The Doukou's Egg!

"The Heavenly Radiance Marrow is produced in a cosmic secret realm controlled by the Bone Glow Clan of the Thorn Ring Alliance. It contains the power of the origin laws of fire and is a precious material for crafting immortal-grade weapons.

"Even adding just a single drop to an immortal weapon can significantly increase the power of combat secret techniques performed using the laws of fire..."

The Seven-Colored Avian explained softly from the side.

Jiang Luo suppressed the joy in his heart: "For every bid, increase the price by 1 Hunyuan Unit above the 20th-ranked price."

"Understood."

There were a total of 20 drops of Heavenly Radiance Marrow up for auction.

Once the bidding concluded, the top 20 bidders would each receive one drop of Heavenly Radiance Marrow.

After giving instructions to his intelligent assistant, he no longer needed to worry about the specific bids.

The Seven-Colored Avian would ensure his account remained in the top 20 during the dynamic auction.

Soon, Jiang Luo discovered another 'Exotic Fire' material in this batch that could be fused and devoured by the Burning Technique—Molten Flame Crystal Silk!

Molten Flame Crystal Silk could only possibly be born in the core of a neutron star.

It was not even certain that a single strand of Molten Flame Crystal Silk could be born from ten thousand neutron stars.

Weapons infused with Molten Flame Crystal Silk possessed a powerful destructive bonus against immortal divine bodies, especially those forged from divine fire energy.

In the end, Jiang Luo spent 1.7 million Hunyuan to win one drop of 'Heavenly Radiance Marrow' and one strand of 'Molten Flame Crystal Silk'.

Each batch of goods in the medium-tier auction seemed to share some commonalities.

After the fifth batch of goods, Jiang Luo did not find a third type of 'Exotic Fire' material.

It was not until the tenth batch of goods went live.

"Qianyi Quicksand?" Jiang Luo's eyes lit up after browsing the product description.

The Seven-Colored Avian spoke: "Qianyi Quicksand is an extremely rare, special energy-based life form in the universe, created by the Qianyi Star Clan.

"The Qianyi Star Clan can produce Qianyi Quicksand using their life crystal cores, but once a single grain of Qianyi Quicksand is produced, the life crystal core collapses and decomposes, leading to death.

"Therefore, Qianyi Quicksand is extremely rare and is a precious material for refining heavy treasures."

A heavy treasure?

Jiang Luo was startled.

Sure enough, as they spoke, the bidding price for the Qianyi Quicksand soared to over 100 million Hunyuan Units.

Jiang Luo could only sigh in frustration.

This was simply not a product he could afford to bid on.

After the Qianyi Quicksand, Jiang Luo saw a few more 'Exotic Fire' materials in succession.

However, the final auction prices for these materials all exceeded his disposable wealth limit.

Even the cheapest one sold for over 20 million Hunyuan Units.

"Having the Molten Flame Crystal Silk and the Heavenly Radiance Marrow is enough for now. The higher the grade of the Exotic Fire material, the greater the difficulty of fusion..." Jiang Luo comforted himself.

Even with the 'Burning Technique', not every Exotic Fire material could be easily fused.

He needed to cultivate the Burning Technique to a higher level to fuse and devour higher-grade materials.

Over the past nine years, he had not spent much effort on cultivating the 'Burning Technique'.

Although he had now specifically separated two clones to devote all his focus to cultivating the 'Burning Technique', it would still take some time to reach a higher level.

A new batch of goods went live.

Jiang Luo was browsing nonchalantly when his expression suddenly froze.

Egg of Doukou!

Next to the product was a brief introduction about the Doukou, and the text '100 times life level' was quite eye-catching.

Even the host, the cold-faced Winged Immortal, made an exception to introduce this item.

Clearly, this Egg of Doukou had inevitably caught the attention of countless immortal powerhouses.

Whether it was the twelve peak bloodlines of the Starry Sky Behemoths or rare life forms like the Mosha Clan and the Green Line Devouring Insect, they could only be barely classified as 'special life forms'.

Many did not even consider them to be special life forms at all.

Yet, the 'Doukou' was a genuine special life form!

Its life level reached over a hundred times that of a normal being.

The characteristic of special life forms is that they are often born directly from the Primal Universe under special environments.

They are what one calls naturally born and cannot reproduce naturally.

It is precisely for this reason that many do not consider the twelve peak bloodlines of the Starry Sky Behemoths to be true special life forms.

The Egg of Doukou, while called an egg, was actually a cyan crystal in the shape of a multi-faceted sphere with a diameter of about five meters.

Observing closely, one could see that the cyan crystal had a total of 10,081 facets.

This was not an egg laid by a Doukou, but a crystal nurtured by the Primal Universe under special environmental conditions.

The core of the crystal is the life nucleus of a special lifeform known as the 'Doukou'.

Once the nucleus matures, the multifaceted spherical crystal will shatter.

Hence, it is also called the 'Doukou Crystal Fetus'.

"The Doukou is a special lifeform existing between flesh-and-blood and energy-based entities; its life nucleus is born in a unique, perilous region of the Wuhua Secret Realm...

"Its body is formed by the life nucleus attracting and condensing extreme frigid energy.

"They are beautiful yet eerie in appearance, possess a life level 100 times that of a human, and are incapable of reproduction.

"From the early days of the Primal Universe until now, the estimated number of Doukou born is roughly between 15,000 and 20,000. They are extremely rare and powerful lifeforms!

"This 'Doukou Crystal Fetus' comes from the Wuhua Secret Realm.

"According to the rules, I am afraid I cannot disclose any further details regarding the origin of this Doukou Crystal Fetus..."

Listening to Winged Immortal, Jiang Luo thought to himself: It was likely stolen by someone. To be able to steal a Doukou Crystal Fetus while it is still gestating—that takes some truly extraordinary means.

A trace of helplessness appeared in Winged Immortal's eyes: "Logically speaking, this treasure should not have appeared at a mid-tier auction.

"This is also the most regrettable part.

"This Doukou Crystal Fetus sustained damage during a battle, and cracks have appeared on its surface.

"Of course, I can guarantee that the life nucleus gestating within remains intact..."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Luo hurriedly magnified the virtual image and, sure enough, discovered several tiny cracks on the surface of the crystal: "So that's how it is..."

Jiang Luo was ecstatic.

"Once the crystal fetus is damaged, there is no way to repair it," Winged Immortal sighed. "Furthermore, the life nucleus gestating inside can no longer continue to develop and will never be able to fully form.

"According to our investigations, the life nucleus within the fetus was only a hair's breadth away from completion; under normal circumstances, it would have matured in another epoch.

"However, there are still some secret patterns of the Laws of Water and Space on the surface of the nucleus, which are somewhat useful for comprehending the laws..."

Although Winged Immortal tried hard to promote the value of this Doukou Crystal Fetus, the plummeting auction price proved that the vast majority of Immortal powerhouses seemed to have lost interest.

Within the final hour before the three-day auction period ended, one could withdraw their bid.

However, even after the significant drop, the auction price was still approaching 2 million Hunyuan Units.

Even if it were a white elephant, there were still Immortal powerhouses who wanted to study this Doukou Crystal Fetus.

This time, Jiang Luo did not let his smart assistant bid for him; instead, he took the reins himself, feeling nervous.

2.5 million Hunyuan... 3.15 million Hunyuan... 4.9 million Hunyuan...

The price of this Doukou Crystal Fetus continued to climb.

However, as the price exceeded 5 million Hunyuan, most of the participating Immortals seemed to give up.

Only two or three Immortal powerhouses remained, locked in a struggle with Jiang Luo.

The few of them tangled until the third day, when Jiang Luo gritted his teeth and bid 10 million Hunyuan, finally scaring off the other Immortals.

Only 9.7 million Hunyuan Units remained in his five-star account.

Fortunately, five-star accounts enjoyed the privilege of delayed payment, as mobilizing funds sometimes required time.

He was back to being penniless once again.

However, Jiang Luo did not have a shred of regret.

Missing out on a living special lifeform with a life level over 100 times that of a human meant that waiting for the next opportunity would truly be a matter of luck.

The fact that the life nucleus had not finished gestating did not mean it could not be devoured.

Just like the Flame Star Behemoth egg in the treasures of the Flint Star World, its vitality was weak after tens of millions of years of dormancy.

It was just that the Flame Star Behemoth egg could rely on a star to recover and hatch a juvenile.

Whereas the Doukou's life nucleus could no longer continue to mature once the crystal fetus was damaged.

But Jiang Luo did not need the Doukou to be fully mature.

Of course, considering that the Doukou was a lifeform between flesh-and-blood and energy with a fairly high genetic level.

He likely could not devour it using the mutated Mysterious Heaven Skill.

But that did not mean he lacked other divine abilities or secret techniques to devour it.

He simply lacked sufficient willpower at the moment to manifest them.