The Auction House

"You win this time, Brother Luo. But there are always greater mountains beyond mountains, heavens beyond heavens. You can't keep winning forever. And I… I can finally go home…"

"Outsiders… have homes too?"

"Of course. The void beyond the heavens is the vacuum of space, and beyond the vacuum… is my homeland."

"Beyond the heavens… vacuum…"

"Brother Luo, do you want to see for yourself? The heavens beyond heavens, the land of vacuum?"

He suddenly opened his eyes, electric light and thunder flashing around him, a blue glow illuminating the scene. Like a youth trapped in an electric net, he emerged from his meditative state. With each breath, the lightning and thunder dissipated like smoke. The Azure Firmament Heavenly Origin Qi circulating on his skin and within his acupoints was reabsorbed, filling his lungs and converging in his core. In an instant, it shot out from his pupils like burning torches, illuminating the quiet room.

The alchemical furnace, still swirling with wisps of Daoist mist, was nearly depleted. The forty boxes of Purple Haze Spirit Pills, delivered by the puppet, were also completely consumed, their empty containers piled up in the living room.

"Vacuum… homeland… Company…"

Zheng Zetian sat on the meditation cushion, muttering to himself.

Though limited by his current realm and his physical body, Zheng Zetian still couldn't recall many things, knew little. But as his cultivation grew, his surgical modifications, and his rewind, his Nascent Soul was rapidly recovering through repeated impacts. Fleeting images flashed through his mind, and his past life memories began to awaken intermittently.

Company… I think I have encountered them before… a long time ago…

Zheng Zetian shook his head. He couldn't remember. It was because those memories weren't important enough, so they were sealed away long ago.

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