Everything had begun with the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion's sudden emergence.
Once, the Treasure Pavilion had dominated Sin Domain City's commercial world, monopolizing transactions of treasures from the Myriad Worlds and firmly suppressing every other power. It had been the only place all cultivators could turn to when choosing treasures.
But after the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion abruptly rose to prominence, all that former glory was utterly overturned.
The Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion held exclusive opportunities in its grasp, using the search for coordinates across the Myriad Worlds, the ferrying in of opportunities from foreign realms, and access to resources beyond the worlds as its unique bargaining chips. By sheer force, it carved out a place for itself in Sin Domain City's mercantile world.
Relying on its one-of-a-kind business structure, it rapidly drew in customers from every side, seizing the connections and clientele the Treasure Pavilion had accumulated over countless ages.
It soared all the way upward, crushing the long-established and flourishing Treasure Pavilion within a short span of years. It even surpassed the Treasure Pavilion at its most glorious, securely claiming the throne of Sin Domain City's foremost treasure pavilion.
Shopkeeper Yu could only watch as his family's foundation, passed down for countless ages, withered and declined step by step, growing more desolate by the day. He watched the immortal patrons who had once come in an endless stream all turn their backs and flock to the Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion. The pain pierced his heart, and his hatred accumulated day after day, nearly gnawing away at his Dao Heart.
Yet however full of rage he was, however towering his killing intent, he had never dared act rashly.
The Jin Shui Treasure Pavilion's foundations were unfathomable. No one knew where it had recruited several supreme experts at the peak