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Chapter 591 - (Longque Academy) “Disciple, go attend school first.”

In simple terms, it’s about claiming territory and resources.

It’s like when Gongyi Tianheng was ordered to compete with numerous prodigies for energy veins. Since humans and other races coexisted on this land, it was inevitable that for the development of their respective races, this struggle, far from diminishing over countless years, had only intensified.

Take a simple example: both other races and humans needed spiritual weapons. Many of the refining materials for crafting spiritual weapons could regenerate, but many could not, and many regenerated slower than they were consumed. So, if a certain race relied on these refining materials for survival, when the material mines in their occupied territory were depleted and they couldn’t find other alternatives, they would inevitably become impoverished, and perhaps the entire race wouldn’t be able to survive. To prevent this, if they wanted to save themselves, they could only expand their territory.

Besides spiritual weapons, medicinal herbs, heavenly treasures, energy veins, and so on, all presented similar problems. And for sustainable development, some renewable resources weren’t necessarily waited upon until they were exhausted before new ones were sought. Furthermore, races didn’t just need to avoid extinction and merely survive; they also wanted to develop. This naturally led to countless wars, and in these wars, countless races had been annihilated.

Among the myriad primordial races, competition was essential. However, among them, the human race was the largest, occupying the most extensive territory—after all, no matter how much humans fought internally or how complex their factions were, their reproductive capacity and cunning were top-notch, leading at least three-fifths of the continent to fall into human hands. However, it was also because the human population was ever-increasing that, for the continuation of the race, the remaining two-fifths of the territory also drew human covetousness.

As for the other races, some were friendly to humans, some were hostile, and some were neutral. Most of those friendly to humans were dependent on humans and lived among them, like the Mastiff clan. Those taking a neutral stance stayed far away from human settlements. Those hostile to humans resided within that two-fifths of the territory, forming the largest component of the other races and also the human race’s greatest enemies.

However, even if the hostile races, whose interests aligned, almost formed an alliance, they were not a single race. Even if the individual combat abilities of their respective races were mostly stronger than humans, they found it difficult to cooperate intimately, which had prevented them from completely dominating the human race.

Later, in the chaotic wars between humans and other races, a vast number of cities and wilderness areas were destroyed, and countless resources were obliterated. Only then did both sides finally realize that this was not a sustainable path. So, after countless years of wrangling, they finally reached an agreement—conflict would still continue, and conflict was not only for securing benefits for their respective races but also for lightening the burden on the continent and honing stronger individuals, thus it couldn’t be omitted. However, the location of this conflict would have to change.

Of course, the reason this change could be smoothly made, and such an outcome wrangled, was because one day, a continent descended from the sky, conveniently suspended in a void relatively close to both human and other race dwelling areas. After many years of grinding by void storms, this continent stabilized and entered the sight of both other races and humans.

Upon hearing this, Gu Zuo instantly thought of a term: worlds within chaos.

Long before they learned how to use the Void-Breaking Shuttle, Gu Zuo and Gongyi Tianheng had already discovered that within this chaos, there existed countless continents, and all the worlds were divided into two major regions and ten numbered regions.

The Central Continent they were on was in Numbered Region B, close to Numbered Region A. As one of the top three numbered regions, it was very close to the center of chaos, and its martial arts development was also flourishing and very powerful… But that wasn’t the main point. The main point was that worlds within chaos could be spherical or continental. The continent suspended in the void near the Central Continent should have originated from chaos, a destroyed continent! Or, fragments of a continent that had been chipped away…

However, Gu Zuo didn’t know if the Blood Transformation Palace Master and other powerhouses of the Central Continent knew about the concepts of the Chaos Spirit Martial Domain and the Uninhabited Domain, or if they knew that there were actually many worlds more advanced than the Central Continent.

Gu Zuo didn’t deliberately bring it up. Instead, the Blood Transformation Palace Master continued: “We don’t know the origin of this continent, but after it stabilized, humans and other races had a new option. That is, to move the battlefield to this continent, making this continent a new battlefield, which is what I just referred to as the Foreign Battlefield. All disciples of various forces who reach the minor achievement stage of the Celestial Realm will mostly be dispatched to the Foreign Battlefield for experience. These disciples can exchange the number of other-race individuals they kill and the treasures they find for military merits, and these military merits can be exchanged for what they need in the human race’s Foreign City on the battlefield…”

Next, the Blood Transformation Palace Master spoke a great deal more.

It turned out that this new continent also possessed countless resources, but these resources were mostly scattered and irregularly distributed, making them troublesome to integrate and difficult to occupy through war. So, humans and other races simply didn’t divide the battlefield. Instead, they left the battlefield to all their clansmen who would gain experience there. When they entered, whatever they could find, they could find, and it would all belong to the individual.

Furthermore, this continent also possessed many extremely rare and valuable items not found on the Central Continent. Due to its special geographical location, it would also nurture some new heavenly treasures. For martial artists who came to the battlefield, the Foreign Battlefield was a deadly place, but also a treasure trove.

As for the origin of this continent, although no one knew for sure, there were some guesses.

The Blood Transformation Palace Master explicitly stated that besides the Central Continent, there were other continents in this world, but people from outside continents were basically unable to enter the Central Continent, and creatures from outside continents had almost never appeared. However, many top powerhouses believed this continent might have been created by the collapse of other continents, which, while relieving a heavy burden from their minds, also brought a sense of vigilance.

Gu Zuo understood.

What the master was wary of was likely the beings from other worlds and the reasons for those worlds’ collapse.

Gongyi Tianheng spoke then, “Master, do you mean for this disciple to go to the foreign battlefield now?” He paused briefly, not missing the Blood Transformation Palace Master’s earlier conditions for entry. “However, this disciple is currently only at the Ascendant Realm peak, still lacking one major realm and one minor realm compared to the minor stage of the Celestial Realm.”

The Blood Transformation Palace Master revealed a slight smile. “Therefore, before going to the foreign battlefield, you, my disciple, must first go to one place.”

Gongyi Tianheng asked, “Where?”

The Blood Transformation Palace Master replied, “The Longque Dynasty, Longque Academy, its principal institution in the imperial capital..”

Gu Zuo was stunned for a moment. “What identity will Big Brother use to go there?”

The Blood Transformation Palace Master said, “Naturally, as an academy student.”

The Longque Dynasty was a golden-ranked major power, and long ago, it had produced many Greater Emperor Realm cultivators. Later, with no new Great Emperor cultivators emerging, the Longque Dynasty never lacked Lesser Emperor Realm cultivators; every generation’s Longque was a Lesser Emperor Realm cultivator, and the current generation was no exception.

Furthermore, the Longque Dynasty had quite a few Lesser Emperor Realm cultivator and a special secret method to train the Longque Legion, which, once dispatched, could almost sweep across the world.

Among the eight golden-ranked powers in the current world, the Longque Dynasty was the strongest in terms of overall power, at least twice as powerful as the second-ranked force. Because of this, the Longque Dynasty was located in the most central part of the Central Continent, occupying the largest area of land. Its territory and domain were extremely vast, and its imperial status was recognized by the entire continent—even other golden-ranked powers, and even some established independent silver-ranked powers like the Ten Ultimates Sect, held at least three-tenths of reverence and respect for the Longque Dynasty, treating its imperial family with great importance upon encounter.

It could be said that while there were many large and small countries among the bronze and silver tiers, the only imperial family and dynasty truly recognized by everyone in the Central Continent was this single major power: the Longque Dynasty!

The Longque Academy was actually the royal academy established by the Longque Dynasty, where all members of the imperial family studied each generation. Its accumulation was profound; it seemed like just an old, silver-ranked power with a remarkable foundation, but in reality, it was not much inferior to a golden-ranked power. It could be said that the Longque Academy alone was not beneath the Ten Ultimates Sect in power, and perhaps even surpassed it due to its backing by the imperial dynasty.

Within the entire Longque Dynasty, there were branches in various commanderies, but their power was far inferior to the main academy, which was located in the imperial capital of the dynasty.

Gu Zuo and Gongyi Tianheng also knew about the Longque Dynasty and the Longque Academy—having been in this world for so long, they had filled many gaps in their common knowledge by reading ancient texts, and moreover, these two were such immense powers that they had long been within the scope of their serious consideration.

However, neither of them had expected Gongyi Tianheng to go there as a student… Why was this?

Gu Zuo asked directly.

The Blood Transformation Palace Master said, “The human entrance to the foreign battlefield is controlled by the top three golden-ranked major powers. And because the Longque Dynasty is the strongest, some special quotas must be contended for within the Longque Academy.”

Gongyi Tianheng’s expression grew a little more serious. “Master, I wish to hear the details.”

The Blood Transformation Palace Master replied, “One can only go to the foreign battlefield after reaching the minor stage of the Celestial Realm. But the foreign battlefield is very special. If one can condense an empty core there and achieve Celestial Realm, their strength will be greater than that of martial artists who break through on the Central Continent, and in the future, if they are fortunate enough to achieve the Cosmic Realm, it will be easier. Speaking of this, he paused slightly. “However, although there are countless opportunities on the foreign battlefield, there are also many dangers. Unless they are top-tier prodigies, ordinary martial artists who go there before reaching Celestial Realm will almost certainly die. And prodigies are the future pillars of our human race, so naturally, we want them to have greater strength. Therefore, at the Longque Academy, after prodigies study in depth for a period, they can take an assessment to contend for the qualification to enter the foreign battlefield early and achieve Celestial Realm.”

Then, he added, “Not only Tianheng, Ah Zuo must also go as a student.”

Gu Zuo was startled upon hearing this. “Me? Why?”