Copy Deity Transformation peak

Six months later.

Tianlan Region, under the jurisdiction of Shouxian Pavilion, Bright City.

The largest auction house in the Cultivation World—Tianbao Pavilion—stood atop the Spirit Vein at the very center of Bright City.

The entire building rose a hundred zhang high, built wholly from spirit jade, its surface carved full of intricate runes that gave off a faint spiritual glow. A huge golden plaque hung from the roof, inscribed with the three ancient seal-script characters "Tianbao Pavilion," the brushwork vigorous, the grandeur magnificent.

Top floor of Tianbao Pavilion, VIP room.

The room was not large, but its arrangements were exquisitely particular.

The floor was covered with a carpet woven from the fur of Fourth Order Demonic Beasts, ancient masters' calligraphy and paintings hung on the walls, and Fourth Order Calming Incense burned in the corner, blue smoke curling upward, refreshing the heart and spleen.

Through the floor-to-ceiling spirit window, the whole of Bright City could be taken in at a glance.

Li Chengjie sat cross-legged on a prayer mat, eyes closed as he regulated his breath.

Gao Chen, Yan Xingci, and Master Lakong stood behind him, not daring to make a sound and disturb him.

Five months ago, Xuanqing had used a Fifth Order top-grade Cloud Shuttle to send them to Bright City.

The VIP room on the top floor of Tianbao Pavilion.

A light knock came from outside the door.

"Senior Li, this junior is Zhou Mingyuan, a steward of Tianbao Pavilion. I have come to deliver your Spirit Stones."

Li Chengjie opened his eyes. "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and a middle-aged cultivator in a brocade robe strode in quickly.

His features were round and genial, he was smiling amiably, and his cultivation was at Nascent Soul Peak. He was a deputy steward of Tianbao Pavilion.