"Secondary Class Rank Seven Upper Grade Investigating Censor Lu Cun, Gansu Province's Standard Class Rank Three Official Regional Military Assistant Commissioner Po Jun, Standard Class Rank Six Upper Grade Registrar of the Registry of the Censorate Xun Yingguan…"[1]0

Nangong Weiwu let out a groan.0

"Putting Blessed Existence and Destructive Soldier aside, the identity of the Dark Heavens Association Lord is unexpected. Although I may not have seen him in person, considering how he defeated the Heavenly Demon, I assumed that he would be on the level of a Commissioner-in-Chief, or even a prince, considering his incredible power…"0

A Commissioner-in-Chief was a general of the highest military rank, equivalent to the Five Military Commission's highest-ranking Standard Class Rank One Official Commander-in-Chief.0

"If he was a Commissioner-in-Chief, the scrutiny and suspicion surrounding him would have been severe, hindering his movements," Zhuge Xiang explained.0

That position granted full authority to mobilize troops at will. As the highest military rank, it was constantly monitored—not only by the imperial court but by all other officials as well.0

In the first place, the Dark Heavens Association, an organization founded to try to escape and hide from the emperor's purge, wouldn't have brought in an official at the level of a Commissioner-in-Chief.0

"Being a prince wouldn’t have been ideal either. The current emperor purged all his nephew’s supporters as soon as he ascended the throne. As for the emperor’s own children, given the...0