In the absence of the last emperor Shaohao's soul, the leader of the Pandaren in Pandaria should have been Taran Zhu, head of the Shado-Pan, who commanded the largest military organization.
Pandaria's situation could not possibly be eased by the Horde and the Pandaren alone. Rend wanted to discuss an alliance with Taran Zhu, head of the Shado-Pan.
With Shado-Pan Commander Ma Long's word, they could head directly to Shado-Pan Monastery in Kun-Lai Summit.
The Shado-Pan was an organization founded by the last emperor Shaohao, who had gathered the foremost masters and strongest warriors of the Pandaren Empire. Its mission was to protect the Pandaren Empire after his death and stand guard over the Sha.
Because of the Sha, although Pandaria's Pandaren numbered in the millions, there were very few trained combatants among them.
Nearly ninety percent of all combatants were monopolized by the Shado-Pan. Aside from the guard forces of the four Celestial temples, all Pandaren military forces were under the Shado-Pan's control.
Yet now, as the Mantid, Yaungol, Mogu, and Zandalari Trolls ravaged Pandaria, Taran Zhu, head of the Shado-Pan, remained nowhere to be seen. Nor had any reinforcements from Shado-Pan Monastery rushed to the various battlefields.
Rend knew that this was because Shado-Pan Monastery had nearly fallen under the control of the Sha of Violence and the Sha of Hatred.
Therefore, they had to go to Shado-Pan Monastery, defeat the Sha of Violence and the Sha of Hatred, and liberate the monastery before they could gain the Pandaren military's strength.
Shado-Pan Commander Ma Long was willing to accompany Rend to Shado-Pan Monastery in Kun-Lai Summit.
Meanwhile, the defense of the Serpent's Spine in the Valley of the Four Winds was entrusted to Chen Stormstout, head of the Wandering School.
Earlier, while Chen was in the Jade Forest,