The First Sage of Confucianism

He awakens inside a coffin. Ye Liang becomes a mountain patrol constable at the Literacy Realm. This is a complex world of immortal cultivation, with Confucians, Daoists, Buddhists, and demons... Confucians can master the literary energy of heaven and earth by reading and writing. Daoists can master the spiritual energy of heaven and earth by breathing qi into their dantian. Buddhists can master supreme Buddhist teachings by chanting sutras. Yet this is an age when Confucianism and Daoism have fallen into decline. The path of cultivation leading to the Star of Literary Excellence has been severed, the literary energy of heaven and earth has run dry, and the Confucian school has no more sages. What? At the Confucian Literacy Realm, one can gain the strength to bind a chicken; at the Brushstroke Realm, one can forge armor from written characters; at the Wordcraft Realm, one can shape literary energy into objects. At the Scholar Realm, one can speak in polished prose; at the Provincial Graduate Realm, one can turn literary energy into wings; and at the Presented Scholar Realm, one can...