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A deep hum rolled through the ship as the spirit light surrounding its structure slowly faded. After half a year at sea, the vessel finally came to a stop at a harbor.

Under the guidance of the Heaven Origin Trade Alliance cultivators, the passengers disembarked in groups and made their way onto Sun-Moon Island. Although the island still lay within the Northern Sea, it was far removed from the heartland of the human cultivation world. The harbor bustled with activity as workers shouted to one another and unloaded crates and other materials toward warehouses prepared along the shore. Much of what the ship carried was either too large or otherwise unsuitable to be stored within storage pouches, which was why it had been transported across the sea in the first place.

The scale of the operation made Sun-Moon Island's purpose clear. It served as the trade alliance's main transit hub between the Northern Sea and the Central Continent. Its importance was also reflected in the people stationed there. Rather than an elder of the trade...