[Zhonya's Hourglass]

I guess this was unavoidable, that it could not be helped. But, you do not aim a bow at the target, you fire knowing where the target will be.

What I would give to have evaded this detour. But I said what I said in the aftermath of the trial, and I have to stick to my guns. 

Some of us friends to enemies, and others, enemies turned to friends. I am the former, and it does ail me deeply to do this.

The hard times created strong men, and those strong men created good times.
These good times created weak men, and we, the weak, created these hard times upon ourselves.

The board is set, and I will do as my Ancestor would expect the Shengese to do. 

However, the unwilling will not be forced. You may retain your personal relationships and the ilk as we do not strike the innocent without reason, we go forth in hopes of reaching the Archon.
Nonetheless, the decision is yours. A majority of us will march in aid of Aegis, let us be done with this quickly.

Morality, after all, is in the eye of the beholder. No matter how good either believe us to be...

We're just Villains in someone else's story.

Xuefeng chooses to support Aegis.