The Moonlight Commerce Association (Part 1)

The battle at Nightglow Island had made Ning Ye famous beyond doubt, while Purple Pole Palace had suffered grievous losses as a result.

The key was that Silver Star Arhat was gone.

That had been a Human Emperor Realm cultivator. Even the Nine Great Sects could count such figures on their fingers.

Back when he had set up the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, he had wiped out several Nirvana Realm cultivators—a staggering feat already. This time, he had even taken down a Human Emperor Realm cultivator.

Though afterward, Purple Pole Palace proclaimed that Silver Star Arhat had thrown himself into battle against the Demon Abyss invasion, dying heroically and selflessly, his loyalty and righteousness witnessed by heaven and earth, anyone with half a brain knew... The moment you took over Ning Ye's task, you kicked the bucket. You had finally escaped with a remnant soul, yet now you had vanished without a trace, your whereabouts unknown—and you expected people to believe you died fighting the Demon Abyss? Only a ghost would buy that.

Thus, everyone knew this was definitely connected to Ning Ye. Yet since not even the Nine Sacred Venerables had moved against him, naturally no one else could do anything about it.

The result was that Ning Ye's days ahead finally became carefree.

That carefree stretch lasted fifteen years.

The cultivators of Aurora Island passed fifteen peaceful years of cultivation, encountering virtually no great storms. Meanwhile, Langya Pavilion gained the Frostcrest Archipelago because of it, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance did not dare come to demand it back.

Whenever he had nothing to do, Ning Ye would occasionally go out for a walk, and Linlang and Chi Wanning were naturally never absent from his side.

Sunshine Pavilion was deeply dissatisfied with this and repeatedly tried to transfer