Arc 10The Heavenly Cauldron Token

Zhao Hao survived his Void Refinement tribulation, then turned his attention to the Spirit World and used Xiao Gu to secure an entry token for the Heavenly Cauldron Palace Ruins. Xiao Gu entered the palace, where the Ascendant Immortal Steps sealed away his remaining magic power.

  • Xiao Gu killed the Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf patriarch with illusions and Red Lotus Karmic Fire, then fabricated a recording that framed the Heavenly Flying Tiger patriarch for the killing.
  • Zhao Hao captured Hu Qingshan after destroying the Space-Shattered Forest, then reached Late Spirit Transformation and began his breakthrough into Void Refinement.
  • Zhao Hao entered an Other Self’s world, protected Zhao Jing from the Zhao Clan, and returned to face his tribulation, which the True Dragon Skeleton transformed into a ghostly green dragon.
  • Zhao Hao reached early Void Refinement, destroyed the Black Dragon soul with the Heaven-Earth Eight-Trigram Mirror, and collected the treasures from Fallen Dragon Valley.
  • Ye Wuchen exchanged ten thousand Dao-Comprehension Pills for the Time Sand Grain, but Jiang Qing attacked him and caused his death, provoking demands from the Heavenly Forge Sect.
  • Xiao Lao'er persuaded the Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf ancestor to investigate the Heavenly Flying Tiger patriarch, while the Heavenly Flying Tigers evacuated to their Spirit World territory.
  • Zhao Hao’s clone traveled to Spirit Evolution Immortal City, where Xiao Gu learned about the Heavenly Cauldron Palace Ruins and devised a plan to raise funds for an entry token.
  • Xiao Gu used his clones to produce spirit crystals, won a Heavenly Cauldron Palace token at auction, and entered the palace, where its formation suppressed his magic power and divine sense.
Chapters 229–253 Vol. 3 Read

Ch. 229Your Sky Fox Clan Sided with the Human Race?!

Xiao Gu used illusions and powerful divine abilities to defeat the Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf patriarch, who mistakenly concluded that the Sky Fox Clan had sided with the Human Race. The patriarch blew himself up rather than surrender, and Xiao Gu erased the traces before pursuing the fleeing Heavenly Flying Tiger ancestor.

  • Xiao Gu used the Greater Heaven-reaching Heavenly Wolf Seal and [Fleeting Life, Illusory Dream] to overwhelm the Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf patriarch with illusions.
  • The patriarch concluded that the Sky Fox Clan had conspired with the Human Race and tried to flee, but Xiao Gu blocked his escape.
  • Xiao Gu burned the patriarch with [Red Lotus Karmic Fire], and the patriarch blew himself up in a final attempt to kill him.
  • Xiao Gu erased the traces of the illusion and chased after the fleeing Heavenly Flying Tiger ancestor.

Ch. 230First Meeting—Hu Qingshan

Xiao Gu forged and spread a Recording Stone depicting the Heavenly Flying Tiger Patriarch killing the Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf Clan Chief, turning the clans against one another. Meanwhile, Zhao Hao finished refining the captured demons and reached late Spirit Transformation before noticing the wounded Hu Qingshan arrive in Fallen Dragon Valley.

  • Xiao Gu used [Fleeting Life, Illusory Dream] to fabricate a Recording Stone showing the Heavenly Flying Tiger Patriarch ambushing and killing the Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf Clan Chief, then distributed copies along his route.
  • Xiao Lao'er returned to the ruined Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf clan grounds, watched the Recording Stone, swore vengeance on the five clans, and disappeared to avoid a reckless attack.
  • The Pangolin Beast Clan Chief and three Integrated Body Great Talents found the Umbral Shadow Cat clan grounds deserted and learned that the clansmen sent to Howling Moon Wolf Continent were missing too.
  • Hu Yang observed the deserted clan grounds and suspected Patriarch Youyue had abandoned her people and fled to recover from her injuries.
  • Zhao Hao finished refining the two hundred thousand demons, reached late Spirit Transformation at 82/100, and sensed the wounded Hu Qingshan at the edge of the Space-Shattered Forest.

Ch. 231Heaven-Defying Causality Divine Ability—Nine-Tailed Life Substitute!

Zhao Hao and his Heavenly Wolf Clone ambushed the weakened Hu Qingshan, but Hu Qingshan escaped their fatal strike using the Sky Fox Clan’s Nine-Tailed Life Substitute Divine Ability. Zhao Hao blocked his escape route by destroying the nearby Space-Shattered Forest, leaving Hu Qingshan trapped and horrified to discover Zhao Hao was a Heavenly Demon.

  • Zhao Hao summoned his Late Void Refinement Heavenly Wolf Clone and used a broken stone bowl to prepare a protective screen, then they concealed themselves to hunt Hu Qingshan.
  • Hu Qingshan tried to use the Heavenly Secrets Disk to identify the danger, but Zhao Hao masked himself with the Heaven-Earth Eight-Trigram Mirror, and Hu Qingshan continued toward the Land of Chaotic Laws.
  • Zhao Hao and the Heavenly Wolf Clone ambushed Hu Qingshan and tore his body in half, but Hu Qingshan used the Nine-Tailed Life Substitute Divine Ability to reappear with two tails and flee.
  • Zhao Hao and the Heavenly Wolf Clone intercepted Hu Qingshan, and Zhao Hao destroyed the Space-Shattered Forest with a Red Lotus Karmic Fire infused with Causality and Space Rules.
  • Hu Qingshan saw that Zhao Hao was a Heavenly Demon and screamed in terror.

Ch. 232Have You Heard of Me, the Blood Spirit Holy Ancestor?

Zhao Hao captured Hu Qingshan with Red Lotus Karmic Fire and secured him before preparing to break through in Fallen Dragon Valley. After strengthening the spatial storm guarding the valley, Zhao Hao absorbed the fox demon’s body and reached the threshold of his breakthrough.

  • Zhao Hao trapped Hu Qingshan in Red Lotus Karmic Fire, and Hu Qingshan recognized the Blood Law Spirit Holy Ancestor before losing consciousness.
  • Zhao Hao took Hu Qingshan’s Heavenly Secrets Disk and Storage Ring, then sealed him against resistance and self-destruction.
  • Zhao Hao ordered his Heavenly Wolf Clone to guard the Space-Shattered Forest, and the clone doubled the storm’s range with two Red Lotus Karmic Fire lotuses.
  • Zhao Hao returned to his hidden valley, where his Heavenly Demon clone enveloped the other half of the fox demon’s body.
  • Three days later, Zhao Hao reached Late Spirit Transformation at 100/100 and declared that it was time to begin his breakthrough.

Ch. 233Void Refinement Breakthrough and a First Taste of the Inner Landscape World

Zhao Hao filled his magical power and Primordial Spirit to their limits, then entered the Inner Landscape World to find and devour his weakest Other Self. He arrived in that Other Self’s world and woke to someone berating him over his sister’s marriage into the Zhao Clan.

  • Zhao Hao drew in the fire spiritual energy across Fallen Dragon Valley and raised his Primordial Spirit to seven feet.
  • Zhao Hao’s Primordial Spirit swelled to ten feet as his sea of consciousness connected to the Inner Landscape World.
  • Zhao Hao entered the Inner Landscape World and sensed powerful Void Refinement Realm beings watching him.
  • Zhao Hao followed the weakest connection to an Other Self and plunged into its spacetime vortex.
  • Zhao Hao woke in an unfamiliar world as someone insulted him and demanded that he accept his sister’s marriage into the Zhao Clan.

Ch. 234The First Multidimensional Spacetime World!

Zhao Hao awakened in a weak alternate version of his body in Nethercloud Market and learned that the original owner had risked his life to protect his younger sister, Zhao Jing, from Zhao Kuo. After spending the day with her and strengthening his body with demon beast essence blood, Zhao Hao slipped out at night toward the Zhao Clan’s territory.

  • Zhao Hao healed his wounds, recovered the body's memories, and resolved to protect Zhao Jing from Zhao Kuo and the Zhao Clan.
  • Zhao Jing rushed in worried, and Zhao Hao told her he had agreed to leave with a wandering expert; they promised to meet again after cultivating.
  • Zhao Hao took Zhao Jing through the eastern district night market, then bought demon beast essence blood while she returned to meditate.
  • Zhao Hao used the Heavenly Demon Sacred Art to strengthen his body to the level of a late-stage Qi Refining Body Cultivator.
  • Zhao Hao vanished into the night and headed toward the Zhao Clan's territory.

Ch. 235I Was Just Undergoing a Tribulation-You Can Freeload off That Too?!

Zhao Hao reunited with the original owner’s memories and returned to his body in Fallen Dragon Valley, triggering his Void Refinement tribulation. The tribulation struck an ancient True Dragon Skeleton instead, whose ghostly lightning dragon swallowed the clouds and left Zhao Hao without a tribulation.

  • Zhao Jing found Zhao Hao’s farewell letter, cultivation pills, and candied hawthorn, then ran to the market gates searching for him.
  • Zhao Hao watched Zhao Jing grieve, felt the original owner’s lingering obsession dissolve, and returned through a vortex to his body in Fallen Dragon Valley.
  • Zhao Hao’s primordial spirit sublimated, and dense tribulation clouds gathered over the valley for his Void Refinement tribulation.
  • After two hours, a dragon’s roar drew the tribulation lightning toward a giant True Dragon Skeleton in the valley’s central basin.
  • Green flames in the skeleton’s eyes transformed the lightning into a ghostly green dragon, which swallowed the tribulation clouds and left Zhao Hao staring at the clear sky.

Ch. 236You Swallowed My Heavenly Tribulation? Then Don't Blame Me for Swallowing You!

Zhao Hao fought the eerie green lightning dragon that had swallowed his tribulation, enduring its attacks until he broke through to early void refinement. The dragon then invaded Zhao Hao’s sea of consciousness to possess him, and Zhao Hao rushed to enhance his Soul-Devouring Jade robe.

  • Zhao Hao attacked the lightning dragon and devoured a piece of its tail, gaining magical and soul power.
  • The lightning dragon repeatedly lashed Zhao Hao, while Zhao Hao’s body healed and grew stronger through the blows.
  • After seventy-nine strikes, Zhao Hao’s realm advanced to early void refinement, and he prepared to flee.
  • The lightning dragon plunged into Zhao Hao and revealed itself as Black Dragon, a soul seeking to possess him.
  • Black Dragon attacked Zhao Hao’s primordial spirit, but the Soul-Devouring Jade robe began swallowing the dragon soul, so Zhao Hao tried to enhance it with his system.

Ch. 237The Heavenly Wolf Clone Who Dug Three Feet Deep!

Zhao Hao destroyed the Black Dragon soul while enhancing the Heaven-Earth Eight-Trigram Mirror, unknowingly freeing the Sword Law in Fallen Dragon Valley. He sent his Heavenly Wolf Clone to loot the valley’s treasures, then escaped with the haul as the figure on the ninth floor of the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Tower awakened.

  • Zhao Hao enhanced the Heaven-Earth Eight-Trigram Mirror, destroying the Soul-Devouring Jade and the Black Dragon soul trapped inside.
  • The Sword Law left the True Dragon Skeleton and repaired the cracked figure on the ninth floor of the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Tower.
  • Zhao Hao found that Fallen Dragon Valley’s core had become harmless and sent the Heavenly Wolf Clone to investigate.
  • The Heavenly Wolf Clone collected the Rule Treasures, True Dragon Skeleton, and flesh and blood, then dug up the valley floor for its soil.
  • Zhao Hao erased the traces of himself and his clones, gathered the loot, and left through an Other-Transformation Calamity Thought vortex.
  • The figure on the ninth floor of the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Tower opened his eyes.

Ch. 238Are the Demon Race really this fragile?

Zhao Hao learned that the Human Race had taken seven Southern Continent regions and rushed to produce pills through his avatars so Ye Wuchen could claim the Time Sand Grain. Ye Wuchen delivered ten thousand Dao-Comprehension Pills to the Mission Hall, and Feng Zhi warned him to return to his sect if he exchanged for the treasure.

  • Zhao Hao discovered that the Human Race had occupied seven of the Southern Continent’s twenty-seven continents and checked that the Time Sand Grain remained available for 500,000 military merits.
  • Ye Wuchen used more than a thousand Nascent Soul demons captured by the Heavenly Fox avatar as alchemy labor, producing enough Dao-Comprehension Pills in three hours.
  • Ye Wuchen went to the Mission Hall and told Feng Zhi that he had ten thousand Dao-Comprehension Pills to hand over.
  • Feng Zhi inspected the ring, confirmed it contained ten thousand flawless high-grade pills, and warned Ye Wuchen to return to his sect if he exchanged for the Time Sand Grain.

Ch. 239Time Sand Grain Secured

Ye Wuchen exchanged ten thousand Dao-Comprehension Pills and five hundred thousand battle merits for the [Time Sand Grain], despite Feng Zhi's warnings about its dangers and Jiang Qing's claim to it. After securing the grain in his Inner Landscape World, Ye Wuchen waited in his sealed Cave Abode, where Jiang Qing arrived and demanded it.

  • Feng Zhi explained that cultivating the Rule of Time would consume immense resources and that Jiang Qing of the Azure Clarity Sect wanted the [Time Sand Grain] for his Mahayana Stage master.
  • Ye Wuchen insisted on exchanging for the grain, and Feng Zhi erased his five hundred thousand merits before handing over the restricted jade box.
  • Ye Wuchen opened the box, secured the [Time Sand Grain], and returned to his Cave Abode after Feng Zhi advised him to stay hidden.
  • Ye Wuchen sent the grain and ten thousand sets of Dao-Comprehension Pill materials through his [Other-Transformation Calamity Thought] vortex into his Inner Landscape World.
  • Jiang Qing descended on Demon-Suppressing City, shattered the formations protecting Ye Wuchen's Cave Abode, and demanded the [Time Sand Grain].

Ch. 240Staging a shakedown? I'm a professional!

Jiang Qing crushed Ye Wuchen’s cave abode and demanded the [Time Sand Grain], which Ye had redeemed with five hundred thousand battle merits. After Ye publicly resisted and Jiang took his storage ring, Elder Lei arrived and found Ye seemingly on the verge of death, leaving Jiang stunned by the apparent consequences of his force.

  • Jiang Qing returned to Demon-Suppressing City after learning that Ye Wuchen had redeemed the [Time Sand Grain], and his pressure caused Ye’s cave abode and pill furnace to explode.
  • Jiang Qing demanded that Ye hand over the treasure, but Ye claimed it belonged to the Mysterious Yellow Realm and had been earned through his own efforts, rallying the surrounding cultivators to his side.
  • Jiang Qing intensified his pressure, crushed Ye into a pit, and pulled the storage ring from Ye’s finger as Ye collapsed.
  • Elder Lei appeared and confronted Jiang Qing, while a cultivator warned that Ye looked close to death.
  • Jiang Qing saw Ye’s fading aura and signs of a shattering Primordial Spirit, then exclaimed in shock.

Ch. 241I Really Fucking Deserved to Die!

Jiang Qing accidentally killed Ye Wuchen while trying to seize the [time sand grain], then discovered Ye's storage ring had become unusable. With the Heavenly Forge Sect and Heavenly Dao Alliance demanding compensation, Feng Zhi revealed the enormous value of Ye's pills and supplies, while Duan Xiu made an even more staggering demand; Jiang Qing was left realizing he could never afford it.

  • Jiang Qing examined Ye Wuchen's dying primordial spirit and found that the storage ring he had seized could no longer be opened.
  • Duan Xiu and the Heavenly Forge Sect's supreme elder arrived, took Ye Wuchen's remains, and accused Jiang Qing of murder and robbery.
  • Cheng Du and other cultivators confronted Jiang Qing, who admitted acting rashly and offered resources to raise a replacement cultivator to void refinement.
  • Liu Wen urged Jiang Qing to return the [time sand grain] and storage ring, but Feng Zhi revealed that Ye had supplied ten thousand supreme-grade Dao-Comprehension Pills and materials for ten thousand more.
  • Duan Xiu demanded ten portions of true immortal realm [true dragon blood], a place in the Dragon Transformation Pool, and resources to reach the body integration realm.
  • Jiang Qing realized he could not pay the demands and thought that he really deserved to die.

Ch. 242Laying Plans Across Ten Thousand Worlds, Starting with Promises to Himself

After ending his identity as Ye Wuchen, Zhao Hao organized his gains from reaching the Void Refinement Realm and assigned his clones new missions. He prepared to refine a Time Sand Grain into a Dao-Comprehension Pill so he could study the Time Rule.

  • Zhao Hao concluded that his ties to the Heavenly Forge Sect had ended and considered how Ye Wuchen’s death and the sect’s response could benefit him either way.
  • Zhao Hao reviewed his Void Refinement breakthrough and wondered whether his transmigrator self was unique across Multidimensional Spacetime.
  • Zhao Hao ordered the Heavenly Fox Clone to refine the Purple Firmament Thunder Gourd, the Heavenly Wolf Clone to command the Nascent Soul Demon Cultivators and monitor the South Continent, and the Heavenly Demon Clone to carry out the Demon Descent plan.
  • Zhao Hao resolved to perfect the Wind, Space, and Time Rules and continue exploring Multidimensional Spacetime.
  • Zhao Hao sent the Heavenly Fox Clone the True Dragon Skeleton and materials, dispatched his clones, and prepared to refine the Time Sand Grain into a Dao-Comprehension Pill.

Ch. 243The Mahayana Ancestor Who Descended upon the Mysterious Yellow Realm!

Xiao Lao'er summoned a Mahayana ancestor of the Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf Clan and accused the Heavenly Flying Tiger patriarch of killing his brother. After the ancestor seized the patriarch and searched his soul, he revealed that the patriarch had not killed Xiao Lao'er's brother, then left with Xiao Lao'er to pursue the truth.

  • Xiao Lao'er activated a teleportation formation in the Earth Suppressing Elephant Clan's territory and pleaded with the Howling Moon Heavenly Wolf ancestor for justice.
  • Xiao Lao'er showed the ancestor a recording that appeared to show the Heavenly Flying Tiger patriarch ambushing his brother and taking his pelt.
  • The silver-robed ancestor crossed the void with Xiao Lao'er and confronted the Heavenly Flying Tiger patriarch in his territory.
  • The ancestor used the devouring law to seize the patriarch, overcame the world's suppression, and searched his soul.
  • The ancestor told Xiao Lao'er that the Heavenly Flying Tiger patriarch had not killed his brother, returned the patriarch's primordial spirit to his body, and vanished with Xiao Lao'er.

Ch. 244A New World—The Spirit World

After the Heavenly Flying Tiger clan leader was gravely wounded, the clan fled the Mysterious Yellow Realm for the Spirit World. Xiao Lao'er then told the silver-robed young man that Hu Qingshan had invoked a Heavenly Demon to provoke the war, leaving the young man shocked by the name of the Heavenly Demon Sage Ancestor.

  • The Heavenly Flying Tiger chief elder decided to evacuate the clan after the clan leader fell unconscious and the remaining tigers feared an attack by the Sky Foxes.
  • The chief elder used an ancient teleportation token to move the clan and its wounded leader to their Spirit World territory.
  • A group of young Heavenly Flying Tigers who had urged the evacuation exchanged glances, revealing that their first planned step was complete.
  • Xiao Lao'er told the silver-robed young man that Hu Qingshan had fabricated claims about a murdered elder and traces of a Heavenly Demon to start the war.
  • The silver-robed young man reacted with shock and recalled the feared Heavenly Demon Sage Ancestor of Demon Abyss Continent.

Ch. 245Guard Against the Buddha Realm, the Demon Realm, and the Dragon Realm!

Xiao Yan arrived in South Tany City searching for Hu Qingshan, then found a trace in Fallen Dragon Valley that frightened him. Meanwhile, Zhao Hao’s demon clone reached the Spirit World, learned about its resources and the Dragon Realm, and set off on foot toward Spirit Evolution Immortal City.

  • Xiao Yan and Xiao Lao'er appeared over South Tany City, where Cheng Du, Jiang Qing, and the other Human Race cultivators formed a defense against them.
  • Xiao Yan demanded to know Hu Qingshan’s whereabouts, and Su Yi explained that Hu Qingshan had escaped into Fallen Dragon Valley and gave Xiao Yan the fox tail he had left behind.
  • Xiao Yan traced Hu Qingshan’s aura to Fallen Dragon Valley and sensed a faint presence that made him grim and afraid.
  • Zhao Hao’s Nascent Soul demon clone arrived in the Heavenly Flying Tiger Clan Territory and learned from his identity jade token about Spirit World resources and the Dragon Realm.
  • Zhao Hao’s clone chose to travel to Spirit Evolution Immortal City but, barred from using the clan’s teleportation formations, slipped away on foot.

Ch. 246Was the Sky Fox Clan Always This Ferocious?

Zhao Hao’s Heavenly Flying Tiger clone disguised himself as a Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox and killed an Early Spirit Transformation yaksha in a single exchange. He then vanished, while another yaksha teleported away from Netherworld City.

  • Zhao Hao’s clone left Ruinsplain City and flew invisibly toward Yaksha Race territory.
  • He found ten demons besieged by an Early Spirit Transformation yaksha and changed into a Six-Tailed Heavenly Fox.
  • The yaksha attacked Zhao Hao, who used [Heart Demon Rule] and [Fleeting Life, Illusory Dream] to seize its primordial spirit and kill it instantly.
  • The ten demons were stunned by the kill and kept their defensive array raised, suspecting the scene might be a Yaksha Race trick.
  • Half a day later, an Early Spirit Transformation yaksha teleported away from Netherworld City.

Ch. 247The Spirit Race Was Bursting with Talent!

Zhao Hao traveled in his Early Spirit Transformation Yaksha Avatar to Spirit Evolution Immortal City and rented a Cave Abode. Unbeknownst to him, a powerful Jiaochi man watched him arrive and tracked him to his lodging.

  • Zhao Hao walked through Lingshuo City, noticed Spirit Race members born from treasures, and considered taking them to obtain an offensive Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure.
  • Zhao Hao paid five low-grade Spirit Crystals to teleport from Lingshuo City to Spirit Evolution Immortal City.
  • At the teleportation hall, Zhao Hao noticed a Mid Void Refinement Jiaochi man, who sensed his glance and watched him leave.
  • Zhao Hao rented an ordinary Cave Abode in the south of Spirit Evolution Immortal City and entered it.
  • The Jiaochi man watched Zhao Hao's Cave Abode from a winehouse a thousand zhang away.

Ch. 248Heavenly Cauldron Palace Ruins and Void Origin Liquid

Zhao Hao's Yaksha Avatar secured his rented Cave Abode, and Xiao Gu went to Spirit Water Pavilion seeking resources for Void Refinement cultivation. There, Wen Fu revealed that the Heavenly Cauldron Palace Ruins would open soon and that entry places would be auctioned, giving Xiao Gu a chance to obtain Void Origin Liquid.

  • Zhao Hao's Yaksha Avatar concealed the Cave Abode with his perfected rules and Fleeting Life, Illusory Dream before summoning Xiao Gu with Other-Transformation Calamity Thought.
  • Xiao Gu left the Cave Abode, and a Jiaochi Race man noticed him emerge in a different appearance and watched him head toward the commercial district.
  • Xiao Gu visited Spirit Water Pavilion and told Wen Fu he was seeking resources to aid a Void Refinement cultivator's training.
  • Wen Fu explained that the Heavenly Cauldron Palace Ruins would open in one month and were rumored to contain Void Origin Liquid.
  • Wen Fu told Xiao Gu that Spirit Evolution Auction House would auction one hundred entry places in ten days, with the highest bidders winning.

Ch. 249A spirit crystal printing press just for me, Zhao Hao?

Xiao Gu learned that a slot in the Heavenly Cauldron Palace Ruins cost ten thousand mid-grade spirit crystals, far beyond his means, but Wen Fu’s explanation of spirit crystal production gave him a way to pursue the money. Xiao Gu returned to his cave abode with the Hundred Convergences Crystal Condensation Art and began studying it.

  • Wen Fu told Xiao Gu that slots in the Heavenly Cauldron Palace Ruins had sold for about ten thousand mid-grade spirit crystals.
  • Xiao Gu considered selling spirit treasures but realized he would need far too many to raise the required funds.
  • Wen Fu explained how cultivators made spirit crystals, and Xiao Gu realized his many avatars could produce them in large numbers.
  • Xiao Gu bought the Hundred Convergences Crystal Condensation Art from Wen Fu for two hundred low-grade spirit crystals.
  • Xiao Gu secured his rented cave abode and read the crystal-condensation method in his cultivation chamber.

Ch. 250Successfully Printing "Money"-Off to the Auction House!

Xiao Gu mastered the Hundred Convergences Crystal Condensation Art and used his clones and enhancement ability to produce a fortune in spirit crystals. With enough to bid for entry to the Heavenly Cauldron Palace Ruins and his Purple Firmament Thunder Gourd upgraded, he disguised himself and headed to the Spirit Evolution Auction House.

  • Xiao Gu learned to condense spirit crystals containing insights into laws and realized crystals of rare perfected laws could expose his identity.
  • Xiao Gu devised a plan to have his Nascent Soul clones mass-produce grade-one spirit crystals and enhance them into higher grades.
  • More than a thousand clones began producing crystals of varied attributes, which Xiao Gu enhanced into valuable spirit crystals.
  • After ten days, Xiao Gu had accumulated three thousand high-grade, eight thousand mid-grade, and twenty thousand low-grade spirit crystals, worth forty thousand mid-grade spirit crystals in total.
  • Xiao Gu learned that his Heavenly Fox clone had refined the Purple Firmament Thunder Gourd into a top-grade spirit treasure.
  • Xiao Gu disguised himself as an ordinary middle-aged cultivator, suppressed his cultivation, and went to the Spirit Evolution Auction House.

Ch. 251Verify the Funds? Then Verify Everyone!

Xiao Gu entered the auction for Heavenly Cauldron Palace Ruins tokens and made a series of high bids to secure a place. When the crowd accused him of disrupting the auction without enough funds, he agreed to a check but demanded that everyone else be checked too.

  • Xiao Gu entered the Spirit Evolution Auction House disguised as an Early Void Refinement cultivator and took a seat in the hall.
  • Su Qingyuan opened the auction and presented the first Heavenly Cauldron Palace Ruins entry token.
  • Xiao Gu bid ten thousand Mid-grade Spirit Crystals, but a bidder in a second-floor box won the first token for ten thousand one hundred.
  • Xiao Gu bid ten thousand Mid-grade Spirit Crystals again, and a woman in another box won the second token for ten thousand one hundred.
  • Xiao Gu made the same bid on the third token, prompting the crowd to demand that the auction house verify his funds.
  • Xiao Gu agreed to the funds check but asked whether the auction house would check everyone else each time they bid.

Ch. 252Token in Hand, Someone Wants to Copy Me?

Xiao Gu outmaneuvered the auction crowd to secure a Heavenly Cauldron Palace Token for ten thousand Mid-grade Spirit Crystals, then watched his bluff inspire a bidding frenzy. After slipping away with the token and two treasures of laws, he returned to his Cave Abode and prepared to enter the Heavenly Cauldron Palace for the Void Origin Liquid.

  • Xiao Gu challenged demands to verify his assets, and Su Qingyuan refused to set that precedent before awarding him the third Heavenly Cauldron Palace Token for ten thousand Mid-grade Spirit Crystals.
  • Xiao Gu paid for the token while pretending to be overjoyed, leading nearby cultivators to believe he had used a daring bid to scare off the competition.
  • A Mid Void Refinement cultivator copied Xiao Gu's high-bid strategy for the fourth token, but bidders in the private rooms immediately raised the price.
  • The remaining token auctions turned into fierce bidding, with private rooms buying more than sixty tokens and prices climbing as high as fifteen thousand Mid-grade Spirit Crystals.
  • Xiao Gu quietly left the auction, returned to his Cave Abode in Spirit Evolution Immortal City, and revealed his token and two treasures of laws.
  • Xiao Gu looked forward to entering the Heavenly Cauldron Palace and obtaining the Void Origin Liquid.

Ch. 253Heavenly Cauldron Palace, Ascendant Immortal Steps!

Xiao Gu entered Heavenly Cauldron Palace with the other cultivators and discovered that its array suppressed their magic power and forced them to climb the Ascendant Immortal Steps using only their bodies. He prepared to climb as the other entrants moved ahead.

  • Xiao Gu gathered with the auction entrants and the cultivators from the Spirit World's superclans, where a Sky Roc Lineage young man glared at him.
  • Twenty Body Integration Realm cultivators activated their tokens and entered Heavenly Cauldron Palace as its formation weakened, followed by the other cultivators.
  • Xiao Gu entered the palace and was slammed to the ground, finding that the array suppressed his magic power and divine sense.
  • The cultivators discovered the Ascendant Immortal Steps, where stepping onto the first stair sealed away Xiao Gu's remaining magic power.
  • Xiao Gu watched a Dragon Race young man stride up the steps, stretched his body, and resolved to keep climbing.
Arc 10 of 15
Arc 10 of 15