Azure Dragon Academy

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Azure Dragon Academy
Alias(es)	Qinglong Academy; 青龙学府
Affiliation	Dragon Country; one of the Four Great Academies
Occupation/Role	Martial arts academy, cultivation institution, and Starry Sky Battlefield support force
Status	Active
First Appearance	18

Overview

• Azure Dragon Academy is among Dragon Country's Four Great Academies, the highest tier in its martial-arts university system. It was dispatched to Lin City as reinforcement against the Heavenly Principle Cult. 18
• It is considered one of the world's strongest institutions and is renowned for cultivating students; its reputation holds that graduates can become Ninth-Rank experts. 22 23
• The academy is situated in a special space entered through a portal revealed by a special roulette, rather than being openly accessible on Earth. 27 28
• Its grounds include a modern commercial district, a distant teaching area of ancient halls and pavilions, student residences, faction-run academies, and the heavily guarded Star Gate. 28 30 31 68

History

Azure Dragon Academy answered Lin City's request for aid against the Heavenly Principle Cult, sending Chu Feng and further reinforcements. Chu Feng rescued Lu Chuan during the assault on Thunderclap Martial Hall, while the academy's forces subsequently destroyed the hostile Myriad Races contingent in the city. 21 22

Following Lu Chuan's performance in Lin City, Chu Feng offered him special recruitment despite warning that Chu Feng's declining faction had enemies within the academy. Lu Chuan accepted and traveled to the academy during its special-recruitment period. 22 23 27

The academy later reformed its battlefield policy, arranging for students to enter the Starry Sky Battlefield beginning in their first year rather than their third. 53 It also faced internal competition for control of Yu Yuan Palace after a Level 1 Abyss Palace was discovered within it; the faction that cleared the palace would receive the Palace Master position for one hundred years. 54 55

During the Four Academies Grand Competition, Azure Dragon Academy's regular competitors finished last among the Four Great Academies, with Ji Yuechen reaching the top eight as its best result. Lu Chuan subsequently restored much of its standing by defeating White Tiger Academy's Gao Miao and winning the competition's featured contest. 146 150

The academy later accepted a group of Myriad Races prodigies as part of cooperation formed in response to the Heavenly God Race's blockade of Myriad Stars City. 253 254 257

Admissions

• The academy has two enrollment periods each year:
  • Regular college entrance examination.
  • Three-day special-recruitment period. 27
• Standard entry requirements include at least the Fourth-Rank realm and Seventh-Rank martial-arts talent.
• Higher cultivation can offset the talent requirement; a Ninth-Rank applicant would be accepted even with First-Rank talent. 23
• The academy recruits roughly one thousand students per year under normal circumstances. 28 237
• Specially recruited students are considered to have aptitude notably above ordinary exam entrants. 28

Campus and Administration

Academic Credits

Academic Credits are the academy's primary currency. One credit may be exchanged for 100,000 Dragon Country currency, but credits are more useful within the academy because certain resources are only obtainable with them. 28

Use	Details
Living expenses	Food, lodging, cultivation techniques, martial arts, courses, and resources require Academic Credits. 28
Earning methods	Students can complete academy missions, receive faction rewards for coursework, or place on the Dragon Tiger Ranking. 28
Identity cards	Student identity cards also function as Academic Credit bank cards and must be kept secure. 31
Housing	Four-person rooms cost 1 credit monthly, double rooms cost 5, and villas cost 30. 31

Dragon Tiger Ranking

The Dragon Tiger Ranking records the academy's one hundred strongest students below the second year. Ranked students receive monthly resources and Academic Credit subsidies. 28

• The ranking may include repeat students who have cultivated for years and can possess strength comparable to third- or fourth-year students. 28
• Song Ningzhen held first place after reaching Seventh-Rank six months earlier; the Dragon Guard Department rewarded him 5,000 credits upfront and 1,000 credits for each month he remained first. 29 30
• Ji Yuechen later rose to first after advancing into the second year. 233

Starry Sky Battlefield

• The academy maintains a Star Gate connecting to the Starry Sky Battlefield. 67 68
• Azure Dragon Guards protect the gate; each checkpoint is guarded by at least Seventh-Rank experts. 68
• The academy issues battlefield missions and rewards faction members for their performance there. 67
• Students register in Xuanyuan City and receive identity tokens that allow safe passage through the city's killing formation. 68

Yu Yuan Palace

Yu Yuan Palace is a palace-type supreme treasure taken from the Feather God Clan by Azure Dragon Academy's founding dean. Also known as the “Prison of Myriad Races,” it confines members of the Myriad Races. 48

• Its Palace Master is responsible for suppressing disturbances among its prisoners.
• The position is highly profitable, but academy intervention during a crisis ends the Palace Master's tenure. 48
• An outbreak of Abyss energy within the palace was traced to a Level 1 Abyss Palace. 54
• Only beings below age twenty may challenge a Level 1 Abyss Palace, despite its Abyss Demon Seeds being no stronger than Sixth-Rank. 55

Factions

The academy supports factions because their members can form life-and-death alliances on the Starry Sky Battlefield, reducing casualties through mutual trust and cooperation. Even a one-person group qualifies as a faction. 26

The major factions possess enough influence to affect academy decisions and have established branch academies within Azure Dragon Academy. 26

Faction	Associated Academy / Department	Known Focus
Dragon Guard Faction	Dragon Guard Academy	The academy's leading faction; founded around the belief of sacrificing to protect Earth and Azure Dragon Academy. 26
Alchemy Faction	Alchemy Academy	Formed by alchemists and respected even by the Dragon Guard Faction. 26
Mechanical Faction	Mechanical Academy	Also called the Artifact Forging Faction; composed of artifact refiners and responsible for equipment such as Flying Shuttles. 26
Beast Taming Faction	—	Beast tamers who control Myriad Races as well as Earth-native ferocious beasts. 26
Formation Faction	Formation Academy	Formation researchers described as secretive and unobtrusive within the academy. 26
Conquest Faction	—	A breakaway from the Dragon Guard Faction that seeks to conquer worlds and compel the Myriad Races to submit to humanity. 26
Combat Department	—	Lu Chuan and Chu Feng's faction; its Sky Swallowing Art lineage has declined and faces rivalry from other factions. 22 26 27

Notable Members

• Chu Feng — Ninth-Rank teacher who participated in the Lin City rescue, specially recruited Lu Chuan, and belongs to the Combat Department's Sky Swallowing Art lineage. 21 22 26
• Lin Lei — Leader of the Combat Department and Lu Chuan's master. 54 67
• Luo Yanjun — Palace Master of Yu Yuan Palace and a Combat Department member. 48 54
• Master Meng — Senior academy figure, master craftsman of the Spirit Dragon Sword, and supporter of Lu Chuan during the Four Academies Grand Competition. 111 146 150
• Pill Master Jiang — Alchemy master who accepts Lu Chuan as a disciple while allowing him to retain his student status. 141 150
• Ji Yuechen — Moon Spirit Prodigy, former special recruit, Seventh-Rank martial artist, and first-ranked Dragon Tiger Ranking student. 27 233
• Chen Mo — Blood Demon Prodigy and Combat Department student whose God of Slaughter Physique earned renown on the Starry Sky Battlefield. 27 233
• Lu Chuan — Specially recruited Combat Department student, later a nominal assistant teacher for the special class and a prominent academy representative in inter-academy competitions. 22 111 150