Chapter 207: Storm in the Capital, the War God's Decree

The air in the Capital City was thick with a tension that felt heavier than the winter smog. In the opulent, gilded halls of the Wu family estate, a place that had stood as a symbol of unshakable power for generations, an unprecedented storm of panic was brewing. Wu Jingguo, the patriarch of the family and commander of the vaunted Eight Banners Army, slammed a solid jade teacup onto the rosewood table. The exquisite porcelain, worth a small fortune, shattered into a hundred pieces, but no one...