Middle Ground, Jixia Academy...
An old man dressed in ceremonial robes sat cross-legged in the center of the massive Eight Trigrams altar.
He sat motionlessly in the array formation as if he was one with the universe. He was the Heavenly Dao of this area.
There were 10,000 chains of order surrounding him. They pierced into the void as if they were searching for something indescribable.
Scholars in long robes stood beside the old man. Every single one of them looked at the old man with the most sincere respect and admiration.
Because this old man's status could be said to be supreme in Jixia Academy.
He was the founder of Jixia Academy, the Teacher.
Teacher had been born 8,000 years ago and was from the same generation as Huang Shi. He was also one of the most powerful prodigies of that era.
It could be said that if not for the monstrous Huang Shi, Teacher would have been the paragon of that era!
There was even a rumor that the Headmaster had once protected Huang Shi.
After that, Teacher and the Thearch joined forces to unite the forces in Middle Ground and wipe out the remaining Evil Spirits. After 1,000 years of war, they finally succeeded in establishing the "Great Wilderness Celestial Dynasty" and ruled over the five regions.
When the Great Wilderness Celestial Dynasty was established, Jixia Academy was also established.
Since then, Huang Shi had been in charge of the empire, while Teacher had been in charge of teaching the prodigies of the five regions.
Yes, teaching the prodigies of the five regions.
Ever since Jixia Academy was established, its purpose was to teach everyone regardless of background.
Any prodigy with outstanding talent in the five regions could enter Jixia Academy to study, regardless of whether they joined other forces or not.
Among them, there was no lack of Buddhists from the West Desert, Saints from the various sacred grounds of Eastern Wilderness, and even many demon princes.
Jixia Academy had indeed achieved "teaching everyone regardless of background". They did not discriminate against anyone because of their background.
Most of the prodigies of the five regions were gathered here, as well as the best cultivation environment, mystic realms, cultivation techniques, and so on.
Coupled with Teacher's painstaking teaching, countless peerless prodigies had graduated from Jixia Academy.
In the past 8,000 years, more than half of the sacred leaders and race leaders of the five regions had studied in Jixia Academy and asked Teacher for guidance on cultivation.
These people even included the young Divine Firmament Sacred Leader Zhang Longyuan, the Sonic Thunder Buddhist Lord Tian Xiu, the Kun race's leader Kun Xu, and others.
Later on, when those peerless prodigies and Supremes returned to their sects and clans, they basically became the Sacred Leaders, Tribe Kings, and Grand Elders of the various sacred grounds and celestial races.
It could be said that just the kindness of these powerful cultivators was enough to make Jixia Academy the most powerful force in the five regions.
In Middle Ground, you could be disrespectful to any sacred ground, but you could not be disrespectful to Jixia Academy.
He could be disrespectful to any Divine Lord, but he could not be disrespectful to the Emperor and the Headmaster.
The Headmaster was definitely a respectable elder.
…
This respectable elder had been sitting cross-legged in the Eight Trigrams Formation for several months.
A few months ago, Jixia Academy had sent a corpse over. It was a corpse that had been chopped into two.
This corpse came from the Buddhist Sect, and it was the Nine Precepts Holy Monk, a top expert of the Buddhist Sect in the Central Plains. His Eight Feet Golden Body was said to be indestructible.
However, this corpse had been split in half by a single slash, and there was only one wound on the entire body. Clearly, this battle had ended very quickly.
He had been killed with one slash, and he had died very cleanly.
After investigation, this was done by one of the four kings of the Evil Spirit Sect, the Lifeless King.
However, the Lifeless King had disappeared from the five regions for 1,000 years. Why would he suddenly kill a Sage monk in such an arrogant manner?
Did this mean that the Evil Spirit Sect was about to make a comeback?
Thinking back to the recent 1,000 years, the frequency and number of prodigies appearing in the five regions had indeed increased.
Especially in the past hundred years, all kinds of geniuses that were hard to come by in hundreds, thousands, and even thousands of years had appeared like bamboo shoots after the rain, appearing in the various sacred grounds.
This was definitely a sign that chaos was coming. As one of the most powerful cultivators in the five regions, Headmaster was naturally sensitive enough.
After thinking about it again and again, he still used up a large amount of his lifespan to set up the Great Heaven Yi Array in Jixia Academy.
The Great Heaven Yi Array was a forbidden array formation in the Black Heaven Yi Sutra. It was known as the supreme array formation with the most powerful divination ability in the five regions.
Using this array formation could allow Headmaster to peek into the future and gain the ability to predict the future.
Of course, the laws of fate were absolute taboos and could not be touched.
Anyone who peeked into fate and the future would have to pay a heavy price, even a Perfected Immortal or Thearch.
If it was not necessary, even Headmaster would not take such a risk.
...
"Great chaos, ten thousand years of chaos."
Headmaster, who had been sitting for several months, suddenly opened his eyes.
In an instant, everyone turned around and met Headmaster's gaze.
Palpitations!
Everyone could not help but feel their hair stand on end. The palpitations in Headmaster's eyes were too terrifying.
This old man, who had always been wise and amiable, seemed to have seen the most terrifying scene in the world. It made everyone's hearts palpitate.
The Headmaster slowly stood up. The Chains of Order around him cracked inch by inch, as if he had touched a taboo that he could not touch and was suffering from a backlash.
"Your Majesty, what exactly is that faint light? I'll have to rely on you to find it."
His hoarse voice came out with great difficulty. The shock in Headmaster's eyes slowly faded and turned into a faint sense of relief.
The originally white hair on his head instantly turned snow-white, and then, inch by inch, turned into dust.
His body also began to wither, and he was actually transforming into a withered tree!
This transformation was extremely fast. It was completed in just a few breaths' time.
The dignified Headmaster, one of the most powerful beings in the five regions, the guardian of the human race that even the Immortal Phoenix Queen did not dare to underestimate...
He had turned into a withered tree just like that!
For a moment, the students who were crowding around them were completely stunned.
It was not because their minds were unstable, but because everything that had happened in front of them had completely exceeded their imagination.
Headmaster was gone just like that?
...
Rumble!
Suddenly, the void above Jixia Academy froze.
All the students felt as if they had been stripped away and could no longer see Headmaster's figure.
It was unknown when a figure had appeared on the ancient and desolate altar. It was a figure wearing an Emperor's crown and holding an Emperor's Sword.
His back was facing the world, and there was no phenomenon or aura around him. However, he gave off the aura of an invincible Thearch.
The Thearch's voice was indifferent as he gazed into the endless void. "The five regions are about to fall into chaos."
He slowly stretched out his hand and placed it on the withered tree. Boundless celestial light erupted from the Thearch's body, making the entire Jixia Academy look like an immortal abode.
In an instant, a new bud slowly bloomed from the withered tree and grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Soon, that new bud bloomed into a white plum blossom and slowly fell into the Thearch's hand.
"Merging with the Dao, fighting for three years to find that faint light."
The Thearch murmured to himself, his gaze gradually becoming sharp. "With me around, the five regions will not fall into chaos!"
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