Cosmic Trader

On a stormy night, Lin Chen, an ordinary sophomore, is unexpectedly bound to a cosmic Hongmeng light-brain, unlocking an anonymous trading network that spans billions of star domains—and shattering the quiet trajectory of his mundane life. In the modern Earth of 2026, a world devoid of supernatural powers or spiritual energy, no one suspects that this young man from a backwater blue planet now holds the supreme channel to the primordial universe. Earth’s native resources are rare treasures in foreign star regions, while the universe’s foundational materials are unparalleled rarities back home. Leveraging the ultimate civilizational information gap, Lin Chen buys low, sells high, and stockpiles resources from myriad worlds, forging his combat strength through commerce and climbing to the peak through capital. Without years of grueling cultivation, he trades for top-tier cultivation methods, rare law fragments, interstellar warships, and black-tech secrets, crushing opponents across realms and standing unrivaled among his peers. He lies low on Earth, quietly amassing wealth and transforming his body, while forming deep bonds with the gentle academic prodigy Su Qingyue and the valiant special-forces warrior Xia Wanqing. Later, he ventures covertly into the sea of stars, crossing paths with an elven saintess, a princess of the mechanical empire, an immortal goddess, and other cherished allies. Founding the Hongmeng Trading Company, he expands across every star domain, and after a decade of painstaking rise, he ascends to cosmic supremacy as the unmatched Trading Sovereign. Having achieved the ultimate pinnacle, he sheds his warlike radiance, conceals his cultivation, and returns to mortal Earth. But when extraterrestrial civilizations come knocking and humanity faces extinction, Lin Chen orchestrates events from the shadows, shielding his homeland with boundless reserves and guiding Earth’s low-level technological civilization step by step toward ascension. In the end, he takes his place at the helm of the stars—balanced between mortal warmth and cosmic glory—weaving a supreme legend that spans both the ordinary world and the infinite heavens.