Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

July, 110th year of the Five Kingdoms Calendar.

The long-standing internal repression in the Datong Empire triggered an unprecedented backlash, with countless Datong Dao students raising the banner of rebellion against the oppressive rule of Emperor Tianming.

The Great Harmony Path was born from Zhuangzi's ideal of universal harmony, but it took a different turn due to the appearance of Tianming.

The rule of tyranny and the bloody suppression silenced all dissenting voices from within the Datong Dao.

This protracted repression lasted for a century.

Over the course of this century, the Datong Empire repeatedly strengthened its centralized power, which solidified social classes to the point that ordinary people could no longer see any possibility of upward mobility and could only be consumed like firewood.

Day after day, year after year.

Now, the Great Harmony Empire, built on a dream, has long since deviated from its original path and become no different from other centralized empires in the Apocalypse Domain.

However, the flame of the Great Harmony did not disappear. More than two hundred years ago, Zhuangzi planted the seeds of resistance for future generations of scholars.

Zhuangzi devoted his entire life to writing the "Book of Great Harmony," which is the weapon he left for future generations of scholars.

In his book "The Book of Great Harmony," he clearly articulated his own philosophy and recorded in detail his journey.

In the Book of Great Harmony, Zhuangzi clearly tells all later generations of students this.

There are no eternally unchanging principles in the world, nor are there things that are always correct. Ultimately, the principles of the world must be written and verified by generation after generation.

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"If your mind is not clear and your will is not firm, then embark on a new journey, use your eyes to see, use your ears to hear, and use your body and mind to find your own path."

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"If everything that is old cannot be changed, then tear it all down and start anew. Death is not the end of everything; an indomitable will will eventually transcend time."

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"If one day the Great Harmony Way is no longer suitable for the new era, but instead becomes a shackle of the times, then I urge future generations of students not to hesitate, but to follow the ideals and justice in your hearts and to write the Great Harmony Book that is suitable for your era."

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Tianming can distort the truth and suppress internal turmoil within the Datong Empire, but he cannot prevent the spread of the "Datong Book".

Because the Book of Great Harmony is the cornerstone of their Great Harmony Empire, it is already bound to the Great Harmony Empire itself. Denying the Book of Great Harmony is tantamount to denying the legitimacy of the Great Harmony Empire.

As one of the supreme scriptures of literature and Taoism, the very nature of the "Book of Great Harmony" meant that Tianming could not easily modify its contents.

Throughout the long years, there has always been a group of students who do not agree with Tianming's philosophy and are secretly accumulating their own strength.

In the face of this upheaval, these students seized the opportunity, stood up together, and embarked on the path of openly opposing Tianming.

Under diametrically opposed ideologies, Datongdao split at an incredible speed.

The new generation of students revered Zhuang Sheng as the first seeker of the Way, accusing Tian Ming of betraying the Great Harmony Way, betraying the two generations of patriarchs, and destroying the foundation of the Great Harmony Way.

Countless people with lofty ideals gathered together, claiming that they had inherited Zhuangzi's will and wanted to restore order and set things right within the Great Harmony Path.

In just six months, as many as 30% of the students left the Datong Empire, most of whom were young people of this generation.

Filled with passion, they traveled to all corners of the world to pursue their ideals.

Or they would rush to Qing'an Prefecture, gather under the tutelage of Prime Minister Zhuge, and place their hopes on this sage of literature and philosophy to lead them out of a new path.

Or they might go elsewhere, emulating Zhuangzi of old, and spread their own ideal of universal harmony throughout the world.

The Great Spirit Empire and the Great Time Empire also immediately voiced their support for these "rebels." Although the current court of the Great Tong Empire is angry, it does not dare to slaughter indiscriminately as it did before.

Even so, as the number of students arrested increased daily, more and more people died in prison.

Fully armed soldiers stormed into the streets and into homes, arresting one patriot after another in the most violent manner.

In this terrifying atmosphere, some students pointed out that their founder, Zhuangzi, a seeker of the Dao, was saved by the Five Elements True Lord several times, which enabled him to establish the later Datong Dao.

Three hundred years later, the Great Harmony Path is once again facing a life-or-death crisis. These descendants can also follow the example of their ancestor and seek protection from the Great True Lord.

After the first student hid in the temple of the Five Elements True Lord and thus escaped capture.

The students soon discovered that even the most ruthless soldiers dared not force their way into the temple of the Five Elements True Lord.

As long as they can hide in the temple belonging to the True Lord, their lives will be safe.

The great true king equally protects each and every one of them.

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The turmoil within the Datong Empire quickly caught the attention of Mu Yong and Ye Lin. They both knew that the best way to defeat a powerful nation was to disintegrate it from within.

Rather than crushing the Datong Empire by force and causing bloodshed throughout the land, they preferred to present Mu'an with a perfect victory.

With the concerted efforts of Mu Yong and Ye Lin.

A war of ideas and culture broke out in the Great Tong Empire.

The forefront of this war is the Five Elements True Lord Temple, which is spread throughout the Nine Realms.

Over the years, the Five Elements True Lord Temple, built to demonstrate its sincerity and to praise the Great True Lord, has now become a sharp blade that the Great Tong Empire can never remove, stuck in the belly of the empire.

No matter how angry the court of the Datong Empire was, no one dared to cross this line, and could only let more and more people hide in the temple.

To make matters worse, the clergy within the Datong Empire readily accepted Mu Yong's offer of assistance immediately after the turmoil began.

As the birthplace of the faith and the most devout defender of the Five Elements True Lord, Mu Yong stated.

All devout believers who have faith in the Great True Lord are his eternal "family".

And "family" members should help and support each other.

As the faith in the Five Elements True Lord grew stronger, Mu Yong, as a direct descendant of the Five Elements True Lord, believed that a sect exclusively belonging to the True Lord should be established.

Its name is the Five Elements Holy Sect.

The Five Elements Holy Sect will defend the True Lord's glory in the human world and spread the True Lord's glory to every corner of the Nine Realms.

The emperor of the Great Spirit Empire concurrently serves as the leader of the Holy Church.

All temples dedicated to the Five Elements True Lords in the Nine Realms should join the Holy Religion and together spread the glory belonging to the True Lords.

Driven by various parties, the wave quickly swept across the entire Datong Empire.

Within a month, half of the True Lord temples within the Datong Empire announced their membership in the Holy Church, willing to heed the divine will conveyed by the Holy Church's leader, Mu Yong, and defend the glory of the True Lord.

Beset by internal and external troubles, the vast Datong Empire was teetering on the brink of collapse and could be destroyed at any moment.

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