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Leaving the hotel, Su Wen arrived at the central plaza of Zhongtian City—the Heavenly Bead Plaza.
Shangguan Tianxing had summoned all the teams competing in the tournament to gather here. Previous tournaments had never featured such a segment, leaving many curious about the intentions of the Zhongtian Empire, or rather, the Haomiao Palace.
Su Wen's entrance naturally drew the attention of many. This Heaven Emperor powerhouse, who had already made several appearances, had left a deep impression. Guided by the public opinion cultivated by the Haomiao Palace's agents, both the students and teachers of the various academy teams were no longer strangers to Su Wen.
"This edition of the Heavenly Bead Tournament has been a complete success. Each team has fully displayed the brilliance of Heavenly Bead Masters during the matches. Gathering everyone here today is for one reason: to announce a matter of importance." Shangguan Tianxing's Heavenly Power surged, suppressing the clamor of the scene, his voice covering the entire venue. Upon hearing this, the crowd fell silent, waiting for his next words.
"This is Su Wen, a Heaven Emperor powerhouse." Shangguan Tianxing turned to the side, introducing Su Wen. Every eye in the crowd immediately converged upon him.
"Senior Su Wen, moved by the hardships faced by Heavenly Bead Masters on this continent—the difficulty in acquiring cultivation techniques and the lack of accessible training methods—decided to change this situation. Too many Heavenly Bead Masters with extraordinary talent have been wasted simply because they lacked the proper opportunities."
This statement resonated deeply with everyone present. No one here believed themselves to be inferior to others—especially when the methods they possessed had yet to reach the highest standards in the world. Give me the resources, and with the same amount of time, I could catch up and trample anyone beneath my feet! Every young Heavenly Bead Master participating in the tournament thought exactly this. Not to mention the teams outside the top four, even those from the top four teams—who shone brightly in the tournament—knew of other monsters in the world and understood the terrifying power of the disciples directly taught by the Holy Lands. Who would dare to claim they had pushed their talent to the absolute limit?
With the full cultivation of a Holy Land, I could go even further! Even if they didn't need resources, just receiving guidance on cultivation experience and techniques would narrow the gap. At the very least, they wouldn't have to live in a state where they dared not even hope for such strength, right? It wasn't just the young participants; even the teachers leading the teams were filled with a thousand thoughts. Who among them could honestly say their previous cultivation had been perfectly efficient, without a single wasted moment? This Heaven Emperor wanted to solve this problem?
Shangguan Tianxing ceased speaking, yielding the floor to Su Wen for his final introduction.
"Everyone, today I establish the Academy to spread cultivation theory, fill the gaps in the cultivation theories of the Heavenly Bead Master world, and break down the barriers of knowledge," Su Wen said, looking out at the crowd.
At this moment, the audience was highly interested, eager to see what this Academy founded by a Heaven Emperor was like, though their emotions had not yet reached their peak.
"Starting today, within one year, every academy on this continent may join the Academy to cooperate in the cultivation of students."
"The experience and techniques I have mastered, my cultivation techniques, and all techniques acquired by the Academy in the future will be unconditionally opened to every student in every academy. Even those who are not students—as long as you are a Heavenly Bead Master—can obtain cultivation knowledge through the Academy."
Boom!
At that moment, the Heavenly Bead Plaza erupted. Shangguan Tianxing's pupils constricted; he had not expected Su Wen to go this far. However, he let out a sigh of relief—at least Su Wen still had discretion; he hadn't claimed that every technique he possessed would be opened, only his own and those acquired by the Academy in the future. Yet, even this was heaven-defying. The cultivation technique of a Heaven Emperor!
Su Wen's voice did not stop. His next words truly shocked the entire venue.
"I possess a technique that encompasses every acupoint of the celestial cycle."
As he spoke, a massive humanoid phantom manifested above Su Wen's head—it was him. When a Heavenly Bead Master used an Intent Bead to imprint a skill, if the Celestial Beast was at the Heavenly God level, it could manifest the image of that beast—this was the "Heavenly Skill Projection." Every skill from a Heavenly God-level beast was synonymous with terror, as it meant a 12-star rating, the strongest possible skill.
Su Wen had cultivated his technique to the Heavenly God level. No, it should be said that his technique's level was already so high that it naturally manifested this projection, with himself as the subject. In truth, others had achieved this step—Long Shiya, for instance, could manifest his own projection when deploying the Six-Absolute Heaven Dao Array. But truthfully, Long Shiya was only a Heaven Emperor; his array was powerful enough to possess the essence of a Heavenly God-level feat even if it hadn't yet manifested the full power.
Su Wen's "Heavenly Bead Transformation" technique was naturally the same. Over the past two months, he had perfected more than half of the third layer of the technique, and he had already laid the foundation for the entire four-layer structure. While the 720 acupoints in his body were not all glowing, they were all marked, rotating upon Su Wen's phantom image. In reality, the first three layers of the "Heavenly Bead Transformation" already encompassed nearly all acupoints; once one reached the level of Heaven Dao Power, the technique shifted its focus to operational methods.
The technique was not yet fully perfected, but Su Wen could already begin his demonstration. Inside the Heavenly Skill Projection, his Heavenly Power operated like a complex celestial map. This technique encompassed every single acupoint in the body! He intended to open every acupoint in the entire body!
Never mind the ordinary Heavenly Bead Masters—at this moment, Shangguan Tianxing, those watching in the shadows like Shangguan Tianyang and Shangguan Tianyue, and even Long Shiya, all had their expressions change. They had not expected Su Wen's ambition to be this grand; it was no wonder he had chosen to restart his cultivation. Furthermore, watching the operation of the technique Su Wen displayed, it was so harmonious and fluid that it was clear the creation of this technique had proceeded exceptionally well.
The Heaven Kings and Heaven Emperors marveled and stood in shock, praising Su Wen's technique. They had not expected him to make this technique public. If possible, they would certainly obtain this technique after the Academy opened and attempt to switch their cultivation to it. They wouldn't necessarily abandon their original techniques, but at the very least, they would use this "Heavenly Bead Transformation" to refine every acupoint in their bodies.
Shangguan Tianyang took a deep breath, his shock deepening. He knew clearly that only a short time ago, Su Wen had just begun to restart his Heavenly Power, and that was when he had traded for access to every technique collected by the Haomiao Palace.
So, he borrowed those techniques to develop this "Heavenly Bead Transformation"...
For powerhouses, practicing the "Heavenly Bead Transformation" alongside their own was not a major issue; they didn't need to worry about whether they could get started. For ordinary Heavenly Bead Masters, the threshold for practicing it might be too high, but the very exhibition of Su Wen's technique proved his profound foundation.
A single technique that encompassed every acupoint of the celestial cycle! This meant that Su Wen possessed specific, systemic insights and experience for cultivating every single acupoint! Any Heavenly Bead Master who joined the Academy would stand to gain something from this technique!
(End of Chapter)