Imperial Academy.

The Imperial Academy is located within the Void Rift at the extreme eastern position of Traceless Heaven.

Although the Imperial Academy still belongs to Traceless Heaven, in fact, it is almost like the Di Family, a realm of its own.

The realm where the Imperial Academy is located is called Ascension Thousand Realm.

Where does the name Ascension Thousand Realm come from? As the name suggests, Ascension means rising, and Thousand refers to the Grand Cosmos World.

Ascension Thousand Realm is more complete and perfect compared to the Imperial Realm where the Di Family is, forming an independent entity.

For example, Ascension Thousand Realm has its own cities, its own currency, etc., and it is almost a realm situated between the Minor Thousand Worlds and the Grand Cosmos World.

Martial Cultivators in Traceless Heaven who wish to ascend to the Grand Cosmos World have, for millions of years, only been able to do so through the Imperial Academy.

Only the Ascension Thousand Realm where the Imperial Academy is located has a Realm-Breaking Formation Gate, the only one in the Minor Thousand Worlds of the Primordial Continent.

Therefore, for millions of years, from the records, Martial Cultivators on the Primordial Continent progressed from weak to strong, passing through War Ancient Sky, Great Luo Heaven, Traceless Heaven, and ultimately reaching the Imperial Academy.

If one can become a top monster even within the Imperial Academy and obtain an ascension quota, there is a chance to ascend to the Grand Cosmos World. Once ascended to the Grand Cosmos World, one steps into the sky from then on.

The Imperial Academy monopolizes the only passage and method from Minor Thousand Worlds to the Grand Cosmos World, thus becoming a sacred place.

At this moment.

Ascension Thousand Realm, a splendid display of clouds and mist, appears like an ocean of swirling clouds, full of Immortal Qi.

Inside Ascension Thousand City, it has long been bustling.

Ascension Thousand Realm has only two populated places: one called Ascension Thousand City, the other located to the east of Ascension Thousand City, is the Imperial Academy.

Ascension Thousand City has only 3.4 million people, but the average age of these 3.4 million people exceeds ten million years, truly unimaginably terrifying.

The people in Ascension Thousand City, regardless of age, status, wealth, or gender, all share a common identity: they were once Sons of the Emperor of the Imperial Academy.

The Imperial Academy has a history of millions of years, experiencing countless generations.

Among each generation of Sons of the Emperor, there are ultimate monsters who can ascend to the Grand Cosmos World, while the remaining 99.99% of the Sons of the Emperor? They cannot stay in the Imperial Academy forever, wasting its Martial Cultivation Resources, correct?

According to the Imperial Academy’s regulations, the time for Sons of the Emperor to cultivate in the Academy is at most one hundred thousand years.

Once one hundred thousand years are up, those who haven’t obtained an ascension qualification must leave the Imperial Academy.

However, even those Sons of the Emperor who haven’t gained the ascension qualification are extremely, extremely, extremely excellent—aren’t they considered top prodigies of the Primordial Continent, hardly seen in a million years? Otherwise, how could they have had the opportunity to become Sons of the Emperor and join the Academy?

Moreover, these Sons of the Emperor who haven’t gained ascension qualifications have also cultivated in the Academy for a hundred thousand years, naturally enhancing their strength substantially.

Would these people willingly return to the Primordial Continent, back to Traceless Heaven?

Not willing.

How could a Giant Dragon be content to associate with ants?

Thus, those Sons of the Emperor who lacked ascension qualifications gradually started from scratch in the vicinity of the Imperial Academy, building their own city. Millions of years later, this city now has 3.4 million people.

Millions of years! Through countless transformations, Ascension Thousand City has only 3.4 million people, imaginable for their level of strength?

Any one of them taken to the Primordial Continent could sweep its superior first-rate strength.

Inside Ascension Thousand City, the younger ones are tens of thousands of years old, while the older ones are directly over a billion years old.

These people have formed their own lifestyles, opening their own tea houses, taverns, shops, and so on.

However, the currency used by these old Sons of the Emperor is no simple matter; they disdain using things like Unresentful Crystals from Traceless Heaven, instead using True Stones.

What are True Stones? A crystal-like stone.

But such stones are imbued with supreme-grade Spiritual Energy Flow.

Spiritual Energy is also divided into ranks.

Unresentful Crystals also contain Spiritual Energy, but the quality and purity of Spiritual Energy in Unresentful Crystals are far inferior to that in True Stones.

Martial Cultivators in the Grand Cosmos World use True Stones as currency, and they are also the most commonly used Martial Cultivation Resources for them.

Of course, Ascension Thousand City doesn’t quite count as the Grand Cosmos World, although it is very close to it. Therefore, the True Stones used in Ascension Thousand City are the lowest grade True Stones.

True Stones in the Grand Cosmos World are classified into Supreme Grade, Superior, Middle-grade, Low Grade. In Ascension Thousand City, the currency is Low-grade True Stones.

In the not-too-spacious streets of Ascension Thousand City, amidst the swirling clouds, martial cultivators wander about, sometimes stopping to buy something, sometimes entering a shop, sometimes sitting down for tea, seemingly living at a slow pace.

Yet if one looks closely, they will find that the simple tea houses serve top-grade tea of hundreds of thousands of years vintage, Purple Mist Tea, while the shops sell items nearly all Imperial Soldiers, Dominion Rank martial arts techniques, and so on.

"Iceflame, your talent in the space realm is truly terrifying." On the street, in a certain spot, Su Chen seems to be talking to the air, his voice filled with admiration.

He has entered.

Entered Ascension Thousand City.

Normally, no one can enter Ascension Thousand City directly without the permission of the Imperial Academy or without becoming a Son of the Emperor, as all martial cultivators there were once Sons of the Emperor.

Su Chen is almost the only exception.

This is all thanks to Iceflame Vermilion Bird.

Iceflame Vermilion Bird easily pierced through Ascension Thousand Realm, sneaking in with Su Chen.

"What do you think?" Iceflame Vermilion Bird said with some pride.

"However, this Ascension Thousand City is truly terrifying!" Su Chen couldn’t help but exclaim, as he looked around, he couldn’t find anyone below Dominion Rank, truly frightening.

"Are these eliminated Sons of the Emperor in Ascension Thousand City all once ultimate monsters? Can they be weak?" Iceflame Vermilion Bird snorted, "Overall, the people in Ascension Thousand City are stronger than those disciples in the Imperial Academy."

Su Chen nodded, understanding Iceflame Vermilion Bird’s words.

The current Sons of the Emperor in the Imperial Academy are all under one hundred thousand years of age, having not cultivated for ten thousand years yet. While some among them are monster prodigies, with potential future qualifications to ascend to the Grand Cosmos World, their cultivation time is brief. How can they compare with those in Ascension Thousand City who have cultivated for hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of years?

Therefore, there are still some Sons of the Emperor in the Realm of Returning to Truth in the Academy, while in Ascension Thousand City, there’s not even one in the Realm of Returning to Truth, all are in the Main Realm.

Of course, those in the Divine Lord Realm are still rare.

The Main Realm in Ascension Thousand City is primarily the Human Lord Realm, generally between the Third Level and the Eighth Layer. Some individuals are at the Ninth Level Realm or even in the Half-Step Divine Sovereign Realm.