Chapter 252: World Changes, Civilization Advances

After hearing Wang Wei's last words, Bai Han's face became very ugly and twisted; knowing his capabilities, he did not think that these were empty threats.

"Headmaster, should we stop him?" suddenly asked one teacher through Divine Sense. They could tell that the reason that Wang Wei disappeared was that his Dao Protector, Yan Chen, used the power of space to teleport him away. 

However, as long as the headmaster gave the order, True Monarchs of their Academy are more than capable of stopping them.

Bai Han hesitated for a while after hearing this question. Thinking swiftly, he replied; "There is no need."

Although Bai Han was enveloped by Qi of Calamity, he could still barely keep his reason. He knew that too many people were currently watching this tournament. If he made such an order, it won't take a few seconds for all the Supreme Realm True Monarchs to instantly appeared and force their way into the World that the Academy is located in.

The only way to stop them would be to use the Academy's Emperor Formations. And if he did that, the Dao Opening Sect would use their Emperor Artifacts. With Wang Wei's status and his father's love for him, Bai Han believed that they would not hesitate to do so.

This kind of confrontation could quickly escalate to an Emperor Dao War. More importantly, Bai Han feared that the Supreme Realm True Monarchs of the Academy might not listen to his orders. He could tell that many of them were very dissatisfied with his recent decisions--even if they did not outrightly say so. 

He could feel that the respect that they had for him as a born- Sage was slowly fading. So, he did not want to test their attitudes in this situation or give them more reasons to lose faith in his leadership abilities.

All these thoughts took less than a millisecond to flash across his mind. After making his decision, he watched Yan Chen and Wang Wei leave. Then, he ordered: "Have all our spied play close attention to the movements of the Dao Opening Sect….Not just them but all the Emperor Lineages of the world. I want to know every single movement that they make."

Meanwhile, after spending a few minutes traveling through space, Wang Wei returned to the Dao Opening Sect with a comatose Li Jun. He headed straight to the Alchemy Hall and handed him to Great Elder Li Jian for treatment.

Li Jian used his Divine Sense to scan Li Jun's body, then fed him some Saint Pills.

"How is he?" asked Wang Wei.

Great Elder Li Jian sighed: "Physically, he is perfectly fine after consuming the pills, but his mind seemed to be affected. I'm afraid that waking him up will have severe consequences."

Wang Wei frowned after hearing this, then his mind started to work rapidly. "Wake him up."

"Sacred Son, are you sure?"

"I have an idea, so let me try."

Great Elder Li Jian nodded, then took out a pill, crush it into powder. With a wave of his hand, the powder entered Li Jun's nose and mouth. Soon afterward, Li Jun opened his eyes.

He screamed in pain for a few seconds before quiet down.

"I can see again," he said. "Wait, why wouldn't I be able to see." He looked around for a moment before noticing Great Elder Li Jian and Wang We.

"Who are you, people? And what have you done to me?" he tried to get up, but his body could not move. After struggling for a while, he stopped.

"Wait, where am I? No, more importantly, who am I? Do you people know me? Do you know my name?"

Both Great Elder Li Jian and Wang Wei frowned as they realized that the situation was more grave than anticipated. Wang Wei walked over to Li Jun, looked him deeply in the eyes.

"I need you to follow my words exactly as I say."

Li Jun immediately quiet down after hearing this; for some reason, he felt like he could trust this strange person. His instinct told him that if he listened to that person, then everything might be alright. So, he nodded his head.

"Your name is Li Jun, and you cultivate the Dao of Slaughter. The ultimate purpose of Slaughter is to bring death to all things. And Death is nothing but the end of the consciousness, absolute darkness devoid of everything, devoid of all senses.

"Now, close your eyes and meditate on the meaning of my words."

After hearing the term "devoid of all senses," an intense fear appeared in Li Jun's mind. However, he forcefully controlled it by listening to Wang Wei's voice.

After seeing Li Jun closing his eyes, Wang Wei took out a golden orb from his space ring: this was the merit he received during his Qi Luck Trial. Without hesitation, he placed it inside Li Jun's forehead.

He looked at the peaceful face of Li Jun, then he muttered: "This is all I can do for you for now. With this merit, it should be very easy to enter a state of enlightenment. So, whether you can heal and even grow from this experience all depends on yourself."

After that, he left the Alchemy Hall heading to Tianwei Peak to meet with his father.

"Father is everything ready?"

"Yes. And all the other people have been notified."

"In that case, let's begin."

Wang Wei went to take a shower, light up incent, meditate for a few minutes, then and change into a ceremonial garment. Although he does not care for these formalities, this was required given the situation.

Following this, he flew into a specific unoccupied mountain. There, all the high levels of the sect were waiting in front of an ancient altar. Even the Supreme True Monarchs were secretly present.

Wang Wei walked to the Altar, cupped his hand, and said:

"Heavenly Dao above, I have seen the woes of mortals in this world. Cultivators have the ability to escape the shackles of the earth, have a long lifespan, can destroy mountains and move rivers, can conquer life and death, can travel through the Endless Void, and can pass their inheritance for eternity.

"Despite all of this, mortals spend all of their lives living on little food, most of them could not recognize words, write their names, or have any form of inheritance; they are ignorant.

"But I want to change all of this. Here, today, I have created the concept 'school' to teach basic knowledge to all living mortals in this plane. I want to expand their minds, expel ignorance, enlightened them so that our civilization can thrive and prosper.

"Please acknowledge it!"

After Wang Wei said these words, a gigantic eye appeared in the sky, alarming everyone. The eye looked directly in Wang Wei's position, then, his words were broadcasted to the entire Myriad Emperor World.

All cultivators, and more importantly, all mortals heard these words with shock on their faces. Then, many people started crying, laughing, and roaring in excitement. All trillions upon trillions of mortals in this world had excited smiles on their faces--well, most of them.

In this world, nobles in the mortal world use knowledge to keep the peasants under control, and cultivators also used knowledge to keep these nobles under control. But now, this strict hierarchy was slowly being broken.

Meanwhile, after Wang Wei's declaration, many of the Emperor factions--who were invited to participate in this plan--also have a ceremony of their own. Then, they all said the same thing:

"Please allow it!"

This phrase echoed throughout the entire world. Heavenly Dao then looked at the elated look of the mortals, calculated the benefit of such a thing, then it said: "Allow!"

Following this, a massive golden light appeared in the sky:  it was Golden Merit. Then, it was split into different portions with 20% landed on the hand of Wang Wei and the Dao Opening Sect. The remaining was divided into the different Emperor Lineages based on the previously agreed amount.

Another smaller purple orb also manifested and landed on Wang Wei's hand. As the creator of this plan, he was especially rewarded.

However, things did not end there.

A giant multiple-colored dragon appeared in the sky. Then, under a mysterious force, a third of its body was cut apart. 

The faces of the people of the Emperor Enlightening Academy became ugly after seeing this as this was their Academy's Qi Luck Dragon. Afterward, it did not take them long to figure out what was going on.

Since their founder Emperor Kong invented the concept of "Academy" and sharing knowledge with all cultivators, the Qi Luck associated with it has always been in their possession, always blessing their Academy.

But now, with the invention of 'school' by Wang Wei--which has a similar premise as their invention of "Academy"--and with school having far more reaching potential as the number of mortals far outclassed cultivators, they could no longer enjoy such blessing all to themselves.

This plan directly affected their foundation in this world.

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