Number Eight's identity was truly impossible to deduce.
The reason was simple: it wasn't necessarily something learned from Ziwei Master—it could very well have been a conjecture.
The top four finishers on the Path to Ascension happened to be Xu, Luo, Ge, and Zhao, the names of four prominent families. Most would assume Changgeng accepted disciples based on ranking.
But why only the top four, and not the top five or top six?
It wasn't strange for someone to guess that Ziwei Master had intervened and issued instructions. Yet Wei Dongliu noticed that Number Eight's tone was unusually certain, not the kind of speculation made without evidence.
He hoped Number Eight might reveal something related to Kunlun—this way, he could further narrow down possibilities for their identity—but Number Eight stopped at just the right moment, closing their mouth and saying no more.
Thus, as Number Nine, Wei Dongliu could only begin recounting the work he had completed.
