Chapter 445: Encompassing the Strong of Every Heaven

Lord Tianhong Great Realm, Immortal Mountain.

Immortal King Wangming appeared at Immortal Mountain, and the living beings, gods, and demons present changed color.

Then, under the gaze of tens of thousands of pairs of eyes, Immortal King Wangming's vast black-shadow body transformed into a figure about one person tall, landing on the mountaintop and stepping onto the Xianqiao.

Wherever he passed, no one dared to block him; with perfect tacit understanding they cleared the way.

Are you kidding? This was an invincible existence who had proven Dao to Immortality a hundred thousand years ago—one breath from him could kill everyone here several times over. No one dared step forward; they dodged him like avoiding a calamity, and in an instant the crowded mountaintop in front of the Xianqiao emptied into a path.

He revealed his true appearance—looked like a fair, delicate young man, so handsome that women would be jealous; if dressed in women's clothes he'd be a bewitching beauty capable of ruining a nation.

Who would have ever thought—

Immortal King Wangming, whose fearsome name had terrified ancient and modern, who was even more infamous than primeval fierce beasts, a lord of slaughter who had killed by the thousands and ten thousands—turned out to look like this, completely mismatched with the two characters "Wangming."

Yet no one doubted his identity.

Rumor had it that Immortal King Wangming really did look like this.

A handsome face, skin so white it looked pale, adding a sickly beauty, with an excited expression surfacing.

Seeing this, the beings present were astonished, their hearts surging even more.

Immortal King Wangming was an existence who had proven Dao to Immortality, yet upon seeing the Xianqiao he could not hide his excitement. That even such an existence could not suppress his emotional upheaval showed the bridge must be even rarer and more mysterious than imagined—something even Immortal-level beings coveted.

"Waited a hundred thousand years, and finally I've waited until it came. It didn't lie to me—Jixia Academy truly exists. My bitter wait of a hundred thousand years was not in vain."

A flash of longing crossed Immortal King Wangming's face, then he stepped onto the Xianqiao.

But just then—

His foot stepped on empty air; he could not set foot on the Xianqiao.

"Hmm?"

Immortal King Wangming's face changed, as if he had not expected such a result. He stepped on it again—same result.

At this moment that earlier remark about not cultivating merit sounded once more, as if reminding Immortal King Wangming and the others: without cultivating merit, one cannot pass.

Even Immortal King Wangming cannot pass?

It seems this "merit" has nothing to do with strength.

In an instant, the beings, gods, and demons present were trembling with fear, terror in their eyes.

They were afraid Immortal King Wangming would rage. After waiting a hundred thousand years, he wasn't even allowed to pass—damn, anyone in his place would fly into a fury.

Immortal King Wangming's death aura was emanating, like black flames burning, covering his body's surface, intimidating gods and demons.

At the same time, the beings, gods, and demons present were also amazed, marveling at what kind of mysterious immortal realm lay within that rift in the sky—even an Immortal-level being it dared to bar at the door.

If it were them, they'd be more than happy to treat Immortal King Wangming like an ancestor, serve him the finest food and drink—how could they sweep him out and not even let him walk the path?

It was a bare-faced slap in the face, delivered in front of everyone, not giving the slightest courtesy.

"I am Immortal King Wangming, have cultivated Dao for a hundred and thirty thousand years, my merit is immeasurable—in all the world, who can have more merit than I!"

Immortal King Wangming's gaze narrowed, flashing with a dark light that could split heaven and extinguish earth.

The Xianshan immortal realm gave not the slightest response—unknown whether it was too lazy to bother with Immortal King Wangming, or for some other reason.

"Hmph! No matter what, today I must enter Jixia Academy. Jixia Academy was originally open to all heavens, recruiting the strong of every heaven—the capable take their place. I am an Immortal—how could I lack the qualification? This gate cannot stop me!"

Jixia Academy...

Recruiting from all the heavens...

Encompassing the strong of every heaven?!

Though they did not understand what Jixia Academy was, they understood the words that followed. Their spirits trembled violently, like great waves overturning heaven and earth rolling and surging, the billows unable to stop, their hearts unable to settle.

The Xianshan immortal realm was not of Lord Tianhong Great Realm? It came from another world—and moreover, it recruited from the myriad worlds of all the heavens.

What kind of power was this?

The arriving Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor, Bai Yuanxianjun, and Zhang Hao also heard these words, and their expressions changed drastically.

"Recruiting from all the heavens—does that include the Initial Realm too? No! It's possible... the Initial Realm is doing the recruiting."

Zhang Hao was horrified, his thoughts connecting to the Initial Realm.

To dare bar an Immortal at the door, to dare recruit from all the heavens—such bottom-line confidence probably couldn't be found in many worlds even searching all the heavens; the Initial Realm was one of the worlds that best fit.

There was another reason for guessing it was the Initial Realm.

"Jixia Academy... seems like the history teacher mentioned it."

Zhang Hao muttered, his voice not loud, but Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor and Bai Yuanxianjun beside him heard clearly and both looked over.

Before the two could ask, Zhang Hao frowned and muttered in puzzlement:

"Could it be the Initial Realm? Recruiting from all the heavens should include the Initial Realm too, right? But Tsukuyomi and Luxi both said the great mythologies don't allow gods to privately teach transcendence to people of the Initial Realm—so why can this Jixia Academy?"

His words broke off; Zhang Hao's body shook violently, his face horrified:

"Wait! Could it be... yes, it must be like this!!"

"Disciple, do you know something?" Bai Yuanxianjun asked Zhang Hao while observing Immortal King Wangming's actions.

Zhang Hao did not hide it, and told them what Tsukuyomi had said—how the great mythologies of the Initial Realm did not allow the private teaching of transcendence to people of the Initial Realm.

"That kid Xiang Hong told me about this before too," Ghost Hong Demon Ancestor said. "As for the specific reason, Tsukuyomi didn't say—only said one line: that people of the Initial Realm are the key."

Zhang Hao nodded at this and continued:

"Yes, the great mythologies jointly forbade people of the Initial Realm from learning transcendence, but didn't say why. Back then many people guessed: why are they the key, yet not allowed to learn transcendence? How could ordinary people possibly influence the outcome of victory or defeat?

Lots of people online had discussed it, and one argument had the most support.

That argument said: the original battlefield was because the past and the future were fighting each other, and the future side was actually the future Initial Realm. Moreover, Master Mo Cheng had said that to win and change the future would be enough—only the future had severed the River of Years.

Thus making it so the past could not affect the future.

But no matter how much it was severed, the future side was still the people of the future Initial Realm.

So can it be understood this way: the 'other side' of the future that destroyed the past side is actually the descendants of our generation in the Initial Realm—or even our very generation, because we learned transcendence and in the future achieved extraordinarily powerful strength.

But because of that we learned the destined ending of the future, and thus wanted to destroy the past—to annihilate Him."

The reason the past side knew all this was precisely why they forbade Shenming Sect from teaching our generation to cultivate the supernatural — all so that one day, when continuing the river of time, the future would change because our generation did not cultivate the supernatural.

"So even if we do not cultivate, we can still become the key to determining victory or defeat on the very first battlefield."

Guihong Demon Ancestor and Bai Yuanxianjun's eyelids twitched wildly; they had not expected such a hidden secret — truly an eye-opener.

However, this analysis made a great deal of sense. If the terrifying existence on the future side was a person of the Initial Realm of this era, then indeed forbidding the people of the Initial Realm of this era from cultivating the supernatural was a sound decision.

"Then what is the deal with Jixia Academy?"

Guihong Demon Ancestor was puzzled. He had just asked the chat group members, and Gao Xiang Hong had answered him — a Xianqiao had also appeared on the Initial Realm's side.

Wangming Immortal King was not wrong; Jixia Academy recruited from all the heavens, including the Initial Realm.

Then the problem arose.

Why did all the major mythologies forbid Shenming Sect from teaching the people of the Initial Realm to attain the supernatural, yet Jixia Academy dared to recruit globally in the Initial Realm?

The moment the question was asked, before Zhang Hao could answer, Guihong Demon Ancestor thought it over briefly on his own, figured out the reason, and had a guess.

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