Bi Lan’s confident expression quickly shifted into a bitter one. "However, ever since Lord Bi Rong went into seclusion, the Merchant Exchange’s business has declined. While no one from the Sixverse Association has targeted us, Aeternus has been constantly coming after us in rather large numbers, as well as sending spies to infiltrate us.0

"Honestly, I’m very curious about why Aeternus is so fixated on the Merchant Exchange. If not for that, we would have never been forced to ask the Heavens Sect for help.”0

The woman’s emotions welled up. The moment the Merchant Exchange had sought help from the Heavens Sect, freedom had become a thing of the past. The Merchant Exchange was incapable of breaking free from the Heavens Sect. The higher Lu Yin’s status and the stronger his personal strength became, the more impossible it was for them to escape his influence.0

In fact, Bi Lan questioned whether even Lord Bi Rong could free the Merchant Exchange from the Heavens Sect’s grasp, should he reappear.1

Bi Lan believed that Bi Rong was a powerhouse on par with the rulers of the Sixverse Association’s member universes, such as Lord Xu and Mu Shen. But Lu Yin had already tied those universes and their rulers to the Origin Universe.0

That was absolutely terrifying.0

Bi Lan was unable to understand Aeternus’s purpose in targeting the Merchant Exchange, but Lu Yin understood...2