In the twenty-fourth year since coming to the Yan Kingdom, through personal experience and insight, often deducing backwards from small matters, Li Jizhou has now mostly discerned the core purpose of the business alliance.
They do not seek to conquer or claim kingship, merely because the power of the Profound Celestial Sect and the Carefree Palace is formidable yet restrained and self-imposing; in terms of strength and strategy, they may not be inferior to the alliance, hence they are compelled to settle for the next best thing — employing commerce as a means to gradually control the commercial lifeline, news information, and cultivation resources of the Yan Kingdom.
Previously, Li Jizhou, like everyone else, believed that the series of turmoil caused by the alliance in the Yan Kingdom was rooted in the merchants' profit-seeking nature.
But now, knowing the alliance's association with the Golden Corpse, the Wei Kingdom, and the Demon Sect, it suddenly became clear.
