“To… to think that there’s such an insider story?”

  Tantai Yutang, who was always one to joke about things, was shocked.

  They had stayed at the back earlier and couldn’t hear any sounds of fighting, so they had come over to find out about the situation. However, they didn’t expect to hear such a great secret.

  Everyone was too astonished that they forgot how to reply.

  “Sun Mo, you’ve heard the entire story too. Your father and I are both trying to think of ways to kill An Zaiyi. You should go and kill the rest.”

  Ji Shiwen instructed.

  “Kill?”

  Sun Mo smiled helplessly. Those were all humans!

  “I know that you can’t bear to do it, but if you don’t kill them, they’ll become food for the ‘God’!”

  Sun Chuanming warned and then looked toward An Xinhui. “Xinhui, I watched you grow up. For the Nine Provinces’ sake, you should commit suicide!”

  An Xinhui’s body trembled. When she was young, the person she respected the most wasn’t her father but Uncle Sun. It was because he was too amazing, achieving countless glory at a young age. He had been the brightest star in the Central Province Academy. However, he then fell in the Darkness Continent.

  When An Xinhui heard this piece of news, she cried for a very long time and didn’t smile for three years. But now, after seeing the Uncle Sun she respected, she couldn’t feel happy about it.

  “Grandfather, can’t… can’t we kill that God?”

  An Xinhui cried.

  “Heheh, Xinhui, one must know how to repay favor to people who recognize your worth. I went against ‘God’ multiple times, but it didn’t kill me. Therefore, I should repay it for its great ‘love’!”

  An Zaiyi smiled in self-mockery and then looked toward Ji Shiwen and Sun Chuanming. “Kill me? You guys are too naive! You won’t even be able to block a single finger of mine!

  “Regardless of what realm you guys are in, our powers aren’t at the same level!”

  An Zaiyi’s heart was filled with grief. “Even if I gave you a chance, you wouldn’t be able to grab it. Instead, it’d make ‘God’ lose faith in me once again. When that happens, I won’t have the opportunity to be the shepherd again, and the new shepherd will definitely enslave this world in an even more brutal way.”

  “Headmaster An, can you give me some time?”

  Sun Mo, who hadn’t had much chance to speak, spoke up.

  “Please go ahead!”

  An Zaiyi was very generous. It was because to him, time was already of no importance. No, the longer things dragged out, the better the situation was for him. It was because those monsters were handling the ‘ingredients’!

  “Xianyu, give that to me!”

  Sun Mo called out.

  Xianyu Wei immediately dashed over. She had been carrying a super big backpack all this while, and it was filled with Sun Mo’s items.

  Right now, Sun Mo took out a wooden rod that was one foot long and started to engrave spirit runes onto it with a dagger.

  Everyone didn’t understand what Sun Mo wanted to do, but they didn’t stop him.

  As the Nine Provinces’ most outstanding spirit runist, even Ji Shiwen had to admit that Sun Mo was unrivaled in the spirit runes domain.

  “System, are you there?”

  Sun Mo called out in his mind, but the system didn’t reply.

  This caused him to let out a bitter smile.

  “We’ve been together for so many years, so we should be considered friends, right? You left without a word, not even saying goodbye. Isn’t that too cruel of you?”

  Sun Mo teased, but there was still no reply.

  “The turtle shell that you left behind for me has the writing, ‘spirit runes save the world’. I finally understand what it means now!”

  Other than this line, there was a story depicted using three-dimensional images. It spoke about a clan’s prosperity to extinction, and then how the survivors had gone on a journey where they fled for their lives.

  Sun Mo had seen how strong this clan was, but to speak the truth, he didn’t feel anything about it. He had seen more amazing things in science-fiction movies in the past.

  However, when he heard of the ‘God’ that An Zaiyi mentioned, he had a realization.

  If he was right, this ‘God’ must have fled to the Nine Provinces on a spacecraft or was a lucky survivor who had accidentally landed on the Nine Provinces.

  No one would study the technology in science-fiction movies because they knew that those weren’t real. It was the same for Sun Mo. But now, the scenes he had seen in the past started to appear before his eyes.

  Why was it that people would forget about the saints who had been eaten?

  Why was it that the shepherd would always be able to accurately identify which ‘sheep’ had matured and become a saint?

  Why was it that An Zaiyi could be so strong that he could deal a saint an instant kill?

  It was because great teachers were labeled the instant they were born, with shackles put onto them.

  “Headmaster An, if my analysis is correct, the Self-Taught Halo is actually an energy shackle, right?”

  Sun Mo shook his head and smiled. “To become a great teacher, one must gain enlightenment to the Self-Taught Halo, which represents that you have the talent to gain enlightenment to great teacher halos. But what no one knows is that it is a signal receiver. At the instant one gains enlightenment to it, the shepherd will ‘set their sight’ on them.”

  “That’s right. The Self-Taught Halo’s effect is even more powerful than you imagine it to be!”

  An Zaiyi admitted, “Through it, I can ‘manage and deal with’ sheep in any way I want.”

  The way An Zaiyi crushed saints instantly was through the Self-Taught Halo’s shackle.

  “So that’s how it is. I’ve felt for a long time ago that this thing wasn’t normal, but I couldn’t figure out where the problem was!”

  Ji Shiwen was struck with a realization.

  “Whether a civilization is powerful or not comes down to the way they make use of energy. Lighting a fire to cook? Burn spirit qi? They are too low class!”

  An Zaiyi said in disdain.

  “Then what about now?”

  As Sun Mo spoke, he suddenly activated the spirit rune rod he had just finished engraving and then tossed it out!

  Baboom!

  A light-blue arch-shaped magnetic field exploded. When it quickly passed through everyone’s bodies, they instantly felt that their bodies were a lot lighter.

  “How is that possible?”

  An Zaiyi, who had remained composed all this while even when facing the hostility from several saints, revealed an astonished expression for the first time. It was because the shackles on these sheep had been removed.

  “Nothing is impossible. Spirit runes are also a way to make use of energy, and what I excel in the most is the study of spirit runes!”

  Sun Mo shrugged.

  “Haha, I was right to have set my sights on you!” Ji Shiwen laughed loudly. “An Zaiyi, do we have the right to challenge you now?”

  “You do!”

  A hint of admiration flashed in An Zaiyi’s eyes.

  Sun Mo was outstanding enough!

  “May I ask what led you to thinking that the problem is on ‘Self-Taught Halo’?”

  An Zaiyi was curious.

  “People often neglect things that they are used to!”

  Sun Mo felt emotional. “Everyone needs to gain enlightenment to the Self-Taught Halo before they have the right to become great teachers, and then they will all pursue gaining enlightenment to even more great teacher halos. This has become a common thing. However, teaching and nurturing people shouldn’t be a right exclusive to ‘great teachers’.

  “Doesn’t a top-notch craftsman with both morals and skills have the right to teach as well? Are they not worthy of being called ‘teachers’? Just like the saying, ‘there’s always one who can be my teacher in a group of three’, order isn’t important, and the one who achieves greater success would be the teacher. How much we respect a teacher shouldn’t be based on how many great teacher halos they have!

  “Great teacher halos should be a reinforcing ability and not a decisive factor!”

  Sun Mo finally found the reason why he had always felt that things seemed awkward.

  It was because people were too focused on the pursuit of great teacher halos!

  Everyone said that great teacher halos couldn’t be learned and that they could only gain enlightenment to obtain them. However, Sun Mo had obtained great teacher halos from the system directly.

  Thinking back, with the actual Sun Mo dead, the current Sun Mo whose soul had transmigrated hadn’t really gained enlightenment to the Self-Taught Halo. However, he could still use various great teacher halos.

  “Sun Mo, you’re too outstanding! You’re really suitable to become the shepherd!” An Zaiyi praised, “As a reward for dissolving the Self-Taught Halo, you have the right to raise a condition!”

  “I want to go meet that God!”

  Sun Mo said this casually but didn’t expect An Zaiyi to agree.

  “Alright!”

  An Zaiyi’s disdainful gaze swept across everyone. “It won’t be just you. I’ll bring everyone in this divine hall to the battleship. However, it’ll be up to your capabilities to be able to meet ‘God’. Of course, the few saints can stay behind!”

  “Sun Mo, we’ll leave that God to you guys! The two of us will be the ones to kill An Zaiyi!”

  Ji Shiwen gathered his power. Even without the restraints of the Self-Taught Halo, he and Sun Mo’s father might still not be able to win against An Zaiyi.

  “Xinhui, go on. Take a good look at this world. As for your choice in the future, you can decide for yourself!”

  After saying that, An Zaiyi’s spirit qi suddenly sent out an invisible force field. When the force field swept past a person, the person would disappear.

  In an instant, the hall that was filled with the sounds of fighting became quiet.

  “Alright, it’s our turn now!”

  An Zaiyi looked toward Ji Shiwen and Sun Chuanming with confidence. “The two of you can attack together!”

  Even though An Zaiyi had agreed to his request, Sun Mo was still scared that this might be a scam. Therefore, he took precautionary measures, but it was useless.

  When the force field swept by, Sun Mo’s vision turned black. Moreover, when he opened his eyes once again, he discovered that he had appeared in a big, spacious hall.

  This hall was the size of ten football fields, and the walls and floor were made from metal. There were no hanging lights, but it was bright like a sunny morning. He even seemed to be able to smell the scent of wild flowers.

  “Where is this place?”

  “An illusionary realm? Or have we been teleported?”

  “What the hell are those monsters? Why is there no end to killing them?”

  The survivors of the Nine Greats’ great teacher groups were all teleported here at the same time. At the beginning, they still had their guards up, but they quickly put down their wariness.

  After all, the people here were all considered to be on the same side.

  However, everyone quickly felt nervous again.

  It was because the people from the Dark Dawn and the dark famous school were also teleported here.

  “Has the leader dealt with An Zaiyi?”

  The Daybreak Starlord accessed the surroundings curiously. “Probably so?”

  Bai Xiqing assessed the surroundings, wanting to ascertain where this place was. As for the hostile gazes around them, she didn’t care about them at all.

  It was because as the Moonshadow Starlord, she had this level of confidence and dominance!

  “Teacher Bai is also a Dark Dawn’s Starlord?”

  Lu Zhiruo was astonished. Wasn’t this woman her teacher’s fan?

  “Huh?”

  Bai Xiqing looked over in the direction of the voice. When she saw Sun Mo’s group, she instantly felt awkward and could only explain, “Whether I’m a Starlord or not should have no relation to my admiration for Sun Mo, right?”


  Chapter 1337: Sun Mo’s Personal Disciples Shining Brilliantly!

  Translator: Lordbluefire

  The great teacher groups from the Nine Greats immediately went into their formations when they saw the Daybreak Starlord’s group, as if they were facing formidable enemies.

  “Everyone, calm down!”

  Sun Mo quickly stood between the two factions to prevent a great battle from erupting. “Our enemy is someone else!”

  “Sun Mo, move aside! These people killed a lot of our school’s teachers and students! I have to settle this score with them!”

  A vice-leader of one school bellowed furiously as if he wanted to eat these people.

  “Can everyone listen to me for a moment?”

  Sun Mo kept his explanation brief, primarily focusing on saying that saints were food prepared for God.

  Everyone was stunned by this piece of news and momentarily lost their ability to think.

  “Then where is this place?”

  Someone asked.

  “God’s ‘nest’!”

  Sun Mo’s words caused everyone to immediately tense up, and they subconsciously became wary of their surroundings.

  An Xinhui shrank in a corner, not saying a word.

  Sun Mo threw a glance at her, wanting to console her, but didn’t know what to say.

  Amidst this silence, Bai Xiqing made a move. She was the renowned Moonshadow Starlord, so her movement caused others to immediately go on their guards.

  “Don’t panic! I’m only going to meet my idol, have a chat with him, and ask him for a signature!”

  Bai Xiqing explained as she walked over to Sun Mo’s side, “Idol, you’ve really made me see you in a different light!”

  “What are your thoughts on what’s going to happen next?”

  Sun Mo asked.

  “Take things as they come! If we can’t fend it off, then we’ll just die!”

  Bai Xiqing shrugged.

  “Is anyone here?”

  A great teacher shouted.

  Unexpectedly, a deep and hoarse voice replied.

  “Inferior aboriginals, you’ve disturbed my peaceful sleep!”

  “You’re that God?”

  The Daybreak Starlord was curious.

  “I’m not God!”

  The voice denied.

  Just as everyone heaved a sigh of relief and didn’t feel as much pressure, the voice continued, “But to a civilization like yours, the abilities I possess are no different from God!”

  “I can destroy this planet two times within three minutes!”

  Everyone fell silent. Some of them didn’t believe that, while others were shocked.

  “If you’re that good at boasting, then come out here and fight it out with us. What’s with the hiding?”

  The teachers and students from the Westshore Military School all had a fiery temper. Hence, their 7-stars great teacher bellowed and planned on fighting it out with the owner of that voice.

  “Fight? That’s rough work!”

  The voice was neither enraged nor pleased. “But ‘God’ mustn’t be questioned. Since you want to ‘have a taste’, I’ll fulfill your wish!”

  “Be careful!”

  Everyone reminded each other, having a bad feeling about things. However, they had just said this when a beam of light appeared suddenly, hitting this 7-stars great teacher.

  Ssss!

  The 7-stars great teacher shattered into a ball of black smoke and dissipated in the metallic hall.

  Sssss!

  This scene made everyone’s heart turn cold.

  “This is over, we’re really going to die this time around!”

  Bai Xiqing felt troubled. She couldn’t see through the other party’s attack at all.

  “The sheepdog of this generation is really not reliable. It seems that there’s a need to eliminate him. But before that, I’ll take care of these aboriginals first.”

  God thought as it spoke up again.

  “Although An Zaiyi is willing to submit to me, deep inside, he is still filled with resistance toward me. The fact that he found an excuse to teleport you guys over might be because he’s still having his hopes up.”

  God laughed. “I can only say that he is too naive!”

  “However, members of the An Clan have been loyal to their duties as sheepdogs over the years. As a reward, I, the owner, will give him the chance to resist this time around!

  “An Xinhui, take a good look! No matter how these aboriginals put up a struggle, they are just a bunch of aboriginals!”

  Swoosh!

  Countless gazes landed on An Xinhui. Although everyone couldn’t understand some of the things this God was talking about, one thing was for sure: the An Clan was a bunch of traitors.

  An Xinhui’s head sank even lower.

  “Everyone, this matter was done by An Zaiyi! It has nothing to do with An Xinhui!”

  Sun Mo helped to speak up for her.

  His words carried a lot of weight. In addition, the Starlords who knew the inside story gave him face and didn’t rebut his words. Therefore, everyone believed An Xinhui for now.

  An Xinhui gave Sun Mo a grateful smile.

  “If you guys want to come face-to-face with me to talk to me or kill me, you must pass three stages. If you feel that you’re capable enough, then come!”

  After God was done speaking, the central part in this metallic hall opened up and a huge cube rose from the bottom.

  This cube was formed from countless smaller cubes, looking like a Rubik’s Cube,

  Swoosh!

  The metallic ceiling suddenly became translucent, but it was then filled by the Milky Way and stars. The other great teachers hadn’t seen this thing before, but Sun Mo knew that this should be the scene of a certain galaxy.

  “What is this?”

  “The images on that cube seem to be messed up. Are we supposed to piece it together based on the image on the ceiling?”

  “What rubbish. How can we piece such a big image together?”

  Everyone talked amongst themselves.

  It wasn’t just big; even some of the patterns on the cubes looked exactly the same. How would they know how to pick between them?

  “Aboriginals, this stage is purely a test on your intellect. Piece this Galactic Rubik’s Cube together based on the galactic image on the ceiling and you’ll pass.”

  God introduced.

  This was the most complex intellectual-type game from the country God had come from. It tested one’s memory, observation, and mental calculation capabilities.

  It was like how, for the modern day’s Rubik’s Cube, many ordinary people wouldn’t be able to solve it without knowing the necessary technique to do so.

  Everyone felt troubled. Just the thought of doing this made them feel helpless. At this moment……

  Swoosh!

  The image on the ceiling suddenly turned black, like a television that had been switched off.

  “Huh? We aren’t even allowed to look at it anymore?”

  Someone asked in surprise.

  “That’s right. This galactic image will only be displayed for a minute each time. You can only have yourselves to blame for not being able to remember it!”

  God laughed.

  “You seem to have forgotten that we’re all great teachers. Most of us have Retentive Memory!”

  Mei Yazhi let out a cold snot.

  “It’s regretful, but the great teacher halos’ abilities are what I have given you. Therefore, I can take them away from you too!”

  God made another brutal announcement. “In this place, you guys can only rely on your own intelligence to clear the stages!”

  “Really arrogant!”

  A short-haired great teacher from the Skyraise Academy couldn’t stand the words said by this ‘God’ and walked straight to the cube, wanting to solve it.

  “Just stand in that circular area and stare at the piece you wish to move and it’ll move.”

  God was bored too. Since a group of aboriginals had come to become its toys, then it’d just carry out a pre-meal entertainment activity.

  The short-haired great teacher did as he was told and soon got the hang of things. He started from one corner of the cube and started to solve it. However, five minutes later, his speed slowed down.

  It was because once a piece moved, some other parts would move too. As a result, they’d need to pay more attention to the bigger picture and not just focus on the small picture before them.

  Ten minutes later, the short-haired great teacher became so anxious that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

  “How is it?”

  God asked.

  “I…… I admit my loss!”

  The short-haired great teacher sighed.

  As a great teacher, they should have the courage to admit it when they were unable to accomplish something. However, he didn’t expect to shatter like a broken porcelain item after he had just finished his sentence.

  Swoosh!

  Everyone’s expression tensed up and they went on full defense!

  “Oh, I forgot to tell you guys. Once you fail to clear the stage, you’ll be ‘eaten’ by me on the spot.”

  God laughed.

  “F*ck your mom!”

  The Daybreak Starlord cursed.

  Most people’s faces revealed troubled expressions. The ‘Galactic Rubik’s Cube’ was a hard stage to clear to begin with, yet they would be immediately eaten up after failing it? Who’d dare to try to clear the stage then?

  “Oh, right, to prevent there from being no one playing the game, every 12 hours, going by the Nine Provinces’ time, I’ll randomly pick someone to devour.”

  God added.

  “Why don’t you go die!”

  A great teacher with a fiery temper cursed.

  Pa!

  He had just finished his words when he shattered as well.

  “Speaking vulgar words will cause you to be wiped out!”

  God displayed its great power with great ease, and these people were unable to put up any resistance at all.

  Photos of everyone present appeared on the ground. There were a total of 302 people here.

  “Sect Lord, what should we do?”

  Some people felt despair and looked toward Sun Mo.

  Sun Mo kept quiet.

  “Wait to die!”

  “That’s right, this thing is too difficult!”

  “It’s probably impossible to clear this stage. That God is just trying to find an excuse to kill us!”

  Everyone started making noise.

  “Eldest Martial Sister!”

  Lu Zhiruo looked toward Li Ziqi and then at Tantai Yutang. In her heart, the two of them were the smartest.

  “I can’t do it! It’s impossible for the human brain to calculate the end result. If we have brought the spirit rune brain that Teacher invented here, we might be able to find the pattern and technique to do it.”

  Tantai Yutang shook his head.

  However, Li Ziqi took out paper and brush, sat down, and started scribbling away, occasionally looking toward that Galactic Rubik’s Cube.

  Seeing this, some great teachers immediately gave up on complaining and started to think of a way to solve it.

  Five minutes later.

  “Aboriginals, is anyone willing to give it a try?”

  God’s voice rang out once again.

  Everyone fell silent.

  God didn’t ask a second time but started to draw lots. Someone’s photo lit up and then it switched to another, just like the slot machines in game arcades.

  “Hold on!”

  Sun Mo panicked.

  “Once the draw starts, there’s no stopping it. Please pick out a participant earlier next time!”

  God informed them.

  This God had a horrible sense of humor; it even started to play music. The drawing process was a tormenting 30 seconds.

  When everyone saw their picture light up, their heartbeat would become faster. It was the same for Sun Mo.

  It was because the person who was picked would die.

  In the end, the light stopped on the picture of a female great teacher.

  “Congratulations for becoming my meal!”

  God teased.

  “I…… I don’t want to die!”

  Pa!

  The female great teacher had just said this when her body shattered and disappeared.

  Everyone’s expression was different. Some were thankful for having escaped the death ordeal, and some also grieved for the female great teacher as someone in a similar plight. However, they all felt very regretful for coming to this ancient divine hall. If they didn’t, they wouldn’t have gotten themselves in this situation.

  “What…… What should we do for the next round?”

  A girl from the Jixia Academy asked.

  “I’ll go!”

  Seeing the students from her school feeling so horrified and anxious, Mei Yazhi smiled and gave a gentle and responsible reply.

  “Mother!”

  Mei Ziyu was given a fright.

  “Someone has to stand out.”

  Mei Yazhi’s expression was calm. “Let’s not waste time and try hard to think of a way to solve this!”

  Li Ziqi sat there. After seeing that she wasn’t picked, she heaved a sigh of relief and continued with her calculations. (This is good, we’ve gained another 12 hours.)

  (I must win! Not for myself but for Teacher and my junior martial siblings! In such a dangerous situation, I must assume responsibility as the Eldest Martial Sister!)