Ragan realized he would make little progress if things continued this way. Staying with a perpetually ranked-seven, and precarious at that, offered no future. Everything aside, all the factions targeted Spectral Legacy because each death of an apprentice from the faction would weaken it, further entrenching their seventh place.

This trial made Ragan realize he had to leave Spectral Legacy or he would eventually die amidst the faction's struggles. Humanity had never recognized his bloodline, and some apprentices even secretly called him a mongrel—a term that infuriated him. Therefore, Ragan never liked humans. Despite them raising him and teaching him to train, he despised them because they were not his kin.

Ragan decided to incite Heavenly Order’s wrath through a series of provocations. They issued the central lands order, indicating they would no longer tolerate Spectral Legacy’s misdeeds. All the affected factions could unite to attack them, whether or not Spectral Legacy handed ov