If freedom was truly his priority, and had he been pragmatic and ruthless, he would have used the deaths of his travel companions as an opportunity to leave.
When I was just starting to learn about murim fiction, I was confused and thought the heavenly demon sect was the "evil faction" because of the portrayal of evil demonic sects in chinese cultinovs.
All 3 murim factions have evil people mixed in them. This faction has the overly ambitious in their pursuit of personal and/or social power (like the poisonous sibling that the mc crippled). The unorthodox faction has taboo breakers (like that deas sound arts charmer girl). The orthodox have hypocrites (like the ganbatte break-a-leg elder).
In chinese cultinovs, pretty much most of the characters have ambiguous morality, so they just get grouped (often temporarily) as mc's allies, mc's enemies, and strangers. Also, some characters inexplicably disappear when the author forgets about them.
When I was just starting to learn about murim fiction, I was confused and thought the heavenly demon sect was the "evil faction" because of the portrayal of evil demonic sects in chinese cultinovs.
All 3 murim factions have evil people mixed in them. This faction has the overly ambitious in their pursuit of personal and/or social power (like the poisonous sibling that the mc crippled). The unorthodox faction has taboo breakers (like that deas sound arts charmer girl). The orthodox have hypocrites (like the ganbatte break-a-leg elder).
In chinese cultinovs, pretty much most of the characters have ambiguous morality, so they just get grouped (often temporarily) as mc's allies, mc's enemies, and strangers. Also, some characters inexplicably disappear when the author forgets about them.
