The man in red was Jia Jingxing. He had entered the Heavenly Immortal Realm millions of years ago and had condensed true essence long ago.
However, his talent was limited, as were his opportunities. Unable to break through to become a True Immortal, he had been trapped in the Heavenly Immortal Realm for millions of years.
He had thought he would never break through in this lifetime, until the Nirvana Era arrived and Azure Branch Academy began recruiting students from outside.
This allowed Jia Jingxing to see hope of a breakthrough.
Azure Branch Academy possessed a great number of top-tier powerhouses and premier cultivation grounds.
As long as he could enter Azure Branch Academy, he would have a chance to come into contact with supreme powerhouses. If he could receive guidance from one, he might have an opportunity to break through into the True Immortal Realm.
Thus, he had come to Azure Branch Academy, intending to challenge its students.
However, Jia Jingxing knew that Azure Branch Academy's students were anything but simple. Every one of them was difficult to deal with.
In order to successfully enter Azure Branch Academy, he spent some resources to purchase information on every Heavenly Immortal in the academy.
Among them, he found Jiang Ping An, who had only recently broken through into the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
Jia Jingxing believed that Jiang Ping An had broken through only a little over a thousand years ago. He might not even have fully comprehended a single complete Heavenly Immortal-level Immortal Dao Law.
Even if Jiang Ping An's talent was peerless and he had comprehended an Immortal Dao Law during that time, there was no way he could be stronger than a Heavenly Immortal like himself, who had been in the Heavenly Immortal Realm for millions of years.
Thus,