The two Spirit Transformation cultivators before him were none other than Azure Nether and Azure Sun, who had ascended from the Netherbright Sword Grotto-Heaven thousands of years ago.
They were Immortal Sect Citizens now!
Jiang Ding checked their public records. As a member of the Immortal Sect Education Committee, he had the necessary clearance. So long as he did not disclose anything or intrude on personal privacy, the Immortal Sect held almost no secrets from him.
After ascending, Azure Nether and Azure Sun had entered the process of growing up anew, now established in the regulations for ascended immigrants.
In this process, ascended immigrants typically sealed away their memories, souls, powers, and physical bodies, becoming infants again. They began life in an Immortal Sect orphanage, went through elementary school, middle school, high school, and university, and recovered all their memories and strength only after advancing once more to the Nascent Soul Realm.
Only after this process would ascended immigrants share the memories and feelings common to all citizens, rather than regard themselves as outsiders. They would also gain a thorough understanding of the Immortal Sect, which greatly benefited their Dao Paths.
The several hundred years it consumed were insignificant to cultivators for whom the threshold of Spirit Transformation was no more than a speck of dust.
After earning their doctorates, Azure Nether and Azure Sun chose to join Clearwind University, where their senior in swordsmanship, the Great Sun Sword Lord, had once studied. They had served as academic advisers there ever since. As the Immortal Sect's influence continued to expand, universities kept raising their standards for teachers, especially the two elite institutions, Clearwind University and Big Dipper University.
Although Azure Nether and Azure Sun were prodigies certain to reach Dao Integration one day, they were still only at the Spirit