zi for a thousand years and torturing him with karmic fire, anyone could see that Zhu Sheng was truly thundering with rage this time.

“Old me knows who is behind this.”

Zhu Sheng gave his reply.

Informing Xu Qingnian.

“Who is it?”

Xu Qingnian looked a little anxious.

He was curious as to who it was that could influence the Palace of Literature and even the Great Wei Dynasty.

“Another saint.”

Zhu Sheng slowly spoke.

With a single word, Xu Qingnian’s expression changed abruptly.

“Another saint?”

“Are there still saints in the current world?”

“That’s impossible, you are the fifth generation of saints, and if there is a saint in the future, heaven and earth have sensed it.”

Xu Qingnian’s first reaction was disbelief.

How could there be any living saints in the current world?

“It’s not a saint of the current generation.”

“It is the fourth generation of saints.”

Zhu Sheng replied.

But this answer caused Xu Qingnian to be struck by lightning even more.

“A fourth generation saint?”

“This …… How is that possible.”

“If it is really him, hasn’t he lived for close to five thousand years?”

Xu Qingnian really didn’t know what to say.

There were five saints in the Dust Realm.

The first generation of saints, the Great Saints, were extremely distant and were not recorded in history, most of them were just rumours that were difficult to verify.

The second generation of saints, the Thousand Saints, still does not have many historical records, but it is better than the Great Saints, after all, there is a holy site.

The third generation of saints, the saints of all teachers, who wrote books with clear intentions, laid the foundations of all things Confucian, and from the third generation of saints onwards, there was the Palace of Literature, and the lineage of Confucianism flourished.

The fourth generation of saints, the Sage of Ideas, has the central idea of promoting the thought of Confucianism, and the idea of Heaven and Earth, the King and the Teacher, is the idea created by the fourth generation of saints, Li Sheng.

It was precisely because the fourth generation of saints placed heaven and earth first and second, and kings third, that the Confucian lineage flourished, especially in the Middle Continent.

After all, the Middle Continent was the domain of dynasties, and the readers before the Fourth Saint travelled back and forth to various countries to promote the teachings of the saints and the kings.

Spreading the holy will.

But this method hardly allowed Confucianism to truly take off to its heyday. Li Sheng set out the central idea for Confucianism in the world, the king and mother of heaven and earth, leaving behind such impractical things as heaven and earth.

The king comes first, the parents second, and the teacher third.

This was accepted by the world, especially by the kings of all countries, including other powers, who also agreed with this central idea.

This is why the Confucian lineage was so highly valued, and in those days, Confucians were not like they are now.

They respected kings, parents and teachers.

There was even a time when the ruler wanted his subjects to die and they had to die.

For the rulers of the dynasty, the Confucian monarchs of that era were loyal and loyal, and there was absolutely no question of betrayal.

This is why the fourth generation of saints put Confucianism on the road to its heyday.

The greatest thought of Li Sheng was that it was impossible for a Confucian to change the whole world by himself.

But if you join the court as a minister, you will be able to rule the country and secure the world, and you will be able to teach and educate the people and save them from the fire.

The final saint is Zhu Sheng.

The main reason for Zhu Sheng’s thinking was that it was difficult to maintain one’s heart after Confucianism had entered the officialdom.

As the world came to a halt and peace prevailed, there was a polarisation between those who sang and danced and those who did not eat.

So Zhu Sheng set down morals for the world’s gentlemen to restrain their selfish desires.

It is only the fourth generation of saints, close to five thousand years from now.

The life span of a saint is limited to two hundred years.

Zhu Sheng has already pa*sed away.

How could the fourth generation of saints still be alive?

If this was still alive, wouldn’t it have lived for five thousand years?

No Immortal Dao practitioner could live for five thousand years, unless they really became immortal.

“It’s him.”

“The same saint, I can sense it.”

“Back then when I became a saint, I also sensed him, only he hid too deeply and I didn’t notice, I just sensed something.”

“A fourth generation saint who has lived to this day.”

“But you need not worry, he cannot come out.”

“Having lived for five thousand years, he does not dare to come out, the forces of heaven and earth will not allow a saint to live for five thousand years.”

“So he has been hiding behind the scenes, influencing the Confucian lineage.”

Zhu Sheng gave his reply, which was considered good news.

“Why is Li Sheng like this?”

“He is a Confucian saint, how could he be like this?”

“What does he want to do?”

Xu Qingnian was really puzzled as he looked at Zhu Sheng, his eyes filled with doubts among them.

He really could not understand why Li Sheng would be like this.

The fourth generation saint had an extremely high reputation.

Even when Zhu Sheng saw it, he had to call himself a student.

He had led the Confucian Dao lineage to the day of its heyday, and he clearly had his heart set on the Confucian Dao, so why would he be like this? To become the real culprit behind the scenes?

Xu Qingnian really found it hard to accept this fact.

He thought of many possibilities.

He even thought that it was the Buddhist One Piece who was behind it.

But what he didn’t expect was that the real person behind the scenes was actually the Fourth Generation Saint.

In an instant, a terrifying pressure came upon him, and Xu Qingnian felt an unprecedented pressure.

“Eternal Life.”

Zhu Sheng slowly spoke.

There was a calmness among his eyes, but he also spoke the truth.

Why was Li Sheng like this?

The word longevity was the only thing.

It could make the world move.

It could make such a being give up everything.

Xu Qingnian was silent.

And Zhu Sheng’s figure faded somewhat.

At that moment, Zhu Sheng did not babble and spoke directly.

“Shouren, just now, I fought with him, and everything is as I guessed, he cannot strike anymore, he can only hide in the shadows.”

“The longer the life span, the harder the suppression by heaven and earth, especially for a saint, heaven and earth will not allow a saint to live for five thousand years.”

“But his plans are too big.”

“It has a great deal to do with the immortal corpse, I fought him, he was not as strong as me and was eroded by the years.”

“Except that he has lived for five thousand years and has too much power, and Confucianism is definitely not his pawn.”

“Today, the founding of the Hao Ran Dynasty, whether it succeeds or not, will not affect his plans.”

“There are only two ways to go if you want to settle him once and for all.”

Zhu Sheng spoke extremely fast, informing Xu Qingnian of these peculiar secrets.

“Please speak clearly, Sage.”

Xu Qingnian asked.

“One, find his exact location, bring two First Cla*ses, and put him to death.”

“Two, unify the Central Continent and unite the Dragon Cauldron of the Central Continent, in this way, Great Wei will be completely prosperous and the future of the First Grade will not be extinct.”

“There are also huge benefits for you, now you are carrying half of the national fortune of Great Wei, if you coalesce the Dragon Cauldron of the Middle Continent, you can achieve sainthood with the will of the people.”

“Once you become a saint, then all calculations will vanish into thin air.”

“But there is not enough time.”

“I will suppress the demons of heaven and earth with the Palace of Literature later, so I can only buy you three years.”

“Within these three years, even if the demons want to unrest, it will not lead to a great disaster, at most there will only be some trouble, which should be solved by relying on the Immortal Sect.”

“But after three years, the demons will be in complete turmoil.”

“So, you only have three years to either find the exact hiding place of the fourth generation saint and kill him.”

“Or, the Central Continent will be unified, and you will be able to achieve the sixth generation of saints in one fell swoop with the help of the country’s luck.”

“Otherwise, in three years’ time, the demons will scour the world and bring endless trouble by then.”

“Li Sheng’s plans are too big.”

“If we let him succeed in his plan, there will be a mountain of corpses.”

“Moreover, I can guess that his next step is to get his hands on the Great Wei.”

“It is unlikely that he will allow Wei to coalesce the Dragon Cauldron of the Central Continent, or that he will allow a designated person to inherit the throne of Wei and steal the country’s fortune.”

“There is also the Buddhist Sect, no matter what, they cannot be allowed to enter the Middle Continent.”

“Behind this matter, the Buddhist Sect must be involved.”

“Find the remaining True Spirit Holy Will.”

“At a critical moment, it can turn the tide of battle.”

“Understood?”

Zhu Sheng opened his mouth, he was running out of time.

He told Xu Qingnian everything he knew.

The next moment.

His body, transformed into a radiant light.

The entire Palace of Literature, too, trembled and glowed.

The Eight Jade Sacred Ruler and the Hao Ran Wen Zhong appeared behind Xu Qingnian.

And with a booming sound.

The Palace of Literature rose into the sky.

Underneath the Palace of Literature.

Xu Qingnian’s expression, however, looked incomparably silent.