Through his countless puppets, Jiao Xiuyuan alone sustained the Thousand Li Hall—a vast commercial empire stretching across the entire Myriad Immortals Alliance. 0

His presence reached into ancient ruins and desolate wildernesses where few dared to tread, and he wielded enough influence to stir up storms across the Xuanhuang World. It was as though he had entered the Dao itself through commerce.3

Yet the man's fortune seemed somehow lacking. He always claimed he never made a losing deal, but in Li Fan's experience, Jiao Xiuyuan's ventures had a tendency to end in the red.0

When they first met, Jiao Xiuyuan had hoarded a massive quantity of Form-Concealing Talismans, only for their price to collapse in the wake of the Five Elements Grotto-He...0