Two Years

The seal on the Hell Gate had dissipated. Fortunately, the Divine Elephant King condensed by Xiao Meng had developed intelligence in time and intimidated those demons, sparing the Dou Qi Continent from a catastrophe.

Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Time flew by, and two years passed in the blink of an eye. Whether it was the expanded Jia Nan Academy or the Dou Qi Continent, which had undergone earth-shaking changes, both had already settled onto the right track.

Geniuses and powerhouses sprang up like bamboo shoots after the rain. Especially after being nourished by the power of Immortal Veins, seventy to eighty percent of the babies born in the past two years were cultivation prodigies. Some were even born with Spirit Veins, granting them exceptional talent. More remarkably, some infants possessed special physiques, allowing them to cultivate with twice the results for half the effort.

This was truly a joyous occasion.

As for Jia Nan Academy, even without Xiao Meng, it was now indisputably the number one academy on the Dou Qi Continent. The former instructors and elders had cultivated in the Heaven-Piercing Tower for two years, and even the weakest among them had reached the Dou Venerable realm. Su Qian, Hu Gan, and the others had even reached the Dou Saint realm. Mang Tianchi in particular had reached the peak of Dou Saint, only a hair's breadth away from the Dou Di realm.

This had also made the world aware of the Heaven-Piercing Tower's heaven-defying wonders. Every major faction coveted it, but who dared harbor even the slightest greedy thought?

Not only had the Xiao Clan produced two Dou Dis, Xiao Xuan and Xiao Chen, but it also had a divine bird and a giant python capable of killing Dou Dis as easily as crushing ants. Moreover,