The Gao lineage of Pangu, where King Qin Guang of the Xuanming Palace, Gao Xiezhou, led a procession of judges to take flight and depart Pangu Province. The sect master, Gao Caiyun, watched from afar as the figures of these ghosts and deities faded away, her expression somewhat complex as she spoke in a low voice, "Yindu, as the head of the Gao lineage, I must move against you. Do not blame me..."
She recalled the year she eloped with Chen Yindu, only to be intercepted by her elder brother. She saw her brother beaten and injured by Chen Yindu, and, succumbing to a soft heart, she returned home with him.
Had the lineage not intervened back then, and had her own resolve been a fraction firmer, perhaps they would not be facing one another in arms today.
Now, as the sect master of the Gao lineage, she had to consider the future of the lineage and could not permit the slightest shred of romantic sentiment!
Furthermore, we are all old now, she thought silently to herself.
At the same time, the Gu lineage of Binhai in the Zhoujue Palace—King Song Di, Gu Huaiyuan—also led the judges of the Zhoujue Palace to depart Binhai Province. Additionally, the Zhang lineage of Juzhou in the Taihe Palace with King Wu Guan, Zhang Ruoshu; the Xia lineage of Tingzhou in the Mingchen Palace with King Bian Cheng, Xia Huaijin; the Xu lineage of Lingzhou in the Bizhen Palace with King Du Shi, Xu Luoying; the Yang lineage of Tingzhou in the Qifei Palace with King Ping Deng, Yang Sheng; the Cui lineage of Zhenzhou in the Suying Palace with King Zhuan Lun, Cui Qingwu, and other lords of the underworld each led thousands of underworld ghosts, deities, and countless fiends to set out