Forbidden City, The Palace of Dragon's Grace.
With his back turned to the door, Liang Huangjun faced the marvellous throne, lips pursed and brows furrowed in worry.
Owing to his foresight, the common people had been evacuated and temporarily relocated from around the edges of the nation. They were barred from going near the place of brewing conflict between the Heavenly Demon Cult and XijinYao Clan.
The imperial reign did it every so often when the conflicts of JiangHu threatened the lives of civilians. It was then that their interferences were no longer a breach of that age old treaty.
In concern to the common folks' lives, the Heavenly Dragon was not beholden to that treaty as much as the JiangHu thought him to be.
That was also one of the reasons behind the formation of the Iron Wall. The fortress was built entirely of top martial artists who were to keep the actions of JiangHu martial artists in line.