Chapter Summaries

Great Immortal Xia negotiated a huge deal with Shan Tu, selling Tongtian Pavilion a set of six divine weapons and Kuiyi Stone ore for cash and supplies. He also offered to refine the ore for a fee, keeping his secret method to himself.

• Shan Tu refused to consign the six divine weapons at the exchange because Tongtian Pavilion and Qitian Pavilion were both in Thousand Mountains City.
• Great Immortal Xia offered to sell Shan Tu Kuiyi Stone ore at double the price by weight, provided Tongtian Pavilion also bought the six-piece weapon set.
• Shan Tu agreed to pay twenty Heavenly Origin Jade Treasures in cash and cover four hundred million Mu Crystals with supplies.
• Shan Tu tested the Kuiyi Stone with an Iceblood Iron Sword, which was blunted without leaving a mark on the ore.
• Great Immortal Xia offered to forge divine weapons and artifacts from purchased ore for a fee, but refused to reveal how he refined it.
• Great Immortal Xia told Shan Tu to wait until the supplies covered the agreed amount before discussing any remaining ore.

Xia bought a vast quantity of scarce resources from Tongtian Pavilion, offering Kuini Stone ore concentrate in exchange and agreeing to settle the bill in ore. News of his Kuini Stone spread across Qianshan City, and by auction day, the auction house was packed as Xia watched from the VIP section.

• Shantu led Xia through Tongtian Pavilion's storefronts, where Xia spent nearly all his four hundred million Mu Crystals on rare materials, pills, and books.
• Xia pointed out that Tongtian Pavilion had plentiful consigned goods but lacked customers and ready cash.
• Xia proposed paying for the resources with Kuini Stone ore concentrate, and Shantu agreed to tour the remaining storefronts and warehouses.
• Xia loaded cartloads of goods into high-capacity storage bags as Tongtian Pavilion's staff recorded the transaction.
• News of Xia's Kuini Stone and the upcoming auction spread through Qianshan City, drawing crowds to the auction house.
• Xia took a seat in the special VIP section on the day of the auction.

The narrator explained why the Yuelin Society had arranged a premium seat for him and how his wealth and supply of Kuiyi Stone had grown. He had refused to attend the auction until the Yuelin Society presented the Innate Embryonic Breath, a treasure that could transform his spiritual embryo and offer a chance at an innate Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul.

• The narrator described the auction house’s exclusive floating premium seats and the hidden powers occupying them.
• The narrator recounted how he had amassed nearly a hundred Tianyuan jades and abundant Kuiyi Stone by restoring Tianyi Dao and forging divine weapons.
• The narrator said he rejected Little Qilin Sister’s invitation because he could make or acquire what he needed without bidding at the auction.
• The Yuelin Society gave the narrator a compelling reason to attend by offering the Innate Embryonic Breath, which could transform a spiritual embryo into an innate Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul.

At the Qianshan City auction, Xia Da met Jin Tao, the boastful island master of Immortal Arrival Island, who said he had come to discuss a Peekstone divine weapon. Jin Tao dismissed the opening treasure, then turned the crowd’s jeers into an opportunity to attract wealthy visitors to his island.

• Jin Tao approached Xia Da in the premium seats, introduced himself, and asked whether Xia Da had made the Peekstone divine weapon being auctioned.
• Xia Da introduced himself as an Immortal of the Wilderness, and Jin Tao praised his independence from immortal households.
• The auctioneer presented a rare opening treasure, and ordinary attendees pushed its bid to four Heavenly Origin Jades while Jin Tao called it rubbish.
• When the crowd jeered at him, Jin Tao declared his wealth and invited anyone with treasures to visit Immortal Arrival Island.
• Several wealthy immortals praised Jin Tao and promised to visit, and he warned them about people selling inferior goods as superior ones.

Xia refused Jin Tao’s demand for Sinking Heaven Stone, and Jin Tao joined forces with Huang Ling to pressure him over the auction. After Xia denied wanting the Innate Embryonic Breath, Jin Tao turned the female immortal against him as well.

• Jin Tao asked Xia what he wanted at the auction and demanded a share of his Sinking Heaven Stone.
• Xia refused, so Jin Tao spoke with Huang Ling, and the two agreed to compete against Xia unless he gave them the stone.
• Jin Tao and Huang Ling demanded roughly a bowlful of Sinking Heaven Stone each and threatened to expose the female immortal as a possible successor to an evil sect.
• Xia rejected their demands and denied wanting the Innate Embryonic Breath.
• Jin Tao went to tell the female immortal about Xia, leaving Xia to realize he had made an enemy of the entire auction house.

A beautiful woman from Kuiyi Mountain tried to trade for the Sinking Heaven Stone, but Immortal Xia demanded an exorbitant price. Immortal Xia then baited Huang Ling into overpaying for armor, and the chapter ended as bidders raised their hands for the Slaughter Immortal Art.

• The beautiful woman asked Immortal Xia how she could buy the Sinking Heaven Stone, and he demanded a hundred Heavenly Origin Treasure Jades for a mote of its dust.
• The beautiful woman rejected Immortal Xia's price and whispered with Jin Tao and Huang Ling.
• Immortal Xia bid on the Heavenly Spirit Breastplate, then stopped at five Heavenly Origin Treasure Jades, letting Huang Ling win it for six.
• Jin Tao promised to prevent Immortal Xia from bidding on anything, and Huang Ling agreed to let him handle the next item.
• The auction maiden presented the Slaughter Immortal Art, and nearly everyone in the venue raised a hand to bid.

Immortal Xia used aggressive bidding and a display of his palm power to make Jin Tao and Huang Ling spend heavily on an overpriced book, then continued driving up bids throughout the auction. By the end of half a day, Jin Tao, Huang Ling, and Kong Mu had all been pulled into the bidding war while Immortal Xia kept judging which treasures were worth buying.

• Immortal Xia raised the bid on a book to twenty Heaven-Origin Jades, prompting Jin Tao and Huang Ling to argue over whether to keep bidding.
• Huang Ling raised the bid to twenty-one Heaven-Origin Jades, and Immortal Xia demonstrated his Tathagata Palm to intimidate the auction hall.
• Immortal Xia bid twenty-five Heaven-Origin Jades, then let Jin Tao win the book at twenty-six after warning that the price was excessive.
• Jin Tao asked Kong Mu to help with the next bidding round, but she refused until Huang Ling was in the same situation as him.
• Immortal Xia bid on nearly every item for half a day, while Jin Tao, Huang Ling, and Kong Mu followed his lead and spent heavily.

Xia manipulated the auction to profit from Qianshan City, then demanded a commission before continuing to bid. Leaping Qilin refused his demand, but after Xia sat out the next item, Leaping Qilin invited him to tea so he would keep bidding.

• Xia told Zhilin that he had deliberately raised bids and asked whether the Leaping Qilin Society would pay him a shill’s rebate.
• Zhilin declined Xia’s wager, and Xia offered to hire her for five pieces of Tianyuan jade treasure a year.
• Leaping Qilin arrived, revealed that Zhilin was his granddaughter, and refused to pay Xia a commission or let him take her away.
• Xia announced he was leaving, while Jintao, Huangling, and Kongmu watched angrily after suffering losses.
• Xia sat out the next auction item, and Leaping Qilin invited him to tea and a short rest to persuade him to continue bidding.

Xia negotiated with Yue Lin for a partnership that would help the Yue Lin Society rebalance Qianshan City’s wealth. He demanded half the controlling stake in its Qianshan City branch as a platform for shipping goods from Mu Immortal Continent, leaving Yue Lin and Zhi Lin stunned.

• Yue Lin invited Xia out of the auction hall and praised him for helping Qianshan City profit from the bidding.
• Xia rejected Yue Lin’s empty gratitude and asked for a tangible reward for helping the Yue Lin Society drive up auction prices.
• Yue Lin offered to split half the profits with Xia, and Zhi Lin explained that other factions had tried to coerce Xia into giving them Sinking Heaven Stone.
• Xia dismissed the offer of Primordial Fetal Breath and demanded half the controlling stake in the Qianshan City Yue Lin Society.
• Xia cited his Kuiyi Stones, Sinking Heaven Stones, and potential Earthblood divine pills, leaving Yue Lin and Zhi Lin speechless.

I revealed that my Heaven-Sinking Stone could transform from a solid cube into controllable dust and form armor. Yue Lin agreed to give me half of Thousand Mountains City's shares in exchange for a smaller set of Heaven-Sinking Stone treasure and first access to my future wares.

• I showed Yue Lin a solid cube of Heaven-Sinking Stone, and its weight cracked the floor when he caught it.
• Zhi Lin struck the cube with his saber, but the blade broke while the Heaven-Sinking Stone remained intact.
• I scattered the cube into millions of controllable particles and formed them into armor around my body.
• I offered Yue Lin a smaller set of Heaven-Sinking Stone treasure for half of Thousand Mountains City's shares and the chance to sell my future wares first.
• Yue Lin accepted the deal after I explained how the armlet could control Heaven-Sinking Stone dust.

Xia secured a written transfer of half the Yuelin Society’s profits and took Zhiling as his liaison, then returned with her to the auction. Jin Tao, Kong Mu, and Huang Ling noticed his return and looked newly energized.

• Xia asked Yuelin to document his promised half-share, and Yuelin agreed to provide the business records and land deeds.
• Yuelin assigned Zhiling to follow Xia as the Yuelin Society’s liaison, while Zhiling protested the arrangement.
• Yuelin left the auction hall after settling the transfer, and Xia brought the reluctant Zhiling back inside.
• Jin Tao, Kong Mu, and Huang Ling looked up eagerly when Xia reentered the venue.

I manipulated Phoenix Spirit, Jin Tao, and Kong Mu throughout the auction, driving up prices and making them spend heavily. When the six Inquisitive Mountain divine weapons appeared, the bidding began at five Heavenly Origin Immortal Jades, and the weapons sold for forty-seven in total.

• I baited Phoenix Spirit, Jin Tao, and Kong Mu and planned to wear down their wealth before a decisive confrontation.
• I bid unpredictably on auction items, sometimes winning bargains and sometimes pushing the three rivals to spend hundreds of Heavenly Origin Immortal Jades each.
• The auctioneer presented the six-piece set of Inquisitive Mountain divine weapons, stunning the hall and drawing the rivals’ attention.
• I opened bidding on the first divine blade at five Heavenly Origin Immortal Jades, and Jin Tao and Kong Mu raised the price.
• I stopped bidding after raising the starting price, and the six weapons sold for forty-seven Heavenly Origin Immortal Jades, with one each going to Jin Tao, Phoenix Spirit, and Kong Mu.

The Yue Lin Society auctioned the Innate Fetal Breath, which could potentially raise a cultivator’s Nascent Soul to the Heavenly Dao level, and warned buyers that the sale was final. As bidding began, the narrator recognized that Jin Tao, Huang Ling, and Kong Mu were colluding to drive up the price.

• Yue Lin returned to check the auction accounts and left pleased with the results.
• The auction house presented the Innate Fetal Breath and explained its uncertain chances of improving a Nascent Soul, especially for cultivators at the Spirit Severing Realm.
• The young girl announced a starting price of ten Heavenly Origin Treasures and warned that winning bidders had to pay, prompting some guests to leave.
• The narrator opened the bidding at ten Heavenly Origin Treasures, and Jin Tao immediately raised it to twenty and then thirty.
• The narrator accused Jin Tao, Huang Ling, and Kong Mu of colluding after noticing their eager reactions.

Xia used the threat of selling Heaven-Sinking Stones to drive up the price of the Innate Embryonic Breath after Jin Tao, Huang Ling, and Kong Mu pooled their funds against him. He left Jin Tao stuck with a bid of a hundred Heavenly Origin Jades after Xia abruptly withdrew.

• Jin Tao, Huang Ling, and Kong Mu celebrated pooling their remaining funds to outbid Xia for the Innate Embryonic Breath.
• Xia challenged the auction rules, but the maid arbitrator said buyers could pool their money.
• Xia offered Heaven-Sinking Stone dust to raise funds, but Yue Lin said the auction house only wanted Heavenly Origin Jades.
• Xia bid fifty Heavenly Origin Jades, prompting Jin Tao to raise the offer to sixty, then eighty.
• Xia raised the bid to ninety, and Jin Tao answered with a hundred.
• Xia withdrew from the bidding, leaving Jin Tao to buy the Innate Embryonic Breath for a hundred Heavenly Origin Jades.

After Jin Tao’s reckless bid for the Innate Embryonic Breath exceeded one hundred Heavenly Origin Jade Treasures, his partners abandoned him rather than pay. The auction attendants detained him and prepared to collect his assets, leaving him at risk of losing both his money and the breath.

• Jin Tao’s bid won the Innate Embryonic Breath for one hundred Heavenly Origin Jade Treasures after Huang Ling and Kong Mu urged him to keep bidding.
• Huang Ling refused to help pay, claiming Jin Tao had exceeded their agreed limit, and Kong Mu disappeared.
• The auction attendants seized Jin Tao and explained they would send someone to Immortal Arrival Island to collect payment.
• Huang Ling fled while Jin Tao pleaded for time, then learned the Innate Embryonic Breath might vanish before he could receive it.

Jin Tao panicked when Yuelin Society demanded payment for the Innate Womb Breath and tried to escape the deal. After Yuelin forced him to pay, Jin Tao asked Great Immortal Xia to buy his goods so he could settle the debt.

• Jin Tao offered fifty Heavenly Origin Jades to give up the treasure, but Miss Zhilin said Yuelin Society had its own appraisal methods.
• Jin Tao begged Yuelin to accept his auction purchases and the Innate Womb Breath back, offering to pay a hundred jades.
• Yuelin calculated that Jin Tao would owe seventy-seven jades if he returned everything, or eighty-seven if he kept the Innate Womb Breath.
• Jin Tao objected to Yuelin's terms, but Yuelin threatened to have the other little Lin collect goods from Xianlai Island.
• Yuelin left after warning Jin Tao that few buyers could afford his goods, and Jin Tao asked Great Immortal Xia to buy them for enough to make up fifty jades.

Xia bargained with Jintao for the innate fetal breath and took it after Jintao settled the auction bill. Xia began refining it in a secret chamber, but the fetal breath revealed that it was conscious and rebuked him.

• Xia refused Jintao’s asking price and negotiated to pay forty Tianyuan jade for the innate fetal breath and Jintao’s remaining treasures.
• Xia had Zhilin pretend to advance forty Tianyuan jade while Jintao paid the remaining sixty and handed over the treasures.
• After the auction ended, Xia took the innate fetal breath to a secret chamber and prepared to refine it.
• Xia drew the fetal breath into his body, trapped it with a grand formation, and swallowed it.
• The fetal breath expanded and contracted, revealed its consciousness, and demanded to know which junior had stolen it.

The narrator refined an innate demon spirit’s embryonic breath to learn how an innate Dao embryo circulated qi and strengthen his own cultivation. After overpowering the demon spirit, he refined its remaining breath into his Spirit-Commanding body, improving his ability to absorb spiritual energy.

• The narrator explained how innate embryonic breath could be replicated to form a Nascent Soul and gave the demon spirit enough power to speak.
• The innate demon spirit condemned the narrator for stealing its embryonic breath, but the narrator threatened to reincarnate it or fuse it into his Nascent Soul.
• The narrator sensed and copied the demon spirit’s breathing method, learning how an innate Dao embryo formed and drew upon purer power.
• The narrator used a stronger circulation method to suppress the demon spirit, which begged to be spared and agreed to reincarnate.
• The narrator refined the innate embryonic breath into his Spirit-Commanding body and gained the ability to absorb spiritual energy without relying on postnatal cultivation insights or incantations.

The narrator used innate fetal breathing to accelerate his cultivation and successfully formed a Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul. He challenged Miss Zhilin to a spar and wagered a Divine Saber of Kuiyi Stone, leaving her ready to teach him a lesson.

• The narrator absorbed Yang Spirit Pills through innate fetal breathing and rapidly advanced his Heaven and Earth Spirit Roots.
• After three days, the narrator reached the grand completion of the Spirit Embodiment stage and began breaking through in a Leaping Qilin Society secret chamber.
• The narrator condensed his Spirit Veins into a Heavenly Dao Nascent Soul and caused a tremendous celestial disturbance.
• Miss Zhilin questioned the narrator's strength, and he proposed a spar to test it.
• The narrator wagered a Divine Saber of Kuiyi Stone against Miss Zhilin's promise to study properly, and she accepted the challenge with confidence.

I lent Zhiling the Peeping Jade Stone Divine Saber and used my Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots to fight her head-on. My speed and force field let me surprise and pressure the Divine Transformation cultivator, leaving the duel ongoing as we exchanged close-range attacks.

• I gave Zhiling the Peeping Jade Stone Divine Saber so we could fight on equal terms.
• I activated my Heaven and Earth Spiritual Roots, forming a force field that restricted Zhiling's movement and could deconstruct energy.
• I charged Zhiling with the Sonic Boom Style and struck before she could react.
• Zhiling countered with a saber swing and crimson shockwaves, while I compressed my force field to prevent her from absorbing my power.
• I blocked Zhiling's flame-charged saber attack inside the force field and followed with a rapid series of sword strikes.
• Zhiling evaded or blocked most of my attacks with steady footwork, but my blows left marks as the Deconstruction Art began wearing her down.