Chapter 494

“The strength of the Spirit Sect and the noble families is far from simple, as seen on the surface.”

Xu Yan was taken aback, he heard a familiar name from Wen Yong’s mouth.

The Star Martial Arts Academy?!

This is the superior institution of the Seven-star Study Palace in the Inner Domain. The once-praised disciples of the Seven-star Study Palace could enter the Ling Domain and further their studies at the Star Martial Arts Academy.

“Star Martial Arts Academy? Brother Wen, could you explain?”

Xu Yan asked curiously.

Wen Yong suspiciously glanced at Xu Yan. Rumor has it that Xu Yan is the prodigy nurtured by the remnants of the Star Academy, with the ambition to rival the prodigies of the Spirit Sect and noble families.

Looking at Xu Yan’s expression, he was obviously not very familiar with the Star Martial Arts Academy.

“The Star Martial Arts Academy once enjoyed an illustrious reputation, surpassing countless top-tier Spirit Sects and noble families, being on par with the Transcendent Spirit Sect. Its philosophy was to spread martial arts to the world.

“Accepting students of martial arts from all over the world, accepting all martial arts prodigies.

“Numerous loose cultivator prodigies have gone to the Star Martial Arts Academy to study, gathering prodigies from the humblest origins….

“At its peak, even the princes of Great Zhou once went to Star to study….”

Wen Yong introduced the Star Martial Academy, which was almost equal to the Transcendent Spirit Sect and once disrupted the structure of the Ling Domain and the noble families.

It provided many low-born prodigies with a fair chance to cultivate, to gain the opportunity to practice powerful martial arts.

Its philosophy was to propagate martial arts to the world, allowing anyone, regardless of their background, to study at the Martial Arts Academy.

However, the Star Martial Arts Academy also set strict standards for accepting disciples. One must reach certain threshold to be recruited.

The more outstanding the talent, the greater the chance to practice martial arts, even those of humble birth would not be ignored.

In the eighteen states of Ling Domain, all cities have venues for the Star Academy to recruit martial artists.

As long as you believe your talent is not lacking, you may participate in the assessment.

At its peak, the Star Martial Art Academy was considered the home of the Ling Domain prodigies, with seventy percent hailing from Star!

Nowadays in the Spiritual Realm Martial Way World, the cultivation techniques practiced by the loose cultivators are all spread from the Star Martial Arts Academy.

Even if one lacks the talent to enter Star, they still have a way to practice martial arts.

In some way, it broke the monopoly of the Spirit Sect and noble families on martial arts cultivation.

Because of this, conflicts between the Star Martial Arts Academy and the noble families of the Spirit Sect, intensified over time, and conflicts between Star Academy students and noble family prodigies frequently occurred.

In the end, they established regulations for prodigy duels.

Until the outbreak of the Blood Demon calamity, the conflict between the Star Martial Arts Academy and the noble families of the Spirit Sect completely erupted. A prodigy duel led to the collapse of the Star Martial Arts Academy.

This shattered Star’s spirit. From then on, the Star Martial Arts Academy splintered and disappeared from the eighteen states of the Ling Domain.

“The Demon Lord was of humble origin, he first rose to prominence when learning at the Star Martial Arts Academy, receiving guidance from Star experts…. Though he fell into demon path later, he still showed some regard for the Star Martial Arts Academy, which is why the Spirit Sect and noble families became completely hostile with Star.

“Without the Star Martial Academy, there would be no calamity of the Blood Demon, nor would there be any powerful loose cultivators.

“The true story behind the original prodigy duels is only known by the older generation. The Star Martial Arts Academy was even erased from history by the Spirit Sect and the noble families.

“Now, very few loose cultivators know about the Star Martial Arts Academy. Even the martial arts techniques they practice have been twisted into gifts bestowed by the Spirit Sect and noble families.

“The Spirit Sect and noble families want to completely erase the traces of the Star Martial Arts Academy.”

As Wen Yong concluded, he was somewhat angry, somewhat resentful, and somewhat reflective.