At the foot of Mount Tai, the construction of the Trials Academy proceeded at full throttle. Most facilities were already complete, and only the final adjustments were underway. 0

The government's remarkable speed was truly worth admiring, as the entire project took merely three months. The Trials Academy had training chambers, living quarters, and logistics zones. Once fully operational, the massive Trials Academy would use Mount Tai's boons to cultivate even more Awakened.4

Today, dozens of figures were gathered on the already completed airstrip. They were led by Elder Ji and Elder Yun, with Dean Zheng and Ji Yuzhen standing alongside them. All of them were the leaders of their respective domains, but respect gleamed in every eye as they gazed upon one individual—Lu Yuan.0

Lu Yuan was about to depart on his journey to the West.3

"King Lu, I'll say it again—this could very well be a trap. You don't have to go," Elder Ji said. He had gathered extensive intelligence over the month, and every piece of information told him that this journey was not going to be easy at all.0

Though he believed in Lu Yuan's strength, he wished...0