"Are these seniors members of the imperial family?" Ke Haoran asked curiously.
Fuzi looked at Gu Hui. Gu Hui smiled and said, "There's nothing that can't be told, as long as you don't spread it around.
"I am the founding emperor of Great Tang. Nian Ci is the empress, and Gu Wei is my son, naturally the second emperor.
"Gu Nian, my daughter, was once the Eldest Princess of Great Tang.
"Gu Xin was also a princess during some period of these thousand years.
"Gu Chong was the Chonghe Emperor whose name was recorded in Great Tang's history books.
"Hundreds of years ago, I had intended to take Xiang'er and Junbao as disciples, but Fuzi beat me to it. They became the Academy's First and Second Senior Brothers."
Fuzi added, "They are Great Tang's true foundation, and the reason Great Tang has stood for a thousand years without decline.
"The world says there are four Unknowable Lands.
"But they do not know that there are actually five.
"It is only that these fellows are more patient than the last. They often conceal their identities and mingle throughout the world.
"Only a handful of us know of this fifth Unknowable Land. Xiling, Xuankong Temple, the Demon Sect, and Zhishou Abbey do not even know they exist.
"This is the truly unknowable place, and the strongest Unknowable Land.
"Even if the Academy included Xiang'er, Junbao, and me, we would still be no match for them.
"Every one of them is at least at the Seventh Realm, and even the weakest has traveled far along the path of the Seventh Realm.
"The stronger ones have all reached the peak of the Seventh Realm. If not for the world's limitations, they would have entered the Eighth Realm long ago."
"You old immortal, your modesty