When in doubt, running is the best strategy.
This is an essential quality for any qualified Cultivator; no matter how strong the opponent and regardless of whether it's humiliating, the priority is to ensure one's survival first. As long as one is alive, everything else can be restarted. How foolish would it be to lose one's life over a fleeting advantage?
Cultivators of the Xuanxian World and the Martial Artists of the Four Seas and Eight Continents have completely different temperaments.
This may be the best interpretation of how the local environment shapes its inhabitants.
"What kind of creature is that Yang Wei? He could withstand my Purple Lightning Sword and Purple Cloud Divine Talisman without a scratch... It's strange, too strange. His strength isn't that great, and he doesn't have any defensive treasures. By all logic, such a situation is simply impossible. Where there's a deviation, there must be demons. I must escape from here first."
