Chapter 1487: A Massacre

In the face of Ye Guan's silence, Sui Gujin said, "Losing one battle doesn't mean losing everything. No matter what, I will handle the Main Universe well. I'll make sure that you'll obtain more faith power than ever before."

After speaking, she turned and left.

Ye Guan suddenly said, "Gujin."

Sui Gujin stopped in her tracks.

Looking at the woman before him, Ye Guan smiled and said, "I will give it my all."

Sui Gujin nodded. "And so will I."

With that, she disappeared on the spot.

***

Although Fan Tian and Dao Xiao were dead, their forces still remained, so when Sui Gujin took over their territories, it wasn't a smooth process at all.

Above the Brahma Heaven City, Sui Gujin gathered all the elites of the Holy King Hall. Opposite her stood the royal elites of the Brahma Heaven Kingdom.

The top elites of the Brahma Heaven Kingdom stared fiercely at Sui Gujin, and their eyes were filled with unmasked hatred and fury.

Xuan Ru was among them. At this moment, his face was as pale as paper. The situation had gone completely beyond his expectations. He hadn't imagined that his master, the Grand Preceptor, would lose in such a devastating way!

The Brahma Heaven Kingdom was finished.

In the distance, Sui Gujin said, "Surrender, and you will be spared."

"No surrender!"

The Brahma Heaven Kingdom members roared in unison.

Sui Gujin's expression was cold. "Slaughter them."

The moment her words fell, the elites behind her charged forward.

Although the Brahma Heaven Kingdom's strength was still considerable, their top-tier elites had all died in battle. There wasn't even a single Void Breaker left among them, so they simply couldn't resist Sui Gujin's forces.

It was a one-sided massacre!

Staring at the demise of the Brahma Heaven Kingdom's experts, Xuan Ru glanced at Sui Gujin several times, wanting to say something, but in the end, he said nothing.

He knew that if the royal family of the Brahma Heaven Kingdom refused to see reality and surrender, they would be doomed.

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

There was no way out; it was a frenzied, unrelenting slaughter!

In a short while, corpses piled up like mountains within the Brahma Heaven City, and blood flowed like rivers.

Only after witnessing countless brutal deaths did the remaining royal family members finally feel true fear.

They began begging for mercy, but Sui Gujin acted as if she couldn't hear them.

"Lady Sui!" Xuan Ru hurriedly cried out, "T-they have already surrendered!"

Sui Gujin looked at Xuan Ru. "Compared to your master, you fall utterly short."

Xuan Ru was stunned.

Sui Gujin said nothing more and left.

"

Sigh.

" A sudden sigh came from beside Xuan Ru.

Turning his head, Xuan Ru saw Academy Chief Fan.

"Academy Chief Fan..." Xuan Ru muttered.

Academy Chief Fan looked at him and asked, "Do you still remember what your master told you?"

Xuan Ru nodded. "I-I remember..."

"If you had unwaveringly stood by her side when she had just arrived here and prioritized the interests of the Guanxuan Academy, you would have been greatly valued. Your master was hoping that you would make that move.

"At the time, you could have reached heights even your master couldn't achieve. However, you chose to stand for the Brahma Heaven Kingdom's interests instead."

Xuan Ru lowered his head slightly, and his hands were trembling.

Academy Chief Fan gazed at Xuan Ru with a complicated face. "Even now, you still can't see reality, you can't see where the world is moving toward... You have let your master down."

With that, he turned around and walked into the distance.

Behind him, Xuan Ru's face was deathly pale.

***

When Academy Chief Fan walked out of the city, he saw that Sui Gujin was standing not far away.

Sui Gujin turned toward him and bowed slightly. "Teacher."

Years ago, she studied in the Brahma Heaven Kingdom under an alias, and Academy Chief Fan was her teacher at the time. Academy Chief Fan looked at Sui Gujin, and a complicated light flashed in his eyes.

"I never thought you would one day return in such a way," he remarked.

"Teacher, I would like to invite you to join the Inner Committee and help me build the Guanxuan Academy."

Academy Chief Fan shook his head.

Sui Gujin looked at him and said, "You will accept it."

"Girl, are you threatening even your own teacher?"

"I wouldn't dare, and I am not threatening you."

Academy Chief Fan stared at her without speaking.

Sui Gujin explained, "With you present, the Imperial Academy's students will obey. Without you, they surely won't. If they refuse, they will die."

"Then, let them leave," Academy Chief Fan said.

Sui Gujin said nothing in response.

Academy Chief Fan nodded slightly. "I understand. You're saying that the Main Universe cannot afford any dissenting voices."

"Eventually, it will be able to afford such voices, but not now. Once Order is established, I will help him perfect the system with checks and balances. Before that, authority must be centralized."

Academy Chief Fan asked, "And if you fail?"

"Well, power is like passing clouds to him."

Academy Chief Fan fell silent.

"Teacher, the Main Universe has never truly been unified. Your Great Dao Theory records countless civilizations' orders, rises, and falls, but it does not contain any records of a universe's unification.

"Now, there is finally such an opportunity."

Academy Chief Fan still said nothing.

Sui Gujin pressed on, saying, "I know you're afraid, afraid that worse things might happen afterward, but we must act anyway. Even if we do nothing, someone else will come and do it. It should be him than anyone else, as he will not sacrifice the common people for power."

Academy Chief Fan let out a low sigh. He had no choice. If he didn't join the Inner Committee, the Imperial Academy's students would certainly not survive.

He was the reason Sui Gujin hadn't made any moves against them just yet. And only he could control the Imperial Academy's students.

When Sui Gujin heard Academy Chief Fan's sigh, she knew that he had agreed to her request. She didn't say anything and simply bowed slightly before leaving.

Academy Chief Fan suddenly said, "The Brahma Heaven Kingdom and the Dao Cang Lineage cannot resist you, so..."

"I understand. I will give them a chance to surrender." With that, Sui Gujin disappeared into the distance.

Not long after, a piece of news spread like wildfire—the Dao Cang Lineage was no more, and the Main Universe had effectively changed hands.

Countless people were shocked. No one expected that, within a single day, the three great powers of the Main Universe would collapse, leaving the Holy King Hall as the sole ruler.

The next day, Sui Gujin began building academies. Not just one, but four Guanxuan Academies at once—One within the Holy King Hall's territories, one within the Dao Cang Lineage's previous territories, one within the Brahma Heaven Kingdom's territories, and the largest one at the very center of the Main Universe.

The largest academy was capable of housing a million students.

The academy at the center wouldn't recruit students publicly. Only the very best students from the other three academies could become a part of it through competitions.

Thus, it became known as the Main Academy of the Main Universe.

After wiping out the elites of the Brahma Heaven Kingdom and the Dao Cang Lineage, there were no more dissenting voices in the Main Universe. Sui Gujin rapidly unified the Main Universe.

Moreover, she absorbed the intelligence network of both the Brahma Heaven Kingdom and the Dao Cang Lineage. With such a massive intelligence network, she began recruiting talent across the Main Universe.

To establish Order across the Main Universe, she needed talent. She intended to gather all the brightest minds under her banner.

Sui Gujin moved swiftly. In less than half a month, Guanxuan Academy became the dominant force in the Main Universe.

At the same time, Ye Guan's Guanxuan

Laws spread like wildfire. After all, one had to cultivate the Guanxuan Laws to become a part of the Guanxuan Academy.

Some resisted, but many supported it. The remnants of the Brahma Heaven Kingdom and the Dao Cang Lineage resisted, while the small and medium-sized forces of the Main Universe supported her.

Sui Gujin publicized the cultivation methods and secret techniques of the fallen powers in the Guanxuan Academy, so if one wanted to learn the best cultivation methods and techniques, one had to join the Academy.

Under such circumstances, the number of people vying to join Guanxuan Academy became astronomical.

In addition, Sui Gujin began perfecting the Academy's system. Since the Academy was so vast, strict governance was necessary. To govern the vast expanse, she had to govern the Academy first. Only by managing it well could she become qualified to govern the vast expanse.

Sui Gujin's policies were extremely strict, as she knew that corruption could never be allowed to obtain a foothold. Even a small crack could bring endless disaster.

Today, a man led a group of Guanxuan Academy students to the Imperial Academy. By now, the Imperial Academy had already been dismantled, and all its personnel were awaiting reassignment.

The man was none other than Zhu Chen.

Along the way, a man beside him looked around at the students of the Imperial Academy and laughed. "When we first came here, these people were unbelievably arrogant. But now, they're like eggplants beaten by frost, completely deflated. What a satisfying sight,

haha!

"

Behind him, a group of students also burst into laughter.

Zhu Chen's brows furrowed. He stopped in his tracks, turned to face everyone, and said, "They're not afraid of us. They're afraid of the Academy Master and Lady Sui Gujin. The reason we're able to come here so smoothly is that we're merely borrowing their authority.

"Without the Academy Master and Lady Sui Gujin, we are still nothing but ants before them. Only once you've earned their genuine respect through your own abilities will you have real strength!"

Everyone's smile immediately faded away.

Zhu Chen added, "Moreover, they are now fellow students of the Guanxuan Academy. With their talent and potential, they would be among the very best. The academy values fairness. As long as they pledge themselves to the academy, they could crush us at any moment with their skills and talent.

"If we bully them today by relying on other people's power, could we bear the consequences when they seek revenge on us in the future?"

No one dared to speak.

"The greatest folly in life is to bully others by leaning on someone else's power; it's the hallmark of a petty man who has gotten a taste of success for the first time ever.

"When you meet the academy's teachers and students later, you must show respect to them. Any words that can sow discord among us are absolutely forbidden. Such words must never be uttered! Do you understand?"

"Yes, we understand!" everyone responded at once.