As one of the top-ranked academies in Donghai City, Donghai Academy had a well-developed structure and facilities, fully capable of meeting the learning, research, and cultivation needs of its teachers and students.
Naturally, as someone who possessed the Martial Soul of "Cognizance", Heita would never pass up a treasure trove like the library—after all, no knowledge is ever useless.
But what annoyed Heita was that the Donghai Academy library was divided into tiers?
Just like the academy itself, it was split into a Lower Division and a Higher Division. Since the Lower Division offered compulsory education, the available library content was extremely limited—just slightly beyond what was in the textbooks.
As for the Higher Division, Heita could pretty much guess what was there.
After all, the academy brochure made it clear: the Lower Division teaches basic knowledge, while the Higher Division focuses on applying that knowledge. In other words, the core of Donghai Academy lay in its Higher Division.
But to Heita, she had long since lost interest in the Higher Division.
Apply knowledge?
Even without using her "Lord of Omniscience" ability, she could already master all of it through sheer talent. And if she did use it, her progress would be even more monstrous!
"Forget it. Na'er's plan has just started. There's no need to rush into Shrek Academy yet. I'll first try developing my own soul skills."
Because Heita's power was completely off the charts. While the average soul power level of her class wasn't even at Level 15, she had already reached Level 27!
No matter who she sparred with—she completely dominated every time.
Even the teachers during combat classes didn't dare pair her with other students out of fear that she might accidentally hurt someone—badly.
Because of this, her teachers reported to the principal countless times, saying that there was a "god-tier" student in their class. Whether it was knowledge, soul power, or ability usage, she was leagues above her peers. As a teacher, he had long since run out of ways to guide her, and could only leave her to self-study…
Keeping her in the freshman class any longer would only waste her talent!
This left the academy's higher-ups both excited and troubled.
Excited that they had produced such a once-in-a-lifetime genius, whom they had to pamper like a royal treasure. But troubled that her talent was so high, she didn't seem to need any teaching at all.
This stumped the department head and the principal. Once this outstanding student graduates, she'll definitely attract attention. But when others ask how Donghai Academy's teachers taught her—how would she respond?
> "How did the teachers teach me? You should ask the students they actually taught! I'm a genius, I basically self-studied. The simple stuff I understood at a glance. Honestly, the teachers couldn't teach me much. Only the average students really needed instruction, right?"
If Heita really said that, wouldn't it make Donghai Academy look completely incompetent?
You can't even guide a 9-year-old? And you dare claim to be the best academy?
Not only would it hurt student recruitment, it might even cause the Sun-Moon Federation to cut their funding!
If that actually happened, Donghai Academy would be finished.
To prevent such a terrifying scenario, the school's upper management racked their brains, trying to figure out how to deal with this exceptional student. So until an official decision was made, Heita was allowed to self-study in any teacher's class she chose.
Some students initially opposed this "special treatment," but Heita shut them up immediately:
> "What's the problem? Think it's unfair and want the same treatment?"
> "Of course, that's fine!"
> "Just reach Level 25 or above at age nine, and memorize everything in the Lower Division by heart. If you can do that, this kind of treatment is easy to get!"
> "Can't do that? Then just beat me up!"
Since then, no one ever questioned Heita again. After all, she was the youngest in class, yet had the highest soul power.
Even though their class was the honors class and gathered many young talents from smaller cities, compared to a once-in-a-century genius like Heita, they were like fireflies competing with the full moon.
And as for that part about beating her up...
Who could even beat her?
Wouldn't they just be walking into the ring to get used as a punching bag?
So for now, Heita had become the "school tyrant" of the Lower Division.
Or perhaps for the academy's leadership, she was more like the "school dad"?
Anyway, in the following week, with no other distractions, Heita focused entirely on developing her soul skills. After all, her Martial Soul, "Lord of Omniscience", came with innate computational abilities—and this was only the tip of the iceberg.
After obtaining the Baize (White Marsh) soul spirit, Heita instantly gained two thousand-year soul rings, and her path on the Road of Cognizance became even smoother.
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First Soul Skill: Synaptic Resonance
Links all enemy units within range. When any one of them takes damage, the damage is increased and all connected targets also take damage.
Unlimited number of enemies, unlimited number of damage triggers.
Unless actively canceled, the skill persists as long as soul power is available.
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Second Soul Skill: Brain-in-a-Jar
Applies a "Brain-in-a-Jar" status to a target. Every time Heita casts a soul skill, it charges the jar once. Upon two charges, she can cast the last used skill again for free, without consuming any soul power.
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Although these results were a bit unexpected, they also made perfect sense.
After manifesting as a Martial Soul, the "Lord of Omniscience" had actually turned its soul skills into Echoes and Blessings from the Simulated Universe?
In the world of Douluo Continent, these two soul skills were indeed powerful. While they leaned more toward support-type skills, the real strength of the Lord of Omniscience wasn't in its soul skills—it was in its innate abilities as a Star God!
Take Heita's computational ability as an example—it was basically a short-term precognition, a glimpse into the future!
Wasn't that far more terrifying than any soul skill?
So Heita's goal was to, under the premise of mastering her soul skills, fully develop her Martial Soul to its maximum potential!
After all, wisdom has no limits!
By then, it wouldn't be strange if Heita had a whole arsenal of self-created soul skills.
Time passed, and Heita truly achieved many breakthroughs. But just as she was preparing to go even further, a notice from the academy's leadership arrived.
Naturally, it was only sent to Heita.
In short, the notice said:
> "Student Heita of Class One has completed the Lower Division's curriculum in a short amount of time. Ordinary teachers are no longer capable of guiding her. Given this special case, Donghai Academy has created a special class for Heita, where she will receive one-on-one instruction from a senior teacher."
One-on-one?
Heita looked at the notice and instantly understood.
A senior teacher at Donghai Academy. Capable of one-on-one instruction.
Who could it be?
So hard to guess!
Right, Wu Zhangkong?