While Elric and his followers were completely astonished at the current turn of events, Raon was also back to his original self as he decided to push the blame on Elric with proof.
He didn't even know what was going on until he woke up to reality and realized his current situation, after which he decided to end it here rather than at a later date.
Although it will hinder his first plan, which should have sped up Lia's breakthrough since he would have given her the perfect cultivation technique, he couldn't do anything other than postpone it.
The elders had obviously sensed it as soon as his cultivation started getting absolved because it was a punishment for heinous crimes if caught, and they had given the punishment enough times to know.
The elders, without any pre-planned arrangements, all arrived at Elric's abode after sensing the spiritual energy leaking into the surroundings.
