Chapter Summaries

Bailing presented the Silver Dragon Bodyguard Art, a Middle Grade God-Rank body-refining Spiritual Skill, and explained its powers to the auction hall. The bidding opened at five hundred million Spirit Crystal Stones, startling Li Kun and leaving the final price undecided.

• Bailing appeared at the Crystal Stage, apologized for the delay, and revealed the Silver Dragon Bodyguard Art.
• Bailing demonstrated the skill by summoning a silver dragon that could store one-third of its master's strength.
• Luo Tianshen, Winter Old Man, and Ling Zhanzi considered the skill's value, while Li Kun resolved to bid for it.
• Bailing announced a starting price of five hundred million Spirit Crystal Stones, with bids required to rise by at least thirty million.
• Li Kun sputtered at the high starting price as the crowd debated whether the skill was worth the cost.

The Strength God Clan's Li Kun bid aggressively for a Middle Grade God-Rank Body Refining Spiritual Skill, but a woman in a private room challenged him and sparked a confrontation. Bing Shuang enforced the Ascending Heaven Pavilion's rules, while Li Xiao wondered whether the bidder belonged to the Ten Thousand Islands Continent's royal clan.

• Li Kun bid one billion Spirit Crystals for the Spiritual Skill, and the Bone God Clan's Gu Mie raised the offer to one and a half billion.
• Li Kun threatened his rivals and raised the bid to three billion Spirit Crystals, prompting the Bone God Clan, Blood God Clan, and Luoshen Clan to withdraw.
• A woman on the Third Floor bid three and a half billion Spirit Crystals, angering Li Kun and a Strength God Clan elder.
• Bing Shuang appeared on the Crystal Stage and warned Li Kun and the woman that anyone who broke the Ascending Heaven Pavilion's rules would be killed.
• Li Xiao asked whether the woman was from the Ten Thousand Islands Continent's royal clan, and the narration described the Futu Clan's influence there.

Bing Shuang enforced Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s rules as the auction for a Middle Grade God-Rank Body Refining Spiritual Skill ended with Li Kun paying five billion Spirit Crystals after being provoked into raising his bid. Bailing then revealed the second auction item, a spiritual-energy-rich jade pendant said to protect its owner and increase their strength.

• Bing Shuang threatened anyone who defied Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s rules, then left the platform at Bailing’s request.
• Li Kun raised his bid to five billion Spirit Crystals, and the Ten Thousand Islands Continent bidder withdrew, leaving the Strength God Clan with the winning bid.
• The Strength God Clan’s Great Elder told Li Kun that the Snake Scorpion Woman had baited him into overpaying, but Li Kun refused to withdraw his bid and vowed revenge.
• Luo Tianshen and his Great Elder discussed how the Strength God Clan’s costly purchase weakened its ability to compete for later auction items.
• A seductive woman from the Ten Thousand Islands Continent ordered her companion to bid on treasures and provide offerings to the Futu Ancient Clan to retain its protection.
• Bailing introduced the second auction item and opened a box containing a small jade pendant with dense spiritual energy.

Bailing auctioned the Close-fitting Spirit Jade, a protective treasure that accelerated cultivation, while members of the Luoshen Clan and other guests considered bidding for it. Gu Yuan reflected on his hopes for his daughter’s future in the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and decided to leave the children’s affairs to them.

• Bailing presented the Close-fitting Spirit Jade and explained that it could withstand a Great Perfection Earth Supreme’s attack and triple its wearer’s cultivation speed.
• Bing Shuang teased Bailing about her closeness with Pavilion Master, then resumed watching the auction crowd for trouble.
• Luo Tianshen and the Luoshen Clan elders discussed bidding for the jade, noting that Luo Li already benefited from cultivating at the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Zi Jun Zhenren bid twenty million Spirit Crystals, and the price soon climbed to fifty million as guests sought the treasure for their descendants.
• Gu Yuan said he wanted the jade as a gift for his future grandson, but Zhu Kun challenged his ambitions for his daughter’s place in the pavilion.
• Gu Yuan reconsidered and decided to leave the children’s future to them, reflecting on how the Ascending Heaven Pavilion had made the world kinder to them.

Gu Yuan put aside his ambition to uncover the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s secrets and joined Zhu Kun, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin in buying spirit jade for Xun’er’s future child. The auction then revealed the Blue Amber Battle Armor, whose remnant soul warned the assembled experts about the Evil Clan and the ancient war, leaving them with the threat of the still-sealed Heavenly Evil God.

• Zhu Kun reminded Gu Yuan that they all wanted their children to live well, and Gu Yuan accepted that he could let go of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s secrets.
• Gu Yuan, Zhu Kun, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin agreed to buy spirit jade as a gift for Gu Yuan’s future grandchild, and Gu Yuan won it for eighty million Spirit Crystals.
• Xun’er grew emotional at her father’s gesture, and Cai Lin told her that Gu Yuan had merely been blinded by profit.
• Bailing introduced the Blue Amber Battle Armor as the relic of Blue Amber Supreme, who had fallen in battle against two Sacred Grade Heavenly Supremes of the Corpse Demon Clan.
• Blue Amber Supreme’s remnant soul told the gathered experts that the Evil Clan had devastated the human world and urged them to destroy it completely.
• The narration recalled that the Immortal Great Emperor had sacrificed himself to seal the Heavenly Evil God beneath Northern Wilderness Hill for forty-nine thousand years, though the seal had not destroyed him.

Blue Amber Supreme’s soul imprint faded after he passed his will to the younger generation, and his armor went up for auction. The Corpse Demon Clan Elder bid a billion Spirit Crystals to claim it, but Winter Old Man challenged him with a higher bid.

• Blue Amber Supreme explained that he had been sealed by the Immortal Great Emperor and urged the younger generation to keep fighting the Evil Clan.
• Blue Amber Supreme refused Bailing’s offer to help him remain in the world and dissipated, leaving his battle armor shining with blue light.
• Bailing opened the bidding for Blue Amber Supreme’s armor with no starting price, and the crowd began offering Spirit Crystals.
• The Corpse Demon Clan Elder bid one billion Spirit Crystals and threatened anyone who tried to outbid him.
• Winter Old Man bid 1.3 billion Spirit Crystals and vowed not to yield the armor to the Corpse Demon Clan Elder.

The Corpse Demon Clan Elder competed with Winter Old Man for the Blue Amber Battle Armor but ran out of resources and lost the auction to the Western Heaven Battle Hall. Li Xiao explained that the armor would only accept an upright owner and revealed that Blue Amber Supreme had asked him to keep it from falling into wicked hands.

• The Corpse Demon Clan Elder threatened Winter Old Man, but Xue Lingzi joined the bidding at 1.8 billion Spirit Crystals to block him.
• The Corpse Demon Clan Elder bid two billion Spirit Crystals and three High-Rank God-level Weapons, then Winter Old Man raised the offer to three billion Spirit Crystals, weapons, and spiritual skills.
• Winter Old Man outbid the Corpse Demon Clan Elder, who could no longer afford the armor and gave up while vowing revenge after the auction.
• Li Xiao told Cai Lin that the armor would not accept someone with a corrupt heart.
• Li Xiao told Yun Yun that Blue Amber Supreme had asked him to alter the armor so it would go to an upright person.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The Auction continues with the Western Heaven Battle Hall acquiring the Blue Amber Battle Armor for an exorbitant price.
• The next item is a set of soft armor that can withstand attacks from a Spirit Grade Heavenly Supreme, later revealed to be the legendary Seven-Colored Soft Armor.
• The Seven-Colored Soft Armor's history is revealed, including its role in the destruction of the Lan Yun Sect.

Character Developments

• Li Xiao demonstrates his knowledge about the Blue Amber Battle Armor's history and power.
• Winter Old Man shows his determination to obtain the Seven-Colored Soft Armor, even at a high cost.
• Bailing, the Auctioneer, displays her indifference to the past and the fate of the Lan Yun Sect.

Significant Themes

• The power of treasures and artifacts in determining the fate of individuals and sects.
• The ruthless nature of the world, where the strong prey on the weak, and the past is often revisited through powerful artifacts.

Character Interactions

• Li Xiao and the women discuss the Blue Amber Battle Armor's history and power.
• Winter Old Man and Ling Zhanzi discuss their plans to obtain the Soul Fusion Blood Pill after the Auction.
• Bailing interacts with the audience, revealing the Seven-Colored Soft Armor's history and its role in the Lan Yun Sect's destruction.

Luo Tianshen won the Seven-Colored Soft Armor for the Luoshen Clan, intending it for Luo Li to honor his old friend from the Lan Yun Sect. The first half of the Auction then ended, while Gu Mie held a grudge against Luo Tianshen and continued to eye the final auction item.

• Winter Old explained that the Lan Yun Sect's Old Sect Leader had died after killing five Heavenly Supreme attackers, then declined to bid on the Seven-Colored Soft Armor.
• Luo Tianshen joined the bidding, hoping to give the armor to Luo Li in honor of his old friend from the Lan Yun Sect.
• Gu Mie raised the price to one billion five hundred million Spirit Crystals, but Luo Tianshen outbid him with two billion.
• Gu Mie abandoned the bidding and threatened Luo Tianshen, while the Luoshen Clan won the Seven-Colored Soft Armor.
• The Auction continued with more treasures until a bell marked the end of its first half.

Li Xiao halted the Corpse Demon Clan Elder from leaving Ascending Heaven Pavilion after recognizing his plan to murder the auction guests and seize their treasures. As the auction’s final two items approached, Li Xiao kept to the pavilion’s rules and waited for the elder to make a move, while looking forward to the births of Xun'er and Ya Fei’s children.

• Bailing ended the first half of the auction and announced a half-hour break before Pavilion Master Li Xiao presented the final two items.
• Li Xiao spoke with Xun'er and Ya Fei about their soon-to-be-born children and considered choosing names for them.
• Li Xiao ordered Niu Meng to stop the Corpse Demon Clan Elder from leaving Ascending Heaven Pavilion before the auction ended.
• Li Xiao explained to Cai Lin and Yun Yun that the elder intended to ambush the guests with corpses and steal their auction treasures.
• Li Xiao refused to break the pavilion’s rules by killing the elder first, but noted that the man’s treasures made him worth keeping alive.

Li Xiao unveiled the Spirit Pregnancy Pill at Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s auction and explained its remarkable effects on unborn children and their mothers. The crowd was left considering the pill’s potential to produce powerful descendants as the auction began.

• Li Xiao appeared on the Crystal Stage, revealed his face, and drew cheers from the crowd, while Ling Zhanzi privately resented the attention he received from Bailing.
• Li Xiao introduced himself as the Lord of Ascending Heaven Pavilion and warned the guests not to use Soul Power or step onto the Crystal Stage.
• Niu Meng demonstrated the Pavilion’s deadly rules by throwing a puppet onto the Crystal Stage, where heavenly lightning reduced it to ashes.
• Li Xiao presented an Emperor Grade Spirit Pregnancy Pill personally refined by Ye Chen, and its medicinal fragrance caused someone to break through on the spot.
• Li Xiao explained that the pill could temper an unborn child into a First Grade Supreme and help the mother reach at least the Fifth-Rank Supreme realm after childbirth.

Li Xiao auctioned a Spirit Pregnancy Pill whose effects could make descendants born as Supreme experts, sparking fierce bidding among the powerful figures. Xue Lingzi waited for the price to rise while considering the pill for his unborn child, then asked Xue Yi whether he wanted it too.

• Li Xiao revealed that the Spirit Pregnancy Pill was up for auction, and Winter Old Man and Ling Zhanzi discussed its history and dangers.
• Li Xiao began the auction with no starting price, and bidders rapidly raised their offers into the hundreds of millions of Spirit Crystals.
• Xue Lingzi held back from bidding, believing the pill could secure a bright future for his unborn child and the Blood God Clan.
• Xue Yi secretly wished to obtain the pill for his own descendant but feared competing with Xue Lingzi.
• Xue Lingzi asked Xue Yi whether he wanted the pill too.

Xue Lingzi warned Xue Yi not to compete for the Spirit Pregnancy Pill and offered him an empty promise about his unborn child. Gu Mie entered the bidding, while Li Xiao allowed several Supremes to leave the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and kept the Corpse Demon Clan Elder under watch.

• Xue Lingzi reminded Xue Yi that the Spirit Pregnancy Pill was not his to claim and promised to make Xue Yi’s child a talented disciple if the opportunity arose.
• Xue Yi agreed to support Xue Lingzi and not fight him for the pill.
• Gu Mie bid one and a half billion Spirit Crystals for the Spirit Pregnancy Pill, then set an eight-billion limit with his elders.
• A refined Bone God Clan elder assessed the rival clans’ remaining funds, and Gu Mie ordered him to continue bidding within the limit.
• Niu Meng told Li Xiao that several Supremes wanted to leave, and Li Xiao allowed them to go after confirming they had paid.
• Niu Meng watched the Corpse Demon Clan Elder and planned to ensure he died at Ten Thousand Layer Mountain Peak after the Auction.

The Corpse Demon Clan Elder tried to leave the Ascending Heaven Pavilion but Niu Meng stopped and punished him for hiding a corpse and damaging Pavilion property. After beating him and charging him for the damage, Niu Meng left him frightened and weakened.

• The Corpse Demon Clan Elder tried to leave the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, but Niu Meng blocked him and pushed him back into his room.
• Niu Meng revealed the corpse the Corpse Demon Clan Elder had buried outside and accused him of damaging Pavilion property.
• Niu Meng beat the Corpse Demon Clan Elder after his cultivation was sealed, then handed him a bill for the broken table and labor.
• The Corpse Demon Clan Elder discovered that his cultivation had fallen from Earth Supreme Great Perfection to Upper Earth Supreme and vowed revenge.
• When Niu Meng returned to ask what he had said, the Corpse Demon Clan Elder claimed he had only praised the beating.

The Blood God Clan’s Xue Lingzi failed to outbid the winning offer of six billion Spirit Crystals for the Spirit Pregnancy Pill. Li Xiao then revealed the final auction item, the Black Tortoise’s Turtle Shell, and demonstrated its recorded skills and defensive armor.

• Li Xiao sold the Spirit Pregnancy Pill to the guest in Box Number Three on the Third Floor for six billion Spirit Crystals.
• The Ascending Heaven Pavilion Protectors sealed off the Crystal Stage as Li Xiao revealed the final auction item was a Turtle Shell, not the expected Sacred Weapon.
• Li Xiao identified the Turtle Shell as belonging to the Super Divine Beast Black Tortoise and said it recorded three Spiritual Skills of different ranks.
• Li Xiao explained that buyers would receive an ancient tome to help them comprehend the skills recorded on the shell.
• Li Xiao transformed the Turtle Shell into armor, and an Earth Supreme recognized the surrounding mist as poisonous.

Li Xiao auctioned a poisonous mist and the Black Tortoise’s Turtle Shell, drawing fierce bids from powerful clans and experts across the Great Thousand World. The bidding remained unsettled as the Corpse Demon Clan Elder, despite his injuries, entered the contest with a low-grade Sacred Weapon.

• Li Xiao reassured the bidders that the Emerald Green Mist posed no danger inside the Ascending Heaven Pavilion, then opened bidding without a starting price.
• Experts offered arrays, God-level weapons, and spiritual skills for the Turtle Shell, while Winter Old Man concluded that a powerful Sacred Grade Heavenly Supreme might stand behind the Pavilion.
• Ling Zhanzi and Xue Lingzi raised their bids, and Xue Lingzi silenced Blood God Clan Elders who objected to risking the clan’s remaining treasures.
• Gu Mie and Li Kun stopped bidding, while the Luoshen Clan Leader waited for an opening and Winter Old Man continued competing despite his dwindling resources.
• The injured Corpse Demon Clan Elder vowed revenge on the Western Heaven Continent and bid one low-grade Sacred Weapon and three volumes of Upper Grade God-level Body Refining Spiritual Skills.

Winter Old Man and the Corpse Demon Clan Elder competed fiercely for the Super Divine Beast Black Tortoise's Turtle Shell until Luo Tianshen entered the bidding for the Luoshen Clan. The chapter ended with Lord Li Xiao confirming the clan could pay two mid-grade Sacred Weapons and warning the hall against disrupting the auction.

• Winter Old Man doubled the Corpse Demon Clan Elder's offer, but the Elder countered with a mid-grade Sacred Weapon and two volumes of Upper Grade God-level Body Refining Spiritual Skills.
• Winter Old Man coughed up blood in anger, and Ling Zhanzi gave him a medicinal pill to steady him.
• Li Xiao told Niu Meng that the Luoshen Clan had yet to bid, while Niu Meng doubted Luo Tianshen could afford a mid-grade Sacred Weapon.
• Luo Tianshen told the Luoshen Clan elders that the Turtle Shell held a special secret and ordered them to raise the bid.
• The Luoshen Clan offered two mid-grade Sacred Weapons, leaving the hall and the Corpse Demon Clan Elder stunned.
• Lord Li Xiao confirmed the Luoshen Clan could pay and warned everyone not to disrupt Ascending Heaven Pavilion's auction.

Li Xiao ended the Ascending Heaven Pavilion auction after earning forty billion Spirit Crystals, and the system rewarded him with a major breakthrough and powerful items. Outside, the injured Corpse Demon Clan Elder fled from Winter Old Man and the others, while Li Xiao summoned a new Heavenly Supreme protector.

• Li Xiao confirmed the Turtle Shell auction was over and warned everyone not to fight within a hundred li of the Ascending Heaven Pavilion.
• Winter Old Man recognized the Corpse Demon Clan Elder, who fled with a Great Perfection Realm of Earth Supreme corpse as a crowd pursued him.
• Li Xiao received forty billion System Coins, activated a quest to earn one hundred billion Spirit Crystals within three years, and advanced to the Spirit Grade Heavenly Supreme Realm.
• The system awarded Li Xiao an Invincible Domain, pills, skills, a weapon, and a Sacred Grade Heavenly Supreme Protector Card.
• Li Xiao threw out the Protector Card, and fiery red spiritual energy spread across the area as Bailing and the others turned toward his floor.

Qing Ling emerged from the Ascending Heaven Pavilion as a Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox with peak Sacred Grade Heavenly Supreme cultivation, drawing the attention of experts across the Ten Thousand Layer Mountain Peak. She reunited with Bailing and joined the Pavilion’s Protectors, then met the mistresses while Linglong, Lian Xue, and Long Kui guarded Li Xiao’s soon-to-be-born child.

• The Western Heaven Battle Emperor sensed the aura from the Ascending Heaven Pavilion and considered visiting Li Xiao to ask him to lift his curse.
• A blood-red dragon appeared amid the thunder, and Winter Old and Ling Zhanzi believed a Sacred Grade Heavenly Supreme expert had emerged.
• Qing Ling appeared with nine silvery-white tails, greeted Li Xiao as Pavilion Master, and reunited with Bailing.
• Li Xiao told Qing Ling to follow Bailing and familiarize herself with the Ascending Heaven Pavilion’s affairs.
• Qing Ling met the Protectors on the First Floor, learned that Linglong, Lian Xue, and Long Kui were protecting Li Xiao’s child, and paid respects to the mistresses.

Qing Ling joined the Ascending Heaven Pavilion after emerging from seclusion, while outside Shi Tianqiong revealed himself as a Corpse Demon Clan Elder and attacked the Western Heaven Continent’s experts. He summoned a Great Perfection Earth Supreme dried corpse and spread corrosive black energy over a ten-mile area.

• Qing Ling explained that her spiritual energy was unstable after seclusion, and Cai Lin asked whether she was an Ascending Heaven Pavilion protector.
• Li Xiao reminded everyone to clean up, and Bailing showed Qing Ling around the pavilion and arranged a room for her.
• Shi Tianqiong revealed his identity to Winter Old Man and claimed that the Evil Clan would rule the Great Thousand World.
• Shi Tianqiong shattered Winter Old Man’s attack with corpse aura, then forced back the experts who tried to stop him.
• Shi Tianqiong revived a dried corpse at the Great Perfection Realm of Earth Supreme and unleashed corrosive black spiritual energy across ten miles.