The Loyal Heart Alliance decided to travel to Suzhou by sea. Going there by land would have been faster due to distance and topography, but sailing to their destination was safer. The Lee Household’s information network would have likely caught wind of them if they traveled by land. At sea, the Loyal Heart Alliance could use merchant ships to cover their tracks.0

The Loyal Heart Alliance’s six hundred martial artists sailed on a total of twelve ships, which the Hangzhou Merchant Company and the Eun Merchant Group mobilized. They set sail at Hangzhou, disembarked at Taicang, and immediately advanced to Suzhou. It would take them two days to reach their destination.0

Meanwhile, the Asura Cult’s Patriarch, Asura Divine Demon Seob Go-Won, appointed the outlaw groups’ three Absolute-Realm masters as Demonic Monarchs. The Asura Cult had always been the weakest among the Nine Celestial Demons Sect’s factions. To make matters worse, Baek Mu-Gun had already killed three of their five Demonic Monarchs. Asura Sword Monarch Wi Ji-Wook and Asura Saber Monarch Yeon Ja-Gwang, who were in charge of the Lee Household and the Taiyun Household respectively, were the only Demonic Monarchs left in the Asura Cult.0

Taking advantage of that, the outlaw groups’ three Absolute-Realm masters hoped to jump onto the Asura...0