Deploying troops, preparing logistics, planning routes—all of it took time.
By the time everything was more or less ready, three months had already passed.
In the cities, towns, and villages of the Northern Province, aside from some clan Soul Masters and Soul Masters from small and medium sects being affected and shaken up, the ordinary civilians felt that life had actually become more than ten times better than before. Even Soul Masters no longer dared to bully commoners at will.
Once discovered, the Red Assembly did not care what force stood behind that Soul Master and would directly arrest them.
If the clan behind them tried to cause trouble?
Perfect!
They would wipe them out in one fell swoop!
Of course, they could not wipe out every last one, or most of the city's industries would struggle to recover quickly.
But after killing the chicken to scare the monkeys, those Soul Master clans truly became afraid and were willing to cooperate with the Red Assembly's arrangements.
However, something that would delight those Soul Masters immensely was about to happen—
The Heaven Dou Empire had assembled an army of 800,000. With Xue Ye personally leading the Imperial Expedition, they had already crossed the Shuangchi River and were advancing toward Wendist City!
When they were only a hundred kilometers away from Wendist City, Tang San, who had long been prepared, ordered Xiaolan to gather all Red Assembly members and prepare to leave the city toward the southeast.
"People of Wendist City, because Xue Ye is a tyrant, we of the Red Assembly endured again and again, only for him to push his luck. Naturally, we must resist.
"But this time, they have sent an army of 800,000. All the personnel in our Red Assembly capable of fighting amount to only one hundred