Noon Sun Academy gathered all the geniuses of a generation from more than seventy star domains—true geniuses, utterly incomparable to the so-called geniuses of Great River Academy and Great Plains Academy. Here, any student who had not entered through connections could be pulled out at random and sweep through all opponents of the same realm at Great River Academy.
Of course, this highest academy had been established by the Great Qin Empire, so it inevitably carried the color of officialdom, with bureaucracy at work within it. Thus, some students who were not Martial King-class were also slipped in.
They were all descendants of super-powerful nobles. Those with lesser official ranks simply could not get anyone in; at the very least, one had to hold a noble title. Occasionally, even imperial princes and princesses enrolled. Everyone here was exceedingly arrogant, yet none dared to be arrogant beyond all bounds.
But even the powerful and noble would not stuff all their descendants in regardless of merit. At the very least, they had to possess a certain standard; even if they were not Martial Kings, they still had to be geniuses in the ordinary sense.
At Noon Sun Academy, one truly could not find a single mediocrity!
Like Great River Academy, this place was loosely managed, with no rigid rules forcing students to do anything. But there was one utterly different point: one could remain here for at most a thousand years.
After a thousand years, whether one had improved or not, one had to leave.
At Great River Academy, a thousand years would at most produce a thousand-plus stars, and that was already the result of pouring every effort into cultivation. Moreover, given the problem of densely packed stars, having any more resources in practice would only lead to greater waste.
But