Battle Through the Heavens: Rising from Canaan Academy

Battle Through the Heavens: Rising from Canaan Academy

Author: Gao Xiang Gui Gong

[No system, exceptional talent, knows when to advance or retreat]

Because of an accident, Qin Chen transmigrated to the Dou Qi Continent. Yet he had never expected that even after transmigrating, he still could not escape the fate of being an orphan.

Fortunately, thanks to his outstanding talent and incredible adaptability, he managed to survive through great hardship until he entered Canaan Academy.

Now, after more than a decade of bitter cultivation, his talent and intelligence had finally begun to pay off...

The future Qin Chen: "Xiao Yan, little sis... no, there are too many Heavenly Flames. You can't handle them all. You should hand them over to me."

"Hun Tiandi, you're far too dangerous. I'd better take the position of the number one Dou Emperor in ten thousand years."

Xiao Yan: "..."

Hun Tiandi: "For someone capable of devising such a scheme and ruining my thousand-year plan, aren't you even more dangerous?"

Happy New Year, everyone.

Sigh, it was shameful that a new year and a new day had arrived, yet I still couldn't post extra chapters...

Qin Chen

"This Inner Academy Selection Tournament has now concluded. After fierce battles, the top five have emerged. They are Qin Chen..."

An elderly referee swept his gaze around the area. His booming voice, amplified by Dou Qi, spread across the entire plaza.

As his words fell, thunderous cheers instantly erupted from the plaza. Countless spectators rose from the stands, their burning gazes fixed on the five figures at the center of the arena.

After briefly glancing over the excited crowd, Qin Chen wore a faint smile, but there was not the slightest trace of pride or complacency in his eyes.

He knew that no matter how dazzling he was at the moment, in the vast Dou Qi Continent, he was ultimately nothing more than an insignificant speck of dust.

Hun Tiandi could wipe him out with a single breath!

Ah...

Qin Chen let out a quiet sigh inwardly, but the conviction in his heart did not waver.

Soon afterward, the referee announced the end of the tournament, and Qin Chen and the others walked down from the plaza.

The moment Qin Chen reached the ground, a girl in red quickly approached him.

Her skin was like snow, and her brows carried a hint of charm and liveliness. Though she was still somewhat immature, anyone with discerning eyes could tell that once she fully grew up, she would surely become a rare beauty.

The girl stared blankly at Qin Chen for a moment, her expression complicated as she said, "I never expected your strength to improve so quickly..."

This red-clad girl was none other than Hu Jia, the beloved granddaughter of the Outer Academy's vice principal—the little demoness.

As for how the two had met...

Hehe, of course, it was because Qin Chen had beaten this little girl up in a match!

As one of the few people who could defeat Hu Jia—and a man around her age at that—Qin Chen had naturally drawn the little demoness's attention.

From then on, the competitive Hu Jia had always tried to regain her dignity. Yet what frustrated the little demoness was that the gap between her and Qin Chen had not narrowed in the slightest. Instead, it had only grown wider and wider.

Now, the person before her was about to enter the Inner Academy, while she had yet to break through to the Dou Master realm.

Qin Chen neither confirmed nor denied it, merely smiling. "It was just a lucky win. I believe you'll definitely be able to enter the Inner Academy next year as well."

During the years he had spent at Canaan Academy, the vice principal had provided Qin Chen with quite a bit of help. Naturally, Qin Chen would not be too cold toward the granddaughter Hu Gan cherished so dearly.

As for Hu Gan's little intentions, Qin Chen had more or less guessed them.

After all, Hu Jia had shown no interest in men for so many years. As the first person to catch his granddaughter's interest, Hu Gan naturally wanted the two of them to spend more time together.

Hearing Qin Chen's words, Hu Jia gave a soft snort and turned her head away. "Of course! Just wait. This young lady will surpass you soon enough!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to remember something. She suddenly leaned closer to Qin Chen, her lively eyes rolling as she put on a mysterious air.

"Hey, Qin Chen, is there anything you need help with now that you're going to the Inner Academy? Like... finding out what those Inner Academy elders like, or figuring out which places have more abundant cultivation resources? This young lady has plenty of connections in the academy!"

Seeing how she clearly wanted to help but still insisted on being stubborn, Qin Chen could not help but smile. "Oh? Then I should thank you first. But I know more or less about the Inner Academy already, so there's no need to trouble you to investigate it specially."

The main reason he was so eager to enter the Inner Academy was that gluttonous little dragon girl—Zi Yan.

Compared to Zi Yan, the things Hu Jia mentioned were nothing but passing clouds.

As for whether he would be bullied by the Inner Academy's older students?

Hehe. Although Qin Chen was not their match yet, as long as he built a good relationship with that little female dragon, who would dare provoke him then?

Seeing that he did not appreciate her goodwill, Hu Jia immediately grew angry. She put her hands on her hips and glared at Qin Chen with her almond-shaped eyes. "Hmph! You take kindness for granted. I hope you won't regret it when someone beats you flat in the Inner Academy!"

Qin Chen's smile only grew broader as he teased, "Instead of worrying about me, you should worry more about yourself."

"Keep it up, young lady. If you don't cultivate diligently, you won't even be able to see my back in the future."

With that, Qin Chen ignored the furious Hu Jia and walked straight out of the plaza.

As he walked along the academy's tree-lined path, Qin Chen considered his plans for the future.

According to their previous agreement, Qin Chen and the other four top-five finishers would enter the mysterious Scripture Pavilion three days later and rely on their luck to select rewards of their own.

That's right, Qin Chen was a transmigrator.

In his original world, Qin Chen had been an orphan whose parents had both died.

One day, he had been walking alone through the streets late at night when he was struck by an out-of-control truck. When he opened his eyes again, he found that he had arrived in the Dou Qi Continent.

Yet even after arriving in another world, he still had not escaped the fate of being an orphan.

He truly did not know whether to call it fortunate or unfortunate.

Fortunately, the city where he had been born maintained fairly strict public order. Though life had been exceptionally difficult, he had still managed to survive.

Unfortunately, he had not received the powerful cheat that usually came standard with transmigrators. If he had to name any gift from transmigration, it was perhaps only his cultivation talent and soul strength, both far beyond those of ordinary people.

That had indeed given him quite an advantage during the early stages of cultivation, allowing his strength to rise rapidly.

By a stroke of luck, Qin Chen had obtained the inheritance of a third-tier alchemist. Combined with his extraordinary talent, he had reached the Dou Practitioner realm by the age of ten.

At that time, Canaan Academy's recruitment team finally came to the city for the first time. With this, he passed the assessment and successfully became a student of Canaan Academy's Outer Academy.

After arriving at the academy, his fire-and-wood Dou Qi affinity, along with soul strength far greater than that of ordinary people, quickly caught the attention of Elder Huo from the Alchemy Department. He received personal instruction from this fifth-tier alchemist.

After seeing Qin Chen's extraordinary talent, Elder Huo even taught him all of his most treasured insights into alchemy without holding anything back.

Qin Chen did not disappoint those expectations. With his exceptional soul power and tireless dedication to cultivation, his alchemy advanced by leaps and bounds. Not only did he quickly memorize vast amounts of medicinal theory, but his control over flames also became increasingly refined, far surpassing students of the same generation.

After four years of unremitting effort, he finally reached the Grand Dou Master realm at the age of fourteen. His alchemy had also reached the fourth tier, and he could even refine some ordinary fifth-tier pills.

In the eyes of others, the current Qin Chen not only possessed exceptional talent but was also a noble alchemist. His future was bound to be limitless.

That was naturally true from their perspective, but Qin Chen knew clearly that on this Dou Qi Continent, where bloodlines and constitutions determined one's limits, without heaven-defying opportunities and resources to support him, these things alone were simply not enough to stand out among the truly gifted.

By Qin Chen's estimation, his current talent was only slightly stronger than Lin Xiuya's in the original story. It was fundamentally impossible for him to reach the realm of the Yellow Springs Demon Saint through cultivation alone.

No! It would be more accurate to say that he could not even see any path to breaking through to the Dou Saint realm.

"I hope I can find something suitable for myself. After all, this is the highest-grade opportunity I can obtain right now..." Qin Chen muttered.

At every stage of Dou Qi cultivation, high-grade cultivation techniques were indispensable.

Without a sufficiently high-grade cultivation technique as a foundation, one's cultivation speed would slow at best. At worst, one would be unable to break through bottlenecks, causing one's cultivation to stagnate.

Scripture Pavilion, Switching Cultivation Techniques

A few days later, under Vice Principal Hu Gan's lead, Qin Chen and the others arrived at an extremely vast open area.

At the center of the open ground stood an enormous, ancient pavilion.

Scripture Pavilion!

Gazing at the three words on the ancient plaque, a trace of barely noticeable excitement flashed through Qin Chen's eyes.

Hu Gan led Qin Chen and the others to stop some distance from the Scripture Pavilion. Then, he cupped his hands toward it and said, "The top five of this year's Inner Academy Selection Tournament have been decided. I ask the two of you to open the spatial lock!"

Not long after Hu Gan's voice fell, two gray-robed figures sitting cross-legged on the ground abruptly appeared before the entrance.

They were Canaan Academy's true foundation: two peak Dou Zong powerhouses—Qian Mu and Bai Lie.

After the two elders appeared, they did not move. Seeing this, Hu Gan did not rush to speak, clearly accustomed to it.

Naturally, Qin Chen and the others did not dare make a sound either. They simply stood quietly and waited.

Half an hour later, the two men beneath the black robes slowly raised their gazes. Their indifferent eyes swept across Hu Gan and the others before finally settling on Qin Chen. In hoarse voices, they said, "This year's top five include quite a rare talent."

Qin Chen cupped his hands in response and respectfully said, "Student Qin Chen greets the two seniors."

"Mm, not bad, kid." The black-robed elder on the right nodded.

Then, the two elders extended their withered hands from their sleeves, and an invisible spatial gate slowly appeared before them.

Once the entrance appeared, Hu Gan motioned for them to enter.

Inside the spatial lock, Hu Gan gave Qin Chen and the others several instructions before allowing them to enter the Scripture Pavilion on their own.

After passing through a dim passageway, Qin Chen and the others arrived in an extremely spacious room. Nearly ten energy shields were embedded in the walls around the room.

Dazzling light poured out from the energy shields, illuminating the room as brightly as day.

A few breaths later, accompanied by a faint sound of air tearing, energy clusters of varying appearances and colors shot explosively out from the energy shields, filling the enormous room as they darted about unpredictably.

Qin Chen reached out and grabbed a green ball of light. He slipped his hand inside and pulled out an exquisite scroll.

It was a high-grade Profound Rank Dou Technique!

At this point, the other four immediately understood the vice principal's meaning. They promptly circulated the Dou Qi within their bodies and reached for the erratic light clusters flying through the room.

After scanning the room, Qin Chen's gaze sharpened slightly. He took out a pill that could temporarily increase his strength and swallowed it.

This was an extremely important opportunity. He did not want a moment of carelessness to make him lose something valuable that was already within reach.

It might only be a low-tier pill, but for ordinary students, even if they worked themselves to the bone for an entire month, they might not be able to get their hands on one.