A Thousand Years Flew By

The volume of treasures and resources flowing through the Chaos Plain surpassed ordinary imagination—even Song Ankang's imagination.

Though he had previously controlled more than half the Chaos Plain's territory, those lands had all been on the outskirts and did not touch its core. Song Ankang had known nothing of many transactions and hidden dealings; they had been held solely in City Smasher's hands.

Now that City Smasher's Saint Avatar had surrendered, Song Ankang finally learned from it just how formidable the Chaos Plain was.

To put it bluntly, at least one percent of all resources and treasures on the Xuanhuang Continent passed through the Chaos Plain. It might not sound like much, but this was the entire Xuanhuang Continent, not some barren place like the Central Plains.

One percent of its resources and treasures rivaled the Central Plains Merchant Alliance's accumulations over tens of thousands of years. Such an enormous quantity of resources and treasures all flowed through the Chaos Plain—one could well imagine how much room there was for maneuvering.

Song Ankang only needed to reach out a little to obtain vast quantities of the resources and treasures he needed.

No wonder City Smasher had been so wealthy. Whoever controlled such a channel could reap immense profits even without much skill in business.

What was more, once Song Ankang took control of the Chaos Plain and brought out all sorts of commercial tactics from Earth, the Chaos Plain became increasingly prosperous and flourishing, with more resources and treasures passing through it every year.

Song Ankang would not do something like fishing dry the pond. For the treasures and resources he needed, he basically purchased them through normal channels and rarely engaged in black-eats-black dealings.

At the same time, he cracked down harshly on such behavior, making order in the