Inside the grand hall of Taiyi Academy's Grand Universe Spirit Boat, the heads of the seven Academies from the Source Realm participating in the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm trial had all gathered.
Among the Academies of the Ten Great Main Cities, only Dark Mist Academy, Star Constellation Academy, and Myriad Illusions Academy from Myriad Illusions City were absent.
Standing at the head of the crowd was a middle-aged man clad in a Purple Pattern Emperor Robe. His face was imposing, and his aura was unfathomably deep.
This man was Xu Hengdi, the direct disciple of a peak Emperor Realm mighty figure from Taiyi City. He was also the elder with the greatest authority and strongest voice within Taiyi Academy, overseeing the secret realm operation of the Source Realm's various Academies.
As the oldest top Academy in the Source Realm, Taiyi Academy's admission standards were vastly different from those of the other main-city Academies.
Most Academies in the other cities practiced inclusive teaching, selecting students solely based on talent and innate potential. Regardless of humble origins or ordinary bloodlines, anyone with exceptional aptitude would be admitted and carefully nurtured.
Taiyi Academy was the complete opposite. This supreme institution standing at the heart of the Source Realm recruited only the aristocratic families and Emperor Clan descendants native to Taiyi City. Those without core bloodlines or prominent family backgrounds would be completely shut out, even if their talent surpassed everyone of their generation.
It was precisely because of this stringent rule of admitting only Taiyi City's noble descendants that Taiyi Academy had never ranked particularly high in the overall Academy rankings among the Source Realm's Ten Great Main Cities.
However, when it came to the age of its heritage, the number of extraordinary cultivation methods it possessed, the ancient resources under its control,