Chapter Summaries

After killing Rotman, Hua Qiang used the Slaughter Points to reach Galaxy Realm, Third Heaven and set off for Kampot Planet. He encountered a Cosmic Spirit Devouring Beast that had destroyed a planet, and his starship’s cannon barely wounded it before the beast fixed its attention on him.

• Hua Qiang absorbed Rotman’s remaining energy, exchanged 100,000 Slaughter Points for Blood Qi, and advanced to Galaxy Realm, Third Heaven.
• Hua Qiang found an ancient token engraved with “Starry Sky Auction House” and continued toward Kampot Planet.
• A Cosmic Spirit Devouring Beast drained a planet’s spiritual energy, consumed its core, and left behind a fist-sized stone.
• Apocalypse detected the Cosmic Spirit Devouring Beast near Hua Qiang’s starship and activated its defenses and weapons.
• Hua Qiang ordered the Star Annihilation Cannon to fire, but the beast crushed the energy blast in its claw and rapidly healed its wound.
• The Cosmic Spirit Devouring Beast opened its mouth and drew the starship toward it with a powerful suction force.

Hua Qiang escaped the wounded Spirit Devouring Beast and reached Starry Sky City, where he learned that the Starry Sky Auction House was holding an auction. He used his bronze token to approach the venue as its doors opened and guests were welcomed inside.

• Hua Qiang fired the Star Annihilation Cannons at full power, wounding the Spirit Devouring Beast and forcing it to stop draining the protective shield.
• Hua Qiang stored his damaged starship in his Small World and escaped through a wormhole.
• Hua Qiang spotted Starry Sky City, recognized the token he carried, and paid to enter the city.
• Hua Qiang heard about the auction and learned that an invitation or an exclusive bronze token was required for entry.
• Hua Qiang rested at an interstellar tavern, then headed to the Starry Sky Auction House, where the doors opened and guests were invited inside.

Hua Qiang watched the auction and held back from bidding until he saw a special treasure: Yan Ruyu, caged among several girls. The auction for her was about to begin.

• Fei Nanxue won the first item, an Acalanatha jade pendant, for one hundred thousand Universe Coins.
• The auction continued, and a later item sold for a record 200,000 Universe Coins.
• Hua Qiang refrained from bidding on the earlier items because he was waiting for something he truly wanted.
• The auctioneer introduced a special treasure with no reserve price, and a cage containing several girls was brought onto the stage.
• Hua Qiang recognized Yan Ruyu inside the cage and reacted with shock.

Yan Ruyu endured being auctioned as a slave until Hua Qiang appeared and won her for twenty-five thousand Universe Coins. After reuniting with him, she clung to him in tears.

• Yan Ruyu and five other captured girls were displayed for sale at the Starry Sky Auction House, their spiritual powers sealed and their hopes fading.
• As the bids for Yan Ruyu rose, she remembered Hua Qiang's apparent death and despaired over her fate.
• Hua Qiang bid twenty thousand Universe Coins, then raised his offer to twenty-five thousand after a pockmarked man challenged him.
• The auctioneer warned the pockmarked man to obey the auction house's rules, and Hua Qiang won Yan Ruyu after paying.
• Yan Ruyu was brought to Hua Qiang and embraced him, crying that she had thought she would never see him again.

Hua Qiang reunited with Yan Ruyu at the auction and learned how she had been separated from him and sold into slavery. After provoking Leng Aoshan over his plans to seize Yan Ruyu, Hua Qiang bid against him for the Elf Race girl Ailaria, leaving the auction at a tense standoff.

• Yan Ruyu told Hua Qiang that the little monk’s Dao Protector had taken the monk away after Hua Qiang was struck by the giant claw, while Tiger Demons captured and sold her.
• Leng Aoshan watched Hua Qiang and Yan Ruyu together and planned to have his men seize Yan Ruyu after they left the auction house.
• Hua Qiang taunted Leng Aoshan, then decided to disrupt his bidding on the next slave girl.
• Leng Aoshan bid twenty thousand Universe Coins for Ailaria and threatened the other bidders, prompting the auctioneer to warn him that another outburst would get him expelled.
• Hua Qiang raised the bid to twenty-one thousand, and Leng Aoshan pointed at him in fury.

Hua Qiang outbid Leng Aoshan at the Interstellar Auction House, paying twenty-five thousand Universe Coins to acquire Ailaria and the other auctioned girls. Leng Aoshan backed down but remained furious, while Ailaria and the girls joined Hua Qiang’s side.

• Hua Qiang raised his bid to twenty-five thousand Universe Coins, and Leng Aoshan stopped bidding after ordering two guards to carry out his instructions.
• Tan Nuonuo declared Ailaria sold to Hua Qiang, drawing shocked reactions from the crowd and scrutiny from the Lineage heads.
• Ailaria’s restraints were removed, and she thanked Hua Qiang and pledged to serve him for life.
• Yan Ruyu helped Ailaria up and welcomed her into the group, while noticing Ailaria’s shrewd glance and feeling uneasy.
• Leng Aoshan challenged Hua Qiang over offending the Leng Family, but Hua Qiang defended his bidding and left Leng Aoshan humiliated.
• The other auctioned girls gathered beside Hua Qiang and thanked him for giving them a chance to live, while Leng Aoshan sensed killing intent in his gaze and felt afraid.

At the auction, Hua Qiang watched bids for the Star Lord Realm Giant Crocodile Blood soar beyond his 99.8 million Universe Coins. He offered his Life Divine Water for an immediate auction, determined to secure the crocodile blood.

• Tan Nuonuo described the giant crocodile blood’s powers and announced a starting price of ten million Universe Coins.
• Bidders from the hall, the second-floor lineages, and mysterious third-floor guests drove the price past one hundred million.
• As the bids climbed to three hundred million, Hua Qiang realized he could not compete with his available funds.
• Hua Qiang asked a server to add his Life Divine Water to the auction immediately, and she hurried backstage to consult the supervisor.
• Hua Qiang held the porcelain bottle and vowed to obtain the crocodile blood.

Ji Ruxue struggled against her family’s plan to marry her into the Shen Family when she learned that Hua Qiang possessed the Life Divine Water she needed to save her grandfather. She suspended the auction to meet him and offered to cover his bid for the giant crocodile blood, plus compensation, in exchange for the water.

• Ji Ruxue rejected the marriage alliance her mother described, despite the Shen Family’s promise to send Pill Kings to treat her grandfather.
• An attendant told Ji Ruxue that Hua Qiang had offered Life Divine Water at the auction, and she suspended the proceedings to find him.
• Ji Ruxue brought Hua Qiang to her office and inspected the bottle of Life Divine Water, which she had sought for a long time.
• Ji Ruxue offered to cover whatever Hua Qiang lacked for his bid on the giant crocodile blood and to pay him extra for the Life Divine Water.

Hua Qiang shocked the auction hall by bidding aggressively on a bottle of Giant Crocodile Blood, provoking the VIP bidders who believed only they should control the auction. After the auction house confirmed Hua Qiang could afford his bids, Gongsun Pianshan ordered his men to investigate Hua Qiang and kill him if he lacked powerful backing.

• Tan Nuonuo resumed the bidding for the Giant Crocodile Blood, and Hua Qiang raised the price to 360 million from the main hall.
• Gongsun Pianshan grew furious at the unexpected bidder and sent a guard to investigate him as the VIP rooms began bidding against Hua Qiang.
• Hua Qiang raised the price to 400 million, prompting the other bidders to suspect he was deliberately driving up the price.
• Tan Nuonuo assured the Earth suite that Hua Qiang had enough funds to pay for his bids.
• Gongsun Pianshan ordered his men to uncover Hua Qiang's background and kill him if he had no powerful backer.

Hua Qiang outbid the powerful factions for the Giant Crocodile Blood, then headed to the auction house’s fifth floor as killing intent gathered against him. Meanwhile, Ji Ruxue’s grandfather recovered after drinking the Life Divine Water and revoked her arranged marriage.

• Hua Qiang bid four hundred million Universe Coins for the Giant Crocodile Blood, enraging Gongsun Pianshan and drawing attention from the third-floor factions.
• A woman in the Mystic Chamber raised the bid to one billion, but Hua Qiang outbid her and Gongsun Pianshan, winning the blood for one billion and thirty million.
• Hua Qiang collected the Giant Crocodile Blood as killing intent surged from the third floor, then turned and headed toward the fifth floor.
• Ji Ruxue’s grandfather took the Life Divine Water, began recovering from his injuries, and revoked the arranged marriage decision.

Hua Qiang refined the Star Lord Realm Giant Crocodile Blood in Ji Ruxue’s cultivation chamber, surviving its violent energy by fusing it with his Immortal Divine Dragon Body. He reached the first level of the Star Sea Realm and gained five crocodile divine abilities.

• Ji Ruxue sent Hua Qiang to Cultivation Chamber No. 1 after he asked for a cultivation chamber.
• Hua Qiang drank the Giant Crocodile Blood, whose power ravaged his body and threatened to kill him.
• Hua Qiang activated his Immortal Divine Dragon Body and struggled against the giant crocodile phantom within him.
• Hua Qiang comprehended Crocodile Prison Devours Heaven, Mysterious Scale Illusion Devour, Turbulent Flow of Time, Ancestral Crocodile True Form, and Primordial Crocodile Roar.
• Hua Qiang refined the remaining energy, healed his injuries, and reached the first level of the Star Sea Realm.

Hua Qiang healed and recruited five powerful girls with Life Divine Water, then left the auction house with them to shop. As they finished shopping, a man confronted him and demanded that he hand over the six girls.

• Hua Qiang welcomed Ailaria, Sangqina, Meila, Kasha, and Liuyue, who introduced themselves and demonstrated their abilities.
• Hua Qiang gave Life Divine Water to the five new servants and Yan Ruyu, healing their injuries and helping them advance.
• Ji Ruxue offered Xingyu Auction House's help on three occasions in exchange for a bottle of Life Divine Water, and Hua Qiang accepted.
• Hua Qiang left with the six girls, took them to Outer Tower for a meal, and bought them clothes at branded stores.
• A man confronted Hua Qiang and demanded that he hand over the six girls.

Hua Qiang and the six women faced Leng Aoshan and his force, but the women overwhelmed most of the attackers with their abilities. When Zhao Sanduo threatened them with a massive star hand, Hua Qiang intervened and summoned an Abyssal Giant Crocodile to devour the attack and lunge at Zhao Sanduo.

• Leng Aoshan surrounded Hua Qiang and the women with his attendants and demanded that Hua Qiang surrender them and pay compensation.
• Meila, Kasha, Yan Ruyu, and the other women stood together to protect Hua Qiang, then Meila and Kasha attacked the attendants.
• Sangqina defended the group with ice shields while Ailaria replenished her, Kasha slowed the attackers, and Liuyue and Meila wounded and burned them.
• Leng Aoshan ordered Zhao Sanduo to attack, and Zhao Sanduo formed a massive hand of stars that trapped the six women.
• Hua Qiang used Time Rewind and Galaxy Sea Inversion against the star hand, then summoned an Abyssal Giant Crocodile that swallowed it and lunged at Zhao Sanduo.

Zhao Sanduo defeated Hua Qiang’s Primordial Giant Crocodile with a desperate Star Blade attack, but the battle left him gravely wounded. Li Sipao then challenged Hua Qiang and was killed by Hua Qiang’s Kunpeng Sky-Splitting Strike.

• Zhao Sanduo escaped the crocodile’s suction and attacked it with Starfall World-Breaking, but its tail struck him and broke several bones.
• Zhao Sanduo bound the crocodile with Star Track Cage and pierced its throat with his Star Blade, causing it to collapse into black qi.
• Li Sipao promised Leng Aoshan he could kill Hua Qiang, despite his doubts after seeing Zhao Sanduo’s injuries.
• Li Sipao swung a colossal stellar saber at Hua Qiang, who summoned a Star Sea Kunpeng and shattered the saber with one claw.
• Hua Qiang’s Kunpeng split Li Sipao in two, blasted his remains to dust, and absorbed his blood mist.

Hua Qiang killed Zhao Sanduo and pursued Leng Aoshan after the latter fled to Starry Sky City. Leng Aoshan reached his Second Uncle, Leng Changfeng, and brought him back to confront Hua Qiang.

• Leng Aoshan fled for the market, abandoning the wounded Zhao Sanduo, whom Hua Qiang killed and drained of Blood Qi.
• Leng Aoshan called for his Second Uncle, and Leng Changfeng pulled him to the Cloud Terrace with a Star Hand.
• Leng Aoshan admitted he had ambushed Hua Qiang over six female slaves, and Leng Changfeng scolded him before agreeing to help restore his honor.
• Hua Qiang stored the six women in his Small World and followed Leng Aoshan’s trail toward the northern part of Starry Sky City.
• Leng Aoshan arrived with Leng Changfeng and urged him to capture Hua Qiang.

Hua Qiang fought Leng Changfeng, a second-level Dome Universe Realm cultivator who attacked him on Leng Aoshan’s behalf. After surviving a devastating palm strike, Hua Qiang unleashed the Primordial Crocodile Roar, disrupting Leng Changfeng’s Dao Domain and leaving Leng Aoshan severely injured.

• Leng Changfeng demanded that Hua Qiang kneel and apologize, while Leng Aoshan taunted Hua Qiang and demanded his female slaves and compensation.
• Leng Changfeng struck Hua Qiang with a world-shaking palm, sending him crashing into the ground and leaving him badly wounded.
• Hua Qiang drank several bottles of Life Divine Water, recovered, and returned to face Leng Changfeng.
• Leng Changfeng attacked again, but Hua Qiang summoned the Primordial Crocodile and used its roar to disrupt Leng Changfeng’s Dao Domain.
• The roar shattered Leng Aoshan’s protective aura and battered him, breaking his bones as he teetered on the brink of being torn apart.

Hua Qiang avoided a fight with Leng Changfeng, then learned that several groups had ambushed the route to seize the Crocodile Blood he had bought at auction. As competing factions arrived to claim it, Hua Qiang faced a growing standoff.

• Leng Changfeng retreated with the injured Leng Aoshan after Hua Qiang's sound-wave attack, and Hua Qiang decided not to pursue them.
• Hua Qiang brought Yan Ruyu and the other six women out of his Small World, and Liuyue sensed hostile ambushers ahead targeting the Crocodile Blood.
• Hua Qiang led the women forward and confronted a Golden Robe Elder, who demanded that Hua Qiang return the Crocodile Blood.
• A burly man in black threatened Hua Qiang, but Xia Mubai arrived with more than a dozen people and claimed the Crocodile Blood for Putuo Island.
• Fairy Qingyao arrived with a group of black-robed women and challenged Jin Riyang and Xia Mubai to settle their dispute by fighting first.

Gongsun Pianshan and Xia Mubai fought over who would claim the Crocodile Blood while Hua Qiang faced the other factions gathered around him. After discovering that four additional factions with Dome Universe Realm experts had arrived, Hua Qiang sent the women into his Small World, leaving himself surrounded.

• Gongsun Pianshan demanded that Jin Riyang, Xia Mubai, and Mu Qingyao let him settle his personal grudge with Hua Qiang first, but Xia Mubai taunted him and refused.
• Gongsun Pianshan attacked Xia Mubai, and the two exchanged earth-element arts and venomous techniques in a fierce battle above the clouds.
• Hua Qiang tried to provoke Jin Riyang and Mu Qingyao into fighting, but they saw through his ploy, while Meila teased him about Mu Qingyao calling him small.
• Liuyue warned Hua Qiang that four more factions had appeared, and he spotted Dome Universe Realm experts positioned around them.
• Hua Qiang realized the factions would not let him leave without the Crocodile Blood, ordered the women into his Small World, and drew the attention of dozens of watchers.

Lenord used spacetime power to seize Hua Qiang and bring him to his side, triggering a confrontation with Ren Wuchang. As the two Dome Universe Realm fighters clashed, Hua Qiang comprehended Lenord’s Meteor Fist, and the chapter ended with their battle still raging.

• A hidden middle-aged man sealed the void and ordered Hua Qiang to bring him the Crocodile Blood, then opened a spacetime passage to pull him over.
• Lenord intercepted Hua Qiang and restrained him, while Ren Wuchang and others accused Lenord of provoking a war and seeking the position of Supreme Lord.
• Lenord and Ren Wuchang exchanged supreme attacks, colliding Lenord’s Meteor Fist with Ren Wuchang’s ghost-filled black palm.
• Hua Qiang watched Lenord’s technique and comprehended the seven-star martial art Meteor Fist at beginner proficiency.

Ji Ruxue pleaded with Feng Ningshuang to save Hua Qiang after Lenord abducted him, and Feng Ningshuang intervened to stop the fighting. She confronted Lenord and left him terrified, asking what he could do for her.

• Ji Ruxue urged her Second Ancestor Grandmother to rescue Hua Qiang from Lenord, citing her promise to help him and her gratitude toward him.
• Feng Ningshuang teased Ji Ruxue about falling for Hua Qiang, then promised to protect him.
• Feng Ningshuang ordered Lenord, Ren Wuchang, and everyone with them to stop fighting and behave.
• Guang Shuozhen, Lenord, and Ren Wuchang recognized Feng Ningshuang and feared provoking her because of her reputation for wiping out entire forces.
• Feng Ningshuang fixed her gaze on Lenord, who trembled and offered to serve her.