For the God-Merging School, having Seventh Prince publicly join was definitely like adding flowers to the brocade. The students of the school felt especially proud. Imperial princes were very special, so having one as a public member was like free advertising. The God-Merging School, which was already the most popular school of thought in the Imperial University, got even more applicants. After all, the fact that an imperial prince was willing to join that school was like a signal to everyone else.9

Of course, Seventh Prince immediately became like a spokesperson for the God-Merging School, someone that everyone would be paying attention to.0

That was exactly what Seventh Prince wanted. After King Heaventide was killed and Seventh Prince returned to the imperial capital like a bedraggled stray dog, he had lost a lot of his former glory. He had been left with no choice but to stay out of sight and avoid Xu Qing. However, the venom in his heart only grew more and more intense as time passed.5

For this entire time, he had been waiting for his fifth brother to return. He and Fifth Prince had the same mother, and as a result, they were a lot closer to each other than most imperial princes were to the others.4

What was more, Fifth Prince had battle prowess that was second only to Grand Prince. He was brave, a good fighter, and was favored by the emperor. He was the one who was apprenticed to the number one heavenly king,...4