Perhaps there were some people who knew the true identity of the God-Merging schoolmaster. But ninety-nine percent of people in the imperial capital had no clue who he was. After all, the rules of the Imperial University were specifically designed to hide the identity of its students.2

What was more, Torchlight wasn’t something people in the Imperial Region discussed a lot, at least until the events in Sea-Sealing County swept through humankind like a storm. After that, the emperor issued a decree listing all members of Torchlight as wanted. From then on, just about everyone knew who Torchlight was.0

To the vast majority of cultivators, Torchlight represented chaos, evil, and destruction. What was more, their Blood-Soaked Performances were viewed as appalling and horrid. The main character in Sea-Sealing County’s big coup was Bai Xiaozhuo. A lot of stories had spread about him. Thanks to everything he had done, people had come to think of him as the poster child for Torchlight.0

As a result, when Xu Qing’s words echoed out, they crashed like thunder, shaking the entire imperial capital.0

“Torchlight?”1

“That’s not possible!”0

“The God-Merging schoolmaster is that Bai Xiaozhuo fellow?”0

The astonished students...0