The four ruling powers were very ruthless in their attempts to take over Virtue Archives; otherwise, the academy would have never been willing to take their students to the Higher Realm as part of an exchange program, as this would give the four ruling powers a chance to recruit their students.

However, the students had already arrived, so it was too late to regret the academy’s choice.

It was clear that all of the students’ eyes had lit up. Independent cultivators were always lacking for resources, while the students from powerful clans and families were even more eager to join the four ruling powers. There was no way out of this trap.

When Lu Yin had first arrived in the Perennial World at the Bei family’s home, he had already learned that Virtue Archives had somehow changed. The changes taking place were quickly affecting the academy's neutrality and internal structure. The four ruling powers' attempts to recruit the students and the God of Food's helplessness both demonstrated what was happening: the God of Food could no longer protect Virtue Archives.

The Higher Realm was much smaller than the Middle Realm, but it still took the paper boat five days to reach the Wang family’s homeland from the Cloud Shuttle. Without the speed of that boat, it would have taken the students several months at the least to make the journey.

As for the God of Food, he had no choice but to also visit the Wang family’s home land, but how could he be willing to...