The Heavenly Killer Sect’s army of one thousand two hundred martial artists departed from their home base at Mount Lingu and headed for Hunan Province. Two of the Central Plains’ Three Greatest Assassin Organizations—the Earth Killer Sect and the Phantom Death Sect—composed part of the army. Heavenly Killer Divine Demon Dok Go-Seong, the Four Heavenly Killer Monarchs, and the two Slayer Kings, all of whom were Absolute-Realm masters, were also among them.0

The Heavenly Killer Sect’s forces were considerably smaller than the other factions’ due to Baek Mu-Gun’s interference. Nevertheless, they still mobilized all of their forces. They divided the army into hundreds of groups and split to cover their trails. Believing that it would prevent the Central Plains from catching wind of their movements, Go-Seong, the Four Heavenly Killer Monarchs, and the two Slayer Kings also split up and joined different groups.0

However, since they departed as one big unit and only traveled in smaller groups afterward, the Heavenly Secret Hall, which was closely watching the Nine Celestial Demons Sect, easily detected them leaving Mount Lingu. Even though they had already split into multiple groups now, the Southern Sky Branch had already been informed of their movements. Choosing to take the fight to their opponents, the Southern Sky Branch deployed four of the Seven Saints.0

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