Douluo Continent: The Sky Revealed, What the Hell is Honkai Academy?

Chapter 97: First place on the Opportunity Ranking – well-deserved!

Below this "first," symbolizing supreme glory.

Four more dazzling and majestic characters, with strokes seemingly surrounded by the sun, moon, and stars, and the surging river of civilization, suddenly appeared!
[Ranking on the Opportunity Ranking - Number One: Honkai Impact Academy]

[Location of the opportunity: Deep within the Sunset Forest, its coordinates now known to all due to the exposure of the sky.]

[Opportunity Description: The Way of Heaven is clear and all-seeing. The opportunities listed in this Opportunity Ranking are all the creations of Heaven and Earth, the blessings of the gods, and the chance to defy fate.]

But looking at the world and measuring the past and present, what is the greatest "opportunity"?
It is neither an inanimate object nor a legacy, but a cradle and beacon that can continuously create opportunities, cultivate strong individuals who can seize those opportunities, and lead civilization toward the future!

Honkai Academy is the greatest opportunity that has arisen in this world! It is not a single treasure or inheritance, but an incredible aggregate that integrates a sacred place of cultivation, a hall of knowledge, a spark of civilization, and a cradle of the strong! Its value has transcended the scope of ordinary opportunities; it is the core engine that drives the advancement of planes and the leap of civilization!

Its profound depths are unfathomable, and can be briefly described below:

The cultivation environment is unparalleled in the world:
The Tree of Life (ranked second) sits at the core of the academy, continuously providing cosmic-level life essence to nourish all things, prolong life, accelerate cultivation, revive the dead and heal the wounded, and is the supreme cornerstone of cultivation.

The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Eye (Rank 4) has been transformed into a sacred place for the cultivation of academy materials and body tempering. Through the harmonization of the Tree of Life and the academy's technology, the effect of refining the body with ice and fire is even greater than before. With the addition of countless improved immortal herbs, the resources are inexhaustible.

The Level 11 Soul-Guided Simulation Training Ground: Created by Dean Zhang Yi using the supreme wisdom of one of his twin martial souls, [Void Treasury], combined with knowledge from another world. It can simulate all kinds of environments, battlefields, and even scenarios for comprehending the laws of the world, from extreme gravity to elemental storms, from mirror battles to trials of inner demons, making training efficiency hundreds or thousands of times greater than in the outside world!
Level 12 Soul-Guided Defense Barrier and Strategic-Level Soul-Guided Turret Array: An absolute barrier constructed with technology ahead of its time, integrating offense and defense. Its power is said to be able to threaten god-level beings, ensuring that the academy remains detached from worldly affairs and undisturbed.

Knowledge transmission connects the past and present:
【Void Treasury】—The Foundation of Civilization: Dean Zhang Yi's core martial soul contains a complete knowledge system from Douluo Star and many otherworldly civilizations, from the most basic soul power cultivation to the most profound soul guidance technology, from lost alchemy and medicine making to mysterious array inscriptions—truly a mobile library of civilizations. Here, knowledge knows no boundaries, and inheritance is unbroken.

Faculty strength, surpassing the ordinary:
Dean Zhang Yi: Both of his twin martial souls rank among the top five on the Heavenly Dao Martial Soul Ranking. He possesses the rudiments of the dual divine rank of [Civilization Guide] and [Human Emperor]. His strength is unfathomable, having transcended the boundaries of the mortal world. His ideals are lofty, and he is the soul of the academy.

The Otherworldly Mentors: Fu Hua, Himeko, Rita, Theresa, Li Sushang... Each of them possesses a unique heritage and combat power above the level of a peerless Douluo. Their arrival brings with it a completely different power system and a clash of ideas.

Local elite teachers: Recruit outstanding local talents from Douluo Continent, cultivate them in accordance with the academy's philosophy, and form a tiered teaching team.

Student potential, gathering the best:
The three Herrscher successors: Kiana, Raiden Mei, and Bronya.

New generation elites: Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Shui Bing'er, Ye Lingling, Hu Liena, Qian Renxue... Top martial spirit girls on the continent receive the best resources and the most cutting-edge guidance here, their future is limitless.

[Heavenly Reward: The Heavenly Dao acknowledges the "possibilities" and "future potential" that the Honkai Academy brings to Douluo Star, and bestows upon it an unprecedentedly grand blessing:]

Knowledge Torrent Infusion: The Heavenly Dao will invoke the wisdom laws that exist in the universe to infuse the [Void Treasury] with a knowledge torrent for forty-nine days, greatly enriching its database and supplementing it with more fragments of knowledge from unknown worlds and higher dimensions.

Academy Domain Enhancement: The area where the Honkai Academy is located will permanently gain the "Civilized Pure Land" characteristic. Within this area, students' comprehension will be implicitly enhanced, their innovative thinking will be more active, their success rate in technology research and development will slightly increase, and they will have extremely high resistance to all malicious spying and curse-like abilities.

A supreme treasure descends—the [Starry Sky Guiding Disc]: In the central square of the academy, an ancient stone disc containing the trajectory of the stars in the heavens is formed.

This device can locate the coordinates of the surrounding planes and demiplanes of Douluo Star, and has initially stabilized the temporary passage! This signifies that Honkai Academy will no longer be confined to the corner of Douluo, but has officially gained the qualification and key to explore the starry sea, begin colonization, and even connect to all the myriad worlds!

……

The Douluo Continent was silent, deathly silent.

Throughout the entire process of reviewing the list of winners, even when the Tomb of the Gods appeared or the Tree of Life made its debut, there had never been such a deathly silence.

Everyone stared wide-eyed and gaped, their souls seemingly swept away by the overwhelming voice of the Heavenly Dao and the terrifying amount of information contained in the words "Honkai Academy," leaving them completely blank!
It turns out that opportunity doesn't have to be an object, a place, or a tradition.

It turns out that the greatest opportunity can be a place, a group of people, a concept, and a future!
"Boom—!!!" After a brief silence, a terrifying wave erupted, powerful enough to overturn everyone's worldview!

"The...first?! The Honkai Academy itself is the number one opportunity?!"

"My God! A single force has gathered the opportunities of the second and fifth ranks, along with so many unheard-of facilities and talents..."

"A level eleven soul tool?! A level twelve?! Isn't the current limit level nine?!"

"The Void Treasury, that dean's martial soul is simply incredible!"

"A godhood as a guide to civilization? Exploring the stars and the sea? This...this scale..."

"The Starry Sky Guiding Disc! Does that mean they really can go to other worlds in the future?!"

Exclamations of surprise and horror, mixed with endless shock, bewilderment, and a sense of powerlessness as if facing a dimensional attack, spread throughout the continent.

……

Honkai Impact 3rd Academy, Plaza.

At this moment, inside the academy, there was an indescribable calm and pride.

All the teachers and students, including newly enrolled students Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, Qian Renxue, and others, looked up at the glory of "first place" on the sky, their eyes sparkling with recognition and determination.

"Look! It's our college!"

Kiana jumped up excitedly and swung her fist forcefully.

"Comprehensive assessment: The Heavenly Path Certification aligns 99.9% with the Academy's development goals. The [Starry Sky Guiding Disc] will greatly expand the channels for resource acquisition and cultural exchange."

The data flow was smooth in Bronya's heavily armored bunny eyes.

Fu Hua stood with his hands behind his back and nodded slightly: "Well-deserved. The way of the academy lies in the future, not in clinging to the past."

Theresa stood with her hands on her hips, her little face full of pride: "Hmph, now everyone knows how powerful our academy is!"

Himeko grinned, and the greatsword slung over her shoulder seemed to shine even brighter: "That's more like it! Our goal is the stars and the sea!"

Zhang Yi remained standing before the crowd, his robes fluttering in the wind.

Looking at the "first place" evaluation, he had only a faint smile on his face, like the satisfaction of seeing a seed finally sprout.

He said helplessly, "Douluo Heavenly Dao's vision is quite good, but what do you mean by stripping me bare? It's not easy for me to hide so many little secrets, but I'll forgive you for now because of the generous reward you gave me."

Zhang Yi's helpless complaint made the surrounding teachers and students burst into laughter.

(End of this chapter)