The Han Family Assembly Hall.
At that moment, the Han Family's many elders and stewards had gathered together. Gone were the bewilderment and despair they had shown when facing the Hong Family. Everyone was in high spirits, their faces wreathed in smiles. The elders in particular had an almost frenzied excitement in their eyes. It was the joy of finding life after being driven into the jaws of death, along with anticipation for the future.
They had thought the family could not escape this calamity, yet in the end, they had wiped out the Hong Family in such an unexpected fashion. With Xu Ran's help, they had destroyed the Hong Family while losing almost none of their fighting strength. Even in their dreams, they had never imagined they could dispose of the Hong Family so easily and become Northern Sky City's sole overlord.
From then on, the sea was wide enough for fish to leap freely. Without the Hong Family suppressing them, they would monopolize all the resources around Northern Sky City. With that foundation, their Hong Family could directly become a second-tier family in the Central Plains. With such reserves, they only needed to wait for the Han Family's younger generation to mature, and the Han Family's standing throughout the Northern Domain would rise like a boat on a swelling tide. They could even make a bid to join the continent's first-rate powers. When they traveled throughout the Central Plains to temper themselves then, other powerful cultivators would have to show them some respect.
"I never thought the Hong Family would fold so easily. Now our family alone reigns supreme over Northern Sky City." Han Chi swirled the wine cup in his hand and drained it, boundless pride swelling within him. When he had first become Head of the