The Struggle

Something had happened!

That was Jiang Wang's first thought.

The Azure Cloud Pavilion was in grave danger.

That was his second thought.

The enemy facing the Azure Cloud Pavilion was powerful—at least powerful enough to kill Chi Lu, an Outer Tower expert, in an instant. Based on his observations and judgment over the past while, the entire Azure Cloud Pavilion had only five Outer Tower experts, and one had died in a single exchange... The situation offered no cause for optimism.

Third...

There was no third thought.

Jiang Wang turned and ran.

He neither had to nor wanted to risk his life for the Azure Cloud Pavilion. From beginning to end, he had come here for just one thing: the lost structure of the Cloud Peak Immortal Palace.

He didn't know who the attackers were, what enemies the Azure Cloud Pavilion had, what might have aroused someone's greed, or whom they had offended... There was no way to guess.

But he could reach one simple conclusion: this sudden, dangerous night of chaos had, in practice, swept away nearly every obstacle to sneaking into the Azure Cloud Pavilion's forbidden grounds.

The danger facing the Azure Cloud Pavilion was an opportunity for him.

At this critical moment, with the sect's very survival at stake, who would have time to worry about whether anything was happening in the forbidden grounds? Even if they noticed, who could do anything about it?

Of course, as Yu Songhai, a current disciple of the Azure Cloud Pavilion, he wouldn't be spared by the enemies attacking the sect. He was in danger too.

But a calm analysis of the situation made one thing clear: fleeing now would mean running straight into the enemy's fiercest assault, making it the most dangerous option of all. Chi Lu's death was proof