The End of an Era

In late spring, the azaleas bloomed in the outskirts of Leiyang City.

But the new disciples of Leiyang Immortal Academy had not the slightest desire to socialize.

They had only just stepped into the world of the Immortal Dao. This was precisely the time to lay their foundations. In their eyes, everything was so fresh. Every word from those lecturers washed over their worldview.

And today, they would encounter a new Reaching the Heavens Path and be deeply drawn to it—provided they were not frightened off by their new lecturer.

"Today is your first day coming into contact with mathematics."

"Perhaps you will tell me that you have already memorized several mortal arithmetic classics backward and forward in elementary school. Or perhaps you have studied geometry, elementary algebra, and the Heavenly Origin Formula in the Immortal Alliance's lecture halls. You think yourselves smart enough already. For you, even calculating the accounts of a great merchant's household, or auditing the accounts of an entire nation, would pose no problem."

"But today, I am telling you that when it comes to mathematics, you have not even entered the gate!"

Grandmaster Wu Wenfu, at the initial Void Refining stage, flicked the teaching whip in his hand and used mana to conjure a curtain of light.

"Before entering the academy, most of you have probably read the biography of Lord of Yuanli and learned of his masterpiece, The Logic of the Great Dao. You likely have a preliminary understanding of Yuanli's Three Laws. Perhaps quite a few among you can even use the formulas of those three laws to calculate the principles behind an object's motion... But do you know where those principles came from?"

As Wu Wenfu waved his teaching whip, lines of mathematical symbols appeared across the light curtain, displaying principles that