For Jing Fang, the destruction of the Jedi Order was almost like the sky itself had come crashing down!
In the Force of old, Jing Fang had been able to sense the presence of the Jedi Order's many Masters. Even unconsciously, their Force had constantly guided young Jedi Knights forward, step by step, along The Light Way.
But now, the entire Force was empty. If anything remained, it was only the boundless darkness spreading everywhere.
The Dark Side had won!
Jing Fang felt unbearably heavy-hearted and sorrowful, yet he had no choice but to admit it... Darth Sidious, Count Dooku, and the Archangel of Death—these three dark Sith Lords—had already carved up the entire Milky Way Galaxy!
Across a galaxy hundreds of thousands of light-years in diameter, there was no longer even a foothold for the light!
With the Jedi Order gone, where was he supposed to go?
All along, Jing Fang had deeply identified with the Jedi Order's teachings. That was simply in his nature. Although the shallow sleep suggestions he had experienced as a child on Dawn Star Planet still left him favorably inclined toward the Fourth Civilization, after joining the Jedi Order and forming his own values, those faint suggestions no longer had any effect on him.
By then, Jing Fang had become a true Jedi Knight. Though he still tried his best to avoid and refuse battlefields involving the Fourth Civilization, once the Jedi Order issued an order, he would still rush to the front without hesitation—even if the enemy was the Fourth Civilization.
Those feelings reached their peak during the Battle of the Rendili system.
Jing Fang had first learned that Tang Xiao, the Governor of Dawn Star Planet whom he had once admired and respected, was actually the Sith Lord Archangel of Death! Such