Chapter 394: The sword debate ended, yet the turmoil had only just begun!

Although many disciples of the Human Sect felt anger following Xiaoyaozi's words, in the end, they did not step forward to express their stance. It was true that many among them harbored hatred toward the Qin State due to the destruction of their homelands, but they also understood that in this vast, chaotic world, it was the Daoist Human Sect that had taken them in. Stepping forward now would only bring trouble to the Human Sect and, subsequently, implicate their Sect Master.

Of course, not stepping forward did not mean they agreed with Xiaoyaozi's words, nor did it mean they would abandon their hatred for the Qin State.

The Human Sect's cultivation follows the path of humanity.

The Heavenly Dao is heartless, while the human path is full of emotion.

Those with emotions all have attachments; they all harbor various obsessions. To a certain extent, disciples of the Human Sect are actually more prone to falling into the demonic path than those of the Yin-Yang School. Although the Yin-Yang School takes extreme measures in pursuit of power and neglects the cultivation of character, at least their purpose is extremely pure—from the very beginning, they seek only greater power.

The Human Sect is different; they use the mundane world to temper their hearts. If one can see through their obsessions and cleanse their state of mind, their cultivation will naturally advance greatly. Conversely, if they fail to see through their obsessions, there is a high probability they will fall into the demonic path. Fortunately, the Human Sect has its own methods for tempering the mind; otherwise, based on this alone, they would essentially already be considered to have entered the demonic path.

Many disciples of the Human Sect harbor strange obsessions.

Su Xuan also noticed this. He had been closely observing the changes in the expressions of the disciples from both Daoist sects, wanting to see if anyone would seek their own death. As for the Heaven Sect, after Beimingzi's words, all the disciples remained expressionless, but the Human Sect was different.

Even though no one took the initiative to stand out and declare they would oppose Qin to the end, the momentary changes in their expressions were all seen by Su Xuan.

A guess immediately formed in his mind.

"Is Xiaoyaozi sanctimonious, or... is he actually forced by the situation to oppose Qin?"

Su Xuan thought this, his gaze falling once more upon Xiaoyaozi.

"I hope you remember what you said!"

When Su Xuan's gaze landed on him, Xiaoyaozi immediately felt a powerful pressure.

This pressure caused his brow to furrow once again.

Although he had been forced to take a stance because Beimingzi had spoken first, as the Sect Master of the Human Sect, he knew very well what was going on with his disciples.

The Human Sect enters the Dao through emotion, and many disciples harbor obsessions in their hearts. Furthermore, due to the different methods of taking on disciples, many joined the Human Sect only after their homelands were destroyed. The Human Sect did not turn them away because of their backgrounds, as the sect believed everyone had the opportunity to seek the Dao; thus, they accepted all who came.

In the past, this was naturally fine. In fact, because these disciples had experienced the love, hate, and grievances of the mundane world and harbored obsessions, once they saw through the love and hate of the world, they would naturally enter the Dao, and their cultivation would advance rapidly.

But now, it was different. Su Xuan had stepped onto Taiyi Mountain, the ancestral grounds of the Daoists, with an invincible aura.

Once he spoke those words,

today's events were no longer a dispute between the Daoists and the Yin-Yang School, but a matter concerning the future of the Daoists.

"I hope no one does anything unwise!"

Xiaoyaozi muttered to himself in his heart.

Although he cared about his disciples, he cared even more about the Daoist Human Sect. In the past, he would not have believed Su Xuan possessed the strength to destroy the Human Sect, but now, having seen Su Xuan's power with his own eyes, he seemed to understand how the Nong Family had been destroyed.

The power of one man, reaching such a level!

It was truly unimaginable.

Is this the strength of the limit of Heaven and Man?

Not to mention that behind Su Xuan stood the Yin-Yang School, and behind them, the Qin State!

"This is not a place for conversation. Your Excellency Xuan, may we change locations to talk?"

Although Beimingzi had temporarily lost his power due to Su Xuan's Qi-sealing technique, he was, after all, an old senior who had lived for many years and understood human nature very well. When Su Xuan deliberately pointed out Xiaoyaozi's situation, he also noticed the changes in the expressions of many Human Sect disciples, knowing that if they continued to talk here, it would likely lead to unnecessary conflict.

The Daoist Human Sect, although usually opposed to the Heaven Sect, belonged to the same Daoist school and resided on the same mountain.

Beimingzi did not want to watch the Human Sect suffer a great disaster, which would then implicate the entire Daoist school.

At the same time, although the Daoists had lost this battle today, judging by the attitude Su Xuan had displayed, it had not yet reached the point of no return. Although Su Xuan came from the Yin-Yang School, he was somewhat different from those of the Yin-Yang School in the past. If he had truly come with the intention of exterminating the Daoists, he would not have held back when he struck earlier. In fact, he had even revealed his origins, which could be considered giving the Daoists a chance.

Perhaps it was possible to try to befriend Su Xuan and, through another method, reclaim the famous Daoist sword, Snow Clearance.

At the same time, Beimingzi was also curious about the realm Su Xuan called the limit of Heaven and Man.

As a seeker of the Dao, he had wandered within the Heaven and Man realm for many years, and the path ahead was a blank to him. Su Xuan's appearance had allowed him to see some of the path ahead.

Su Xuan considered it for a moment, understood Beimingzi's intention, and nodded: "Very well!"

And so, at Beimingzi's invitation, he held the Snow Clearance sword and walked down the Guanmiao Terrace.

Afterward, led by Beimingzi, they left the area and went elsewhere.

This result surprised many people.

They were surprised by Beimingzi's invitation to Su Xuan, and also by Su Xuan's attitude.

Among the Daoists, there was no lack of clever people, and many caught a glimpse of something unusual from the attitude Su Xuan had displayed.

Regardless of whether they could accept this result, this sword viewing at the Guanmiao Terrace, this struggle between Heaven and Man, had come to an end in an unprecedented way.

The two Sect Masters of the Heaven and Human sects: Chisongzi had fallen into a coma due to a flick of Su Xuan's sleeve, and Xiaoyaozi had been forced to take a stance by Su Xuan's words, while also suffering not-insignificant injuries in his previous battle with Su Xuan.

The Snow Clearance sword had fallen into Su Xuan's hands.

This battle for the Snow Clearance sword had thus concluded.

At the same time, for the Daoists, the real trouble had only just begun.

No matter how well Su Xuan had argued his principles on the Guanmiao Terrace, or even used his overwhelming strength to prove that the path the Yin-Yang School had pursued five hundred years ago was not wrong, this ultimately could not change the fact that Su Xuan was the leader of the Yin-Yang School.

A five-hundred-year-old grudge could not be erased by a single sentence saying the Yin-Yang School's Dao was not wrong.

Over these five hundred years, no one knew how many Daoists and Yin-Yang School members had died in their struggles.

If the Snow Clearance remained in Su Xuan's hands,

would the Daoist struggle between Heaven and Man continue?

In other words, with this duel ending in such a way, between the Heaven Sect and the Human Sect, who was the true orthodox Daoist sect?