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As the sword-intent characters flashing with golden light on the stone wall flew one after another into Ji Ning's eyes.

The immortals floating in the air all smiled in satisfaction.

"Alright." Immortal Wufeng laughed. "Senior Beixing's complete Three-Foot Sword has been imparted to this boy. Although he still cannot use the Three-Foot Sword, it has already been passed into his soul. Once his realm reaches the required level, he will be able to wield it."

"The Three-Foot Sword is said to have nine forms in total." Immortal Diancai spoke slowly. "Our Black-White Academy has preserved manuals for the first six forms, while the final three were Immortal Beixing's true foundation for his invincible dominance. They cannot be preserved through written words or diagrams, and can only be inherited through profound and mysterious sword intent... I never expected that, after tens of millions of years, I would finally have the chance to witness it with my own eyes."

Immortal Diancai was the only Sword Dao sword immortal in the present-day Black-White Academy.

When he had first entered the Academy, he too had received the sword-intent inheritance left behind by Immortal Beixing across generations.

However, Immortal Diancai had not obtained the complete sword art then, receiving only the first six forms of the Three-Foot Sword. This had remained a deep regret to him.

"Yes. Back then, Senior Beixing relied on the Three-Foot Sword to slaughter countless fiends and demons, even killing until the entire Great Xia Dynasty trembled in fear... Even now, merely thinking of it fills us juniors with longing."

The towering man wrapped in chains spoke in a low voice as well.

When speaking of Immortal Beixing's past achievements, his eyes were filled with deep yearning.

Though they were all immortals, there was an enormous difference in strength and status.

Although Immortal Beixing had been a Loose Immortal, he had lived for more than a million years before finally dying beneath the increasingly powerful Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations.

A Loose Immortal who had survived for a million years was so powerful that he was practically no weaker than a Heavenly Immortal.

Furthermore, Immortal Beixing had primarily cultivated the Sword Dao, making him a sword immortal most adept at slaughter.

Such a peerless sword immortal was enough to make even many Heavenly Immortals apprehensive.

Killing ordinary Loose Immortals and Earth Immortals was as easy as slaughtering chickens.

It was precisely because of this.

That even after endless years had passed, the Black-White Academy revered Immortal Beixing even more than the sole Heavenly Immortal in the Academy's history.

After all, the later generations of the Black-White Academy had never produced another Heavenly Immortal, only Earth Immortals and Loose Immortals.

For those Earth Immortals and Loose Immortals, who found it difficult to reach the Heavenly Immortal realm, a peerless figure like Immortal Beixing—who, as a Loose Immortal, could contend with and even surpass Heavenly Immortals—was far more inspiring and motivating.

The Academy's sole Heavenly Immortal was simply too ancient, too distant from the later generations of disciples.

Thus, even though that Heavenly Immortal had brought back the Black-White Diagram and caused the entire sect to rename itself the Black-White Academy, his impact on later disciples was still less than Immortal Beixing's earthshaking deeds.

Immortal Leichuan, the man wrapped in chains, listened as Immortal Wufeng, Immortal Diancai, and Black Crown Immortal argued over who should take Ji Ning as a disciple.

Immortal Leichuan grinned but said nothing.

What was there to argue about?

Naturally, the most suitable choice was Immortal Diancai—the only person in the Academy who followed the Sword Dao, who had researched the Three-Foot Sword most deeply, and who revered Immortal Beixing the most.

Of course.

He knew that his two senior brothers were doing it deliberately.

After all, Immortal Diancai had cultivated for a thousand years without ever taking a disciple.

If they did not provoke him a little.

They feared Immortal Diancai's stubborn temperament might flare up again, and that he would discard even such a peerless sword immortal seed as though it were a worn-out shoe.

But evidently, they had worried for nothing.

"This Ji Ning shall be my eldest disciple!" Immortal Diancai looked around him. "I do not have a single disciple yet, so I hope my two senior brothers will indulge me."

At those words, Immortal Wufeng and Black Crown Immortal both smiled.

"Since Junior Brother Diancai has put it this way, I will yield him to you." Black Crown Immortal sighed. "Of the two outstanding disciples who entered this year, I failed to snatch one from Senior Brother Hanshan, and now I have yielded the other to Junior Brother Diancai. Sigh."

"There is another promising seed this year? And Senior Brother Hanshan has already taken him as a disciple?" Immortal Wufeng immediately grew interested and looked toward the forbidden grounds plaza below. "Which one is he?"

He had been away for several years and had only returned after successfully surviving the great tribulation that came once every nine hundred years for Loose Immortals.

Thus, he knew nothing whatsoever about the Black-White Academy's recent affairs.

"It is that youth in gray below." Immortal Leichuan replied. "His name is Xia Manggan. At merely the Purple Mansion stage, he had already gained entry into the Great Dao of Life and Death. Today, during the entrance examination, he also displayed Void Transference and gained entry into the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth."

"What!?" Immortal Wufeng's eyes widened round.

The mouthful of immortal wine he had just swallowed was sprayed out in shock.

"Two Great Daos at the Purple Mansion stage? Could this boy be a reincarnated immortal from the imperial clan?"

Immortal Wufeng carefully looked downward.

The other immortals also shifted their gazes away from Ji Ning after Xia Manggan was mentioned.

"Eh? Why is this boy standing so far from the Black-White Diagram?" Black Crown Immortal revealed a puzzled expression. "He—"

"He is comprehending the entire Black-White Diagram."

Immortal Hanshan, who had been observing Xia Manggan for a long time, picked up the conversation. "When you comprehend the entire Black-White Diagram now, how long can you maintain it?"

"About one hour."

"More than half an hour."

"A little over one hour."

Black Crown Immortal, Immortal Leichuan, and Immortal Wufeng answered in turn.

"I can maintain comprehension for around two hours." Immortal Diancai said slowly. "But after comprehending it once, I must wait at least several months before doing so again. Otherwise, even my soul cannot endure it."

"That is already quite impressive. As expected of the peerless geniuses our Academy has rarely produced over the past million years." After praising them, Immortal Hanshan sighed. "But Xia Manggan has already maintained his comprehension for at least three hours."

"What?"

"How is that possible?"

"Even if his soul can rival that of a Primordial Spirit Daoist, it cannot possibly be stronger than ours, can it?"

Immortal Wufeng, Black Crown Immortal, and Immortal Leichuan were all astonished.

Even Immortal Diancai's face was filled with shock.

He was even more shocked than when he had witnessed the complete Three-Foot Sword inheritance left behind across generations by Immortal Beixing.

"There can be no mistake." Immortal Hanshan glanced at the sky.

It was already the latter half of the night.

When Xia Manggan had first arrived at the forbidden grounds plaza and begun comprehending the Black-White Diagram, Immortal Hanshan had observed him from afar with divine sense.

However, he had not seen it personally at the time, so he had only known that Xia Manggan was comprehending it.

But even he had not expected Xia Manggan to be comprehending the entire Black-White Diagram!

"This little fellow comes from the imperial clan, so perhaps he possesses some profound secret art capable of blocking the Dao-rhyme impact of the Black-White Diagram."

After recovering from his shock, Immortal Wufeng shook his head and commented,

"Besides, gaining entry into two Great Daos so early may not necessarily be a good thing. Those who chase too much cannot digest it all, and he is comprehending the extremely difficult Great Dao of Life and Death... In the end, he may not even be as promising as little Ji Ning, who is focusing on the Sword Dao. Ji Ning may be more likely to become a Heavenly Immortal."

After their shock faded, Immortal Diancai and Immortal Leichuan both nodded slightly, quite agreeing with Immortal Wufeng's reasoning.

After all, the Great Dao of Life and Death was far too difficult.

The Black-White Academy did not possess any remarkable inheritance concerning the Great Dao of Life and Death.

Indeed, Immortal Hanshan was the only one who had truly gained entry into and comprehended that Great Dao.

Ji Ning, however, was different.

He had received the complete Three-Foot Sword inheritance left across generations by Immortal Beishan, and he would also receive instruction and cultivation from Immortal Diancai, who likewise followed the Sword Dao and had already reached an exceptionally profound realm.

That was a true prospect with the potential to become a Heavenly Immortal.

Immortal Hanshan merely smiled and said nothing.

Black Crown Immortal frowned slightly, somewhat displeased. "Senior Brother Wufeng, both little fellows are disciples of our Black-White Academy, and both have only just embarked upon the path of cultivation. There is no need to compare them now. If they learn of this, would it not affect the bond between fellow disciples?"

"That was not what I meant." Immortal Wufeng realized that his earlier words had been inappropriate and was about to explain.

Suddenly—

"Bzzzzzz—"

"Bzzzzzz—"

The two stone walls bearing the Immortal Inscriptions in the forbidden grounds plaza began to tremble for no apparent reason.

Then, black and white light burst forth from the blank circular spaces at the centers of the two stone walls.

At the same time.

An incomparably ancient aura, as though it had crossed the entire river of history of the Black-White Academy, suddenly appeared in the forbidden grounds plaza.

Within the convergence of the black and white light emanating from the circular centers of the two stone walls.

The phantom of a middle-aged Daoist gradually appeared. He wore a black-and-white Daoist robe, and even his hair was half black and half white.

"I, whose Daoist title is Hunyuan. Descendants of the Black-White Academy..."

The phantom of the middle-aged Daoist with black-and-white hair looked toward Xia Manggan, who was still seated cross-legged.

"To gain entry into three Great Daos while still at the Purple Mansion stage—your talent and comprehension surpass even mine."

"My life's ultimate art, the Hunyuan Infinite Wheel, shall be passed on to you..."

"Alas, I do not know whether this inheritance will bring you fortune or calamity. I hope you will conduct yourself well!"

After those few simple words of instruction.

The phantom of the middle-aged Daoist flew toward Xia Manggan.

Under the dumbfounded gazes of the five immortals in the sky, it merged into Xia Manggan's body.

Immediately.

The black and white light released by the two stone walls enveloped Xia Manggan, making his entire figure appear somewhat blurry.

"Daoist title Hunyuan?"

"It is the Academy's patriarch, Hunyuan Heavenly Immortal!"

"Hunyuan Patriarch also left behind an inheritance in the forbidden grounds?"

Immortal Diancai, Black Crown Immortal, and Immortal Leichuan all looked downward in astonishment.

"An inheritance that can only be triggered by gaining entry into three Great Daos at the Purple Mansion stage? No wonder it had never appeared throughout countless ages, and there was not even any record of it within the Academy!"

Immortal Wufeng had lost all his usual carefree manner. Only shock and amazement remained in his eyes.

Immortal Hanshan glanced at the other four immortals. When he looked down at Xia Manggan again, his face was filled with anticipation and excitement.

This is my disciple, Hanshan's disciple!

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