Zhang Yuanqing looked at the information and fell into a long silence.
Solar Twins? Shadow Twins?
The Solar Twins were my dad and the Palace Master's dad. So who were the Shadow Twins? Even the authorities didn't know their identities—not even their Spirit Realm IDs. That was a little unbelievable.
But the Five Elements Alliance hadn't been established back then, and the five major organizations weren't backed by the government either. Their intelligence-gathering capabilities were probably lacking.
By now, Zhang Yuanqing understood the Five Elements Alliance's history and background quite well. The five major organizations had originally been civilian groups, the kind of "powerful local gentry" with ties to the court who helped it maintain order.
After the previous Marshal died in the battle for the Light Compass, the five major organizations were reorganized under the court's direction, renamed the Five Elements Alliance, and fully incorporated into the official system.
"More than ten Masters killed in six years—that's terrifying. There were only so many Masters among the Orderly and Evil Professions combined. No wonder they said the Carefree Organization once dominated the era. But that line is so embarrassingly edgy. Was the second half missing 'the cute and charming villainous character'?"
"So the Light Compass appeared twenty-four years ago. I hadn't even been born then. I remember the Cat King Speaker once played an audio recording—a conversation between the Demon Lord and a mysterious person."
"That mysterious person said the Light Compass's appearance had sparked a scramble among countless Spirit Realm Walkers. Looks like the Carefree Organization took part too. But the scale of that battle was incredibly high, with demigods all coming out. My dad and the others probably weren't demigods, but if they could participate in the fight, they had to have been peak Masters at the very