Chapter 1003: 1003

When people returned to the mountain, everything had come to a close . No one could see Jiang Chen . They did not know whether he was dead or had decided to move on .

Li Yujian flew into the air from the mountain . She, free again, could not stop thinking about what Jiang Chen had told her . She had not taken it seriously, but now she could not let it go . Four Ancients of king grade and the Genuine Heaven Religious Sect working together could not kill Jiang Chen . Instead, they had suffered a great loss .

Once Jiang Chen got stronger, would the All Saints Religious Sect be able to resist him? She had no idea, and she could not find the answer . She returned to the Realm of Heaven Martial Arts with a heavy heart .

Ten days had passed when she finally arrived at the Thousand Sky Continent . By then the tragic news of what had happened in the Dark Continent had created a crisis . All the races were shocked . Even the Holy Lands and the Divine Religious Sects could not sit still anymore .

However, none of them had given any order to kill Jiang Chen . They condemned Jiang Chen, and then they went quiet . No one had sent any troops to deal with him .

Li Yujian was puzzled . She went to see her master after going back to the All Saints Religious Sect . “Yujian! That’s great . You’re fine!” The All Saints Religious Sect had also heard about the incident in the Three Middle Realms . They knew some members of the Red Cloud Society had died in the incident . Her master had thought her apprentice had also been killed by the evil man .

Then Li Yujian told her master every detail about the incident .

“He triggered the Kalpa Thunder of Wrath by breaking through to the Second Constellation Palace . So he does have a divine body . ”

Her master was a white-haired old lady . She did not look attractive and seemed to be running out of vitality . However, people like her usually could exert dreadful power at the end of their lives . No wise people would ever try to pick a fight with them .

“Divine body? But it’s said there is no way to break the curse of divine body . ” Li Yujian was very surprised . She knew nothing about it, but it explained why Jiang Chen’s body was so strong .

Over the ten days after this mind-blowing incident, everything about Jiang Chen had been investigated . Rising in the Realm of Nine Heavens, he had fought his way into the Three Middle Realms relying on his resolution and strong will . It seemed it would not take long for this man to take his first step in the Three Upper Realms .

At the thought of Jiang Chen’s age, Li Yujian knew it was possible .

“Master, the four great races suffered a big loss, but why have none of them done anything yet?” Li Yujian asked, confused .

“Because he was invited by the academies!” her master said .

“What?!” Li Yujian was extremely shocked .

The Realm of Heaven Martial Arts was huge . It was so huge that it was impossible to divide it by east, south, west, and north . There were numerous continents in this world—for example, the Thousand Sky Continent where the All Saints Religious Sect was located . On each continent there was at least one Holy Land or Divine Religious Sect .

In this world, a Holy Land or a Divine Religious Sect only had a say on their own continent . Of course, some superpowers were governing several or even ten-odd continents . They were the real superpowers of the Seventh Realm . However, they were still not the strongest powers in this world .

Only three academies had supreme powers: Land of Abundance, Sacred Martial Arts, and Divine Honor .

Why were these three academies so powerful? Because they were from the Eighth Realm . After the channel connected to the Sacred Zone had been closed for 500 years, the Eighth Realm had become the paramount existence . In other words, the Eighth Realm could decide the fate of the Nine Realms .

There were only three forces in the huge Eighth Realm . They occupied the world that numerous people were eager to visit . That did not satisfy them . They extended their powers to the Seventh Realm and started three academies . The three academies represented different forces .

Putting the appearances of 10,000 races aside, the conflict among the three academies had lasted for hundreds of years . Since they called themselves academies, they certainly could recruit disciples . Anyone who managed to enter any of these three academies would definitely achieve something momentous in this world in the future .

This was common sense to the youngsters of the Realm of Heaven Martial Arts . Esoteric disciples and premier disciples were nothing compared to the disciples of these three academies .

“There is no way he can pass,” Li Yujian said, lacking confidence . She thought too highly of the academies . Even though she had seen how strong Jiang Chen was, she still did not believe in him .

He was doing great things in the Dark Continent, but, to be honest, battles on that level were only entry-level conflicts here . In the Realm of Heaven Martial Arts, even esoteric disciples were only average . To put it in another way, the reason Li Yujian went to the Dark Continent to have adventures was the Academy of Divine Honor had created the youngest Martial Emperor ever . He became Martial Emperor at the age of 23 . Standing in the limelight, he was respected by the whole world .

In comparison, Jiang Chen in the Second Constellation Palace was quite vulnerable before Martial Emperors .

“That’s why all the forces are still waiting . If he can join an academy, no one will try to pick a fight with him . ”

“Which academy invited him?” Li Yujian asked curiously .

“All three . ”

Li Yujian was speechless . After a long while, she finally told her master about the relationship between Fan Tianyin and Jiang Chen . Although Jiang Chen had never told her what their relationship was, she could tell from Jiang Chen’s reaction that this person was important to him . She must be either his biological sister or his lover .

“Really?” Her master was quite surprised . She turned serious .

“And he also told me…” Li Yujian repeated what Jiang Chen had said to her .

Then her master went to see a powerful person in a vital place in their religious sect to report it .

Li Yujian was waiting for the news . She kind of hoped the All Saints Religious Sect would release the woman . After all, she found it really difficult to forget that look of Jiang Chen’s .

“Don’t release her! She stole a holy method of our religious sect . If we release her, how will others see the All Saints Religious Sect? Besides, he is not a disciple of any academy yet!”

Unfortunately, Li Yujian heard the voice of the saint of their religious sect soon . He sounded extremely angry . Jiang Chen had killed no one from the All Saints Religious Sect . The holy method that Fan Tianyin had stolen had been returned . In theory, the saint should not have been so angry .

She came to understand the reason soon . It was thanks to the saint that Fan Tianyin was not killed . It was said he fell in love with her and he wanted to win her body and her heart . However, in the end he got nothing, so he imprisoned her out of anger .

“I’m a future academy disciple . I’m not scared of him!” Li Yujian heard the saint’s voice again . She was shocked . Then she recalled the saint had received the invitation from some academy . She supposed he had passed the test .

Her master came back soon .

“We’ll release her if Jiang Chen will join the Academy of Sacred Martial Arts,” her master told her the final decision of the All Saints Religious Sect . Li Yujian knew the All Saints Religious Sect was aligned with the Academy of Sacred Martial Arts . If Jiang Chen joined either of the other two academies, Fan Tianyin would be an important pawn for them .

Hopefully everything will be fine, Li Yujian thought .

Her master soon discovered that her proud apprentice had become a different person . It was quite a blow for her, but, fortunately, the will to fight had not faded from her eyes, which was a comfort for the old lady .

Knowing shame is akin to courage . This was the attitude a practitioner should adopt .

On the Dark Continent, Jiang Chen was still in the forbidden land . As the Chinese saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest . He assumed no one would know he was still there . He was not in a hurry to leave . After illuminating the First Constellation Palace successfully, he was hunting fierce beasts to train himself .