Mei Xuan's question actually touched on many issues that were both far-reaching and practical.
As time passed, however, she could no longer spare them much attention.
She soon discovered that, thanks to joint support from the upper echelons of both sides, the Heavenly Reach Money House's wealth and strength had swelled dramatically. In just a few months, it surpassed what the Myriad Heavens Marketplace had achieved in nearly a century of development.
This did not really exceed Li Chen's expectations. Although the Myriad Heavens Marketplace enjoyed many unique advantages, when all was said and done, he alone had driven it forward. The Heavenly Reach Money House, by contrast, was being driven by virtually all the dominant titans and Great Powers of the Puppet Dao and the Immortal Alliance.
During this period, some rejoiced while others worried. In the various commercial activities promoted by the Heavenly Reach Money House and the Heavenly Reach Exchange, this manifested as losses or profits. Yet only Mei Xuan and a handful of discerning people saw through it all: across the myriad heavens, an invisible transformation was unfolding with thunderous momentum.
The first to bear the brunt were those wilderness rogue cultivators who had no spirit peak blessed lands or possessed only modest holdings.
The lesser local powers in the lower and middle ranks were stripped bare, especially those in the Central Sea region who had already lost their foundations during the war.
Declining factions formerly under the Immortal Alliance, such as the Mount-Covering Sect, the West River Gate, and the Cloudthunder Sect, also went bankrupt one after another, utterly exhausting the last reserves they might have used to revive themselves.
But however circumstances changed, cultivators still had to survive, and they still had to cultivate and advance.
These people were channeled into the workshops and