Ever since Flender and the others arrived in the Star Luo Empire, they had not been treated particularly well.
Back when they had founded Blue Tyrant Academy in the Heaven Dou Empire, they had at least borne the titles of dean of an advanced Soul Master Academy or core instructors.
With three genuine Soul Saints—Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Shao Xin—along with several Soul King- and Soul Emperor-level teachers such as Li Yusong holding down the fort, they had lived rather comfortably within the Heaven Dou Empire's Soul Master circles.
But in the Star Luo Empire, a highly centralized nation that worshipped strength, things were entirely different.
Countless experts were loyal to the Star Luo Imperial Family, and the rules of survival here were far crueler than in the Heaven Dou Empire.
Moreover, Flender and the rest were all essentially self-taught, with no powerful sects backing them.
Even though they possessed Soul Saint-level cultivation, they were simply too old, and their potential had long since been exhausted.
Thus, one could well imagine the Star Luo Imperial Family's attitude toward these "retired" Soul Masters. They had merely been assigned a remote residence, left to live like outsiders on the fringes.
"Flender, I had someone look into it. That hypocrite Yu Xiaogang seems to have rushed off to Spirit City overnight again."
"I also heard some news before... Dean Liu, she seems to have met with misfortune."
How could Flender not know about the matters Zhao Wuji spoke of?
He sat dejectedly on a stone bench, as though he had aged ten years in an instant.
The academy's legacy had been completely severed. The students into whom he had once poured countless efforts had scattered in every direction, and now even the goddess he had secretly loved for a lifetime had died a