Going Back To Understand The Rules

When Sima You Yue and the rest had passed through the portal, they reached Anyang City. It seemed like Old Man Devil did know this place rather well.

"You should go back. Bai Chuan and I will go back up. Yun Yi, you stay here." Old Man Devil said.

"Master, are you not coming with us?" Sima You Yue asked.

"We can't intervene on the going-ons here. Overcoming this problem falls on your shoulders." Old Man Devil said.

"Why?" Sima You Yue could not understand.

"This is the agreement from above." Old Man Devil said. "If we intervene on issues in the lower worlds, it will be raided by other powers."

"There's an agreement like that?"

"Of course. If we just intervened where we liked, wouldn't the entire world be in chaos? The weak must be protected by a mandate." Old Man Devil stroked his beard.

"What about the Sage Pavilion expanding their power?"