One wonders how the literacy education in the inferior class is. If they haven't learned enough, they'll need to spend some time in the library.
"The largest area here is the combat training ground," Lin Feng continued, pointing to a vast expanse of land.
"If you need to engage in actual combat, you can go there to train."
"For us cultivators in the Qi Yuan realm, combat, sparring with others, is indispensable. There's no instance of someone progressing in Qi Yuan cultivation without experiencing combat, just by staying in their dorm room and practicing."
"This is the best training ground, with numerous facilities to aid combat. The only drawback is that we in the inferior class have limited time to use it."
As Lin Feng spoke, Fang Ming's stomach rumbled again.
Lin Feng was speechless and quickly led Fang Ming to a bustling building.
A unique aroma wafted through the air, the scent of cooked meat and other foods.
Clearly, this was the mess hall.
The mess hall had arrived.
Fang Ming and Lin Feng walked in side by side.
...
The meal was finished quickly.
As it turned out, the academy's food was quite good. Fang Ming felt it was at least better than the daily meals of beggars and commoners in the Divine Realm.
Lin Feng checked the time: "The morning class is almost due. We need to hurry."
Turning left and right, navigating through numerous paths, Fang Ming followed Lin Feng into a classroom.
This classroom was quite large, capable of serving as an open space.
Fang Ming scanned the surroundings and noticed nearly a hundred young men and women, all wearing the standard uniform of Purple Cloud Academy, sitting in groups within the classroom. They exuded vigor and youthful energy.
Evidently, these were the students of the first-year inferior class of Purple Cloud Academy.
Fang Ming subtly sensed the aura around them and, comparing it to Lin Feng's, could tell that the strength of these young men and women mostly ranged from the fourth to the ninth stage of the Qi Yuan realm.
"Those few are highly likely to cultivate to the tenth stage of Qi Yuan within this year and be promoted to the intermediate class," Lin Feng whispered to Fang Ming, pointing out a few individuals.
Fang Ming looked at those individuals. He could faintly see a hint of arrogance on their faces, clearly indicating they would soon leave this inferior class and be promoted to the intermediate class, hence their arrogance towards the surrounding students.
This was a common sentiment among young people.
After a while, the instructor also arrived.
Perhaps noticing Fang Ming, a newcomer, the instructor began the lecture by ostensibly having everyone review their knowledge, but in reality, he was organizing the introductory transcendent knowledge for Fang Ming.
"We transcendent beings aim for transcendence and detachment. The ultimate goal of a transcendent being is to cultivate into a true deity."
"So, can anyone tell me how many realms there are on the path to becoming a deity?"
As soon as the words fell.
A young woman from among the students below stood up and replied: "There are four realms of transcendence."
"The first realm: Qi Yuan Realm, the second realm: Bi Gong Realm, the third realm: Zhan Ming Realm, and the fourth realm: Wu Shang Realm."
"If a Wu Shang realm expert can open the Gate of Origin, the Gate of Myriad Marvels, and the Gate of Phenomena, with all three gates opened, they can cultivate a divine spark and become a deity."
"If they cannot open all three, and only open the Gate of Origin or the Gate of Myriad Marvels, they are false gods, not true deities. They surpass the Wu Shang realm but are below true deities."
The instructor nodded after hearing this and said, "Your foundational knowledge is good. Sit down."
The young woman then sat down.
The instructor continued: "Wu Shang realm transcendent beings, whether in a kingdom or an empire, are the peak existences. Our Tian Yuan Kingdom only has about ten Wu Shang realm experts safeguarding it."
"As for Zhan Ming realm transcendent beings, our academy only has the dean and some extremely powerful instructors who possess such a realm."
"Therefore, the latter two realms of the four transcendent realms, Wu Shang and Zhan Ming, are irrelevant to you now, so we will not elaborate on them."
"We will primarily discuss the Qi Yuan Realm and secondarily the Bi Gong Realm."
"The Qi Yuan Realm is the lowest realm for cultivators and the realm where the vast majority of our academy's students are currently in."
"The Qi Yuan Realm is divided into thirty stages. Although various schools and cultivation methods differ in how they nurture Qi Yuan, they all share the same core principle: to adopt various means to continuously nourish and strengthen the Qi Yuan within the body."
"To increase the destructive power of Qi Yuan, to increase the distance at which Qi Yuan can be projected, and to increase the defensive strength of the protective aura formed by Qi Yuan."
"Although cultivating Qi Yuan is a painstaking process with very few insurmountable bottlenecks, this period is somewhat lengthy and requires time to hone. Outside the academy, some transcendent beings cultivate their entire lives until death and can only remain at the seventh, tenth, or fifteenth stage of Qi Yuan, never able to advance further."
The instructor paused for a moment before continuing:
"Our Purple Cloud Academy has heritage, cultivation methods, companions, and allocated cultivation facilities and food. Compared to those outside the academy without heritage, we are far superior."
"However, these thirty stages of Qi Yuan are still difficult for us in the inferior class to overcome. Some students may still be stuck at the twenty-odd stages of Qi Yuan by the time they graduate and be unable to step into the Bi Gong Realm."
"But what I want to say is—even those of us in the inferior class of Purple Cloud Academy are far better off than those in academies in smaller cities outside, or rogue cultivators with incomplete heritage."
"Graduating with a cultivation of over twenty stages of Qi Yuan means being able to face a million troops without faltering. Even tens of thousands of soldiers can be annihilated by one person with transcendent power. Such strength will make you a honored guest of any major power, no matter where you go."
The instructor continuously used comparative methods, illustrating with examples that even the inferior class of Purple Cloud Academy was stronger than the elites of other academies in smaller cities of the Tian Yuan Kingdom.
He also used examples of many rogue cultivators who, upon reaching the tenth stage of Qi Yuan, dared to claim dominion over remote areas.
Through such comparative techniques, he used motivational speeches to make the students in the inferior class feel that they weren't too bad; while they might not be the best, they were at least better than many others.
This method of boosting confidence was something the instructor on stage did every few days.
This time, it was also being told to Fang Ming.
Following this, the instructor demonstrated the marvels of cultivators at various stages of the Qi Yuan Realm on stage.
Fang Ming watched from below, gradually gaining an understanding of the Qi Yuan Realm.
"The Qi Yuan Realm is divided into thirty stages. The first three stages are basically equivalent to the Houtian martial artists in the Jin Gu world. If one enters the fifth stage, they can be called Xiantian, a master of the Five Absolutes level."
"If one reaches the tenth stage, even in a world like 'Da Tang Shuang Long Zhuan,' they can be called a Grandmaster of Martial Arts."
"If one reaches the fifteenth stage, their combat power is actually comparable to that of a 'Shattering Void' level martial artist."
"However, to fly through the air in the Divine Realm, Qi Yuan realm cultivators cannot achieve this. It requires stepping into the Bi Gong Realm, the second tier of transcendence."
The instructor on stage was a transcendent being of the Bi Gong Realm.
He demonstrated the profoundness of each realm. With Fang Ming's observation and his connection to the many avatars in the Void Sea, he could correspond each realm one by one.