A full month had passed since the downfall of the Poshan Gang. The chaos in Dahe Market had gradually subsided. Meanwhile, both the Dajiang Gang and the Lianyun Trade Alliance had firmly secured their footholds in the mountains.1

Meanwhile, the Xuanyi Society, which had initially been highly favored to rise, fell into internal strife over the division of Poshan Gang’s assets, resulting in numerous conflicts. Even though they eventually reached compromises and mutual concessions to an acceptable degree,0

The Xuanyi Society—a faction formed as a loose alliance of five families—was now nothing more than an empty name. After all, it had only been temporarily established to help the three newly arrived aristocratic families secure their footing and to counter the Poshan Gang.0

Now that the Poshan Gang was gone, the five families no longer stood united.0

The Dajiang Gang had to focus on its waterway business, while the Lianyun Trade Alliance cared little for territorial expansion, only seeking resource acquisition. As a result, rogue cultivators in Dahe Market suddenly realized that the oppressive presence of major factions over their heads had lightened considerably.0

Smaller forces began to rise. Among them, the Luo Tian Society—having inherited the...0