’Besides, I have Iz protecting me in secret anyway.’

"I suppose a meeting is fine. When do you plan to come?"

"I have already coordinated with the other Elders in private. If you are willing, we can do it anytime..."

"Then let it be now. I will wait for you here," Lu Cang said, his tone indifferent.

"As you command."

Mu made no excuses to delay, simply accepting Lu Cang’s command.

He then stepped back.

Before long, one figure after another appeared quietly in the Grand Library.

A man with no face.

A man with only one arm.

A woman with a face on her chest.

And the last was Mu, the elder from the White Tower.

"So these are the four Elders you mentioned?"

Lu Cang remained in roughly the same position, observing the four arrivals with an air of complete indifference.

"Mu."

"The one you were talking about, it’s him?"

"Isn’t that Lu Cang, the one everyone’s been talking about lately?"

’Heh... "Talked about everywhere"? Am I some kind of celebrity gossip?’

"Insolence!"

"How dare you speak so brazenly in the presence of the White Incarnation?"

At Mu’s shout, a surge of anger welled up inside the one-armed man.

However, when he turned and met Lu Cang’s gaze, he felt a sudden chill.

He suppressed his temper and turned to Lu Cang. "Elder Mu said that you are the White Incarnation, walking in the mortal world..."

Lu Cang let out a lofty, derisive sneer.

As if laughing at the ignorant.

Anger flared in the one-armed man’s heart, but in the next instant, he saw Lu Cang raise a finger toward him.

"You have displeased me."

"Die."

Lu Cang pointed his finger. In that instant, myriad souls converged!

A million souls instantly condensed into a cage.

Life Soul Trapping Cage (Tier Four) (Level 301)

Souls Sacrificed — 2,000,000

WHOOSH!

The souls condensed as if they were tangible! Each and every one was supremely holy!

The cage formed.

Instantly, it locked the one-armed man firmly inside!

This was an Ancient Magic of Imprisonment Lu Cang had learned from the secrets within a Forbidden Book. It had no complex effects; simply put, the more souls sacrificed to create it, the harder the cage was to break.

Inside the cage, all means of transformation and spatial movement were also restricted.

And a cage created by sacrificing two million souls was far beyond the power of a Level 5 Professional to break.

With a casual wave of his hand,

Lu Cang also cast several layers of sound-blocking magic over the room.

"No!"

"Lord Lu Cang! No—Great Bai!"

"I know I was wrong! I shouldn’t have offended you!"

Feeling himself enveloped by the torrential tide of souls!

The one-armed man finally knew fear! In the past, even a single one of these souls was an impossibly rare find, yet the child before him could control so many!

This alone was enough to prove His identity!

If he were just a normal Mage, how could he possibly command so many supremely pure souls!

"No! I was wrong!"

"Please spare my life! I can do many things for you!"

"I am willing to lay down my life for you—"

HUMMM—

But then he saw several faint beams of light, coalescing from souls, begin to glow.

’Convergence Burst.’

SWOOSH!

Lu Cang layered restrictions on the blast radius, containing it with multiple layers of protective wards and Magic of Imprisonment!

A Convergence Burst, fueled by the sacrifice of two hundred thousand souls, was contained within the narrow confines of the cage.

BOOM!

A faint, muffled thud vibrated from within the cage.

Not even the slightest sound of the explosion leaked out of the room.

When the cage opened and the Restriction was lifted,

the one-armed man had vanished, leaving nothing but dust and ash.

Lu Cang’s indifferent gaze swept over the remaining three.

"Any more questions?"

"No..."

"We... have no questions."

Mu lowered his head, and the other two bowed their heads to Lu Cang as well. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

’Such disdain for life...’

’Such casualness toward death.’

’And to throw away two million precious souls so casually...’

’This being before us doesn’t care about the Death Church. He is perhaps merely playing a game.’

’But a Death Church personally led by the White Incarnation...’

’...is the one true Death Church.’

’Regardless of His intentions, all we need to do is follow.’

’As for the authenticity of His identity...’

’Heh, who else but the true Bai could use so many precious souls so casually, tossing them away like common weeds?’

"Heh... it seems no one has any more objections."

"Are there any other procedures?"

Lu Cang’s tone remained flat and disdainful, tinged with a hint of impatience.

It made the remaining three feel a sense of dread.

’It felt as if He would just kill them all if they presented Him with any more tedious, annoying procedures.’

"N-no, there are no more."

"Alright. Remember, do not reveal my identity to outsiders."

Lu Cang’s tone remained nonchalant,

but it carried a faint, yet undeniable, authority.

"Mu."

"Where is the Church’s current base? I’m somewhat interested."

Mu bowed deeply to Lu Cang. "I will show you the way."

...

Lu Cang followed Mu.

Once they were outside, Lu Cang’s aura shifted from that of the arrogant, peerless White Incarnation back to that of an ordinary child.

’Mu was beginning to understand.’

’The Lord Sect Leader’s disguise in the outside world was that of a harmless child.’

’As expected of the Lord Sect Leader. What a brilliant disguise.’

’Who would ever have thought that an ordinary child could be the incarnation of Bai?’

’It was a good thing he had pursued the path of Death and gone so far as to perform a Refining on his own eyes, allowing him to perceive more of the essence of Death itself.’

’Otherwise, he might truly have failed to discover the Lord Sect Leader’s presence.’

’To be in the presence of a god and not recognize it would have been the greatest blasphemy.’