"As for the Outer Realm, you’ll learn more after you become a Semi-Progenitor. By the way, you just mentioned that you’re from Virtue Archives. How is the academy now? I heard that it’s about to be divided up between the four ruling powers, right?" Bai Sheng asked.

Lu Yin had not expected such bluntness from Bai Sheng. The four ruling powers did indeed intend to split Virtue Archives between themselves, and they had been steadily working towards accomplishing that. "They are sharing it, but they haven't succeeded in taking it over quite yet. They are hoping to send people over to inherit the Mountain and Sea."

"The Mountain and Sea? What a waste. Do they really think that it's that simple to inherit one of the Mountains and Seas? There were masters for all of the Nine Mountains and Eight Seas only during a single era. It never happened before that, and it will never happen again after that. They know nothing at all about the Mountains and Seas. It’s best if someone can receive the inheritance, but it’s fine if it doesn’t happen. Only very rarely have any Semi-Progenitors successfully inherited one of the Mountains and Seas, so most people wait to try after they become Progenitors. Just so you know, the earliest that anyone’s ever managed to inherit a Mountain and Sea was when they were an Envoy, though that’s just a legend. The earliest that’s been confirmed was Progenitor Chen, who inherited a Mountain and...