I Have a Poem That Can Send the Whole World to Its Death

[Confucian cultivation + regret and redemption + outrageously satisfying + ruthless + invincible]

Also known as: “Why Are You Begging Me to Come Back in Tears After Kicking Me Out?”, “You Expelled Me from the Academy, So Why Should I Care If It’s Destroyed?”, and “You Told Me to Leave the Academy. Now I’ve Become a Confucian Sage, So Why Are You Crying?”

In his previous life, Lu Yuan was beaten to death by a crowd over a completely fabricated accusation.

He gave everything he had, only to be met with endless coldness. His teacher despised him, his fellow disciples looked down on him, and the newly arrived junior disciple took everything that had been his.

The whole house was full of animals, but not a single person!

When he opened his eyes again, he finally saw things clearly. They wanted to expel him from the academy? Fine, he’d give them what they wanted.

With the Heavenly Dao Literary Palace within him and the legacy of thousands of years of Chinese civilization, along with countless extraordinary works of writing, why should he stay in this tiny academy?

In this life, he would take the imperial exams, suppress demons, become a Confucian Sage, and shake the heavens and earth!

The academy fell to the demons, and all his fellow disciples became their food, their wails filling the land. What did that have to do with him?

Wasn’t this all what they had chosen?

You hit a wall and now you know to turn back? I’ve become a Confucian Sage, and now you regret it?

But what does your regret have to do with me?