Academic Degree Is Cultivation Base (41 episodes)
In this cultivation world, educational degree equals cultivation: preschool equals Qi Gathering, primary school equals Qi Refinement, middle school equals…
In this cultivation world, educational degree equals cultivation: preschool equals Qi Gathering, primary school equals Qi Refinement, middle school equals Foundation Establishment, high school equals Golden Core, bachelor's equals Nascent Soul, master's equals Soul Formation, doctorate equals Void Tribulation, post-doctorate equals Mahayana, and academician equals Heavenly Tribulation and Ascension. Every exam is akin to enduring a heavenly tribulation; passing raises both education and cultivation level, while failing requires repeating the grade and retaking the tribulation, with diplomas serving as proof of realm. The protagonist, Lu Ci, never even finished preschool. Relying on picking up discarded study guides to self-study, he self-examines his way from primary school unified exams all the way to a PhD, with his cultivation soaring directly to the late Mahayana stage, ultimately overturning the entire cultivation world to become an unreachable deity admired by tens of thousands!