Bai Ruxue led the armies of the Four Seas away.
What remained were only corpses scattered across the mountain.
Kong Sheng stood in the sky above the Heavenly Mist Sect for a very long time.
Until scholars from the Confucian Academy came to collect the bodies of the human cultivators, he hadn't moved at all.
No one knew what their sect master was thinking, and no one dared to disturb him.
After a long while, Qi Daoming, the chancellor of the Confucian Academy, came to the Heavenly Mist Sect and walked step by step toward Kong Sheng, standing beside him.
"Is the Human Alliance assembly finished?"
Kong Sheng sighed and slowly spoke.
He hadn't attended this final Human Alliance assembly, instead letting his junior brother go in his place.
"It's finished." Qi Daoming nodded."How did it go?" Kong Sheng asked.
"What else could happen? Those fellows divided up everything they could divide. Everyone complained they didn't get enough, but actually each one ate until their mouths were dripping with oil."
Qi Daoming straightened his sleeves, looking at this mountain peak dyed red with blood.
"Bai Ruxue was right." Kong Sheng gazed at this world, "This is a world that devours people. Whether human or demon, not many are clean, and the cleanest person is dead..."
"..." Qi Daoming knew who his senior brother was referring to.
"How was the posthumous reputation of Xiao Mo decided?" Kong Sheng asked again, "How should future history books characterize Xiao Mo?"
Qi Daoming shook his head and also sighed, "The cultivators of the Upper Three Realms argued fiercely, and different sects and factions all held completely different views.
Some proposed that the history books of the Ten Thousand Laws Realm should write truthfully, recording whatever Xiao Mo did.
Others felt that Xiao Mo opposed the human race for the sake of the demon race, even using that sage's heart to help the Dragon Clan overcome tribulation, causing Daoist Tianqiong's indirect tragic death.
Especially because of him, the blockade on the Dragon Clan's fortune was lifted, leaving great hidden dangers for the human race. They insisted on characterizing Xiao Mo as a traitor."
"Just tell me the final result directly." Kong Sheng's aged eyes carried deep exhaustion.
"Finally, the Ascension realm and Immortal realm cultivators voted together, deciding to remove Xiao Mo's name from the history books of the Ten Thousand Laws Realm." Qi Daoming spoke indifferently, "Just like that person from twelve thousand years ago. After a few thousand years pass, most people in the world will forget his existence."
"I understand." Kong Sheng wasn't surprised by this result.
"What about the 'Unity of Knowledge and Action'?" Kong Sheng asked again.
"As for the 'Unity of Knowledge and Action', this is the Dao he created. His path involves the interests of far too many people, especially on our Confucian Academy's side.
The 'Unity of Knowledge and Action' has made many old pedants' Dao hearts unstable, even shattered.
So many people proposed putting the 'Unity of Knowledge and Action' on the third floor of the Confucian Academy's library, making it a forbidden book that cannot be spread throughout the world but following your intentions, senior brother, I forcibly suppressed these opinions.
Finally, everyone agreed that the 'Unity of Knowledge and Action' would become one of the Confucian classics, freely readable by all Confucian scholars throughout the world.
It's just that Xiao Mo's name probably cannot be written on the 'Unity of Knowledge and Action'."
Kong Sheng shook his head, "With today's situation, I, as the master of the Confucian Academy, have truly failed in my duties. I've let down the old master."
"Senior brother, don't say that. You've already done your best. But in this world, besides stepping into a legendary realm, who can achieve true transcendence?"
"Senior brother, what I'm worried about is that when the Four Seas learn of the Human Alliance's decision, when that Demon Empress of the North Sea learns that her beloved has been removed from the Ten Thousand Laws Realm's records, will she..."
"Don't worry, she won't."
Kong Sheng looked toward the North Sea, interrupting Qi Daoming's words, knowing what he was going to say.
"Only those who care will get angry.
From the moment he passed away, that Demon Empress of the North Sea no longer had any feelings toward our human race. She no longer cared about us at all, and even felt that our Ten Thousand Laws Realm didn't deserve to possess his name."
…
Bai Ruxue returned to the North Sea’s Dragon Capital.
At this time, three years had passed since the official end of the human-demon war, and thirteen years had passed since the day Xiao Mo died.
Thirteen years ago, on the day Xiao Mo died, Bai Ruxue had knelt on the spot for a very long time but finally, Bai Ruxue picked up the yin-yang fish pendant that He Yeye had placed before her and returned to the North Sea.
After returning to the North Sea, the first thing she did was successively lead the North Sea army to the West Sea, South Sea, and East Sea.
Any sea tribe willing to serve Bai Ruxue loyally could live.
If they were unwilling, what awaited them was only death.
In the end, except for the East Sea’s Dragon King who nearly got beaten to death before submitting, the other Dragon Kings were all very sensible.
In less than a year, Bai Ruxue became the sovereign of the Four Seas.
After unifying the Four Seas, Bai Ruxue had the Four Seas search for methods to condense remnant souls on one hand, while training the Four Seas demon tribes and strengthening the Four Seas' power on the other, simultaneously stabilizing her own realm.
Finally, when Bai Ruxue's realm was completely stabilized, she led the Four Seas demon tribes and easily broke through the Heavenly Mist Sect's protective formation, destroying the Heavenly Mist Sect.
Even after all these years, not a single demon from the Four Seas had found a method to condense remnant souls but how could such a method possibly be found?
Many sea tribe generals really didn't understand what their majesty was doing.
When souls scattered, they scattered. There was simply nothing left, returning to heaven and earth.
From ancient times to the present, they had never heard of anyone whose soul had scattered being able to condense again but they dared not say anything and could only follow orders.
"Little Green, sister needs to leave the North Sea for a while."
On the seventh day after the Heavenly Mist Sect was destroyed, after Bai Ruxue had settled all affairs, she entrusted the Four Seas to her.
"The Four Seas are entirely in your hands. If any demons in the other three sea regions disobey, kill them as necessary. As long as sister is still alive, no one will dare do anything to you."
Hearing her sister's words, Little Green lowered her head and remained silent.
Seeing her sister's dejected appearance, Bai Ruxue gently stroked her head.
Bai Ruxue knew that since that day, for these thirteen years, Little Green had lived in self-blame and regret.
"Little Green... what's past is past. I don't blame you, and Xiao Mo won't blame you either. Compared to that, we both hope you can be happy every day." Bai Ruxue smiled gently.
"But sister..." Little Green raised her head, "What about you, sister? Brother Xiao also wouldn't want sister to be like this every day..."
"It's different."
Bai Ruxue gently interrupted her sister's words.
"Your world has sister, has Xiao Mo, has Qiaoqiao, has many, many friends but Little Green, sister's world only had him.
So even if his soul has scattered, sister must go search for him. He said that dragons live one year per century, humans live one lifetime per hundred years but so what?
His century was mine.
My lifetime is also entirely his."