Mingyuan Auction

The final day before the auction.

Mingyuan Immortal City, residence.

Li Yuan sat cross-legged on the stone platform, running the Nascent Infant Origin Return Method and the Dark Abyss Demonic Origin Art in parallel.

The network of bloodline Spirit Patterns continued operating. Several dozen Spirit Patterns that accelerated cultivation were distributed across key nodes in his body's bloodline, and the ambient spiritual energy was guided by the Spirit Patterns' constraining structure as it rushed into his body at greater speed.

The quality of his Nascent Soul spiritual power rose faster with every cycle than before, while the refinement and accumulation on the demonic qi side accelerated in tandem.

His cultivation was advancing at high speed.

He ended his cultivation.

The next day, noon.

Central Mingyuan Immortal City, auction house.

The auction house was an independent colossal structure, occupying the very center of the Immortal City's central axis. The entire building was constructed from dark azure Spirit Stone, its outer walls embedded with Spirit Pattern circuits of a Fourth-Order Defense Array, spiritual power flowing continuously through the patterns.

A great number of cultivators had already gathered in the plaza before the building. Golden Core cultivators made up the majority, and there were quite a few Foundation Establishment cultivators as well. From time to time, the Evasion Light of a Nascent Soul Cultivator descended directly from the sky onto the building's top floor.

There were two passageways at the entrance.

A plaque hung above the passageway on the left: Inner Venue, Nascent Soul and Above.

Above the passageway on the right: Outer Venue, Golden Core and Below.

Li Yuan made slight alterations to his appearance with Phantom Mask Disguise and entered through the right passageway.

The outer venue was a vast circular hall. Its dome stood roughly a hundred feet high and