First of all, Dongfang Lan was famous for enforcing the law without mercy.
Or rather, she deeply revered the Legalist School's doctrine of governance among the Hundred Schools.
No matter one's origins, no matter how much merit one had earned, as long as they dared violate the law, death was certain.
Forget the geniuses they had personally nurtured—even if a genius within Shenwu Academy committed a crime, she would dare charge in and kill them directly.
Of course, no case of Shenwu Academy shielding a student who had committed wrongdoing had occurred so far.
Even if there really were one, it would not be Dongfang Lan's turn to act.
The Nine Dragon Guards were responsible for monitoring the movements of every department and major faction.
Shenwu Academy was naturally no exception.
The moment any sign emerged, the Nine Dragon Guards would immediately eliminate it after confirming the facts.
The examples above merely illustrated Dongfang Lan's severity.
Second, the Douluo Federation, like Myriad Sword Manor, had to undergo the process of questioning one's heart.
It was a kind of belief to them, or rather, another way of speaking about the Dao.
If there were flaws within one's heart, then it was absolutely impossible to enter the upper ranks through the process of questioning one's heart.
There was no way whatsoever to bypass this step.
Not even the Sea of Ten Thousand Evils or the Elemental Kingdom could do so.
After all, those who tried to muddle through might deceive others and deceive themselves, but they alone could not deceive the Heavenly Dao.
It was an intangible existence.
It could possibly be any manifested creature or object.
Had it not been for that battle back then, Great Emperor Tian Xuan would actually have already touched upon the bottleneck of the Heavenly Dao.