397: Benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness, you have nothing to do with any of them!

The heavens and earth rumbled, and the Void Realm was torn apart.

A giant eyeball emerged in the Void Realm, gazing upon this Secret Realm of heaven and earth left behind by the Sage of Literature.

The next moment.

Innumerable Laws of heaven and earth transformed into bolts of world-ending lightning, crashing down.

The Secret Realm of heaven and earth trembled violently under the onslaught, almost collapsing then and there.

Inside the Secret Realm.

Xinhua High School shook incessantly, and the Cultivators within it watched in terror as everything around them gradually vanished.

The Restriction suppressing their cultivation also loosened as the Secret Realm was bombarded by the Laws of heaven and earth.

Some who recovered quickly moved to escape this collapsing Secret Realm.

"Run! This Secret Realm is about to collapse!"

"Why would the Secret Realm left by the Sage of Literature collapse? Could it be that someone has obtained the Sage of Literature's Legacy?!"

"What are you talking about?! Just run!"

Countless people vied with each other, rushing towards the cracks in the sky.

They had to leave quickly to avoid being swept into the spatial turbulence once the Secret Realm collapsed.

"Holy Teacher... let's leave quickly too!" Lü Fan looked worriedly at Immortal King Lin Dao beside him.

Immortal King Lin Dao frowned and said, "We can't leave. If we go out now, we'll be shattered by the Laws of heaven and earth..."

Before he could finish speaking.

The fastest runners confirmed his words.

Above the firmament, bolts of world-ending lightning descended from the innumerable cracks.

Even an Immortal King of the Taiyi Realm had no power to resist under this endless world-ending lightning, instantly being blasted into dust, without even a chance at Reincarnation.

"This... what in the world is going on? Why is such terrifying lightning falling?!"

On the ground, Lü Fan's mind reeled, his legs trembling, and he almost fell to the ground.

"Heavenly Punishment! This is Heavenly Punishment!" Immortal King Lin Dao's expression was solemn. He grabbed him and fled into the distance.

At this moment, they had to find a place to hide from the Heavenly Punishment until the person targeted by it was completely dead.

Not only Immortal King Lin Dao had this intention, but other powerful individuals who entered the Secret Realm also chose to evade the Heavenly Punishment.

Only when the person judged by the Heavenly Punishment died would those affected have a chance to live... The Secret Realm trembled non-stop, and countless people who had entered it were struggling under the terrifying Heavenly Punishment.

Chu Mo, however, was currently integrating literary Qi into his Divine Soul, using his Divine Soul to condense his Natal Character, completely unaware of the outside situation.

Zhuge Changde looked at the Will of the Literary Sage beside him and anxiously said, "Senior, Heavenly Punishment has arrived. Han Li's actions cannot continue!"

Fei Wu also came out to agree: "That's right! Senior, quickly wake him up. He absolutely cannot be allowed to continue like this. If he does, I fear... he will die here, without even a chance to enter Reincarnation."

Facing the two of them's request, the Will of the Literary Sage did not respond, but instead looked up.

The Secret Realm was torn apart.

In the Void Realm, an eye was revealed.

This eye was called the Eye of Heavenly Punishment.

It was the personification of the Heavenly Dao's Will.

The appearance of this Eye of Heavenly Punishment indicated that the Heavenly Dao had begun to observe this place.

The heavens and earth trembled, humming incessantly, and countless destructive bolts of lightning fell. The collapse of this Secret Realm was unstoppable.

Because no living being could resist the Will of the Heavenly Dao.

"The Eye of Heavenly Punishment..."

The Will of the Literary Sage lowered his head and looked at Chu Mo.

"The Eye of Heavenly Punishment has appeared three times in history."

"Its first appearance was during the Era of Tinder. That time, the entire Innate Human Race was annihilated."

"The second time was a contingency left by the Innate Human Race, forming the Acquired Human Race. After countless eras, the Acquired Human Race eventually dominated the Human Emperor Era. The result... the Human Emperor fell.

Traitors who betrayed the Human Race and survived abandoned their Human Race identity to serve the Heavenly Dao. The Acquired Human Race completely vanished, and the Immortal Race and Demon Race were established. Even the traces of the Human Race's existence were erased by the two races, Immortal and Demon..."

The Will of the Literary Sage had an incredibly complex expression.

The reason he knew so much was because he was an Acquired Human Race from the Human Emperor Era. However, now he was only a wisp of Will.

"The traces of the Human Emperor Era were erased most thoroughly, almost completely disappearing into the long river of history. And rightly so, after all, the disgraceful deeds committed by these traitors were most ignominious! However, the people of later generations! You seem to have completely changed, completely unrelated to the Innate Human Race and the Acquired Human Race. But what does it matter?"

A halo of light appeared behind the head of the Will of the Literary Sage. He gently pointed a finger, and endless light surged into Chu Mo's glabella.

Chu Mo felt as if his head was about to explode, as massive amounts of information flooded into his mind.

Scrolls depicting the Innate Human Race and the Acquired Human Race unfolded before his eyes.

That was the history of the rise and fall of the Human Race.

"The Human Race has already perished, but the spirit of the Human Race will never perish! You are very interesting, truly very interesting! The first two times marked the end of an era, and this third time, it is because of you..."

"At this last moment, let me witness the various actions of you, this entirely new person."

The Will of the Literary Sage used his Dao to project onto Chu Mo, presenting the traces he left in the world in the form of text.

After reading these texts.

The Will of the Literary Sage fell silent.

He was now somewhat unsure whether he should bet on this person.

After half a breath, he sighed.

"You are neither of the Innate Human Race nor the Acquired Human Race... Your past does not reside in this heaven and earth, and all your past deeds are but a dream bubble... Imposing benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, trustworthiness, and the spirit of the Human Race upon you would seem inappropriate.

So be it! So be it!

As long as you believe you are a human, that is enough..."

Chu Mo seemed to sense something. The Qi around him paused, then became steady, prolonged, and endless.

A peculiar glint flashed in the eyes of the Will of the Literary Sage: "Knowing the facts, understanding adaptability, perhaps you can change this heaven and earth! Alas, I will not live to see it!"

Fei Cai felt something and his lips moved.

"Master..."

"Do you know why I only acknowledge you as half of my Disciple?"

"This Disciple does not know!" Fei Cai bowed respectfully.

"Because you bear the Bloodline of a betrayer. Although your past has nothing to do with you, I can pretend not to see it, but I cannot pretend it never happened..."

"Master..." Fei Cai wanted to say something, he opened his mouth, but the words caught in his throat.

"You don't need to say anything more. I know what you want to say, but I already died a long time ago! What remains in this Secret Realm is just a wisp of Will, an Origin!"

"But Master, you said you could still be resurrected!" Fei Cai's eyes were filled with reluctance. Although he hadn't spent much time with this convenient Master, he didn't want to see him die like this.

"Resurrection? I once thought about it, but I often wonder... my era has already passed, why remain until now?"

The Will of the Literary Sage looked at the Secret Realm, which was being torn apart by the Eye of Heavenly Punishment, and a flame flickered in his eyes.

This scene before him, how similar it was.

The ancestral court shattered, the Human Emperor fell, and billions of Human Race members were slaughtered by myriad races under endless lightning.

Only this time.

He would face this unconquerable existence alone, with his remaining Will.

"Disciple! Now, I have found what I was meant to do by remaining in the present!"