Revered Rednote had taken the tactic of threatening the entire Longshan family to force Longshan Yin to remain in his faction’s territory for his breakthrough. On the other hand, the Longshan patriarch was perfectly willing to play into this as he wanted to kill all of his clan’s enemies in one fell swoop. He was even willing to go down in a blaze of mutual destruction with them.

Both sides knew the other’s plans and neither was willing to give way. The final victory would go to whoever had made more arrangements and was stronger.

For the moment, it appeared that Revered Rednote held the upper hand since he’d had the Three Brahmas infiltrate Dragonmountain Clime. Longshan Yin was wholly unaware that the Three Brahmas stood...