Two Banners to Complete the Karma

"He refuses to come back. That was within expectations."

"Three years ago, things took a turn. The plan we had waited seventeen years to carry out finally began to move forward, but that was also when it started to go awry."

"We can't assume he'll support us just because he's one of our own. Aren't there plenty of demons like Do Not Eat Beef?"

"Those Evil Spirits that fell from the sky have always been able to bewitch people and make them willing to lay down their lives."

"So it doesn't matter how we bring the Hu Family Descendant back. What matters is making sure he doesn't stray from the right path."

"..."

In the capital, the Dharma assembly had yet to begin, but the ten families had heard that the National Teacher had appeared, and their people had already begun arriving one after another.

The ten families had joined forces and made preparations ahead of time.

The National Teacher now sat before the ruins of the old palace, where he had set up an incense altar. Five lamps burned in front of him, while another four were hidden behind him. He sat cross-legged before the altar, with towering banners planted on either side. But the banners were blank.

Of the stewards from the ten families, five stood opposite the altar, quietly listening to him speak.

Behind them stood the disciples of the various families, along with some highly trusted officials from the Interrogation and Inquiry Halls, arranged farther back on either side.

As the publicly acknowledged eleventh family, the Great Luo Dharma Sect was an enigma even to the younger generation of the ten families. Its master, National Teacher Dong Xuan, had rarely been seen in action.

Now that he had gone to the trouble of setting up an