It had been many years since Zhu Yi's Mirror Lake Academy had been established. In the past few days, there had been a continuous stream of people entering the academy to seek knowledge. Among them, there was no lack of successful students who left the academy and returned to their hometowns to apply what they had learned.
There were always ways for the outside world to obtain knowledge, especially practical techniques through various channels.
When Zhu Yi founded Mirror Lake Academy, his original intention was to benefit the world. The more knowledge spread, the happier he would be. Thus, he did not mind the knowledge of the academy being known by the outside world.
Moreover, the most advanced and cutting-edge things would always be in Mirror Lake Academy. It was not because they were hidden, but because the people who studied all kinds of knowledge in the academy were always working hard to bring forth new ideas and walk at the forefront.
Today, the reputation of Zhu Yi, Mirror Lake Academy, and Xuanmen Tianzong continued to expand in the secular world, and their influence became more and more profound.
The Great Qin Dynasty, the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Northern Militant Royal Court all controlled the secular world. They naturally noticed the changes that Mirror Lake Academy brought to the world, and they also noticed that Xuanmen Tianzong's influence was constantly increasing.
Although it was not as strong and fanatical as the Buddhist and Taoist Sects' incense offerings, it silently permeated into every corner of the secular world, bit by bit.
At the moment, it was still too short, and the effects were not obvious. However, if it continued like this, it would eventually become like water and air, making it difficult for people to escape.
This point could be seen by people with insight, but for cultivators, it was difficult to predict what kind of changes would occur after a long time.
After the Xuan Exterminating War, Xuanmen Tianzong and Taixu Temple stood side by side, dominating the Divine Land. Its powerful strength ensured that the Great Zhou Dynasty and other powers would not go against Xuanmen Tianzong for this matter. Even if they allowed others to imitate and spy on them, they could not stop the reputation of Mirror Lake Academy from gradually spreading throughout the world.
However, what made the Great Zhou Dynasty uneasy was that when Zhu Yi promoted Mirror Lake Academy, he did not choose the Great Qin Dynasty, which was gradually leaning towards Xuanmen Tianzong, nor did he choose the Northern Militant Royal Court. Instead, he chose the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Although Zhu Yi was originally from the Great Zhou Dynasty and still had the name of the Great Zhou Dynasty on him, everyone knew that the relationship between him and the Celestial Sect of Wonders behind him and the Great Zhou Dynasty was not harmonious.
Zhu Yi's fellow disciple, Yue Hongyan, had already arrived at the Snowgale Country, now the Great Zhou Dynasty's Snowgale County.
Much to everyone's surprise, the Great Zhou Dynasty showed no signs of backing down in Snowgale County. Liang Jingcheng, the Great Zhou Dynasty's Dark Cloud King, headed for Snowgale County with a Mahayana grade warship.
After the war, the Divine Land of peace was once again in the Divine Land.
Zhu Yi's arrival in Tianjing City made the atmosphere even more tense.
Although the situation in Snowgale County was on the verge of exploding, Tianjing City was still temporarily peaceful. Zhu Yi relied on his manor outside Tianjing City and transformed it into an academy.
This academy changed the model of Mirror Lake Academy and became the first stop of Mirror Lake Academy's promotion.
The Great Zhou Dynasty remained silent and did not stop this move. However, everyone knew that this was just the beginning.
As expected, Zhu Yi's fellow disciple, Shi Tianhao, returned from Infinite Wilderness Continent and set foot on the Great Zhou Dynasty's territory with the Great Qin Dynasty's new Emperor Shi Zongtang and some Great Qin cultivators.
During the war between the two worlds, Liang Pan had used the Grand Imperial Palace to forcefully seize the Great Qin Dynasty's dragon vein energy. The Great Qin Dynasty had never forgotten this.
If they had only directed the dragon vein energy to White Cloud Mountain, the Great Qin Dynasty could only swallow this grievance. However, when White Cloud Mountain was destroyed and the power rebounded, the Great Zhou Dynasty directed most of the power to the Great Qin Dynasty's West-Hill City. This was something that the Great Qin Dynasty could not accept.
If no one had come to help, West-Hill City would have been in ruins. Shi Zongtang and most of the Great Qin Dynasty's higher-ups would have died.
After this battle, the Great Qin Dynasty finally chose to completely side with Xuanmen Tianzong.
Now that the war between the two worlds had ended, the Great Qin Dynasty's new Emperor Shi Zongtang immediately went to the Great Zhou Dynasty. The Great Qin Dynasty's power had fallen to the bottom and naturally could not settle the score with the Great Zhou Dynasty alone. However, with Xuanmen Tianzong's support, the situation was completely different.
Immediately after, Zhu Yi spoke at the academy outside Tianjing City, criticizing Zhu Hongwu's Confucianism. Wave after wave of criticism swept towards the Great Zhou Dynasty.
As the Great Zhou Dynasty's Grand Tutor, Zhu Hongwu was also a great Confucian scholar and a leading figure. Being criticized by Zhu Yi was a huge blow to his prestige.
For other cultivators, this was something unimportant. However, for Zhu Hongwu, it was something that he had to pay attention to.
When Shi Tianhao, Shi Zongtang, and the others arrived outside Tianjing City, on Kunlun Mountain Range's Jade Capital Mountain, Lin Feng finally spoke.
Although he did not leave the mountain, Lin Feng's voice resounded through the world, "During the war between the two worlds, the people of the Divine Land should have worked together to resist the invasion of the Demon Race. However, the Great Zhou Dynasty secretly schemed against West-Hill City and wanted to kill the Great Qin Dynasty. This is a matter of pain to our loved ones and joy to our enemies. It is the shame of the Divine Land."
The Great Zhou Dynasty completely denied this and accused Xuanmen Tianzong of bullying the weak and wanting to punish them.
Unfortunately, most of the other forces in the human Cultivation World in the vast land of the Divine Prefecture supported the Heavenly Sects of Xuanmen and the Great Qin Dynasty. A few forces also remained silent, as if the matter had nothing to do with them and were quietly watching from the sidelines.
Even the Canghai Sword Sect, which was nominally under the rule of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the rogue cultivators on the East Sea did not have the slightest intention to support the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Taixu Temple and Mount Shu Sword Sect sealed their mountains. The entire Divine Land and the Great Zhou Dynasty seemed to have fallen into a situation where the entire world seemed to be their enemy.
When the Great Zhou Dynasty was expanding, its methods were cruel and ruthless. When it annexed the surrounding small countries, it often carried out massacres when it encountered strong resistance. At this time, it was settled once again.
After Lin Feng spoke, Yue Hongyan first launched an attack on the homeland of Snowgale Country, expelling the cultivators and administrative officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty who were guarding there. The Great Zhou Dynasty's Youyun King, Liang Jingcheng, and the Mahayana level magical treasure, the border opening ship, were suppressed by the Miraculous Shaluo Tree at the foot of Mist Mountain.
The situation became tense in an instant.
In the sky above Tianjing City, a majestic and domineering palace floated. Purple-gold light dragons gathered from all directions towards the huge palace that seemed to be the ruler of the Immortal Emperor. The Qi of Dragon Veins of the vast territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty continuously shrouded Tianjing City.
That was the creation magical treasure, the Grand Imperial Palace.
The Grand Imperial Palace, which had finally recovered from its damage and regained its former great power and prestige, now looked even more like a monarch descending upon the world with the support of the Qi of Dragon Veins of the Divine Land.
In Tianjing City, pillars of light also lit up, forming a huge spirit design that enveloped the entire city. There were small spirit designs operating on the city walls, towers, and other buildings in the city. Together, they supported the protective spirit design of the entire Tianjing City, forming a seamless whole.
The combination of the Grand Imperial Palace and the Tianjing City Great Formation attracted the Qi of Dragon Veins. If they fought here, even Zhu Yi, who had the Paramita Bridge with him, would not be able to match them.
Although Shi Tianhao had also arrived here, he saw waves of Dharma power shooting into the sky from Tianjing City, forming another formation. As the formation operated, the violent and vast power further strengthened the power of the Grand Imperial Palace and Tianjing City, making it even more terrifying.
Whether it was Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao, or Shi Zongtang, they were all familiar with this second formation.
That was the Divine Martial Immortal Execution Formation laid by the Great Zhou Dynasty's Divine Martial Army. Although the Great Leiyin Temple was completely destroyed in the battle to exterminate Buddhism, the Great Zhou Dynasty's Divine Martial Army also suffered heavy losses. These years, the Great Zhou Dynasty's Emperor Liang Pan, the ruler, and the ministers had been working hard to restore the Divine Martial Army. At this moment, it seemed to be very effective.
However, whether it was Zhu Yi or Shi Tianhao, their expressions were indifferent. There was no sign of difficulty on their faces.
As for the Great Zhou Dynasty's ministers in Tianjing City, they did not look proud at all. Instead, their expressions were extremely solemn.
In the void above Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao, a formation that seemed to be even larger and more complicated than the Tianjing City's Protective Formation was operating Silently.
Boundless light spread out like an independent world. It isolated the Divine Prefecture from the world and enveloped Tianjing City, confronting the Grand Imperial Palace and Tianjing City.
Streams of light outlined the formation patterns. As the formation operated, one could vaguely see the alternation of black and white. It seemed to contain heaven and earth, life and death, Yin and Yang, light and darkness, instant and eternity, reality and illusion, and all kinds of powerful concepts. It kept evolving like the creation of heaven and earth.
In the huge formation, 12 light balls floated and floated, surrounding a large green and black cauldron.
The vast world of the Divine Land, thousands of scenes, mountains, rivers, and geography seemed to be found on this large bronze cauldron. It was perfectly displayed without any mistakes.
Although this four-legged square cauldron was suspended in the void, it gave off an extremely heavy feeling, as if the weight of the entire Divine Land and the Vast Thousand Worlds was suppressing it.
It was the Magic Treasure of Creation, Ding of Shenzhou!
And the huge formation that Ding of Shenzhou was suppressing the Formation Eye was the Mountain Gate Formation of Xuanmen Tianzong, the Yin and Yang Life and Death Formation.
Although Lin Feng was still on Yujing Mountain, he asked Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao to bring Ding of Shenzhou and the Yin and Yang Life and Death Formation to West-Hill City.
Following them, Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao's Junior Brother, Li Yuanfang, also returned to the Vast Thousand Worlds from their villas and came to Tianjing City.
Looking at the Yin and Yang Life and Death Formation, which was not restricted by the geographical location, everyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty felt a little depressed and helpless.
However, at this moment, in the northern part of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a figure slowly walked out of the Domain Passage that was connected to a medium-class world.
This person was dressed in brocade and wore a purple gold crown on his head. His temples were slightly white, and his hands were as white as jade, spotless.
As he breathed, it was as if a universe was born and destroyed in his body.
There were already cultivators of the Great Zhou Dynasty waiting there. When they saw this middle-aged man, they quickly bowed and said, "Welcome back, Grand Tutor."
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