451: Lu Xiaohu's Wrath

"Stop!" Han Fei roared, immediately shooting out the golden True Qi in his hand, attempting to block the black energy. However, as the two collided, the golden True Qi was instantly swallowed by the black energy. The black energy was unstoppable, directly striking the Han Feizi manuscript.

"Boom—" With a loud bang, the Han Feizi manuscript was instantly ignited, and raging flames quickly spread, engulfing the entire desk. Han Fei's eyes were bloodshot at the sight, his heart filled with despair and rage.

The Han Feizi, which he had poured countless efforts into writing, was thus burned to ashes.

"You're courting death!" Han Fei roared, his Golden Core power erupting without reservation, golden True Qi surging towards the black shadow like a tide. He knew he was no match for the black shadow, but he could not retreat; he had to avenge his hard work.

The black shadow, however, was indifferent, merely flicking a sleeve. A majestic pressure suddenly spread, instantly suppressing Han Fei's golden True Qi.

Han Fei felt as if he was crushed by a massive mountain, unable to move, and the Golden Core power within him could not circulate properly.

"Early Golden Core Stage, not bad cultivation," the black shadow looked at Han Fei, a hint of disdain in his tone. "Unfortunately, before me, you are nothing."

The black shadow slowly walked up to Han Fei and lightly kicked his knee with his toe, making him kneel. "Your Dream of Rule of Law ends here."

With that, the black shadow's figure flickered and disappeared from outside the study, leaving Han Fei kneeling on the ground, helplessly watching the Han Feizi manuscript being burned by the fire, unable to resist.

The guards outside the study heard the loud noise and immediately rushed in. They saw the study engulfed in flames, Han Fei kneeling on the ground, his face pale, his eyes filled with despair. They were all greatly alarmed and quickly moved to extinguish the fire.

After the fire was put out, the study was in a mess.

The Han Feizi manuscript on the desk had turned to ashes, leaving only some charred fragments.

Han Fei slowly stood up, walked to the desk, picked up a charred fragment, and tears streamed down his face.

This was not just a work; it was his dream, his faith.

Now, his dream was destroyed, his faith trampled, and his heart was filled with endless pain and anger.

Meanwhile, above the Divine Realm, Han Xiaohu was watching everything unfold below through the light screen.

When he saw the black shadow burn the Han Feizi manuscript, Han Xiaohu's face instantly turned gloomy.

"Dawn Moon!" Lu Xiaohu roared, "You've gone too far! We each Cultivate our Child of Destiny, relying on our own abilities, yet you repeatedly suppress our Child of Destiny!"

His voice reverberated above the Dawn Moon Palace.

Dawn Moon, however, chuckled. "Lu Xiaohu, suppressing the Child of Destiny is a task personally assigned to me by the Heavenly Dao Master Lu Chen. If you're unhappy, you can complain to the Master, but don't come to me to throw a fit. What if I accidentally scare someone and destroy your Lu City? Don't regret it then."

"Hmph! You're threatening me!" Lu Xiaohu was now at the God King Realm and not afraid of Dawn Moon in the slightest. "If it's fair competition, I naturally have nothing to say. But you, you've interfered in the mortal world multiple times, you've severely broken the rules!"

Dawn Moon said coldly, "Heh, so what? I have the guts to bear the risk of backlash. If you have the guts, you interfere too!"

Lu Xiaohu's face turned red with anger. "You! You! Fine, fine, fine, just you wait! One day, the Child of Destiny I Cultivate will definitely kill your Child of Destiny!"

Dawn Moon chuckled, "I look forward to that day!"

Lu Xiaohu had no way to deal with Dawn Moon; she was a lunatic.

So, Lu Xiaohu went to Red City, found Chi Yao, and discussed with her about teaming up to deal with Dawn Moon's Child of Destiny, otherwise, they would always be suppressed by Dawn Moon.

Chi Yao, however, refused. "Lu Xiaohu, I know you were Big Brother Lu Chen's friend, but I will not go against Big Brother's words. I will not interfere with the actions of the Child of Destiny. Whether they live or die is for them to decide. I just need to complete my task."

Lu Xiaohu shook his head helplessly. "Fine, just wait until one day, your Child of Destiny, whom you painstakingly cultivated, is killed by Dawn Moon. Don't regret it then!"

The Child of Destiny chosen by Chi Yao was Shu Xiaohong, who received the Golden Finger, the Xiaohong True Scripture. She only needed to promote gender equality, empowering more women to rise up and no longer be subservient to men.

For every hundred women who rose up after hearing Shu Xiaohong's teachings, one could Cultivate Qi.

A thousand people could forge a dao foundation;

Ten thousand people could directly reach the Nascent Soul Realm!

In the first three years after obtaining the Xiaohong True Scripture, Shu Xiaohong hid in the mountains and forests around Julu Commandery, cultivating the basic Mind-Cultivation Technique of the Xiaohong True Scripture while secretly contacting women caught in the chaos of war.

She used the most straightforward language to tell them the truth of "why women's Spiritual Roots are no less than men's, yet they are reduced to Cauldrons and playthings," taught them to identify the fraud of "Harvesting Yin to Supplement Yang" in the Cultivator circle, and imparted the rudimentary self-defense methods from the Xiaohong True Scripture.

Initially, the women all shook their heads in fear.

There was a farmer's wife named Zhang in Julu Commandery, whose Spiritual Root was decent, but she was given as a gift by her husband to a local Qi Cultivator to be a Cauldron, suffering the pain of spiritual energy erosion daily.

Shu Xiaohong infiltrated the Cultivator's Immortal Cave and used the "Quiet Heart Incantation" from the Xiaohong True Scripture to help her stabilize her Divine Soul, and also taught her to stimulate her own Spiritual Root.

After Mrs. Zhang's Awakening, the spiritual energy she unleashed actually injured that Qi Cultivator, and she successfully escaped. This incident quietly spread among the surrounding villages, and more and more women began to secretly follow Shu Xiaohong. When the hundredth woman bravely refused a Cauldron marriage arranged by her Family and became her disciple, Shu Xiaohong's Power Of Will gathered, and she smoothly achieved a Breakthrough to Qi Cultivation, with faint crimson spiritual energy emanating from her body.

But this speed was simply too slow!

Shu Xiaohong was not satisfied with such word-of-mouth dissemination!

To expand her influence, she had to find a platform where ideas could spread.

To expand her influence, she had to find a platform where ideas could spread.

Shu Xiaohong knew that throughout Central State, only the Hundred Schools Forum could fulfill this role—this was a neutral organization spread across Central State and even other states, not affiliated with any feudal lords or factions. It specialized in publishing the latest ideological works of various schools and also collected gossip and anecdotes from the courts and common people of various countries, with a dissemination power far exceeding that of a single academy. She traveled thousands of miles to the Central State headquarters of the Hundred Schools Forum and, with an essay titled "On the Spiritual Roots of Women Should Not Be Abandoned," successfully passed the Hundred Schools Forum's review and obtained publication qualifications.

This essay directly pointed out that "schools rejecting female Cultivators is not due to Aptitude, but rather prejudice," citing the deeds of many overlooked female Spiritual Root holders. Once published, it caused a huge uproar.

At that time, Meng Hongyi, a successor of Kong Mingyuan, was lecturing in the State of Qi. He coincidentally received this essay via a communication spirit pigeon from the Hundred Schools Forum and immediately wrote a rebuttal, "On the Division of Labor Between Men and Women as the Order of the Heavenly Dao," and published it in response.