James Harris sneered, “As expected, you’re just trash. Summerwind Academy is a place that trash like you could never hope to reach—”

“But I was once a specially admitted student of the Earth Division at Tiandu Academy!” Ethan Brooks interrupted James Harris, and his words instantly shocked the entire hall.

Chapter 8 Missing a Bedwarmer Maid

“Tiandu Academy’s Earth Division... special admission!?”

Ethan Brooks’s words stunned everyone present!

No one was not shocked, even the mysterious old man was momentarily dazed.

If Summerwind Academy is the sacred land of cultivation in the Summerwind Kingdom, then Tiandu Academy is the sacred land of cultivation for the entire Tiandu Continent—without exception!

It is a place that countless geniuses from almost the entire continent yearn for. Whether it’s the hundreds of large and small princely states or the three dominant empires, for any genius, their first choice is always to join Tiandu Academy.

Because Tiandu Academy is an ancient force with a legacy spanning millennia, possessing cultivation resources so vast that countless princely states envy and covet them. Its profound heritage, accumulated over the ages, makes this academy a colossal power on par with the three great empires.

On the Tiandu Continent, everyone takes pride in joining Tiandu Academy. In comparison, while Summerwind Academy is the top cultivation academy in the Summerwind Kingdom, that’s only within the kingdom. Looking at the entire Tiandu Continent, compared to the influence of Tiandu Academy... the difference is immense, almost like night and day.

Getting into Tiandu Academy is extremely difficult. On average, each vassal state only has one or two people admitted each year, because even the minimum entry requirement is to reach the eighth level of the acquired realm before the age of seventeen.

This alone blocks countless people who aspire to Tiandu Academy—this step is as hard as reaching the heavens!

Like Summerwind Academy, Tiandu Academy has four divisions: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow, with Heaven being the highest, Earth next, and Yellow the lowest.

In fact, the four-division system originated from Tiandu Academy; Summerwind Academy merely imitates it.

But the so-called elite disciples of the Heaven Division at Summerwind Academy, when placed among the nearly all-continent-gathering geniuses at Tiandu Academy, would at best be considered Profound Division students.

This is the gap between a kingdom’s academy and a continent’s academy—like the difference between heaven and earth.

Yet the former Ethan Brooks was such an extraordinary genius that even the Earth Division at Tiandu Academy made an exception to admit him.

This achievement utterly eclipses the so-called Heaven Division disciples of Summerwind Academy many times over.

Almost everyone had forgotten just how dazzling a genius Ethan Brooks once was—so dazzling that even a sacred land like Tiandu Academy couldn’t help but extend an olive branch.

Both the Ye and Yang families were momentarily dazed.

A student of the Earth Division at Tiandu Academy—what an exalted status, even more remarkable than being the top student at Summerwind Academy.

Olivia Harris was also momentarily dazed, looking at the young man before her with a complicated expression.

Innate at thirteen!

This was the youngest person in the history of the Summerwind Kingdom to achieve the innate realm—unprecedented and unmatched. Even among the neighboring kingdoms, it caused a huge sensation.

She herself, a genius, had reached this realm four years later than him, and her current achievements were far inferior. Yet such a dazzling accomplishment came from the very boy who had just been ridiculed by everyone.

It’s hard to imagine how a sixteen-year-old “waste” at the third level of the acquired realm had once achieved the record of reaching the innate realm at thirteen.

He broke the record for the entire Summerwind Kingdom, causing an enormous stir, and even entered that mysterious ancient path of kings.

No matter how outstanding she was, she had to admit that the boy back then possessed such brilliance.

Unfortunately, all of that was in the past.

After a moment of daze, James Harris suddenly sneered, “You were indeed something once, but now you’re worthless. Ethan Brooks, tell me, do you still have any chance of matching Olivia now? Oh, I forgot, you’re just a cripple stuck at the third level of the acquired realm.”

This is a harsh reality, but one that cannot be denied. The former Ethan Brooks was indeed a peerless genius, but now—he’s just trash.

Yet Ethan Brooks’s gaze remained calm and natural, quietly looking at Olivia Harris, but this time he made a request: “Olivia Harris, do you dare make a bet with me?”

“A bet?” Olivia Harris raised her eyebrows. “What kind of bet do you want to make? Or do you even have the qualifications to bet with me now?”

It was a rather provoking remark, but it was the truth. Ethan Brooks was a cripple, while Olivia Harris had a bright future—the two weren’t even starting from the same line.

“I’ll bet my life. What do you think?” Ethan Brooks said calmly, but his words once again shocked everyone present.

He’s actually betting his life!

Emily Carter’s face changed instantly, panic-stricken. “Ethan, what nonsense are you talking about? Olivia Harris niece, don’t take it seriously, he’s just speaking carelessly.”