Chapter 758: Rise of Mount Xuanhuang, Establishment of the Dao Academy (2/2)

But now with Qing Yu as the dao sovereign and ascended to immortality, she’d used the strength of the heavenly palace to wrest the immortal dao free of the entity’s control. Sealing it into the bronze mountain for safekeeping, the garden of immortal crystals on the other side of Dao City faded into a hazy image and shifted to become one with the mountain.

“This mountain is greater than even Mount Exalted!” Lu Yun floated up to take in the sight and found himself gripped with solemnity instead. “The heavens and earth are oft referred to as xuan and huang, and the universe is vast and timeless… This mountain shall be named Mount Xuanhuang!”

Boom!

A clap of thunder sounded in the sky with his words as golden smoke billowed into the firmament. Countless bolts of lightning crashed down onto the mountain of bronze in front of him, melting the metal and transforming it into another matter.

The characters Xuanhuang flashed across it before disappearing.

“Lu Yun!” A great yell echoed between heaven and earth. “Do you wish to establish a sacred land?!”

The yell seem to originate from the world, but also from within Mount Xuanhuang as well. Or was it the questioning from all of life?

It roiled through the world of immortals and the Dao Flower blossomed, shadowing Mount Xuanhuang with its petals. Everyone held their breaths and looked silently upon the mighty mountain and the tiny figure of Lu Yun beside it.

“I, Lu Yun, have walked the path of cultivation for only six years. I am but a mere true immortal even now, so by what right and basis do I have to establish a sacred land?” Lu Yun shook his head in midair. “Today, I, Lu Yun, along with the presence of Dao Sovereign Qing Yu, do hereby establish the academy of immortal dao.

“All lives are equal within the Dao Academy. Of the three realms, six paths, and grand multiverse—any who have awoken to intelligence may enter the academy for study.

“I, as headmaster, will offer up all that which I know for the benefit of all.

“I, as headmaster, will teach all those who come and propagate all knowledge that there is.

“I, as headmaster, will…”

……

One distinguished proclamation after another rang from Lu Yun’s mouth, shaking the world with their reverberations. Jaws dropped as everyone stared at him.

The Dao Academy?

A school of dao and enlightenment for the masses?!

While this wasn't a sacred land, it was more frightening than one! A sacred land was holy and sacrosanct, an inviolable existence to be revered. Ordinary people were not to defile it; it was more a spiritual totem than anything.

However, Lu Yun’s Dao Academy spoke of a vision to bring enlightenment to everyone—he would be the guide of all living beings! He really did want to be a saint, even though this path would be filled with obstacles, pitfalls, and be uncommonly hard to traverse.

……

“As the headmaster, you are willing to offer up all that you know, disseminate knowledge, and edify all life?” a dismissive snort traveled through the air as rays of bloody light converged into a humanoid form over Dusk Province. The demon god’s Ichor Bog replica had arrived.

“Then I ask you, are you willing to pass onto me a formation of heaven and earth for dao immortals?” he sneered.

“Those who enter my academy may learn it,” Lu Yun responded calmly with his hands behind his back.