Before the Yan Family explored its options with Datong, there were conditions in place for founding a True Martial Branch at Datong College.
However, the Yan Family was later severely damaged by a powerful martial artist, and hence everyone ignored this possibility, assuming the academy wouldn't let any other forces get involved.
The announcement from Datong confirmed such speculation.
True Martial Path, Heavenly Martial Dao, and two newly emerged paths couldn't gain entry into Datong College.
But the reason turned out to be the complete opposite of what they had guessed.
[Datong allows martial artists who breakthrough the Great Grandmaster rank and enter a new realm to establish an academy and impart their own cultivation methods. The following are the conditions for founding an academy:
1. At least one martial artist who has surpassed the Great Grandmaster rank
2. A perfected cultivation path that has been approved