Academy

"Are these cultivators from the Western Ocean? As expected, they are different from us in the Central Plains."

Standing upon a constructed plain, Wang Yang looked at the three paladins clad in bright silver armor before him, a trace of gravity appearing on his face. In his eyes, the auras surrounding these knights were cold and razor-sharp, utterly devoid of life.

Wang Yang's Heart-Mind Learning had already neared completion. He knew very well that this lifelessness was not caused by them being mere projections. Rather, the originals of these knightly projections had surrendered their minds' capacity for independent thought, entrusting themselves to another concept. While gaining tremendous power, they had lost all sense of self.

Jin Ling's voice rang out beside him. "Using Teacher Yu Chen's divine power, I simulated the power of Western paladins. In terms of rank, they are roughly between the fifth and sixth grades. Moreover, their power system differs from that of the Central Plains. You cannot judge their power through the lens of the Central Plains."

As Jin Ling's words fell, one of the paladins raised a silver-white cross and thrust it forward. A terrifying blast of wind pressure swept toward Wang Yang.

"You insolent wretch!" An ancient ruler appeared in his hand. With a light sweep, all manner of exhorting voices arose beside the paladin's ears. Yet before they could have any effect, waves of sacred golden light emerged from the knight's body. Wherever that radiance passed, solemn hymns resounded and lingered.

The invisible order stirred by Wang Yang's ruler was also reduced to nothing amid the surging holy flames and towering sacred radiance.

*Their systems of education differ, and so do their rites, decorum, and human relations. Thus, my divine ability is restricted. And because these people entrust their minds to external objects,