Watching Michelle’s tempting figure, Lu Yin suddenly asked, “You said you’re from the Universe Youth Council. Can you tell me who the Ten Arbiters are?”

“You don’t have the right to know yet.” She didn’t even stop or look back.

Lu Yin took it calmly; desire for the knowledge of the Ten Arbiters was a test of sorts. Some would never pass it, yearning to understand who they were, while others would find out after passing that they were merely identities and nothing more. The Arbiters were free to do as they liked across the universe merely because they towered over the rest of their peers.

Soaring into the sky, Michelle felt the rain dripping on her and wondered something else; how had he done it? She was certain that this had been impossible for Lu Yin when he’d first joined the academy. He had gone from solid star...