All along, the rules of the Soul Cleansing Court have centered around Room Forty-six, which consists of forty Sages and six Judges, positions that have always been held by Nobles.
Though nominally, these Sages should sever family ties, it is purely in name only.
From the inception of the Guardian Court Thirteen Divisions to the present, no Captain has ever been promoted to the ranks of Room Forty-six, which, in Tao Yu’s eyes, appears to be a rather ludicrous structure.
It even has a feeling reminiscent of the Ming Dynasty, where civil officials controlled military generals.
Although the Kuchiki Family, the head of the Nobles, controls the Sixth Division, and the Shihouin Family has control over the Execution Army of the Second Division, possessing considerable power,
in comparison to the overall strength of the Guardian Court Thirteen Divisions within the Soul Society, the Nobles’ side is still lacking.
Yet, Old Man Yamamoto is a stubborn old fool who fully buys into this system, thus remaining shackled for over a thousand years.
"It is indeed quite amusing, Gang Midai Shitan, right."
Tao Yu cast a glance at the guy among the noble representatives who hadn’t spoken a word, causing the latter to be momentarily stunned.
The Gang Midai Family is relatively low-key among the five great Noble families, managing the Grand Spirit Book Gallery and holding nearly all the historical knowledge of the Soul Society, being aware of the true story behind the division of the Three Realms.
Although deeply rooted, their fame doesn’t quite match that of the Kuchiki Family and the Shihouin Family.
Moreover, although Gang Midai Shitan has recently used certain tactics to become the Provisional Family Head, he was originally a branch member of the Gang Midai Family, and quite low in rank.
It was only due to the chaos of the Abyss that he managed to climb to power!
There aren’t many within the Nobles who can call out his name, yet an Outsider bluntly reveals it.
This left him somewhat surprised.
"Does the guest know him?"
Captain Yamamoto was also somewhat curious. He knew of Gang Midai Shitan, who, hundreds of years ago, had his Soul Cutting Sword confiscated for indiscriminately killing the innocent.
However, due to his noble status, he was spared punishment, and Old Man Yamamoto didn’t involve himself in the Nobles’ internal affairs.
Though it was surprising that he managed to rise to power, he hadn’t paid it much attention.
But now that this Outsider also knew him, he couldn’t help but take it more seriously!
"Of course I know, the cause of East Immortal’s betrayal of the Soul Society; now, it’s also by less than honorable means that he climbed to power again. Oh, by the way, I am a Prophet, capable of Divination."
Tao Yu gave a brief introduction of his profession at this time.
Gang Midai Shitan is the husband of East Immortal’s friend and was the one who personally caused the death of his justice-filled wife, even defeating and humiliating East Immortal who came to their door.
Moreover, his rise to power was through assassinating other heirs, dishonorably obtaining his current position.
In fact, it’s not just Gang Midai Shitan himself; the ancestor of the Gang Midai Family who emerged before the division of the Three Realms was the first to betray the Spirit King, sealing him within a crystal!
Yet, the originally All-knowing and All-powerful Spirit King was inexplicably benevolent, having foreseen the future through the river of time, allowing himself to be assassinated, willingly becoming mutilated, hollowed out, ending up neither dead nor alive, to become the cornerstone of the Three Realms...
Besides these ’great achievements’, one other aspect of the Gang Midai Family has been particularly remembered by Tao Yu, their family heirloom Soul Cutting Sword, the ’Yanluo Mirror Manual’.
Now, this Provisional Family Head has lost his Soul Cutting Sword but wields the ancestral family sword.
This is an ancient Soul Cutting Sword capable of mimicking all Soul Cutting Sword abilities, including Flowing Blade Like Fire.
It can even simultaneously emulate multiple or even the same attribute several times!
Yet, the power of its use lies in the user’s own spiritual pressure, while it continuously causes irreversible damage to the user’s soul.
"Previously, I hadn’t thought much about this thing, but now I see, isn’t this my lost Soul Cutting Sword..."
How to encapsulate the abilities of other Gods of Death, Tao Yu had considered quite a lot, such as the Exterminating Masters in the Thousand-Year Blood War.
But now thinking about it, why reach far when it is close at hand...
My Soul Cutting Sword is slowly nurtured by myself, but there’s no reason why I can’t take up another one...