Within the Sword Realm, the frozen heaven and earth unfurled once more across the place where the Great Sun slept. Many plants adapted to the radiance of the Great Sun Destruction Sword Intent began growing again, and the Immortal Path Ecosystem began to cycle.
Unlike before, the consciousness within the Heavenly Dao did not appear.
He was still in light sleep and had not truly merged his consciousness into the world. That required much time—perhaps decades or even centuries. There was even the dreadful risk that he might completely lose the ability to merge with the world.
Fortunately, swordsmanship on the verge of the Fifth Realm of the Sword Dao, the Sword Realm, along with powerful sword intent, gave him an extremely high margin for error. No such mistake occurred. After several decades of orderly slumber, an omnipresent consciousness once again appeared among all things of heaven and earth, beginning to take control of the world.
The world began evolving once more.
Under an undying will, all manner of plants between heaven and earth continued to grow and evolve, continuing to nurture something...
Huoling Realm.
Huoling Academy.
A Youth in Green Robes opened his eyes within a fiery-red palace and looked toward his classroom.
It was a simple classroom. Other than its towering height, there was nothing remarkable about it. Hundreds of students listened attentively here. They came from the Immortal Sect's various Minor Worlds, all beings of exceptional talent whose Moral Character Scores inclined toward the Immortal Sect.
If the Immortal Sect's resource problem were resolved in the future, and talent could no longer sustain the ruling power's rule, then after being assessed in contributions, moral character, and scientific research and creative ability, these students might become Immortal Sect Citizens.
Of course, that was only if everything went