"Retreat!"
A few minutes later, the voice of the Ancestor echoed across the galaxy.
Upon hearing this, all the human race's powerful warriors couldn't help but reveal joyful expressions. This battle was finally over!
And it was the human race that emerged victorious!
What a rare triumph it was!
Yet, the expressions of Emperor Shang, Sword Emperor, and the one-armed elder remained solemn, devoid of the joy of victory.
They were all aware.
They had merely won this battle, without resolving the crisis facing the human race.
In fact, after All Clans awakened the ancient demon court's heritage, the pressure on the human race was greater than ever before.
"It's finally over!"
After the battle ended, there were others secretly rejoicing, namely, the powerful ones beyond the two races.
No longer would they have to fear being caught in the crossfire!
However, when they turned their heads to look at the disordered Seventh Heaven, their expressions turned sour. Reluctantly, they used Divine Skills to restore the displaced stars to their original places.
Torch Academy!
The monthly culture class arrived!
As usual, Su Hongyao arrived in the last minute to enter the 'Teaching Hall'.
She glanced around and her face suddenly changed.
"Why are there only a few of you, where are Qin Wudao and the others?"
Su Hongyao quickly asked. There should have been 29 students, yet now there were only five, with none from the Qin Dynasty present.
This was too abnormal!
An ominous premonition quietly emerged.
Could it be that the Qin Dynasty prodigies learned of the outside war and collectively left the academy?
"No idea, it's been several days since we saw them at the academy!"
Duan Jianghe stood up and said.
"This class will be self-study!"
Upon hearing this, Su Hongyao furrowed her brows tightly, losing the desire to teach, transformed into a blue light, and hurriedly left.
She needed to verify something.
If it were true!
Then the entire Torch Academy would be shaken!
After her departure, Duan Jianghe, Batou, and the others exchanged glances, bewildered whether they were still a class without the Qin Dynasty prodigies.
An hour later.
At the peak of Firewood Peak, within the hall of the Dean.
Emperor Jiang watched the projection of the 'Pictorial Stone', fists clenched, face somber as still water, like a dormant volcano ready to erupt at any moment.
The depths of his eyes held a myriad of emotions: remorse, anger, worry...
"I never thought there would be members of All Clans within the academy!"
After a moment, Emperor Jiang's icy voice reverberated in the hall, like a venomous whisper with a chilling killing intent that made one's heart shudder.
"Dean, perhaps this is an isolated case, don't be too upset..."
Standing beside him, Su Hongyao also saw the content of the 'Pictorial Stone' and spoke to comfort him.
Emperor Jiang waved his hand, got up, and walked to the window, gazing at the distant horizon, saying: "Torch Academy is the supreme institution of the human race!"
"All students entering the academy must undergo the 'Three Thousand Illusions' test to ensure loyalty to the human race!"
"The 'Three Thousand Illusions' is a primordial treasure, still unable to be cracked by the power of All Clans!"
"How did Qi Yuliang manage to enter the academy?"
His long voice carried a question.
"There is only one possibility, there's a traitor among the human race's leadership!"
With these words, Emperor Jiang's concealed aura erupted completely, imperial might swept across the vastness, shaking heaven and earth, altering the cosmos.
In an instant, all Martial Artists within the Torch Academy's realm felt immense pressure, trembling with fear.
They looked towards Firewood Peak!
Their eyes were filled with confusion.
Who?
Who made the Dean so furious?
"This..."
Su Hongyao's pupils constricted sharply, filled with extreme shock.
She understood the meaning behind Emperor Jiang's words, it seems a traitor has emerged within Torch Academy, secretly allowing Qi Yuliang to enter.
It's too incredible.
To become a tutor at Torch Academy, each candidate undergoes rigorous selection, how could a traitor appear?
She had the urge to refute, but the facts lay bare, leaving her speechless.
"Within fifteen minutes, all academy tutors will gather at the Training Pavilion!"
At that moment, Emperor Jiang had already given the command.
His voice rang like a thunderbolt, shattering the white clouds in the sky.
"Tutor Su, go and bring Jiang Xuan!"
Emperor Jiang turned and instructed Su Hongyao.
A traitor within the academy's leadership undeniably agitated his sensitive nerves.
To speak more seriously, it was his dereliction of duty.
Fortunately, he discovered it now, preventing an irreversible disaster.
Otherwise, he would become a sinner of the human race!
"Understood!"
Su Hongyao nodded, preparing to leave, but then remembered her purpose, asking with a bow: "Dean, what should be done about Qin Wudao and the others?"
Leaving the academy without cause would, according to academy rules, result in expulsion!
"He made a correct choice!"
"The battle of Seventh Heaven is over, for a short time, they won't face danger!"
"As for the academy, retain their identities as students, they can return whenever they wish!"
When mentioning Qin Wudao, Emperor Jiang's grim expression improved, instead of reproach, he spoke with praise.
Firm Martial Way!
Patriotic feelings!
Human race righteousness!
These three excellent qualities, he saw them on Qin Wudao.
Su Hongyao sighed in relief, gracefully moved and left the hall.
"I shall see which traitor's betrayal this is!"
In the empty hall, Emperor Jiang sat back in his chair, murmuring to himself, a hint of ruthlessness flickering in his eyes.
Earth Star Peak!
A renowned celestial peak of the academy.
Class Ten, situated on this peak.
The mountain had an exquisite shape, lush greenery, playful spiritual beasts, cranes piercing the clouds, countless celestial waterfalls, dense misty aura, along with a suspended celestial hall, all showcasing the celestial grandeur.
In one of the halls, doors and windows were tightly shut.
Inside, the lights were extinguished.
Pitch darkness.
Dimly visible was a figure sitting with legs crossed, wearing a tutor robe, indeed the tutor of Class Ten, Lian Tianying!
On the table in front of him, a pill was placed, emitting black energy, exuding an evil force, even corroding the Void into nothingness.
"Foster father, you gave me this life!"
"This is grace, I've remembered it all my life, and served you all my life!"
"In the silent night, when I lie in bed, I always ponder whether I belong to the human race or All Clans?"
"Dust to dust, soil to soil, let everything settle!"
Lian Tianying gave a self-mocking smile, picked up the pill on the table, swallowed it whole, then closed his eyes.
This closure was Eternal!
In a trance, his memory drifted back to the previous epoch.
After his birth, he was abandoned by his parents, left in the wilderness, just as he was about to be devoured by a fierce beast, a black-robed man descended from the sky, taking him to the All Clans Hall.
Since then, he had a 'foster father'!
And everything that ensued.
Diligent training!
Joining Torch Academy!
Becoming a pawn of All Clans buried within the human race's leadership!
Days earlier, he was activated by All Clans, dispatched as a pawn to Autumn Lock Palace.
According to the plan, he should have returned to All Clans Hall!
But he hadn't left.
Having stayed at Torch Academy for millions of years, his extinguished humanity had long been awakened, causing him to wander painfully between the two races.
All Clans had saved his life, provided him with teachings!
Yet against the human race, he couldn't bear to do harm.
So let it end in death!

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