Chapter 861

Tianxia Hui. Founded by the merchant Dugu Qiubai, its original purpose was to establish a trade guild where merchants could collaborate for mutual benefit. Later, he realized that under the mechanisms of the imperial dynasty, such a guild could never truly survive. In the final days of his life, he began to secretly develop a military force and recruit extraordinary talents from across the land, gradually building a power that even the dynasty could not ignore. To prevent anyone from using Tianxia Hui to harm the common people, he established a comprehensive and perfect set of rules and regulations. No one was allowed to stand above these laws. Cáo Rúmèng joined Tianxia Hui because she coveted its power, and her later attempt to topple the organization was born from her frustration at being bound by its rules.