Shenwu Academy

The **Shenwu Academy** was one of the oldest institutions within the Ancientspirit Galaxy. It was founded several million years ago by a thirteen superpowers.

## Appearance

It was several hundred kilometers high. It covered the sun and most of the sky, almost overwhelming everything beneath it. The gigantic object was a giant sphere with a radius of 500 kilometers. It was entrenched deep in the earth. It was a meteorite, it emanated the amazing power of a star. It was a small star, a fallen star!

The star was largely submerged in the earth. Its exposed part was like a magnificent mountain. They were numerous buildings–sculptured, jade edifices and palaces–on its surface. So numerous were they that they appeared like meandering structures tipping into the sky. It was an extremely magnificent scene. Since the star was gigantic, its top half was already in the clouds. Looking over them, these meandering structures were like palaces erected for immortals in the clouds. The buildings merged to form a circular city with a radius of 2,000 kilometers. Its city walls were nearly 500 kilometers high. There were city gates in all four directions.

## Description

Many of its teachers were from this dozen or so superpowers. A large number of the Galaxy’s human talents had enrolled into the Academy. Many geniuses and heretic heirs had hailed from this Academy, making it famous throughout the Ancientspirit Galaxy.

It was the holy land for many young martial artists of the Ancientspirit Galaxy. Every year, countless geniuses joined the Shenwu Academy. Of course, the Shenwu Academy would not nurture these talents for nothing. All these martial artist graduates with outstanding cultivations must join one of its dozen or so superpowers. Otherwise, they would be killed. This was how these superpowers maintained their thriving influence. If such geniuses kept joining them after hitting a certain realm in their cultivations, it would be impossible for these superpowers to decline.

## Factions

The factions in the Shenwu Academy are very complex. They contend with one another, openly and secretly. The Shenwu Academy is made up of thirteen superpowers so there are thirteen factions. Among the 18 Holy Sons, 13 are of a different faction. Each of the 13 superpowers will send their outstanding geniuses to the Academy. Some of their geniuses will become a Holy Son and draw people to their Sect. A Holy Son will back his supporters and these supporters will end up joining his faction.

This large Academy had cultivated so many geniuses that each faction wanted to rope in as many talents into their ranks as possible.After graduating from the Shenwu Academy, these geniuses would choose and join a faction. The 13 superpowers had to garner their support before their graduation. But it was not appropriate for the Instructors to recruit these disciples openly. Otherwise, the Academy would end up in a big mess. So every superpower tried to nurture thier genius to be a Holy Son. The Holy Son would then do the recruiting.

* Chixia Caves
* Purple Holy Shrine
* Nine Heavens Holy Ground
* Taishi Family
* Cloud Top Holy Gate
* Cangyun Sacred Sect
* Astrology Holy Gate
* Sun and Moon Sacred Sect
* Imperial Ancestor Court
* Guangyun Divine Palace
* Canghai Sacred Hall
* Purple Light Holy Door
* Wuji Holy Mount

These were the Powerful Forces behind the Shenwu Academy. These thirteen were spread out among Star Guzhou and a few of the surrounding Galaxies. Each one of them was located inside Ancient Spirit Galaxy, and they were among the extraordinary existence of the ordinary Human Tribe. When these ten over Powerful Forces allied, they were no less mighty than the Sorcerer Tribe. Within the Shenwu Academy, each of the thirteen Factions had their own unique points. For example, the Purple Light Holy Door attracts those geniuses who can cultivate Light Martial Arts. Another example is the Imperial Ancestor Court Faction, which draws people who can recruit good warfare and expand the territory for the Holy Dynasty.

### Taishi Family Faction

The Taishi Family had immense influence within the Academy. No fewer than 6,000 outer mansion disciples had chosen to join them. If you counted the inner mansion disciples in, their total number would swell to 10,000.

### Imperial Ancestor Court Faction

The wealthiest Force and the one with the most opportunity would be the Imperial Ancestor Court Faction. This Country is often at war with others, expands outwards, and plunders endless wealth. Furthermore, they luxuriously reward those who possess Fighting Skills. The Imperial Ancestor Court Faction was the only country amongst the dozen Forces. As such, it was inevitable for them to conquer land through engaging in wars.

## Hierarchy

It only accepted the foremost human talents from the Ancientspirit Galaxy. Of course, these superpowers could make their own geniuses enroll and practice in the Academy as well. All disciples could only stay in the Academy for 30 years. After that, they must leave the Shenwu Academy and join one of the superpowers. If they did not, they would be seen as traitors to the Shenwu Academy. He or she would be slain jointly by these superpowers. Anyone who betrayed the Shenwu Academy could find no place for them within the entire Ancientspirit Galaxy. Of course, if you did not want to join any of the superpowers, there was one other way out: remain in the Academy as a lecturer. However, the quota for lecturers was limited–only one per year.

The Academy spared no efforts in nurturing its inner mansion disciples. There were all sorts of cultivation skills and martial arts techniques for them. Every outer mansion disciple would have a chance to master an Upper Imperial cultivation skill and an Upper Imperial martial arts technique. They could also keep an Upper Imperial Weapon. Once they were promoted to the Martial Honored Realm, their rewards were even more plentiful. They could enroll into the inner mansion for farther cultivation, and even own a personal mountain peak. According to the Shenwu Records, the inner mansion of the Academy was once the inside of a fallen meteorite. The place was wondrous to behold.

The disciples of the Shenwu Academy were divided into four classes. They were–from the lowest to the highest–the outer mansion disciple, the inner mansion disciple, the Holy Son, and the Divine Son. A Holy Son was an elite of the inner mansion. It meant that the disciple could break into the Martial Saint Realm and would be extensively nurtured by the Academy. Currently, there were only 18 Holy Sons in the entire Academy. Each was like a dragon or phoenix among humans–one out of ten thousand. A Divine Son was even more extraordinary. He might reach the Empty God Realm in the future and become an invincible presence within the vast galaxies. Right now, there was only one supreme Divine Son in the entire Shenwu Academy. A Divine Son enjoyed an elevated position, surpassing those of most Academy lecturers. Only Saint lecturers in the Martial Sage Realm could surpass a Divine Son’s stature.

## Buildings

### Outer Mansion

There were really all kinds of building within the Shenwu Academy, dazzling the eyes. All sorts of pavilions, palaces, courtyards–in a word, so many that they were countless. The materials used for them were also different. Some were built out of granite, others from superior sandalwood. Some were carved out of exquisite white jade, others cast of glistening metals. All kinds of buildings with widely varying styles, almost all of them different. In some places, there were a continuous cluster of dense buildings. You could not see where the last building was. Elsewhere, there were just a few, scattered structures.

### Inner Mansion

A boundless, starry sky. The land he stood on was vast and extensive. He could not see how far it stretched. Under the starry sky, thousands of mountain peaks hovered. It was a magnificent sight. These mountain peaks were not very high. Some were about 100 meters high. The tallest was only about 10 kilometers high. These peaks were arranged in a very orderly fashion. The center peak was the highest; the mountains in the outskirts circled the center peak to form a ring. The farther outside a mountain was, the shorter its height. On almost all these mountain peaks were exquisite buildings. A palace for immortals seemed to be on all their summits. Shadowy figures of martial artists flickered on the mountain peaks. There were also some strange creatures dancing.

#### Shen Wu Peak

Shen Wu Peak was the main peak in the inner mansion. It was where the Estate Master stayed.

### Torture Room

The Torture Room is where the academy punishes disciples. They will suffer from the Torture of the Soul where every living minute is like hell.

## Cultivation Grounds & Notable Places

There were many places in the Academy that could assist cultivation, like the Starry Cultivation Room, the Ultimacy Sacred Mountain etc. There were also many places suitable for acquiring experiences and adventuring – The Demonic Clouds Sea, the Nine Perishing Realm, the Thousand Slaying Mountain…

### Ultimacy Sacred Mountain

Ultimacy Sacred Mountain was a place for the Academy’s disciples to perceive the Ultimacy. The Small World was not large, with a radius of about 500 miles. In its centered towered a sky-reaching giant mountain. The mountain took up a tremendous area and was tens of thousands of meters high. It stabbed the sky like an exceedingly high pillar. The mountain was rather peculiar一at some places the wind howled, in other places the snow fell heavily, and in yet other places fire burned. No matter the heavy snowfall, the raging fire or any other abnormal scenes, they appeared illusory.

The Ultimacies there were quite ordinary, such as the Five-Elements Property Ultimacy, Yin-Yang Ultimacy, Wind Ultimacy, Thunder and Lighting Ultimacy, Furious Ultimacy, and so on. Even the Immortality Ultimacy was absent. These types of Ultimacy were far less than those in the Fighting Spirits’ Plane of the Firmament World. The Ultimacy’s power, however, was considerably strong for the martial artists to perceive. This was something the Fighting Spirits’ Plane could not compare to.

### Battle World

The Battle World was a place where the disciples from various martial arts academies battled each other in competitions.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 1214
2. ↑ Chapter 1210
3. ↑ Chapter 1241
4. ↑ Chapter 1329
5. ↑ Chapter 1256
6. ↑ Chapter 1329
7. ↑ Chapter 1222
8. ↑ Chapter 1215
9. ↑ Chapter 1215
10. ↑ Chapter 1371
11. ↑ Chapter 1368
12. ↑ Chapter 1222
13. ↑ Chapter 1236
14. ↑ Chapter 1238
15. ↑ Chapter 1246