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Chapter 292 Establishing the Academy
After the demonic energy of the Tianxu Palace ruins dissipated, the Nine Provinces Continent ushered in an unprecedented golden age of cultivation.

Liu Sijun established the "Taixu Academy" deep in the Yougu Palace, and fused the Creator God Rune with the Ji Clan Seal to create the "Taixu Nine Transformations Record", but deliberately concealed his secret as a fusion of the Creator God and the Demon God.

She erected a stone tablet at the entrance of the college: "Those who enter this gate should know that time and space are not a cage, but a nest for all living beings."

On the first day of each month, Liu Sijun would lead his disciples to the top floor of the Star Pavilion.

She planted the Time-Space Scepter into the ground, and 360 Star Orbit Stones lit up, forming a miniature cosmic sand table.

“Look closely, this is the trajectory of the stars.” She waved her scepter, and the sand table suddenly distorted. “When demonic thoughts erode spacetime, the trajectory will become like this.”

Ten-year-old Gu Yichen opened his Void Eyes wide, looking at the disordered stars in the sand table: "Mother, how do we correct that?"

"Good question." Liu Sijun patted his son's head approvingly. "This is the first move of the 'Nine Transformations of the Great Void': Spacetime Anchor Point."

She placed her son's small hand in the center of the sand tray, saying, "Use your soul to sense the breath of the universe, and find the most stable fulcrum."

Gu Yichen closed his eyes and meditated, and the yin-yang mark between his eyebrows glowed faintly.

Suddenly, the sand table burst forth with a soft golden light, and the disordered stars returned to their original positions.

Liu Sijun was gratified to discover that her son's Eye of the Void could simultaneously see the star trails of three different timelines.

As for Xu Hechen, he built the Dark Thunder Hall next to the library of the Yougu Palace, and improved the forbidden techniques in the "Record of the Origin of the Universe" into the "Tai Xu Dark Thunder Scripture".

He made his disciples stand in the Thunder Tempering Pool to endure the baptism of ten thousand bolts of heavenly lightning.

"Remember, random mines are not for destruction, but for purification!"

His voice mingled with the thunder, “Only when you can see the reflection of stars in the lightning tribulation can you be considered to have entered the path.”

Ji Qiyuan's son, Ji Wuyou, stayed in the pool for three days and three nights.

Finally, amidst the seventy-ninth bolt of heavenly lightning, the phantom image of the Ji Clan Ancestral Hall came into view.

Xu Hechen nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad, you have mastered the Dark Thunder Soul Guiding Technique."

Speaking of which, Gu Yichen and Ji Wuyou are both boys and about the same age. One studies with his mother, and the other studies with Xu Hechen.

It's a time when the desire to win is extremely strong, and it's inevitable to make comparisons in secret.

Of course, these are things to follow.

Then there's Palace Master Jihe, who established the Star River Academy for better teaching.

The academy is not located in the secluded valley palace, but at the source of the Taixu spiritual vein.

An academy formed from the power of stars floats above the sea of ​​clouds.

Palace Master Jihe stood with his hands behind his back in the center of the Milky Way. His Taixu Spiritual Vein Sword transformed into twelve towering pillars, each engraved with ancient creation god runes.

Three hundred and sixty disciples sat cross-legged in the vortex of the spiritual vein. Their clothes fluttered in the wind from the spiritual energy storm, yet not one of them was shaken.

"Look closely, this is the breathing of the Taixu Spirit Vein."

Palace Master Ji He's voice, like a resounding bell, echoed in the void.

He plunged the Taixu Spirit Vein Sword into the ground, and the entire academy suddenly began to spin, with a projection of the Nine Provinces Continent appearing in the vortex of the spirit vein.

The disciples exclaimed in surprise as they discovered that their heartbeats were perfectly synchronized with the rhythm of the spiritual veins.

“Spiritual veins are like people, with joy and sorrow.” Palace Master Jihe swung his sword and unleashed a beam of spiritual energy, which outlined the damaged spiritual veins in the void. “A hundred years ago, the Heavenly Ruins Palace self-destructed, causing a spacetime rift to appear here.” He pointed to a distorted space. “You must learn to sense the pain of spiritual veins, just as you would sense your own wounds.”

Gu Yichen and Ji Wuyou have always been secretly competing with each other.

Upon hearing that Master Ji He's academy had begun teaching, he rushed there without stopping.

Deep within the Milky Way, Ji Wuyou and Gu Yichen were practicing the "Twelve Forms of the Taixu Spiritual Vein".

Ji Wuyou's Taixu Purifying Soul Bell emitted a crisp sound, which transformed into twelve golden ripples that intertwined with Gu Yichen's Starry Sword Qi to form a net.

“No, the flow of spiritual energy in the third form should be clockwise.” Gu Yichen frowned. “Look, the spiritual vein patterns here are resisting.”

Ji Wuyou closed his eyes to sense his surroundings and indeed found that his spiritual power was flowing backward during the third move.

He adjusted his breathing, infusing the power of the Ji family bloodline into his spiritual veins, finally restoring harmony to the ripples.

He exclaimed in surprise, "So that's how it is! The third move requires bloodline resonance."

Palace Master Ji He suddenly appeared behind them: "Indeed, each of the 'Twelve Forms of the Tai Xu Spiritual Vein' corresponds to a different inheritance." He swung his sword, drawing a galaxy, "The first form, 'Shattered Starry Shadow,' requires the Tai Xu Spiritual Vein Sword, and the second form, 'Heavenly Guardian Star Protection,' requires the insight of the Yao Hua Mirror."

The most brutal trials at Star River Academy take place at the "Throat of the Spirit Vein".

This is a canyon located at the core of the Taixu Spirit Vein, with spacetime cracks covering the stone walls on both sides of the canyon.

The disciples need to use the "Twelve Forms of the Taixu Spiritual Vein" to repair the cracks when the spiritual vein goes berserk.

“Remember, repair is not filling, but guiding.” Palace Master Jihe pushed a disciple into the canyon. “It’s like channeling a flood; you have to find its direction.”

Fifteen-year-old female disciple Su Xue struggled in the crack, her spiritual power completely devoured by the spatial turbulence.

Just as she was about to be sucked into the rift, she suddenly remembered the words of Palace Master Ji He: "Sensitize the breath of the spiritual veins." She calmed down and discovered that the rhythm of the spiritual veins contained the heartbeat of the Creator God.

"With my blood, I will heal the wounded spirit veins!"

Su Xue bit her tongue, letting her blood and essence seep into the crack.

Creation God runes emerged from the crack, and the turbulent flow instantly subsided.

Palace Master Jihe nodded in satisfaction: "Very good, you have grasped the sixth move, 'Spirit Vein Sacrifice'."

In the library of Star River Academy, Liu Sijun was instructing his disciples on studying the spacetime sand table. This miniature universe, composed of 360 star stones, could simulate various spacetime turbulences. "Look closely, this is the Starfall Clan's Eclipse Black Light."

She waved the Time-Space Scepter, and a black crack appeared in the center of the sand table.

Gu Yichen frowned and observed: "Mother, the frequency of this crack is the same as the heartbeat of the Starfall Clan."

“That’s right,” Liu Sijun said approvingly. “This is the secret of the seventh technique, ‘Erosion Tracking’.” She placed her son’s hand on the sand table. “Use your Eye of the Void to find their life core.”

Gu Yichen activated the "Nine Transformations of the Great Void Record," and the sand table suddenly erupted with dazzling golden light. He was pleasantly surprised to discover that he could see the location of the Starfall Clan's lair through the cracks. "So the spacetime rifts are their weakness!"

The graduation trial was held in the "Star River Sword Formation".

Each of the 360 ​​disciples held a Taixu Spirit Vein Sword and searched for their place in the sword formation made of star stones.

When all the disciples found the location of their destiny star, the sword formation unleashed a world-destroying power.

"This is the twelfth form, 'Zhou Tian Xing Dou'." Palace Master Ji He's voice was filled with satisfaction. "Remember, true power is not personal strength, but resonance with the universe."

Just then, the remnants of the Starfall Clan suddenly attacked.