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Zhang Zhi doesn't intend to interfere with what choice Yang ultimately makes.

However, if even Yang is unwilling to step forward and rectify the current somewhat bad atmosphere among the human race within the Lingbao Small World, then Zhang Zhi will truly abandon the human race within the Lingbao Small World completely.

However, Yang had devoted countless efforts to the human race in the Lingbao Small World, and the human race within the Lingbao Small World could be said to have grown up under his very nose.

As the guardian of humanity for the past few hundred years, Yang would never abandon the human race in the Spirit Treasure Small World.

Therefore, even if he is unwilling, he will eventually have to step in and take charge of the situation.

If the human race wants to reverse this situation, perhaps only his intervention has even the slightest chance of success.

After all, countless humans within the Lingbao Small World grew up listening to his legendary stories.

Without Yang, it could be said that there would be no human race in the Lingbao Small World as we know it today.

The interests of the human race's upper echelons are now deeply intertwined. If Yang doesn't use drastic measures to break the status quo of the human race, even he will find it difficult to move forward.

Many of the high-ranking members of the human race are juniors whom Yang has watched grow up; he might not be able to bring himself to do it.

Therefore, Zhang Zhi was actually looking forward to Yang's methods of breaking the deadlock.

From Zhang Zhi's perspective, Yang Wei's only breakthrough lies in the lower and middle classes.

There may be some ambitious individuals among the human race's high-ranking officials, but their numbers are far too small, and they are already part of a group that benefits from the status quo, making it difficult for them to make decisions that go against their own interests.

Therefore, if Yang could bypass the current high-ranking members of the human race and use the prestige he has accumulated within the human race over the past few hundred years to directly connect with the middle and lower-level cultivators.

At the same time, if we start cultivating a new group of high-ranking officials and tear apart the vast network of relationships that the current high-ranking human race has woven together, it is really possible to transform the human race within the Lingbao Small World.

However, Zhang Zhi still had some expectations for Yang.

Although Yang bears some responsibility for the state of humanity in the Lingbao Small World, he spent much of his time deep underground to avoid the curse, and the situation of humanity was beyond his control at the time.

It is precisely because of this that some of the higher-ups in the human race are not very fond of Yang.

Because in the minds of many high-ranking members of the human race, although Yang was the creator of the human race, in the end he was just an ordinary human who hid underground and dared not come out.

In fact, some people might even think he's a 'homeless dog'!
If it weren't for this, the human race's higher-ups wouldn't, or rather, wouldn't dare to, sideline Yang.

If Yang had no constraints and had the support of a large number of middle and lower-class humans, he could indeed reshape his understanding of the Lingbao Small World.

Now, only he has the ability to reshape the human race.

However, Zhang Zhi wasn't too concerned about whether the humans within the Spirit Treasure Small World could undergo a complete transformation, after all, the humans in the Qi Refining Small World were truly remarkable.

He simply needs a suitable person to handle matters related to communication with the human race on the Desolate Sky Continent.

If Yang can do this well, it wouldn't be a bad idea to give the human race in the Lingbao Small World a few more chances.

If all else fails, we can simply perform a blood transfusion, moving humans from the Qi Refining Small World, or even from the Myriad Races World region.

Seeing Yang's conflicted expression, Zhang Zhi shook his head slightly, and with a thought, his figure slowly disappeared from the spot.

After leaving Yang's side, he did not rush to leave the underworld, but instead took a stroll around inside.

The number of souls in the underworld is increasing, and the area is getting bigger and bigger. However, Zhang Zhi has not integrated the underworld pathways and blank cards for quite some time, so no new buildings or anything like that have appeared in the underworld.

It still only has those special buildings that were previously integrated into the underworld.

I went to Yumen for a look and found that it hadn't changed much.

Looking at the jade door, Zhang Zhi pondered for a moment, thinking that after a few days, when Professor Confucius learned about the specific situation of his underworld and that the jade door was a fragment of the reincarnation gate, he might ask Him to give him the jade doors from the main world.

After thinking about it for a while, I realized that this possibility was not small.

Moreover, if Professor Confucius were to learn the true purpose of the Jade Gate, then the human race and the Three-Eyed Race would have one more reason to go to war.

After leaving Yumen, Zhang Zhi took a stroll around the Wangchuan River, which could now be considered a small stream. When he saw the Naihe Bridge over the stream, Zhang Zhi smiled and shook his head.

Initially, he planned to persuade Zixia to work at the River of Oblivion, but due to the uncertainty of the path of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, this plan can be said to be indefinitely postponed.

After taking a brief tour of the underworld, Zhang Zhi didn't linger in the small world and returned to the main world.

Although he had spent several months in the small world, only a few days had passed in the main world. After returning to the main world, Zhang Zhi found that apart from needing to give a tutoring lesson to the students who had enrolled in the Qi Refining Path course, there was nothing else of great importance to do.

After several days of projecting within the small world, Zhang Zhi was somewhat exhausted. However, after returning to his cave and rubbing his aching temples, he didn't rush to rest. Instead, he once again focused his mind and entered the Qi Refining Small World.

After circling around the small world and then the Trial Tower, and briefly reviewing the information gathered from the Myriad Races World and the Heavenly Dog World, Zhang Zhi returned directly to the main world after finding nothing particularly urgent.

As for the backlog of things that need to be dealt with, let's talk about them tomorrow.

Before leaving the Qi Refining Small World, Zhang Zhi reminded himself once again that next time he entered the Qi Refining Small World, he must remember to hand over the matters of the Myriad Races World Region and the Heavenly Dog World Region to the Cabinet.

Otherwise, these trivial matters will consume too much of your time.

...

The following days returned to their routine.

Three days later, upon realizing that the Gates of Hell within the Spirit Treasure Small World was about to open, Zhang Zhi activated a paper crane.

Shortly after, a portal appeared in front of him, and then Professor Confucius slowly walked out from inside the portal.

Seeing that Zhang Zhi was ready, Confucius nodded to him and then walked toward the secluded meditation room to the side.

After passing through the Gate of the World and arriving back in the Lingbao Small World, Professor Confucius looked around and then asked, "Where is that Ghost Gate of yours?"

Zhang Zhi glanced into the distance, then said, "Let me lead you there."

After arriving in Fengdu of the Lingbao Small World, Professor Confucius carefully examined his surroundings and then slowly said, "The traces of soul fluctuations in this area are quite obvious."

"If we don't try to conceal it, it will be easy for high-level cultivators who have mastered the laws of spiritual power or soul to spot the clues."

After saying that, he asked again, "How long will it take for the Gates of Hell to open?"

Zhang Zhi roughly estimated, "About four hours left." Professor Kong nodded slowly, then asked, "When the Gates of Hell open, how strong will the strange phenomena be? Approximately how wide will the affected area be?"

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Zhi slowly said, "The strange phenomena when the Gates of Hell opened were extremely strong, and the impact was also very significant."

After giving a soft "oh," Professor Confucius asked, "Approximately how large an area needs to be covered?"

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Zhi roughly drew a range and said, "At the very least, we need a radius of two or three hundred kilometers."

Professor Confucius raised an eyebrow upon hearing this: "Are you sure you want me to set up a concealment formation, and not a defensive formation?"

He looked around and said, "Forget it, there are no cultivators from the Desolate Heaven Continent within a certain range right now, so no outsider should be able to discover the strange phenomenon that appeared when your so-called Ghost Gate opened."

"In that case, I'll set up an array to cover it up for you after the Gates of Hell open."

Zhang Zhi pondered for a moment upon hearing this, thinking that as long as the opening of the Gates of Hell was not discovered by intelligent beings outside the small world, it would be fine. So he nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you, teacher."

About four hours later, Professor Confucius, who was whispering with Zhang Zhi about the future plans for the human race on the Desolate Sky Continent, seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up at the sky above.

A huge vortex is slowly forming in the clouds there.

Looking at the ever-growing vortex, Professor Confucius asked Zhang Zhi beside him, "Is that vortex the location of the so-called Gate of Hell?"

Zhang Zhi smiled and replied, "Teacher, please don't worry, you'll find out soon enough."

Professor Confucius glanced at Zhang Zhi briefly, then turned his gaze back to the enormous vortex.

As the vortex spun faster and faster, Professor Confucius kept his eyes fixed on the center of the vortex.

Under His gaze, the vortex, which was spinning faster and faster, suddenly contracted inward after reaching a certain speed.

Then, a magnificent building slowly appeared at the center of the vortex.

Zhang Zhi turned to look at Professor Confucius next to Confucius, and when he saw a hint of amazement in his eyes, a sense of smugness flashed through his mind.

I thought to myself, in this multiverse, only in my little world is there this gate to hell!
Only I know how to integrate the cards from the Gates of Hell into the small world.

Then I thought to myself, "Don't just watch, you're here to cover up the commotion caused by this near-death experience."

If you don't cover it up soon, something bad will happen.

At this moment, Professor Confucius's gaze was fixed on the enormous Gate of Hell. Only when he sensed the Six Paths of Reincarnation surging around him did he realize something.

After exhaling, He took out several array flags, and after giving a soft "Go," He flung the flags into the sky.

After doing this, He turned to Zhang Zhi and asked, "Is that the Gate of Hell you spoke of?"

Zhang Zhi nodded slowly.

"Is the Gate of Hell the realm of the underworld, which governs the Six Paths of Reincarnation?"

Zhang Zhi nodded slowly again.

Just as Professor Confucius was about to say something, a group of ghost soldiers and generals, including Ox-Head, Horse-Face, and Black and White Impermanence, emerged from the Gate of Hell and began to patrol around the area.

Professor Confucius raised an eyebrow slightly, and in a flash, his figure appeared before the Gate of Hell.

Just as He was about to ask Zhang Zhi, who was following beside Him, a human cultivator emerged from the Gates of Hell, following a group of judges.

Upon seeing Zhang Zhi, who was standing before the Gates of Hell, the cultivator immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Excellency!"

That person was Yang.

When Confucius saw Yang bowing to Zhang, he stopped asking the question that was on the tip of his tongue.

Zhang Zhi looked at the person who had just walked out of the gates of hell, a hint of joy flashing across his face, before he asked, "Have you thought it through?"

Yang bowed and said, "Yes, Yang understands. The path of the Six Paths of Reincarnation is important, but the human race in this world is equally important!"

"If I were to abandon even the human race in this world, what good would it do to achieve something in the cycle of reincarnation?"

"If I were to abandon the human race for the sake of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, would I still be the original me?"

Hearing Yang say that, Zhang Zhi nodded with some relief: "It's best that you think that way."

"In this multiverse, power is indeed important, but our people, who are connected to us by blood and share our joys and sorrows, are our foundation!"

"You're very good; you've figured this out."

At this point, Zhang Zhi paused for a moment before continuing, "I'll come find you later."

Upon hearing Zhang Zhi's words, Yang glanced at Professor Confucius beside him out of the corner of his eye, realizing that his esteemed master must have something important to discuss. He then bowed and said, "Yes!"

After saying this, he bowed to Professor Confucius beside him and transformed into a beam of white light, flying away into the distance.

After Yang left, Professor Confucius continued to ask the question he had wanted to ask earlier: "What is the connection between the Gate of Hell you mentioned and that Gate of Hell card that can never be integrated into the small world?"

Zhang Zhi looked up at Professor Confucius and then said, "This Gate of Hell is the same Gate of Hell mentioned in the Gate of Hell card."

After receiving confirmation from Zhang Zhi, Professor Confucius's eyes flashed with a strange light: "You've successfully integrated the Gates of Hell card into the small world?"

"How did you do it?"

After asking the question, He felt it was somewhat presumptuous, so He waved his hand and said, "Ignore this question, I'll take a bite later."

Then, he clicked his tongue a few times: "I almost forgot, you are the protagonist of this era of our human race. It's not a big deal that you were able to find a way to integrate the Ghost Gate Card into the small world."

"However, I'm a little curious about the connection between this Gate of Hell card and the path of the Six Paths of Reincarnation."

After saying this, Professor Confucius looked around.

Everywhere you looked, there were creatures from various underworld pathways! (End of Chapter)