A Young Man Should Harbor Lofty Ambitions, Competing for Glory Across the Vast Sky!

News of the Dragon Peace Trade Route officially opening spread through every county and city of Azure Dragon Province in an extremely short time.

For a time, all sides were shaken!

When the Dragon Peace Trade Route was first opened, many presentable powers within Azure Dragon Province had already taken notice. Each faction had long conducted a series of deliberations and analyses regarding the opportunities and challenges brought by the trade route's operation.

For some lineages and merchant associations that had reached a bottleneck in their development, the appearance of the Dragon Peace Trade Route was an excellent opportunity for growth.

To that end, some powers had long since assembled suitable merchant caravans and made advance arrangements.

As soon as news of the Dragon Peace Trade Route's operation emerged, merchant caravans set out one after another, beginning their journeys! Through the Dragon Peace Trade Route, they crossed the Azure Dragon Mountain Range and entered Azure Spirit Province Territory, exchanging what each side lacked for what the other possessed!

Beyond the powers in the open, messages also passed from time to time among heretical paths and evil and demonic paths. They began moving one after another, intending to stir up chaos and profit from it!

Not far from the Five Peaks Mountain Garrison stood a small hill. On one side of it grew an incomparably sturdy tree. Beneath its lush canopy, a young man sat cross-legged atop one of its branches.

"It's been so many days. Why hasn't he returned yet?"

The young man kept his eyes open and gazed ahead. With his extremely keen eyesight, he could vaguely make out the scene at the Five Peaks Mountain Garrison from where he sat.

This man was Li Pingjiang, an elder of the Heavenly Luo Sect and a Disciple of Seven Absolute