Chapter 811: Will You Guys Piss Off Already? (1/2)
The Dao Academy’s actions undermined all of the peak factions in the world of immortals, putting many Nephrite factions first in the line of fire. Giant fortress ships descended in their territory before they had any time to react and escorted their mortals away.
None of them were optimistic enough to think that the mortals would return after finishing their studies in the Dao Academy. These mortals felt no particular sense of belonging to their factions and wouldn’t think twice about moving on with their lives. The peak factions had thought they were taking great advantage of Lu Yun’s largesse, but now realized with great dismay that the tables had been turned all along.
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“Has anyone noticed?” raised the Yue patriarch. “No one’s ascended to the dao immortal realm ever since Qing Yu refined the Central World! My nephew had already sensed the Dao Tree and accumulated enough experience and foundation. When the time was right, he would’ve been able to pluck his fruit at his leisure.
“But he lost his connection to the Dao Tree as soon as Qing Yu refined the Central World!” His voice gained an icy edge. “The tree is in the Central World, and I suspect that we peak factions are Lu Yun’s targets. He not only undermines our foundation, but also severs the paths before us to ensure our destruction!”
“Qing Yu has purposefully sealed off the Dao Tree to stop peerless immortals from ascending!” Shock and dread shaking their hearts, the heads of the Zhu, Ling, and other lesser clans realized what was at stake here.
The Dao Tree they held sacred, the lifeblood of immortals in this world, was under Qing Yu’s control! They would never become dao immortals if they didn’t please her!
“This is an important matter. We alone won’t be able to rival the Dao Academy… all of us must form an alliance!” The Ling patriarch shot to his feet; it wasn’t until this moment that he realized they’d been targeted!
“There’s someone we must go to now. He’s the only one who can help us deal with the academy!”
“Who?”
“Qi Hai of Destiny City in the South Sea!”
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Lu Yun was indeed targeting the peak factions.
Their existence was necessary, but when viewed through the lens of historical trends, their presence was similar to that of primal tribes in something like the Stone Age. They had become enormous obstacles standing in the way of progress and development of the world of immortals.
He was no luminary of humanity with the vision to be emperor of the world. What he wanted was to just follow the trends of history and facilitate the centralization of authority in the world!
Therefore, the Dao Academy added a little something when pushing its agenda of cultivating the mortals from the nine majors, ten lands, and four immortal seas. Sprinkling a little bit of awe and wonder for the celestial courts in the curriculum, for instance.
At the same time, Lu Yun promised the celestial courts of the twenty-four facets that they could recruit whoever they liked from the Dao Academy, as long as the disciples were willing. Therefore, all emperors of the various facets were firmly on his side in this initiative, regardless of their previous opinion of the young man.
They knew that the Dao Academy was no sect, that it didn’t belong to any particular celestial court. Lu Yun wouldn’t force any disciples to stay once they finished their studies. This was why they’d accepted Lu Yun’s offer and sent mortals to the academy for nothing in return.
Allowing mortals to cultivate was the trend of the times. There was no reason to oppose the inexorable grind of the bigger picture.
On the outside looking in, Dusk Province spanned only forty thousand kilometers, but multiple space folding formations filled its premises. The three hundred and sixty-five great cities also opened one after another as branches of the Dao Academy.