Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan attended his first Northern Plains Corpse Alliance council meeting, where the members debated several pressing missions and the disputed sale of the Crimson Fiend Divine Boat formula. The meeting left the Alliance considering how to respond to a Rogue Cultivator who planned to sell the formula at the Auction Convention.

• Yin Liugong welcomed Fang Yuan and Gu Ye to the council meeting, and Gu Ye received three hundred contribution points for recommending Fang Yuan.
• Yin Liugong offered a mission to suppress the erupting Flame Furnace, and Huo De Jiangshi accepted it for one thousand two hundred contribution points.
• The council discussed a Yaksa Octopus disrupting black oil collection, and a Rank 7 Immortal Zombie accepted the mission after Yaksa Longshuai added six hundred contribution points to the reward.
• Yin Liugong revealed that a Rogue Cultivator had broken his agreement to sell the Crimson Fiend Divine Boat formula to the Corpse Alliance and planned to auction it instead.
• The Immortal Zombies called for action against the Rogue Cultivator as Fang Yuan weighed the Alliance's ambitions.

Fang Yuan attended the Corpse Alliance meeting, learned how its research and task system worked, and watched the members compete for profitable assignments. He left without taking a task, still intent on pursuing the inheritance hidden in the gutter when he had time and an alliance token.

• The Corpse Alliance decided to send a rank 7 Immortal Zombie and two Rank 6 Immortal Zombies to assassinate the rogue cultivator selling the Crimson Fiend Divine Boat formulas and obtain the remaining information.
• Fang Yuan asked for a task to regain life, but Gu Ye explained that he needed an alliance token and contribution points to issue tasks; the Corpse Alliance already offered research results on Immortal Zombie rebirth for a high price.
• Yin Liugong began distributing tasks, and members competed for the dangerous assignment of feeding the pregnant Half-Moon Qilin, which went to one victor after the reward fell to three hundred contribution points.
• Yuan Laolao took the Ruyi Fungus gathering task, while several struggling Immortal Zombies competed for the humiliating but lucrative task of serving Medicine Emperor's research.
• Members accepted varied assignments, including demanding an Immortal Gu from the Yuan family and collecting souls for Fairy Lishan's Courageous Gall Gu production.
• Fang Yuan wanted the popular black-oil gathering task because it offered access to the gutter, but he lacked a token and had no time; three Immortal Zombies took the task and paid extra contribution points for the privilege.

Fang Yuan joined the Northern Plains Corpse Alliance, learned about its leader and the Earth Trench, and returned to research the Concealed Malice killer move. Meanwhile, Fairy Lishan and Qin Baisheng secured Crown Prince Feng Xian’s support for the Auction Convention and received their agreed payment.

• Fang Yuan studied the Corpse Alliance’s position and decided to pursue its black oil mission as a way to obtain black oil.
• Fang Yuan received his Corpse Alliance token and Trust Dao Mortal Gu, then questioned Gu Ye about Demoness Burning Heaven and the Earth Trench.
• Fang Yuan left Yin Flow Giant City, returned to Fox Immortal Blessed Land, and considered adapting Concealed Malice with Wisdom Gu and Poison Gas Respiration.
• Crown Prince Feng Xian approved Fairy Lishan and Qin Baisheng’s invitation to the Auction Convention but said he could not attend in person.
• Fairy Lishan and Qin Baisheng left Feng Xian Grotto-Heaven after securing the support of five Rank 8 experts, and Qin Baisheng paid Fairy Lishan as agreed.

Feng Jiuge used Meeting as Before to disguise himself as Master You Lan so he could attend the Northern Plains Auction Convention without exposing his Central Continent identity. At Lang Ya Blessed Land, Fang Yuan inspected thirteen captured Gu Immortals and learned that the three organizers of the attacks had died mysteriously, leaving their souls completely erased.

• Fairy Lishan accepted an Immortal Gu from Qin Baisheng, and they agreed to meet again in half a month at the Auction Convention.
• Feng Jiuge arrived at Crown Prince Feng Xian’s grotto-heaven and used Meeting as Before to take on Master You Lan’s appearance and aura.
• Crown Prince Feng Xian revealed that he was a Spirit Affinity House spy and lamented that someone had ruined their plan before he could act.
• Fang Yuan arrived at Lang Ya Blessed Land after borrowing Mountain Alliance Gu from Fairy Lishan for three Immortal Essence Stones.
• Lang Ya Earth Spirit showed Fang Yuan thirteen captive Gu Immortals, including several well-known Northern Plains figures.
• Lang Ya Earth Spirit told Fang Yuan that the three organizers behind the attacks had died in battle and that their souls had been completely erased.

Fang Yuan brought the thirteen Sleeping Cloud Coffins to Fox Immortal Blessed Land, reviewed the state of his allies and the Central Continent sects, and became concerned that War Immortal Sect was raiding Starry Sky Grotto-Heaven. He then used the Wisdom Halo to create Poison Gas Spit, an imperfect Immortal Dao Move with dangerous residual poison.

• Lang Ya Earth Spirit gave Fang Yuan eight Mortal Dao Killer Moves to unlock the Sleeping Cloud Coffins safely, and Fang Yuan returned the thirteen captives to Fox Immortal Blessed Land.
• Fang Yuan learned that Fox Immortal Blessed Land was stable, its rockmen were being sold off, and fox armies were being raised for long-term profit.
• Fang Yuan reviewed developments in Immortal Crane Sect and War Immortal Sect, concluding that War Immortal Sect was secretly gathering Gu Immortals to raid Starry Sky Grotto-Heaven and its dream realm.
• Fang Yuan read Tai Bai Yun Sheng's letter and checked Hei Lou Lan's situation, learning that Tai Bai Yun Sheng was exploring Jade Dew Blessed Land and Hei Lou Lan was undergoing her third earthly calamity.
• After two months of work within Fox Immortal Blessed Land, Fang Yuan used the Wisdom Halo to combine Poison Gas Respiration with part of Concealed Malice and created the imperfect Immortal Dao Move Poison Gas Spit.

Tai Bai Yun Sheng returned from the Eastern Sea with news of a possible way for Fang Yuan to escape his immortal zombie body, though the method required difficult Time Dao research and could take a century. Fang Yuan invited Tai Bai Yun Sheng to join him at the Northern Plains Auction Convention, leaving their group preparing to attend while keeping Hei Lou Lan and Fairy Lishan’s involvement discreet.

• Tai Bai Yun Sheng told Fang Yuan that their attack on Jade Dew Blessed Land had failed, but revealing Man Like Old Immortal Gu earned him Shark Demon’s invitation to the East Sea Corpse Alliance.
• Tai Bai Yun Sheng explained that Shark Demon and Su Bai Man’s Time Anchor Immortal Gu might work with Man Like Old to restore Fang Yuan to life, but Fang Yuan noted that he lacked a mark in the River of Time.
• Tai Bai Yun Sheng said Shark Demon proposed using Spring Autumn Cicada to reach the River of Time and plant a mark, and Fang Yuan privately considered other possible Time Dao methods.
• Fang Yuan thanked Tai Bai Yun Sheng and said he had already joined the Northern Plains Corpse Alliance under the false identity Sha Huang.
• Fang Yuan gave Tai Bai Yun Sheng killer moves to study and told him about the captive Gu Immortals and his deal with Lang Ya Earth Spirit.
• Fang Yuan and Tai Bai Yun Sheng agreed to attend the Northern Plains Auction Convention, while deciding not to travel openly with Hei Lou Lan and Fairy Lishan.

As the Northern Plains Auction Convention approached, Gu Immortals and powerful figures made their way toward the gathering. Fang Yuan and Tai Bai Yun Sheng arrived in Baisheng Blessed Land carrying thirteen Sleeping Cloud Coffins and took secret chambers for the auction.

• The Yuan Family Grand Elder stopped practicing spear forms with the True Martial Carp and hurried to the Auction Convention after Yuan Chi reminded him it was being held that day.
• A scholar decided to attend the Auction Convention with Tianxiang while leaving another Tianxiang to guard the blessed land.
• He Langzi tested Immortal Gu Heavenly Gong, endured its injury, and flew toward Crimson Reed Marsh to trade it for an Immortal Gu.
• An Eastern Sea Rank 8 Gu Immortal and Murong Jinxiao surveyed Crimson Reed Marsh and praised Qin Baisheng for organizing the Auction Convention.
• Fang Yuan and Tai Bai Yun Sheng used Earth Tunneling Gu to reach Baisheng Blessed Land, where Qin Baisheng greeted them and led them to the auction venue.
• Fang Yuan and Tai Bai Yun Sheng chose secret chambers ten and eleven as Gu Immortals began arriving at Baisheng Blessed Land.

Fang Yuan reviewed the Immortal Gu he would offer at Qin Baisheng’s auction and weighed the treasures he could not afford to lose. As the auction hall filled with powerful Gu Immortals, the convention’s rivalries and formidable participants began to emerge.

• Fang Yuan inspected the auction listings and decided to offer Ascending Cloud Gu, Wandering the World, Calamity Gu, and Mountain Water Harmony Immortal Gu while keeping his other essential Gu secret.
• Fang Yuan considered the Poison Gas Spit killer move and observed the auction hall through the secret chamber’s viewing Gu.
• Gu Immortals gathered in the hall, where some exchanged friendly greetings and others renewed old grudges over Immortal Gu.
• Yuan Rangzun arrived, greeted Qin Baisheng, proposed another sparring match, and chose a private room.
• Free Scholar entered with Fairy Hongxiu, drawing attention as the other Gu Immortals discussed his background and his devotion to his two maids.

Gu Immortals gathered for Qin Baisheng’s Auction Convention, where four of Northern Plains’ five Rank 8 experts appeared. Disguised as Fairy Youlan, Feng Jiuge discovered several Immortal Gu connected to Mo Yao and Near Water Pavilion, and resolved to recover two of them.

• Free Scholar, Tai Bai Yun Sheng, and Fang Yuan observed the growing gathering and discussed why the Auction Convention had drawn so many Gu Immortals.
• Medicine Emperor arrived and received greetings from the assembled Gu Immortals before inviting Yin Liugong to share a private room with him.
• Hundred Feet Heavenly Lord, Grandmaster Five Elements, and Old Ancestor Xue Hu arrived, leaving Crown Prince Feng Xian as the only absent Rank 8 expert.
• Feng Jiuge, disguised as Fairy Youlan, announced that Crown Prince Feng Xian would not attend and entered a private room to inspect the auction list.
• Feng Jiuge recognized Wanderer Immortal Gu and Mountain Water Harmony Immortal Gu from Near Water Pavilion, noticed Calamity Gu, and decided to pursue the two Pavilion Gu.

At the Auction Convention, Tai Bai Yun Sheng bought Heavenly Kui Cloud and joined Fang Yuan in bidding for the Inch of Time recipes, while the auction progressed through many other treasures. Qin Baisheng then announced that the Immortal Gu auction was beginning, and Fang Yuan eagerly prepared for the main event.

• Qin Baisheng closed the venue and officially began the Auction Convention, while Fang Yuan and Tai Bai Yun Sheng wondered why Fairy Lishan, Hei Lou Lan, and the Hei clan Gu Immortals were absent.
• Tai Bai Yun Sheng outbid the competition and purchased more than two million mu of Heavenly Kui Cloud for sixty Immortal Essence Stones.
• A Gu Immortal bought a herd of Black Soul Antelopes for twenty-eight Immortal Essence Stones.
• Bidding for the improved Inch of Time Gu recipes climbed sharply, and Fang Yuan and Tai Bai Yun Sheng joined forces to buy them for seventy Immortal Essence Stones.
• After dozens of other items were auctioned and the competition intensified, Qin Baisheng announced the Immortal Gu auction, drawing Fang Yuan's attention.

Qin Baisheng began the Immortal Gu auction using inspected mortal Gu to randomly determine the item order. Hidden Luck Immortal Gu failed to sell, but He Langzi traded Heavenly Gong Immortal Gu for Smoke Flower Turtle Shell Immortal Gu, intelligence about Ascension Wilds, and a Water Wolf Pack.

• Qin Baisheng had the Gu Immortals inspect mortal Gu, then activated them to select Hidden Luck Immortal Gu as the first auction item.
• The female owner’s Hidden Luck Immortal Gu received no bids, so Qin Baisheng selected Heavenly Gong Immortal Gu next.
• He Langzi confronted Xiongyuan over the Gu, while several bidders offered transformation path Immortal Gu in exchange.
• A bid from private room number one offered Smoke Flower Turtle Shell Immortal Gu and intelligence about Ascension Wilds, attracting He Langzi’s interest.
• He Langzi accepted private room number one’s bid and received the offered Gu, intelligence, and a large Water Wolf Pack.
• He Langzi read the Ascension Wilds intelligence and reacted with fury.

Fang Yuan exchanged Ascending Cloud Immortal Gu for Iron Crown Eagle Strength Gu and immortal materials, then set his sights on the bidding war for Roaming the Horizon. Feng Jiuge and an East Sea Rank 8 Gu Immortal competed for it, and the seller's demands left both sides stunned.

• He Langzi confirmed the water wolf packs were in the blessed land, collected them, and left the Auction Convention early.
• Murong Jinxiao thanked an East Sea Rank 8 Gu Immortal for buying Heavenly Gong Immortal Gu, which had helped frustrate He Langzi.
• Fang Yuan sold Ascending Cloud Immortal Gu to the bidder offering Iron Crown Eagle Strength Gu and obtained the Gu plus immortal materials.
• Five Elements Master lost the bidding for a flame path Immortal Gu, then won one of two gold path Immortal Gu as Qin Baisheng bought the other.
• Feng Jiuge and the East Sea Rank 8 Gu Immortal made competing offers for Roaming the Horizon, and Fang Yuan demanded six thousand jin each of Heavenly Gold and God Splitting Water.

Feng Jiuge and the East Sea Gu Immortal fiercely competed for the Wanderer Immortal Gu, offering vast quantities of rare immortal materials. When the East Sea Gu Immortal bid ten jin of Drunken Immortal Qi, Feng Jiuge raised the stakes by offering the Strength Dao Immortal Gu Wan Lan.

• Fang Yuan presented a list of Refinement Dao immortal materials, prompting discussion about the mysterious Immortal Zombie Sha Huang and his possible Rank 8 backing.
• Feng Jiuge offered Thunder Sound Leaves, and the East Sea Gu Immortal countered with enough Sky Soaring Jade to meet the listed quantity.
• Feng Jiuge raised his bid with Pupil Stars and more immortal materials, after which he and the East Sea Gu Immortal traded increasingly extravagant offers.
• Grandmaster Five Elements abandoned his interest in Wanderer, while Fang Yuan recognized that both bidders were determined to obtain it.
• The East Sea Gu Immortal bid ten jin of Drunken Immortal Qi, and Feng Jiuge responded by offering the Strength Dao Immortal Gu Wan Lan.

Feng Jiuge won Wanderer Immortal Gu for two Strength Dao Immortal Gu after outbidding the Eastern Sea Gu Immortal with a Sandalwood Sacred Elephant. The auction later brought Feng Jiuge into a bidding contest with Hegemon Immortal Chu Du over a Strength Dao Immortal Gu, leaving Fang Yuan to recognize Chu Du as his strongest rival.

• Feng Jiuge confirmed he would exchange two Strength Dao Immortal Gu for Wanderer Immortal Gu, and the Eastern Sea Gu Immortal countered with a giant egg of a Sandalwood Sacred Elephant.
• Fang Yuan chose Feng Jiuge's offer, and Wanderer Immortal Gu went to Fairy Youlan while Fang Yuan received the two Strength Dao Immortal Gu.
• The auction resumed, and Feng Jiuge reflected on Hegemon Immortal Chu Du's influence on Strength Path after Chu Du bid for Cauldron Strength with Love Between Man and Woman Immortal Gu.
• Fang Yuan offered Mountain Water Harmony Immortal Gu and ten thousand jin of cloud mud for Joyful Mountain Joyful Intent Immortal Gu, prompting Chu Du to bid One Sky Pillar Wind.
• Fang Yuan realized that Chu Du was his greatest competitor in the auction.

Fang Yuan and Chu Du battled over Cauldron Strength Immortal Gu, with Feng Jiuge secretly supporting Chu Du to keep Fang Yuan from winning. The seller’s demand for a Wisdom Dao Inheritance left both bidders unable to respond.

• Chu Du ran short of funds while bidding against Fang Yuan and offered him a favor and information about Savage Demon Venerable’s true meaning in exchange for withdrawing.
• Feng Jiuge decided to support Chu Du, asking for Chu Du’s True Heaven Silver in return, and Chu Du accepted the arrangement.
• With Feng Jiuge’s backing, Chu Du resumed bidding, forcing Fang Yuan to spend more of his own immortal materials.
• Fang Yuan and Chu Du each declared they would meet any additional requirement from the seller, who demanded a Wisdom Dao Inheritance.
• Fang Yuan and Chu Du fell silent because neither could provide the requested inheritance.

Fang Yuan bid an Imperfect Wisdom Dao Inheritance for the Cauldron Strength Immortal Gu, while Feng Jiuge hesitated over supporting Chu Du and Chu Du eventually withdrew. Fang Yuan then discovered that Master You Lan was backing Tai Bai Yun Sheng and deduced that she was maneuvering to keep Mountain Water Harmony Immortal Gu from being traded away, revealing a connection to Near Water Pavilion and Spirit Affinity Sect’s hidden plans.

• The seller accepted an Imperfect Wisdom Dao Inheritance as payment, and Fang Yuan offered one while Feng Jiuge secretly bought another from Chen Zhenchi.
• Chu Du withdrew from bidding, and Feng Jiuge abandoned his chance to support him with the inheritance.
• Private room eleven, where Tai Bai Yun Sheng bid, entered the contest against Fang Yuan with an offer matching private room ten’s price.
• Fang Yuan told Tai Bai Yun Sheng to keep bidding, and Tai Bai Yun Sheng reported that Master You Lan had offered him support.
• Fang Yuan recognized that Master You Lan had also backed Chu Du and deduced that she wanted to prevent Mountain Water Harmony Immortal Gu from being traded away for the Enjoy Mountains Enjoy Water Gu.
• Fang Yuan connected Master You Lan’s actions to Near Water Pavilion and inferred that Crown Prince Feng Xian was a long-planted Spirit Affinity Sect agent.

Fang Yuan saw through Master You Lan’s intentions but withdrew from bidding on Cauldron Strength Immortal Gu when Medicine Emperor offered a valuable exchange. Medicine Emperor acquired it for his Resurrection Gu research, and the auction moved on to another luck path Immortal Gu.

• Fang Yuan realized that Master You Lan was pursuing Mountain Water Harmony and weighed whether to trade it for Cauldron Strength Immortal Gu.
• Medicine Emperor told Yin Liugong that he needed Cauldron Strength Immortal Gu to refine Resurrection Gu, which could restore life to immortal zombies.
• Yin Liugong refused to promise Medicine Emperor the immortal zombie materials he wanted without first consulting Leader Blazing Heaven.
• Fang Yuan and Tai Bai Yun Sheng withdrew from the bidding, allowing Medicine Emperor to obtain Cauldron Strength Immortal Gu.
• The auction continued with the luck path Immortal Gu Good Luck, which sold for a high price in exchange for a Flame Dao Immortal Gu.

Fang Yuan tried to trade Calamity Gu and Mountain Water Harmony Immortal Gu for strength-path Immortal Gu at the Auction Convention. Feng Jiuge offered Strength Eating Immortal Gu for Mountain Water Harmony, giving Fang Yuan a chance to increase his strength dao marks despite his dead immortal aperture.

• Fang Yuan failed to sell Calamity Gu because no one could meet his demand for a Rank 7 Strength Dao Immortal Gu or a Rank 7 Time Dao Immortal Gu.
• Feng Jiuge requested a private meeting with Calamity Gu's owner, but Fang Yuan refused.
• Fang Yuan put Mountain Water Harmony Immortal Gu up for auction in exchange for a Rank 6 Strength Dao Immortal Gu, and several Gu Immortals bid.
• Feng Jiuge offered Strength Eating Immortal Gu, which could grow a strength-path cultivator's dao marks by consuming related food, and refused Chu Du's request to trade for it.
• Fang Yuan recognized that Strength Eating Immortal Gu could help him deepen his strength-path cultivation without relying on tribulations from his dead immortal aperture.

Fang Yuan manipulated the bidding for Mountain Water Harmony Immortal Gu to pressure Feng Jiuge into revealing valuable offers. He decided to sell the Gu to Master You Lan, gaining Strength Eating Gu, an imperfect Wisdom Dao Inheritance, Meeting as Before, and many immortal materials.

• Fang Yuan had Tai Bai Yun Sheng bid aggressively on Mountain Water Harmony Immortal Gu while Chu Du and Feng Jiuge competed for it.
• Chu Du withdrew when the rising bids strained his resources, leaving Tai Bai Yun Sheng to continue bidding alone.
• Feng Jiuge made a last-minute counteroffer, then repeatedly outbid Tai Bai Yun Sheng as the Gu's price climbed to the second-highest in the auction.
• Fang Yuan demanded a complete Wisdom Dao True Inheritance and then a disguise killer move, prompting Tai Bai Yun Sheng and Feng Jiuge to reveal their offers.
• Feng Jiuge offered the imperfect Immortal Dao Killer Move Meeting as Before, and Fang Yuan chose to sell Mountain Water Harmony Immortal Gu to Master You Lan.

Fang Yuan inspected the inheritance and killer-move gains he had obtained while the auction moved on to the Luck Dao True Inheritance. The Luck Inspection Gu formulas sold for a huge price, and the auction ended with a fierce bidding war for Turn Misfortune into Fortune.

• Fang Yuan refined Strength Eating Gu, examined the incomplete Wisdom Dao inheritance, and considered using its Memory Gu formulas to recover memories from his previous life.
• Fang Yuan studied the incomplete Meeting as Before killer move and planned to modify it without the core Immortal Gu held by Spirit Affinity House.
• Qin Baisheng began auctioning the Luck Dao True Inheritance essence, starting with Luck Inspection Gu formulas that included an incomplete Rank 7 Luck Observing Immortal Gu formula.
• Qin Baisheng refused to sell his Rank 6 Luck Observing Immortal Gu, and Guo Rong backed down after Qin challenged him.
• Medicine Emperor guaranteed that he would share the Luck Inspection Gu formulas during the free trade, ending the bidding contest among the major forces.
• Qin Baisheng auctioned Rank 7 Turn Misfortune into Fortune, which drew fierce bids and surpassed the previous record prices.