The Exiled Builder's Port City

The Story

The Xie family faces exile to Black Reef Island after their conviction. A sudden shipwreck threatens their lives, forcing Xie Mingtang to lead a desperate escape. With supplies dwindling and only ninety days before departure, she guides the group to a hidden underground spring and revives abandoned salt fields. Coastal merchant guilds respond with blockades and relentless pressure. The group fights through these obstacles to open new sea trade routes and repel pirate raids. They transform the barren land into Black Reef Harbor, rising from despair. In doing so, they uncover a mystery sealed within the ancient port. Xie Mingtang and her family forge their own path to survival, turning a place of punishment into a thriving community against all odds.