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Due to Dane's withdrawal, Chaoyang found out three days late about the news that the army from the mountain region had appeared in the Royal City.
He immediately summoned Xue Quan and informed him of this news. Xue Quan was equally surprised. Based on the intelligence at hand and the assessment of Zhaixing City, their adopting a defensive stance was the logical strategy. Launching an attack was greatly disadvantageous, especially in the absence of notifying the Paradise Sect and acting alone against the Royal City.
Recalling how Duke Longjiu, despite being protected by many masters, still fell to the attack of the Blooming Excalibur Meckfah, Xue Quan proposed a bold hypothesis, "Could they have defected to the Evil God?"
