Even if Feng Baxing had done crimes against the Temple of the Four Guardians as well as the Empire, his punishment wouldn't have been the crippling of his cultivation.
At the very least, it wouldn't be done immediately.
Regardless of his actions, he was still a prince of the Dao Wind Empire and they needed to follow the rules and regulations. The only person who was qualified to punish him without consequences would be his father, the Emperor himself.
As much as Feng Shun and High Elder Juxue would have wanted to do the same, they knew to hold back. Plus there were still lifesaving treasure and a ward on him that would protect him from fatal harm like that.
But much to their surprise, they were simply useless.
Whatever the colossal cloud serpent had done was bypassing all defenses and restrictions.
"Give him Qi freezing pill and a Vital overflow pill!" High Elder Juxue ordered, knowing that the situation was grave.
