Listening to a Lecture: Sanctuary History

The next day,

Wayne slept until noon before getting up. The moment he rose, he heard the sound of something slicing through the air from the courtyard.

He walked over to the window.

There, in the center of the courtyard, Aurora held a greatsword far taller than she was.

She was swinging it.

The whistling sound came from the greatsword tearing through the air.

"Damn, if that thing hit someone, wouldn't they be chopped into pieces—

scattered everywhere?"

The girl trained with complete focus, sweat the size of beans splashing down from her forehead onto the ground.

Her hair was already drenched.

Clearly,

she had been practicing for a long time!

Seeing this, Wayne stopped watching and turned to leave the room.

Inside the Elf Hut,

Nia was carefully examining the Dragonblood Ginseng.

"So I'm the only lazy one?"

After teasing her, Wayne raised a hand and tossed a chunk of top-grade magic crystal into the Elf Hut's teleportation array.

He sent it to Nia's side.

At the same time, he transmitted, "Nia, ask me for more after you finish eating."

With that said,

he turned and entered the bathroom.

Two hours later,

Wayne landed before Teaching Building No. 177, here to make up for the relaxation he had taken the day before.

This time,

Wayne chose Sanctuary History. It was a compulsory course, though it was not because he was interested in it.

Rather, during this period,

this was the only course about to begin. Since he was already here, and he had to take it sooner or later,

Wayne came.

As for training?

He had already completed his month of grueling cultivation. There was no harm in training again after he had relaxed.

Just like that,

Wayne came out after eating.

As he pondered,

Wayne arrived at Classroom 203. When he entered, he found that there were not many people—only a dozen or so.

Clearly,

most people, like Wayne, were uninterested in history. If not for the fact that he was already here this time,

perhaps,

Wayne would have left Sanctuary History, this compulsory course,

until the very end.

He found a seat by the window and sat down, beginning to wait.

Ten minutes later.

An old man walked in, and the classroom abruptly fell silent.

Wayne looked at the old man.

He only felt an overwhelming aura of knowledge rushing toward him—or, more precisely, the air of an old scholar?

In any case, the old man before him

was neither kindly nor gloomy, but he was definitely the sort of person with a great deal of knowledge.

At this moment,

the old man's clear voice, carrying a sense of weight, rang out.

"Then let us begin class. During the lesson,

questions are forbidden.

Noise is forbidden.

The course will last roughly three hours. The first two and a half hours will be lecture time, while the final half hour

will be for questions."

After saying that,

he gave no one a chance to respond and went straight to the point.

"I believe that, more or less,

you have all seen

the graduation mementos received by students of the Elemental and Knight Academies

upon graduation.

Its opening reads: [More than thirty thousand years ago, the Sacred Domain's top mid-tier plane cluster was developed to its peak by wizards and knights

known to history as—the Great Expansion Era blessed by fate.]"

After speaking,

the old man looked over the many students. Seeing some who understood and others who were confused,

he nodded slightly in satisfaction.

"Yes, this was the Great Expansion Era of the past.

To commemorate that era,

and to prevent later generations from forgetting the contributions of their forebears, as well as the brutality of that age,

therefore,

the two academies—or rather, all top elemental wizard and knight academies—would distribute such mementos."

He paused as he spoke.

"But Lord Wizards are different. Lord Wizards are the protagonists of this era,

and they are also a product of the Great Development Era.

Therefore,

the mementos of our Lord Wizard Academy differ from those of knights and elemental wizards. They do not commemorate the Great Expansion Era,

but instead,

commemorate the beginning of the Great Development Era. The origin of the Great Development Era must be traced back to the end of the Great Expansion Era."

After finishing the explanation,

the teacher recited in a weighty, hoarse yet clear voice, "[After thirty thousand years of expeditions, countless planes had been either taken over or destroyed by wizards and knights.

As massive amounts of world origin merged into the homeland of wizards and knights, the 'Sacred Domain Plane Cluster,'

the Sacred Domain, a top mid-tier plane cluster, naturally leaped to become

a high-tier plane cluster, and upon advancing, became a top-tier one.]"

"This was the cause and beginning of the Great Development Era."

As he spoke,

the teacher continued, "[But problems followed.

Although the Sacred Domain had advanced into a top high-tier plane cluster and even possessed several times more origin than ordinary top high-tier plane clusters,

its quality was far inferior to that of other top high-tier plane clusters.

Simply put, it had grown fat in one bite.

The quantity was enough, but the quality had failed to keep up.

In order to stabilize its origin,

the will of the Sanctuary World instinctively reclaimed the subsidiary planes that had originally belonged to it, such as the Elf Plane, Dragon Plane, and so on,

as well as the planes dependent on it, into itself.

This formed today's Dragon Continent, Elf Continent,

and Myriad Clans Continent, thereby stabilizing itself.

Apart from the central Sacred Domain Continent—or, in other words, the Wizard Continent—which was the Sanctuary World's original territory,

everything else came later.

Only after seven beings, who had fought for thirty thousand years and advanced to Rank Eight rules, were born did the Sacred Domain Plane finally stabilize completely,

allowing it to slowly digest the origins of its many worlds.

Afterward,

under the guidance of the world will, and because thirty thousand years of warfare had left every race grievously weakened,

all races urgently needed to recover their strength.

Thus, the 'Great Development Era' arrived, and the protagonists of this era,

the 'Lord Wizards,'

were born in response to the age.]"

Listening to the teacher, Wayne suddenly felt that coming to this class had truly been worthwhile.

Was this history?

No. To Wayne, this was the truth of the world.

Before Wayne could think further,

the old man abruptly shifted the topic and began explaining.

"And the history that follows is the birth of the Great Development Era,

or rather,

the starting point of the Great Development Era.

And all of this—you will receive it on a memento when you graduate from the Lord Wizard Academy.

Its conclusion will be:

known to history as—the Great Development Era blessed by the Sacred Domain!"

At this point,

the teacher's suddenly impassioned voice rang out:

"Be grateful.

You were born into such a beautiful era, one without blood and fire,

an era with nothing but countless resources!

And peaceful order."

Seeing the teacher suddenly become so impassioned, the other students were all confused.

After all, they had not experienced it firsthand.

And having heard the truth of the world for the first time, they naturally felt utterly bewildered.

But Wayne was different.

In Wayne's eyes, the teacher before him had either lived through the Great Expansion Era of blood and fire,

or had studied so much history that he had been awakened by it.

As for the teacher's passion,

Wayne could understand it as well. After all, there was a saying from his previous life:

"Better be a dog in peaceful times than a man in chaotic times."

Clearly,

the teacher before them wanted to tell these students

to cherish the present.

At this moment,

the old man's tone gradually returned to calm as he continued,

describing the characteristics of this era.

"Remember what I just said.

Next, I will tell you the characteristics of this Great Development Era, and why

Lord Wizards

were born.

[The will of the Sanctuary World was grateful for the contributions made by the human race, elf race, and dragon race during the Sacred Domain's thirty thousand years of warfare,

as well as the prayers of all races for rest and recovery.

Thus,

it bestowed blessings upon the three races.

The little elves born from elves and the Life Sacred Tree,

the resources that accompanied the dragon race,

and the 'Lord Wizards' born from the human race all appeared in turn!]

This was

the three great characteristics of the Great Development Era."