Journey of the Fate Destroying Emperor novel Chapter 196

Before heading to the meeting, Wang Wei began to ponder about all the information he knows about the Emperor Enlightening Academy in order to further tune out his plans.

Despite being the second most powerful faction currently in the Myriad Emperor World, the Academy is actually very new compared to all the other factions as it was created during the Middle Emperor Era. To be precise, the Academy started that era.

After the Devil Era, the Myriad Emperor World had gone through another catastrophe that almost ruined it. As a result countless Emperor Lineages and other factions were destroyed in the process. During a brief period between these two Eras, many Great Emperors were born and they tried to revitalize the world, but they failed.

That was until Emperor Kong--also known by the name Kong Meng. Emperor Kong was a very powerful cultivator born during that period. According to information left over from that time period, Kong Meng was a very enlightened person who preached the idea or notion that all cultivators should have access to education, to knowledge—no matter their background, status, or talents.

As you can expect, no other factions supported this idea. For countless eras, the idea of only hoarding knowledge has been practiced. And in this world where knowledge equates to power, no faction wants to release their techniques or methods to outsiders—especially without receiving any benefit.

Not to mention that the cultivation world was at an all time weakness and low morale after the Devil Era. At that time, precious cultivation techniques were even more valuable given that a large majority of them were destroyed.

However, Kong Meng did not see it that way. He believed that only by circulating more techniques that other people will be inspired to create or renovate the already existing one, thus pushing the cultivation world back to recovery and further development. And it turned out that he was right.

After the Heaven Will Battle, Kong Meng proved the Dao and took the name Emperor Kong. Then, he created the Emperor Enlightenment Academy. To be precise, he created or invented the concept of "Academy".

Before Emperor Kong’s time, there was no such thing as an academy. All factions in the world could be divided into two branches: families and sects.

When it comes to families or clans, all cultivation techniques or methods were passed between people with the same bloodline or the same surname. This method was used because cultivators believed that this was the safest way to guard these techniques. After all, it is very difficult to betray your own family, your own blood.

As for sects, they allowed talented people from outside into their groups. However, these people were usually taken from a young age so that they can be brainwashed into being loyal to their sects. These kids were usually taught to place the sect before everything else, even their family or own death.

However, even that method had many problems due to unfair distribution of power and resources. A perfect example of that is the Dao Opening Sect.

Although the sect is ruled by four factions, it was not always like that. In the early stage of its creation, the majority of power and resources were in the hands of the Wang, Li, and Yan family. As for the sectarian faction, they usually hold the lowest of positions in the sects. The resources that they received were the least amount, they did not have access to all the powerful techniques, and they were forced to do the most dangerous tasks like being trained as Death Slaves or Suicide Soldiers.

It was not until the Shadow Ruler Emperor appeared in the sect that they realized the importance of the sectarian faction and the benefit that they could bring to the sect as a whole. So, more power and resources were granted to them—elevating them to the status of one of the main factions of the Dao Opening Sect.

However, the Emperor Enlightenment Academy created another system of inheritance. A system that allows all cultivators access to techniques and resources as long as they enter the Academy. Of course, the Academy did not give them all this for free, but granted them the opportunity to acquire precious cultivation resources.

An example of that is a loose cultivator that does not belong to any faction nor wanted to join one. If he wants some rare material that is strictly controlled by the powerful Emperor Lineages of the world, he can join the Academy and serve there for a few years. Then, using contribution points, he could get such rare material.