Everyone had to present a united front against external threats. Internal strife was forbidden, on pain of death.
But despite this...
「A year later.」
When Xu Lei was eight years old.
Great Kang still faced a massive crisis.
The number of Innate Powerhouses in the world was growing, as were the ranks of Martial Artists below them. Even the number of Grandmasters was on the rise.
Many were ambitious and refused to submit to the rule of Great Kang, establishing their own sects on places like Mount Song. Some Noble Families even quietly severed local ties with the Court.
That very year, a sect called the Iron Armor Sect, led by a dozen Grandmasters, a thousand Innate Powerhouses, and numerous other Martial Artists, rose in rebellion and even fought their way to the walls of the Capital City.
However, Xu Lei's mother led the grand army to repel them.
But Xu Lei's mother was injured in the process.
Xu Lei's second brother was also wounded.
