Zhan Miao

He is the Family Head of the Zhan Family which was an ancient Family Clan that has been around since before the Nine Temples and Twelve Palaces. The Zhan Family rule was to never associate with any power in the Middle Realm.

After his wife's passing he never remarried and solely focused on raising their only child, Zhan Qu.

When Zhan Qu came home with a woman he was initially ecstatic until he found out she was a girl from one of the Nine Temples, Zhan Miao wanted him to break off their relationship but Zhan Qu instead severed ties with him.

Before Zhan Qu left he accidently cut through a jade pendant that was the Zhan Family Clan's heirloom and it was taken away by Zhan Qu.

Five years after his son left people from the Shadow Moon Palace found him and handed him one half of the jade pendant. Finding out his Son and Daughter-in-Law was dead and his grandchildren were missing.

He then decided to abandon his families teachings and joined Shadow Moon Palace by presenting them with Zhan Family Clan's secret treasures in exchange to search for his grandchildren. At first Shadow Moon Palace would send people to search but after 10 years it was forgotten by the Shadow Moon Palace.

After looking into the matter for so long he finally turned his suspicions to the Shadow Moon Palace and when Jun Wu Xie infiltrated the Palace as a disciple he got her to search for the other half of the pendant in Elder Yue's office. Ye Sha found the other half and when Jun Wu Xie presented it Zhan Miao he asked her what her real intentions were for joining Shadow Moon Palace she told him it was to destroy it. He immediately responded with "Kid, are you willing to collaborate with me in this?"