At the beginning of November in the thirty-sixth year of Jianyuan, all four northeastern provinces were in turmoil.
The towering waves unleashed by the return of Overlord Martial King Qin Muge swept through every corner of the Four Provinces of Bing, You, Ji, and Jue at astonishing speed.
But though the upheaval was intense, it was also brief.
After just nine days, general peace had returned to the four provinces.
By the time the people recovered their senses, they discovered that some of the officials in the government offices had been replaced.
The head constables of the Six Fan Gate had also been replaced by disciples of the Formless Divine Sect.
Every day, they led large numbers of fully armed constables, along with elite soldiers borrowed from the Border Army, on patrol through the cities and streets. Vigilant day and night, they maintained such tight security that local hoodlums and underworld figures fell silent as cicadas in winter, not daring to step out of line.
Word had it that over a thousand wanted felons had been caught in those few short days. The rest no longer dared remain in the four provinces and fled south.
Even the Iron Mountain Qin Clan, which had practically covered the Northern Border's sky with one hand, had suffered a miserable battering at the supreme commander's hands.
Its members and relatives by marriage in the military had been almost completely swept away, implicating many of the Qin family's old associates and protégés as well.
It was said that three and a half years ago, the supreme commander had been betrayed by the Son of Heaven and the Qin clansmen working together, causing his sudden death. Only the arrangements made by Limitless Saber Lord Chu Xisheng's father before his death had allowed the supreme commander to