316: Tianxuan Immortal Academy (Part Two)

The heaven-ascending path is difficult, exceedingly difficult, for it specifically targets the Dao Heart! This is no longer a question of whether one's Dao Heart is stable.

The heaven-ascending path will continuously magnify the flaws within your Dao Heart!

Perhaps a person's Dao Heart can be so firm that even Heart Demons find it hard to invade.

But no matter who it is, as long as they are human, their Dao Heart will still have flaws; it could be an irremediable regret, or perhaps the unwillingness from when they were weak!

It could also be the arrogance after the Great Dao is achieved, or the contempt when bullying others with power.

In short, as long as there are flaws, the heaven-ascending path will continuously magnify them until you are trapped to death within it.

However, the Heaven-Ascending Trial is only meant to screen Disciples for the Tianxuan Immortal Academy, not to kill people.

Therefore, when it is determined that one cannot cross the heaven-ascending path, they will be teleported out, completely losing their eligibility.

Throughout history, out of ten prodigies on the heaven-ascending path, fewer than two or three can successfully cross it, showing how low the probability is.

Of course, True Immortals born in the Immortal Realm cannot be compared to Ascended Cultivators from the Lower Realm.

Perhaps the Aptitude of Ascended Cultivators is slightly worse, but in terms of Heart-Nature and perseverance, Ascended Cultivators surpass most native Immortals.

Out of ten Ascended Cultivators, at least four or five can successfully cross!

However, while the heaven-ascending path is relatively easier for Ascended Cultivators, the first two stages—the Immortal Aptitude Test and the Dao Comprehension Tablet—are relatively more difficult.

Yuan Huo Division Master was very confident in whether Su Yu could successfully pass the heaven-ascending test.

Even if it didn't work out in the end, he could return to his command and become a capable subordinate... Three days later, Su Yu was led by Yuan Huo Division Master to the Tianxuan Immortal Academy.

After several Immortal Array teleports during the journey, they finally arrived at the Tianxuan Immortal Academy five years later.

The Tianxuan Immortal Academy was a nearly vast and boundless world.

Its area was so large that it was over a hundred times larger than the Spirit Realm of the Lower Realm!

However, the construction of this Tianxuan Immortal Academy was somewhat special; except for a mountain range in front of the academy's mountain gate, all other buildings were constructed within the Void Realm.

With the stability of the Immortal Realm's Void Realm and space, even Golden Immortals or Dao Lords skilled in the Law of space would find it difficult to bypass the Tianxuan Immortal Academy's Immortal Array Restrictions and forcibly break in.

Especially since the Tianxuan Immortal Academy had a Dao Lord in residence year-round and possessed a supreme treasure, a Grade One Immortal Artifact, the Emperor's Dragon-Suppressing Tower, to suppress the Immortal Array.

It would likely take a Dao Venerable's arrival to break through.

The Tianxuan Immortal Academy was an Immortal Court force, one of the five top Immortal academies of the Qingtian Immortal Court; acting against the Tianxuan Immortal Academy was equivalent to provoking the Immortal Court.

Even though the Qingtian Immortal Court only had one Great Overarching Dao Venerable presiding over the Qingtian Immortal Domain.

However, unless they had gone mad, no Dao Venerable would provoke the Immortal Court without some conflict of interest.

Behind the Qingtian Immortal Court was the true Immortal Court, which remained a colossus even after losing seven Innate Dao Ancestors!

There were over twenty Acquired Dao Ancestors alone, not to mention that one Innate Dao Ancestor survived the War of Slaying the Dao back then!

Yuan Huo Division Master brought Su Yu to the massive mountain range in front of the Tianxuan Immortal Academy's gate.

There was a massive Immortal Array here that obscured the entire mountain range.

As Yuan Huo Division Master took out a jade token and struck a beam of Immortal light toward the Immortal Array.

A hundred-zhang-wide gap opened in the Immortal Array.

With a sweep of his sleeve, Yuan Huo Division Master flew in, bringing Su Yu with him.

After they entered, the Immortal Array closed naturally.

The flight speed of a Peak Golden Immortal powerhouse is as fast as lightning, crossing a trillion li in just a single breath.

They arrived at the mountain range, in front of the portal that was a hundred million li high.

Even Su Yu, who was used to grand scenes in the Lower Realm, was shocked.

Just a portal was so extravagant; how majestic and grand must this Tianxuan Immortal Academy be?

At the same time, Su Yu could see countless Immortals entering and exiting through this portal.

The aura of each one was terrifying; the weakest were at the Late Stage True Immortal level, and there were even dozens of Golden Immortals mixed among them!

These True Immortals were no ordinary True Immortals; each could be called a Prodigy in the Immortal Realm, making them more powerful than ordinary Late Stage True Immortals.

Although they weren't strong enough to make Su Yu feel that there was always a higher heaven or a more capable person.

It still gave Su Yu a clear understanding of the teaching standards of the Tianxuan Immortal Academy.

In this place, no matter how fast one's cultivation improved, it was normal; after all, they were prodigies.

After passing through the massive portal, Su Yu and Yuan Huo Division Master entered the vast territory of the Tianxuan Immortal Academy hidden behind the Void Realm.

It was indeed boundless!

Moreover, the Immortal Qi here was several times denser compared to the Immortal Qi in front of the academy's portal.

One must know that the Immortal Qi in the mountain range before the Tianxuan Immortal Academy's gate was already two or three times that of the outside world.

And it was even denser here.

With just one breath, the Immortal power within Su Yu's body increased slightly.

If he could stay here for a long time, he probably wouldn't need any Medicinal Pills; in just ten thousand years, Su Yu could naturally break through to the Mid-stage True Immortal level!

"Yuan Huo, is this the person you recommended?"

Inside a small building less than ten thousand zhang tall within the Tianxuan Immortal Academy, Su Yu and Yuan Huo Division Master were currently present.

This small building was the place where identity information was registered for the Tianxuan Immortal Academy and where one participated in the Heaven-Ascending Trial.

It was called the Immortal Selection Tower.

The one who had just spoken was the Tower Master of the Immortal Selection Tower, a Late-stage Golden Immortal powerhouse.

He wore a black robe and appeared somewhat rugged.

"That's right. How is it? His potential is quite good, isn't it!"

Yuan Huo Division Master replied with a face full of pride.

"His Aptitude is just average; he has no Immortal Body, nor does he have an Immortal-grade Spiritual Root.

Besides that, his Foundation is quite strong. Could he be an Ascended Cultivator?

If that's really the case, not having an Immortal-grade Spiritual Root or an Immortal Body actually breaks the shackles; perhaps he can go further in the future."

The black-robed brawny man's brows furrowed as he carefully sized up Su Yu, his tone carrying a hint of disdain.

However, he was only disdainful of Su Yu's insufficient Aptitude.

But he still expressed recognition for Su Yu's strong Foundation.

"Of course he's an Ascended Cultivator. Now you know why I recommended this kid to come, right?

His Aptitude is a bit lacking, but an Immortal-grade Spiritual Root is quite useful before the True Immortal Stage. However, after reaching the Golden Immortal stage, Aptitude doesn't determine everything.

As for an Immortal Body, it only increases combat power at most.

But what truly determines the strength of one's power is one's dao cultivation and the Power of the Great Dao.

If you cannot step into the Golden Immortal stage and condense a dao seed, no matter how monstrous your Aptitude is—reaching the True Immortal Stage within a hundred years after Undergoing Tribulation within ten—what of it?

After tens of millions of years, with no further progress possible, the Dao Heart will eventually develop cracks, and you will simply collapse and perish."

Yuan Huo Division Master had seen too many geniuses; there were hundreds or thousands who were even ahead of him back then.

But of those people, only a few eventually made it through, and he was one of them.

Sometimes, having too good an Aptitude is also a kind of shackle because things are too smooth, and there's a lack of tempering.

A resilient Dao Heart is forged through a thousand trials and tribulations, moving forward with indomitable will.

This is also why Ascended Cultivators who fight their way up from the environment of the Lower Realm are so easily favored by the powerhouses of the Immortal Realm.

First of all, just the years of fighting for resources and survival have made their Dao Hearts extremely firm.

Even if there were any who slipped through the cracks, the major hurdle of the Immortal Tribulation alone isn't something they could cross.

Under layers of screening, not a single person who can ascend to the Immortal Realm is a waste.