Leaving the Dou Qi Continent

"Xiao Lin, Xiao Feng, greetings, Ancestor!"

Their eyes darted everywhere. Xiao Wushuang sighed. No need to guess—neither was the obedient sort.

He said with a headache, "All right, enough. Forget the formalities.

You're eight and nine now, and both Dou Shi.

You already have Dou Techniques. If you want to learn more, you'll have to earn access to the Library Pavilion through your contributions to the academy.

And you both have God-Grade Bloodlines. If someone your age and at your level beats you, don't come crying to me, or I'll give you another beating.

A God-Grade Bloodline losing like that would be damn embarrassing.

Your sister Xiao Xiao was born with the strength of a Dou Zong.

Her cultivation was later sealed, and she grew stronger step by step. Now she's a Nine-Star Dou Saint, one of the strongest on the continent."

"Ancestor, we'll work hard!"

As the years passed, Zhu Kun, Gu Yuan, Cai Lin, Gu Xun'er, and the others became Dou Emperors one after another.

Only Xiao Wushuang remained holed up at Jia Nan Academy, showing no sign of preparing to become one.

At last, the others gave up. The Six Emperors—Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Gu Xun'er, and Cai Lin—joined forces to break through the Void and depart for an unknown plane.

At some point, Qian Mu, Bai Lie, Su Qian, Hu Jia, Hu Gan, and the others had all reached Saint Level. At some point, too, Xiao Wushuang, Jia Nan Academy's most legendary headmaster, had all but stopped appearing before the world. He had vanished from the public eye.

Jia Nan Academy had become one of the continent's foremost powers beneath the Emperor Clans, standing alongside the Dan Tower and Heavenly Mansion.

Its potential was even greater. As an institute, it had