After Fang Ze and the others, another wave of commercial alliances and merchants' associations soon sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain.
They had all seen the potential business opportunities in imaginary number space and devoted themselves to competing for the rogue cultivator market, seeking a voice in this entirely new field.
This was a field that truly possessed the power to change the cultivation world. Gaining a voice in it was tantamount to wielding immense power. Even from a purely self-serving standpoint, it was worth a gamble.
Meanwhile, some grotto-heaven blessed lands and major powers also began building their own private spaces.
Under the existing technological conditions, meeting even the basic entry requirements demanded at least a Grand Artisan's attainments and wealth, along with a certain amount of imaginary number space resources to serve as the main body of the warehouse. Ordinary rogue cultivators and minor factions simply had no hope of making it work.
Even some Grand Artisan-led factions that possessed a measure of the necessary resources but lacked sufficient funds chose to rent instead.
But Puppet Dao Masters and those who owned a Sky City or commanded a grotto-heaven power equivalent to one all wanted an imaginary number space warehouse of their own.
This was a basic requirement for strategic security. They could never feel at ease entrusting their possessions to someone else.
Public warehouses and shared spaces were established for the convenience of the masses, and ordinary people could safely entrust their wealth and supplies to the commercial alliances.
But those Sky Cities operated on an entirely different scale, and the same reasoning did not apply to them.
As a Puppet Dao Grandmaster, Li Chen was naturally no exception.
He had not rented any of the imaginary number spaces outside, nor would he let the Divine