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The Spirit Hall launching a war was something that also occurred in the original timeline, and it had not caused the Savage Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest to emerge from their seclusion.
Logically speaking, they should not be emerging now just because of this either.
However, what differed from the original timeline was the current state of development in the world of Spirit Masters.
Six years had passed since Su Wen founded the Academy, a span of time long enough for the newest generation of children to awaken their martial spirits.
Speaking of martial spirit awakening, the proportion of children awakening spirit power upon awakening their martial spirits across the continent was now several times higher than in the past. Previously, a single village might have to rely on sheer luck to produce a child with spirit power. This year, almost every village had at least one child who awakened with innate spirit power. Across a cluster of neighboring villages, there would be at least one child with an innate spirit power of rank three or higher.
This was the state of affairs for the entire Douluo Continent!
In the past, such a ratio could not be achieved anywhere.
It was easy to imagine just how grand of a role the awakening-promoting methods popularized by the Academy had played.
Beyond awakening, the cultivation of Spirit Masters was also much more standardized than before.
They had cultivation techniques, and they had a clear direction.
There had even been the birth of a unified profession known as the Martial Spirit Development Planner.
This was a profession developed over the past few years by the direct disciples of the Academy. They studied the massive amount of information left behind by Su Wen. Led by Lin Dong, they held theoretical study in exceptionally high esteem, believing that even if a Spirit Master had poor aptitude, it did not mean they lacked the chance to reach the pinnacle of the Spirit Master world.
As long as one's will was strong enough and one possessed perseverance, using theory to forge a path to the heavens for their martial spirit's development made anything possible.
Holding such beliefs, a group of Academy disciples led by Lin Dong paved a new path dedicated to martial spirit planning.
It wasn't just these direct disciples of the Academy who were the first to attempt planning for others within the academic world; there were other scholars on the continent who possessed profound research into martial spirit theory.
After a year of development, with Lin Dong inviting veteran scholars like Xiao Zhan and uniting with some of the most powerful, knowledgeable scholars on the continent who held many important research projects in the academic community, they established the Scholars Guild.
Leveraging Su Wen's design of the Mountain of Books and Ocean of Learning, they instituted a grading system for scholars.
In addition, they treated the Martial Spirit Development Planner as a derivative profession of scholars, providing rank certification for it.
Within the academic community, if one wished to plan martial spirit development for others, they first had to obtain official certification from the guild to prove they had the capability and would not mislead the younger generation.
At the same time, the Scholars Guild provided a unified venue for Spirit Masters who required martial spirit planning to seek help. When they needed a plan, they would come to the guild to seek the assistance of a planner.
What Su Wen had learned was still just the tip of the iceberg.
Now, with him having made such an excellent start, the scholars across the continent proclaimed that the theoretical world had entered an unprecedented golden age.
Under the platform of the academic world, any theory and information was publicly accessible. Becoming a scholar had even become a pursuit for many ordinary people who lacked innate spirit power.
That's right, the academic world of the Heavenly Jewel Planet had been open to ordinary people, so the Douluo Continent naturally did not lag behind.
Without spirit power requiring cultivation, ordinary people actually had even more time to research theories.
Of course, it also depended on whether one had a talent for research.
For some people, even if given the opportunity to study, they simply couldn't absorb it.
In short, due to the existence of the Academy and the convenience of the academic world, the Spirit Masters' cultivation was progressing far too fiercely.
In just six short years, the demand for spirit rings had skyrocketed.
Moreover, due to Su Wen's Spirit Ascension Method, the age of the spirit beasts hunted over these six years had generally increased by an entire tier.
It was simply too brutal.
For the spirit beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, these six years had directly caused the beasts inside to shrink back on their own accord. The spirit beasts spontaneously migrated toward the center, staying far away from the peripheral areas.
Even the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python had shown themselves twice, warning human Spirit Masters within the Star Dou Great Forest.
Unfortunately, it was of little consequence.
These two great overlords merely possessed formidable strength, but they did not have the ability to command all spirit beasts.
Out of desperation, they had awakened the Savage Beasts beneath the Lake of Life.
"Sigh, I still have to deal with the matter of the spirit beasts." Hearing that the Savage Beasts had awakened, Su Wen was merely surprised, not worried.
"I have basically perfected the method of condensing spirit rings. Next, I will attempt to condense my seventh spirit ring. Once I succeed, you can also proceed to condense your seventh spirit ring, and then we can spread this method through the academic community."
Of course, before spreading it, Su Wen would definitely still have to negotiate with the spirit beast faction first.
Perhaps the Silver Dragon King was incredibly strong during her prime, but the currently heavily injured Silver Dragon King could definitely exert only limited power. To avoid being targeted by the Gods, she might not even be able to make a move. Therefore, among the Savage Beasts Su Wen needed to worry about, the greatest threat was Di Tian.
Having cultivated to the peak of the Heavenly God level as a Heavenly Jewel Master on the Heavenly Jewel Planet--the strongest realm below the Heavenly Change tier--and also possessing Heavenly Change tier strength, Su Wen did not fear Di Tian in the slightest.
Although the cultivation system of Saint Energy had not been preserved, Su Wen had used his own means to retain his cultivation. A complete set of Legendary Consolidating Equipment plus the twenty-four Heavenly Jewels kept his Saint Energy cultivation relatively intact.
At the very least, he could still mobilize Saint Energy to fuse into the Creation Saint Energy.
This was his greatest reliance.
Douluo Continent.
Outside Heaven Dou City.
The Academy.
The news of Su Wen's return sparked cheers from many disciples.
The academic world had only been officially opened for a bit over six years, but the establishment of the Academy predated that time.
Back then, before Su Wen participated in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, he had already established the Academy. This Academy outside Heaven Dou City was also the very first one.
It had already been eight years now.
"Sigh, the Spirit Master Tournament is held once every five years. Based on age, I would have been able to participate in the tournament three years ago. What a pity."
It was a pity he hadn't been on the Douluo Continent at the time, otherwise, Su Wen felt he could have participated in the tournament one more time and pushed the tournament records straight into the heavens.
However, although Su Wen didn't participate, Lin Dong and the others had competed on behalf of the Academy.
Lin Dong lacked innate spirit power initially, but with the help of Su Wen's Spirit Ascension Method, body tempering techniques, and numerous other cultivation methods, he had undergone a complete transformation. His first spirit ring absorbed was a thousand-year spirit ring, causing his martial spirit to directly undergo a metamorphosis.
After that, he left everyone in the dust.
Cultivating in the Academy for five years, he stepped onto the stage of the Spirit Master Tournament at the age of eleven.
At eleven years old, his spirit power reached rank thirty-four.
Two purple thousand-year spirit rings, one black ten-thousand-year spirit ring, coupled with his never-neglected martial spirit development, allowed his strength to rival a Spirit King.
There was also Ye Luochen, the disciple of Sword Douluo Chen Xin and the eldest disciple of the Academy's Law Enforcement Hall. Born with full innate spirit power, he was no less diligent in his cultivation than Lin Dong. He likewise practiced many of Su Wen's cultivation methods, reaching rank thirty-six within five years.
His strength also rivaled a Spirit King.
The knowledge and theories of the Academy were all shared.
Through the academic world, the Academy's cultivation techniques and theoretical knowledge could all be looked up.
Yet, even with the exact same cultivation techniques and the exact same theoretical guidance, when applied to Lin Dong and Ye Luochen, it manifested in a completely unattainable effect that left others far behind.