Because he had promised this would be the final divination, the "Sinister Prophet" was exceptionally cautious this time. The result was a failed divination.
Of course it would fail. The "Merchant Alliance" was currently the richest faction in the Astral Realm. The "Goblin Merchant Association" and the "Gillea Family" both had a bright future ahead of them. As long as nothing went wrong internally and they were not led by some leader capable of making everyone's vision go dark, they would certainly become major factions in the next few eras.
The problem was that the Abyssal War had emptied both sides' coffers. The "Merchant Alliance," jointly formed by the "Netherworld Bank" and the "Giant Bank," naturally ranked first.
For Su Xiao, this was good news. If he wanted to go further, he would certainly need an enormous amount of resources. He had the "Sinister Prophet" continue divining while he took out his communicator and contacted the Goblin Merchant Association first, then the Gillea Family.
This time, dealing with the "Merchant Alliance" was easy if he merely wanted to kill them all. But completely swallowing their wealth would be dozens of times harder than destroying the faction itself. The "Merchant Alliance's" wealth was extremely complicated, ranging from banking businesses that reached throughout the Astral Realm to commercial real estate in the streets of Second Order and Third Order worlds.
Moreover, the "Merchant Alliance" was not a treasure vault. All its wealth was notarized by the Void Tree. More than eighty percent of the "Merchant Alliance's" wealth was in a state that had not been notarized by the Void Tree, so plotting this with Caesar would not be appropriate.
Therefore, it was necessary to join forces with the Goblin Merchant Association and the Gillea Family this time. The former possessed enormous influence