Wind King Lin San

The Eight Heavenly Kings of Monster Academy.

The eight strongest members of Star Luo Empire's younger generation. Each possessed a top-tier martial soul, extraordinary talent, and outstanding strength. From childhood, their families and academy had placed great expectations on them. From childhood, they had enjoyed the finest cultivation resources. From childhood, they had stood at the pinnacle of their peers.

Yet everyone present had, to some extent, joined the Tang Sect.

Some had been in the Tang Sect for a long time, while others had only joined recently. Some had been sent in as children, some had been recruited later, and some had merely held nominal membership. But regardless, they had all once been connected to the Tang Sect.

Those connections had now been severed.

At their teachers' demands, their families' forceful insistence, and even under pressure from their clans, they had all declared their withdrawal from the Tang Sect. Some had made public announcements, some had completed the procedures in private, and some had simply torn the Tang Sect badge from their chests and thrown it into the trash.

No matter how they had done it, the result was the same—they were no longer disciples of the Tang Sect.

And the one who had forced them to make that choice was Situ Xuan, who now sat in the corner of the waiting area with his eyes closed, seemingly asleep.

Did they hate him?

They did.

Anyone who claimed otherwise would be lying. Situ Xuan had humiliated them, forced them to lower their heads before the public, and made them draw a clear line between themselves and the Tang Sect. To every one of them, this was a disgrace.

But what could they do?

They could not beat him.

They truly could not beat him.

Every one of them had