Inside the Nine Provinces Mausoleum, a map of the Nine Provinces Universe is painted.
After the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance unified martial arts, the world was divided into nine major regions.
Those who joined the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance early or made significant contributions within were granted territories, becoming local lords.
On the surface, this seemed like just a reshuffling of power within the martial arts realm.
But at least nominally, the Ten Thousand Mountain Alliance achieved unification.
Silvio Reed became the nominal Great Lord, and all local martial arts powers had to obey the Alliance's orders.
But this was not what Silvio Reed wanted.
He desired true unification in every sense.
He wanted to be a king with absolute power and life-and-death control.
Yet, evidently, even though he possessed the strongest power within the Alliance, even though he had staunch supporters.
