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The current organizational form of the Academy was, quite naturally, categorized by all major factions as something akin to the Skill Storing Palace.
Even the Five Great Sacred Lands viewed it this way.
Despite Su Wen investing so much to rapidly establish the Academy, it had not provoked even a shred of wariness from the Five Great Sacred Lands.
Only the individual Heavenly Jewel Masters across various regions, who were currently filled with immense curiosity toward the Academy, felt perplexed. They wondered what Su Wen--or rather, the Heavenly Emperor powerhouse reverently addressed by the Academy as Master Wen--stood to gain from this.
When Su Wen emerged from his secluded cultivation, the three Shangguan brothers also caught wind of the news. Shangguan Tianyue quickly paid a visit to Su Wen.
"Master Wen, the construction of the Academy is basically complete. I wonder when those numerous cultivation techniques you previously mentioned for propagation will be placed into the Academy?" Shangguan Tianyue had come with his own agenda.
Last time, Su Wen had demonstrated numerous cultivation techniques in the Heavenly Jewel Plaza. He had demonstrated them, true, but it had only been shown in the form of a projected image, without completely revealing all the meticulous details of the techniques.
The establishment of the Academy could progress so smoothly not just because Su Wen had thrown money and resources at it in the form of Skill Storing Books.
It was also due to the Five Great Sacred Lands' own desire for those numerous cultivation techniques Su Wen had promised to propagate within the Academy.
"The Academy isn't truly complete yet; it's still missing the final step," Su Wen said calmly.
"Oh? The final step?" Shangguan Tianyue looked at Su Wen with curiosity.
Su Wen offered no explanation. He walked to the edge of Heavenly Jewel Island and looked down below.
Amidst the layers of hazy clouds and mist, the vastness of the earth was faintly visible.
A figure shot up into the sky, soaring toward them.
Shangguan Tianyue frowned as he looked at the approaching figure. He was initially on guard, but relaxed after clearly recognizing who it was.
It was Long Shiya.
"You're finally back," Su Wen said helplessly.
His cultivation of the third tier of the Heavenly Jewel Change hadn't actually hit a bottleneck just now. Back when he was at the ninth stage of the Heavenly Void Energy, he had already sensed the difficulty. He simply chose to break through into the Upper Heavenly Zong stage, obtaining his ninth pair of Heavenly Jewels, which allowed him to conclude his secluded cultivation.
However, with Long Shiya not back yet, he had nothing else to do. He simply chose to continue cultivating, raising his Heavenly Energy by another stage, and only then did news of Long Shiya finally arrive.
"This is a Consolidated Equipment Scroll prepared specifically for you." Su Wen tossed a black box over, throwing it to Long Shiya.
Shangguan Tianyue's gaze flickered as he watched the box Su Wen threw out.
A Consolidated Equipment Scroll?
He had almost forgotten that Su Wen's talent as a Consolidating Equipment Master seemed to be terrifyingly monstrous as well. The three Divine Masters of Heavenly Jewel Island had nothing but praises for him, as he went from a complete novice to a Master-stage Consolidating Equipment Master in a mere three months.
An exaggerated pace like that was enough to make even laymen like Shangguan Tianyue feel a sense of terror.
Now that another nine months or so had passed, to what level had this Su Wen progressed?
Even though he had been in seclusion cultivating his Heavenly Energy, it was impossible to cultivate Heavenly Energy twenty-four hours a day. There would always be spare time, and it was practically a given that he would spend some of it researching the skills of a Consolidating Equipment Master.
"Oh?" Long Shiya caught the box and opened it. A stack of Consolidated Equipment Scrolls instantly met his eyes.
Upon the scrolls was a pair of jewels, with intricate patterns flowing across their surfaces. It was highly peculiar; at a cursory glance, they actually looked incredibly similar to the Heavenly Jewels of a Heavenly Jewel Master.
No, those were Heavenly Jewels.
Except, they seemed to be in a state of being fully unleashed.
This was the first time Shangguan Tianyue had ever seen this kind of Consolidated Equipment Scroll.
What was the purpose of this?
Upon seeing the scrolls and sensing the aura radiating from them, Long Shiya let out a sigh of relief.
Regarding the matter of the Consolidated Equipment, Su Wen had naturally discussed it with him beforehand.
Su Wen would craft a piece of Consolidated Equipment for him, which would serve as the foundation to establish the Academic Realm.
Indeed, Su Wen was bound to leave this world eventually, so he could not use any of his own possessions to bear the weight of the Academic Realm. Thus, he had approached Long Shiya, intending to use one of Long Shiya's Consolidated Equipment as the vessel.
In doing so, it could also be considered an opportunity for Long Shiya--an opportunity to break through to the Heavenly Change stage.
The Saint Energy of Creation was the key to breaking through to the Heavenly Change stage, but since Long Shiya could not possess it himself, he had to rely on external items to make the breakthrough.
This Academic Realm was one such possibility.
As a Heavenly Emperor, Long Shiya possessed twelve Physical Jewels, meaning he could consolidate up to twelve pieces of equipment.
His Consolidated Equipment Set, the Hate Sky No Handle Set, only consisted of nine pieces. Aside from one piece of equipment he had consolidated during his youth when he was still ignorant, he still had two available slots left after completing his set.
For one of those slots, he had consolidated a Legendary-tier Consolidated Equipment.
That was a piece of equipment meant to assist in cultivation, capable of providing help as he groped his way through the Six Manipulation Ultimate Skills, so he rarely ever showed it to the outside world.
Right now, he still had one final slot left.
He had originally intended to save this slot just in case he encountered a Divine Master who could help him upgrade his Consolidated Equipment Set into a ten-piece set.
When Su Wen initially proposed building the Academic Realm upon his Consolidated Equipment and specifically crafting a piece of Consolidated Equipment for this purpose, Long Shiya had refused at first.
However, Su Wen simply offered too much.
Theoretically speaking, Su Wen had perfectly explained to him the possibility of this twelfth piece of equipment helping him upgrade his set into a ten-piece set.
Indeed, Su Wen had confidently told Long Shiya back then that while he did intend to use this twelfth piece of Consolidated Equipment to open up the Academic Realm, it wasn't as if it would have no practical use for Long Shiya.
"This pair of Heavenly Jewels will attach themselves to all of your Heavenly Jewels in the form of phantoms, strengthening your Heavenly Jewels from their very origin."
Theoretically, this type of Consolidated Equipment could fuse with any kind of Consolidated Equipment Set, forming a more complete set.
Listening to Su Wen's explanation, Shangguan Tianyue was deeply shocked.
If that was the case, wouldn't the Boundless Palace's Boundless Infinity Set be--
"My skills as a Consolidating Equipment Master will also be openly taught within the Academy, including the experience and techniques for this category of Consolidated Equipment Scrolls."
Su Wen glanced at Shangguan Tianyue, calmly bringing up another one of his schemes.
Indeed, how could the Academy only involve the cultivation of Heavenly Jewel Masters?
The Academy intended to occupy a dominant position in every single field!
The same applied to Consolidating Equipment Masters.
Along with this came the debut of this Heavenly Jewel Consolidated Equipment that he had developed.
For the sake of taking their set a step further, the Boundless Palace would agree to it.
Even though Su Wen's theories on consolidating equipment almost entirely originated from the heritage of the Boundless Palace.
But ultimately, nearly half of the continent's Consolidating Equipment Masters were on Heavenly Jewel Island. The Boundless Palace still held the upper hand, and they would be able to utilize this Heavenly Jewel equipment theory to its maximum potential, integrating it into their own heritage sets in the best possible way.
They would far surpass the other Sacred Lands!
Under Su Wen's urging, Long Shiya also quickly prepared to begin the consolidation process.
His luck was quite good.
He succeeded on the very first try.
Su Wen's proficiency in crafting Consolidated Equipment Scrolls had already reached the Divine Master level. He simply hadn't made a public fuss about it, so the probability of success was already quite high to begin with.
Furthermore, Su Wen also possessed methods to increase the success rate of consolidation, and he had used the form of the Skill Storing Book to help Long Shiya boost his chances.
"Since that's the case, it's time for the Academy to truly be unveiled to the world," Su Wen murmured.
Standing right beside him, Shangguan Tianyue felt his heart skip a beat upon hearing Su Wen's words. He suddenly got an ominous feeling that something bad was about to happen.
The Academy was truly being unveiled to the world.
Something was wrong!