Looking at the surging Ruoshui outside his estate, and the increasingly restless townspeople who had gathered in his home and were starting brawls at the slightest provocation, Yang Jian could not help feeling profoundly frustrated.
Amidst the chaos of the world, he felt only numbness and aversion. He suggested to Yang Chan that they leave together and find a place where the Heavenly Court could never find them again, living in seclusion.
Yang Chan, however, refused. She could not turn a blind eye to the catastrophe unfolding before them, determined as she was to save all living beings.
Chapter 228