The land of the Nine Provinces was filled with countless heroes and outstanding figures. Ever since Emperor Yu split the mountains with his Five Axes, unified the world, and established the Nine Cauldrons to divide the land into the Nine Provinces...
The land of the Nine Provinces was vast and boundless. The central Nine Provinces were the essence of the world, divided into central Yu Province, northern You Province, northeastern Yan Province, northwestern Yong Province, western Liang Province, southwestern Rong Province, southern Yan Province, southeastern Yangzhou, and northeastern Qing Province.
Across the land of the Nine Provinces stood eight major powers. They occupied most of the Nine Provinces' territory and fortune, with the three supreme powers—the Yu Emperor's Gate, Moni Temple, and the Ying Clan—standing above the rest.
Green Lake Island of Yangzhou was one of the eight great powers of the Nine Provinces. It occupied nine of Yangzhou's thirteen counties and lorded over the entire region. Within Yangzhou, only the Gui Yuan Sect of Jiangning Prefecture and the Iron Vest Sect of Chu County could barely stand against it.
Three major sects coexisted within Yangzhou. The long-standing chaos and lack of unified rule in Nanxing and Xuyang Counties had persisted ever since the Sword Clan, the former overlord of Yangzhou, was destroyed a thousand years ago. Yet now, in this bitterly cold winter, the skies of Yangzhou had changed.
Late at night on the third day of the eleventh month, ten innate experts from Green Lake Island, eight hundred Golden Scale Guards, and twenty thousand Silver Dragon Army soldiers attacked the Iron Vest Sect. Six thousand members of the Iron Vest Army died, as did seven thousand core disciples. The rest were severely wounded, surrendered, or were captured. More than ten thousand city guards died, while the rest scattered