Heavenly Treasure Tower

Biodata

Operations and Access

Merchandise and Services

• Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items — The tower can source and sell spiritual items used for Marrow Cleansing Blood Changing, including Flowing Gold Fruit, Vajra Glazed Fruit, and Fire Sun Profound Fruit. Its Yun Province branch offered Flowing Gold Fruit for eighty Low-grade Spirit Stones. 74 87
• Treasure Weapons — The tower trades in Treasure Weapons of multiple grades. It purchased Low-grade Treasure Weapons for approximately 150 Spirit Stones each, while individual Low-grade weapons could sell for more than 100 Spirit Stones. 80 83
• Divine Intent Diagrams — Its auctions are a major source of Divine Intent Diagrams in South Desolate City. The tower commonly auctioned diagrams whose contained Intent would dissipate within five years, reducing their prices relative to longer-lasting examples. 84 87
• Secret arts — Manager Liu offered the Saber Nurturing Art, a technique that uses spiritual power to nurture a saber and temporarily release saber intent; its strength increases with the user’s spiritual power and nurturing time. 78
• Defensive strange items — Steward Zhang sold Zhou Shan a pair of Heavenly Silkworm Silk shorts for two Spirit Stones and 150,000 taels of silver. The silk could stretch tenfold without tearing and resisted fire and blades. 75
• Recorded price reference — The Crimson Flame Heart was valued at 230 Spirit Stones by the tower. 80

Auction Hall

The tower holds a grand auction only once every twenty years. These events are restricted to East Continent Prefecture City and South Desolate City, attracting Innate and Blood Transmutation Realm experts with spiritual items, refining materials, Demonic Beast crystals, Treasure Weapons, and Divine Intent Diagrams. 83 84

• The South Desolate auction hall has nine floors and enough VIP rooms for several thousand guests. Attendees remain separated in private rooms and view the auction stage through transparent glass. 84
• Its entrance is marked by two Kirin stone statues, while its carpets are made from Innate Realm Demonic Beast hides. 83
• The hall’s visible guards are Aperture-Opening Martial Artists with more than a century of cultivation. 83
• During the once-in-twenty-years auction, Zhou Shan bought the Azure Blood Golden Fruit and the Blade Path Divine Intent Scroll for a combined 1,865 Spirit Stones. 84

History

Zhou Shan’s Introduction

A Ghost King Masked Person of the Black Dragon Society gave Zhou Shan a Heavenly Treasure Tower token after he obtained Spirit Stones and reached the Blood Transmutation Realm. The token was forged from hard black iron and bore an engraved serial number used to identify the customer. 74

Using the alias Li Feiyu, Zhou Shan visited the Yun Province branch and sought Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items needed for the Indestructible Vajra Skill. Steward Zhang confirmed that the tower possessed five of the eight requested items and could search for the remainder, though the Yun Province branch then had only Flowing Gold Fruit available. 74

Auction Raid

During the South Desolate City grand auction, Tie Muzhen infiltrated the venue, seized the Avalanche Divine Intent Scroll, and openly attacked the tower in retaliation for the Black Dragon Society’s actions against Great Yuan. More than a dozen Blood Transmutation Grandmasters of the tower moved to stop him. 84

Tie Muzhen’s raid resulted in the loss of a marked Mustard Seed Bag containing 5,000 Low-grade Spirit Stones. When Zhou Shan later appeared carrying that bag, Steward Chen demanded its return and attempted to claim both the bag and its contents as tower property. 87

Plundering of the South Desolate Branch

The tower attempted to detain Zhou Shan after he refused to surrender the Mustard Seed Bag. Its personnel underestimated him based on outdated intelligence, believing he had only reached the third Blood Transmutation. 87

Zhou Shan killed the tower’s five-Blood Transmutation Grandmaster and Steward Chen, then defeated its six-Blood Transmutation Grandmaster despite the latter wielding a High-grade Treasure Weapon and using Wave Intent. 88

After forcing access to the treasury, Zhou Shan seized its contents:

The raid succeeded partly because the South Desolate branch’s seven-Blood Transmutation Grandmaster was absent. The event became the tower’s second major robbery within a year, following Tie Muzhen’s attack. 88

Security and Personnel

• Steward Zhang — Yun Province steward who received Zhou Shan as “Li Feiyu,” discussed spiritual-item availability, and negotiated the sale of Heavenly Silkworm Silk shorts. 74 75
• Manager Liu — Yu Province manager who introduced Zhou Shan to the Saber Nurturing Art. 78
• Wang Ying — South Desolate auction guide who supplied Zhou Shan with the auction catalogue and assisted him in a VIP room. 83 84
• Steward Chen — South Desolate steward who attempted to recover the tower’s marked Mustard Seed Bag from Zhou Shan; killed during the ensuing conflict. 87 88
• Blood Transmutation Grandmasters — South Desolate City normally had a Fifth Stage Blood Transmutation Grandmaster stationed there, while a Sixth Stage Grandmaster was transferred in for the twenty-year auction. 86
• Seven-Blood Transmutation Grandmaster — A stronger resident guardian was absent when Zhou Shan plundered the treasury. 88

Relationships

• Black Dragon Society — Owner and controlling organization; the tower functions as one of the society’s commercial properties. 74
• Zhou Shan — Former customer under the alias Li Feiyu; later became the tower’s enemy after its South Desolate personnel tried to seize his Mustard Seed Bag and Spirit Stones. He plundered the branch treasury. 74 87 88
• Tie Muzhen — Great Yuan expert who raided the tower’s grand auction, stole the Avalanche Divine Intent Scroll, and took a marked Mustard Seed Bag. 84 87
• Nine Cauldrons Sect — Purchased two Blood Flame Fruits from the tower to use as bait in a Black Dragon Society bounty intended to lure Zhou Shan out. 76