"The Golden Elixir Dao, the Golden Elixir Dao. Swallow one golden elixir, and only then do you know your fate is yours to command, not Heaven's." Immortal Taiyi laughed softly. "All things become one, whole and flawless. Free from the Three Disasters and Nine Tribulations, you can truly call yourself an immortal who has escaped the Three Realms, transcended the Five Elements, and gained freedom."
Immortal Qingxu was the most excited of all. "After countless years, the Black-White Academy finally has a second disciple who has become a Celestial Immortal! A Celestial Immortal! True longevity, with endless years ahead of him! Haha..."
Apart from the Celestial Immortal who had founded it, the Black-White Academy had never had another.
As far as Qingxu knew, Red Dust was only a Celestial Immortal, and she had joined the academy later. Strictly speaking, Taiyi was the first.
News that Immortal Taiyi had passed his Heavenly Tribulation reached the other powers as well, and they came to offer congratulations. In the Black-White Academy's plaza, representatives of the various powers stepped forward with gifts. A new Celestial Immortal appeared only once in tens of thousands, perhaps even a million years, yet the Black-White Academy now had two.
Several Loose Immortals and Earth Immortals gathered in the Black-White Diagram plaza, representing nearly all eight of the top powers.
Those eight powers comprised three sects, three clans, and two churches.
The three sects were the Black-White Academy, the Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect, and the Hundred Flowers Immortal Realm.
The Heaven-Splitting Sword Sect was the only one of the three devoted exclusively to swordsmanship. It had many disciples, and its elites had fought their way through the ranks to reach the top. Every one of them was formidable in battle.
The Hundred Flowers Immortal Realm recruited female disciples.
The three