Shanfeng Xueyan (山峰學院), abbreviated SFXY and also known as the Mountain Peak School, is a cultivation school currently based in Shanghai, though it has several satellite campuses in other cities. It is the largest and oldest unaffiliated cultivation school currently still operating. It has not been located on a mountain top for hundreds of years.

• Offers both boarding and day school options
• Focuses on providing a solid traditional cultivation base
• More advanced students may choose to specialize in specific areas
• Has good relationships with many tradcul sects
• Prominent alumni in both tradcul and procul spheres
• Mascot is the qilin

• Qiao Wanqian

• Dong Aokang
• Jimmy Yeh
• Qiu Hongyu

Jianghu Boarding School: The titular boarding school, actually on a mountain top.