The Night Prince's plan

A young man stood within one of the Gu Sect's most imposing castles in the Inner Ring. He wore his hair short, as dark as midnight, and his eyes contained revolving vortices of shadow that radiated mystery and menace.

This individual was none other than the Night Prince. He stood at the peak of Divine Transformation but had already proven himself capable of killing Peak Divine Transcendence Masters—a remarkable feat that earned him fear and grudging admiration within the sect.

Ordinarily, people described the Night Prince as aloof, patient, and always in command. Yet, at this moment, his composure had fractured. Alarm contorted his usually placid features as he stared at the runic formation glowing in front of him, only for cracks to spread across its surface before it collapsed in a burst of broken energy lines.