In a secluded corner of Western District, Supreme City, there stood a modest courtyard.
Although the courtyard was not very large, to the martial artists who had lived in Supreme City for a long time, possessing one was already something worthy of envy.
In this chaotic Supreme City, temporarily owning a courtyard was nothing special.
Being able to occupy such a courtyard indefinitely, with no one daring to seize it—that was what took real ability.
The person who had occupied this residence all along was Hou Fang of the Hou Family.
As the Hou Family's authority in Supreme City, he possessed the necessary strength.
However, that was about the extent of the Hou Family's power; it could not provide him with much support.
In the main hall of the courtyard, after listening to his subordinate's report, Hou Fang asked, "You're saying that the Liu Family, Li Family, Feng Family, Yang Family, He Family, Gao Family, Wei Family, and Zhang Family have all begun making their move?"
The subordinate who had come to report looked at Hou Fang and nodded firmly.
Clearly, he had only come to report after confirming the news.
When Hou Fang had seen the Nether River Commerce's Shadow Guards about to be defeated at the gates of Supreme City, he had hurried back home.
He had not intended to take advantage of the chaos to seize anything. He had rushed back to quickly gather his subordinates.
Because he knew that before long, all of Supreme City would descend into chaos.
And in such a great upheaval, a small fry like the Hou Family could not recklessly get involved. Otherwise, they might be wiped out without even knowing why.
Who could have known that the situation would change so quickly?
At first, he had thought that even if