Recaps

Qin Hao went to the Southern Frontier Battlefield’s Black Market with Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan, while assessing the powerful cultivators gathered outside. The Treasure-Topped Palace opened, and the market was about to begin.

• Qin Hao stored the baleful Fragmentary Crystal Stone for the Destruction Doppelganger, paid twenty thousand Chaos Spirit Crystals to cover the damage to his Guest Room, and left for the Black Market.
• Qin Hao contacted Jiang Cheng, who sent him the address of the Black Market at a Treasure-Topped Palace in the Military Camp.
• Qin Hao arrived at the plaza and sensed several dozen Eternity True Gods, including an expert at the Peak of the Eternity True God realm.
• Jiang Cheng explained that the Black Market would open after five hundred people arrived, while Yan Yu remarked on Qin Hao’s cultivation progress and Jiang Cheng complained about falling behind.
• The Treasure-Topped Palace’s doors opened, and Jiang Cheng announced that the market had begun.

Qin Hao and his companions arrived at the Black Market as powerful guardians opened it and experts from across the Qiankun Continent gathered. Qin Hao recognized formidable potential rivals among the arrivals and resolved to keep advancing before the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm contest.

• Jiang Cheng explained that the Black Market Guardians enforced a strict no-fighting rule and that visitors needed twenty thousand battle merit to enter, while private boxes required two hundred thousand.
• Qin Hao, Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan paused when Meng He, Qu Zilong, and Zhou Wei entered the Plaza as renowned Eternity True God Pinnacle experts and Seed Candidates.
• Qin Hao watched the arriving experts without envy and focused on surpassing them, aware that the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm Quota Contest would begin in a little over nine epochs.
• Mu Long, Mu Huijing, Li Huayuan, and Lei Wanhe arrived, prompting the crowd to speculate about the auction and the treasures it might offer.
• Qin Hao recognized the four faction representatives as potential opponents in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, though his current cultivation remained far below theirs.

Qin Hao waited outside the Black Market Palace as Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng recognized him as the thief who had taken their ten-thousand-year ice lotus. The Plaza fell silent when Frost Beauty arrived, and Qin Hao reacted strangely as he looked at her.

• Qin Hao spotted Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng in the crowd and dismissed their hostile stares, confident he could protect himself and knowing they could not attack at the Black Market entrance.
• Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng recognized Qin Hao as the one who had taken the ten-thousand-year ice lotus and vowed to deal with him after he left the Military Camp.
• A man and a veiled woman entered the Plaza, drawing everyone's attention and bringing the crowd to a sudden silence.
• Jiang Cheng identified the woman as Frost Beauty, the Qiankun Sect's Number One Beauty, while Yan Yu stared until Wu Yan pinched him and scolded him.
• Qin Hao looked toward Frost Beauty with an odd expression.

Qin Hao learned that Dongfang Wei, the Frost Beauty he had rescued in Heaven-Splitting Valley, ranked among the Qiankun Sect’s strongest disciples. When she approached him in the Plaza, the onlookers were stunned, and Jiang Cheng asked whether they knew each other.

• Jiang Cheng told Qin Hao that Dongfang Wei ranked nine hundred and twenty-third on the Qiankun Ranking after only several hundred eras of cultivation.
• Qin Hao recognized Dongfang Wei as the veiled woman he had rescued and recalled her promise to do three things for him.
• Jiang Cheng identified Dongfang Wei’s companion, Chen Chengxiu, as a powerful disciple who had ranked one hundred and eighty-seventh in the last Qiankun Sacred War.
• Dongfang Wei stopped in the Plaza and walked past an excited young man toward Qin Hao.
• Jiang Cheng stared at Qin Hao in disbelief and asked whether he and Dongfang Wei knew each other.

Dongfang Wei approached Qin Hao in the Plaza and invited him to share a private room, drawing the attention and jealousy of the gathered cultivators. Qin Hao declined to avoid attracting enemies, and Dongfang Wei and Chen Chengxiu continued toward the Treasure-Topped Palace without him.

• Jiang Cheng and the other cultivators watched in shock as Dongfang Wei went to Qin Hao, while Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng worried about how her interest might affect their plans for the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus.
• Chen Chengxiu joined Dongfang Wei and invited Qin Hao to their reserved private room, but Dongfang Wei told Chen Chengxiu to get another room because she would go with Qin Hao.
• Dongfang Wei's invitation caused an uproar, and the Plaza's cultivators glared at Qin Hao with jealousy and hostility.
• Qin Hao refused the invitation, saying he could enter the Black Market himself and had no need for a private room.
• Dongfang Wei left for the Treasure-Topped Palace, and Chen Chengxiu followed after telling Qin Hao they could talk another time.

Qin Hao entered the Black Market auction venue with Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan after refusing Dongfang Wei’s invitation to a private box. As the auction venue filled, Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu secretly resolved to target Qin Hao over the ten-thousand-year ice lotus, while Qin Hao settled in and cultivated as they waited for the auction to begin.

• Jiang Cheng teased Qin Hao about turning down Dongfang Wei, but Qin Hao denied knowing her and led the group into the Treasure-Topped Palace.
• Wu Jianfeng learned Qin Hao had taken the ten-thousand-year ice lotus and vowed to make him pay after they left the military camp, while Deng Yu shared his hostility.
• Qin Hao, Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan presented their Military Tokens and entered the Black Market venue, where Jiang Cheng explained its formation could accommodate up to a million people.
• Yan Yu chose seats beside a stone pillar to keep the group inconspicuous, and Qin Hao began working through the World Sword Domain while they waited for the auction.

Dongfang Wei and Chen Chengxiu watched the Black Market auction from Box Seven, where she agreed to attend the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering. Elsewhere, a man in ink-black robes recognized Qin Hao in the crowd and reacted with shock.

• Dongfang Wei told Chen Chengxiu that she had met Qin Hao only once, then rebuked him for speculating about their relationship.
• Chen Chengxiu invited Dongfang Wei to the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, and she agreed after asking whether Xie Haiqing and Ouyang Jin would attend.
• Dongfang Wei and Chen Chengxiu took seats to watch the auction, where the Void Immortal Flame drew the interest of powerful guests.
• Chen Chengxiu noticed Qin Hao cultivating beside a stone pillar and wondered why Dongfang Wei treated him so courteously.
• A man in ink-black robes recognized Qin Hao below and exclaimed in shock, while the other people in his box looked toward the crowded venue.

At a Black Market auction, Li You recognized Qin Hao and was revealed to be the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable, a defector serving the Outer Realm Demon Spirits. He resolved to find a way to kill Qin Hao himself while preparing for the coming invasion.

• Li You recognized someone in the auction hall and hid his reaction when his companions questioned him.
• The stronger man warned Li You and his fellow disciple against infighting and urged them to buy treasures for the approaching campaign.
• The chapter revealed that Li You was the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable, who had betrayed the Blood Demon Emperor, surrendered to Commander Kun Yun, and been sent to hunt Qin Hao and his companions.
• After failing to find Qin Hao in Heavensea, the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable joined the Demon Spirit organization and traveled to the Southern Frontier Battlefield.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable saw Qin Hao at the auction and, consumed by resentment and jealousy, began plotting to kill him himself.

The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable resolved to kill Qin Hao when the Nightfall Plan began, while Qin Hao wondered who had directed killing intent at him in the Black Market. The auction opened with a lot of one hundred heaven and earth dao crystals, drawing the crowd’s eager attention.

• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable recalled how the Demon Spirit Society had helped him become a Heaven and Earth True God and resented Qin Hao for reaching the same realm without such aid.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable vowed to kill Qin Hao when the Nightfall Plan began.
• Qin Hao sensed a hostile gaze, ruled out Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng, and decided he was not afraid of whoever had targeted him.
• The Masked Man opened the Black Market auction, and Qin Hao recognized the influence of his powerful divine soul strength.
• The Masked Man presented the first lot of one hundred heaven and earth dao crystals, with bidding starting at three thousand battle merit.

Qin Hao watched the Black Market auction and learned how it grouped treasures and timed its sales of Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals. After five lots of crystals, the auction moved on to ancient treasures, beginning with Azure Flame Pills that drew an early bid.

• The Masked Man opened bidding on a hundred Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals, and the price climbed to 9,900 battle merits.
• Jiang Cheng advised Qin Hao not to bid during the initial frenzy, and Yan Yu explained the three treasure categories and the auction’s order.
• Qin Hao learned that Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals would be auctioned again at the end, when fewer bidders might still have battle merits.
• The first five auction lots were all batches of Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals, each selling for more than 9,000 battle merits.
• The Masked Man introduced ten Azure Flame Pills as an ancient treasure, and a bidder offered 600 battle merits.

At the Black Market auction, Qin Hao watched the Masked Man sell ancient treasures before unveiling a Crimson Spirit Horn said to come from the Ancient Divine Beast, the Thunder Crimson Beast. Qin Hao considered bidding for its body-refinement benefits but doubted the horn came from an Ancestral God-level beast because it carried no Ancestral God pressure.

• Bidders raised the price of ten Azure Flame Pills to fifteen hundred battle merits, exceeding the Masked Man’s expectations.
• The Masked Man auctioned more than a dozen ancient treasures while Qin Hao observed his ability to stir the crowd with his divine soul strength.
• The Masked Man introduced a rare body-refinement treasure, the Crimson Spirit Horn, and explained that refining it could strengthen Divine Body Power.
• The crowd recognized the horn as possibly belonging to the Ancient Divine Beast, the Thunder Crimson Beast, and speculated about its great value.
• Qin Hao examined the Crimson Spirit Horn and doubted it came from an Ancestral God-level beast because it showed no trace of Ancestral God pressure.

Qin Hao recognized that the Crimson Spirit Horn came from an Eternity True God-level Thunder Crimson Beast and secretly realized his Nine-Turn Indestructible Body could use it to strengthen his Divine Body Power. He outbid another buyer at seven hundred battle merit, leaving Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan stunned by his decision.

• Qin Hao sensed that the Crimson Spirit Horn contained power he could refine with the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body, though the Masked Man identified it as coming from an Eternity True God-level Thunder Crimson Beast.
• The Masked Man opened bidding at five hundred battle merit, but the hall showed little interest and no one bid at first.
• A cautious Heaven and Earth True God offered six hundred battle merit, drawing the hall's attention and regretting his bid.
• Qin Hao bid seven hundred battle merit, and the Masked Man welcomed the higher offer.
• Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan questioned Qin Hao's bid, but Qin Hao dismissed their concerns by saying seven hundred battle merit was not much.

Qin Hao bid on the Crimson Spirit Horn because he planned to use it to strengthen his Divine Body Power, but Deng Yu raised the price to stop him from acquiring it. As the two drove the bidding higher, Deng Yu asked Wu Jianfeng to take over the contest.

• Yan Yu sincerely advised Qin Hao not to spend more than seven hundred battle merits on the Crimson Spirit Horn, while Qin Hao privately planned to refine it with the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body.
• Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng suspected Qin Hao wanted the Crimson Spirit Horn to strengthen his Divine Body Power and resolved to keep it from him.
• Deng Yu bid one thousand battle merits just as the Masked Man was about to close the auction, prompting Qin Hao to recognize him as the man who had attacked him at the Military Camp.
• Qin Hao and Deng Yu traded bids until the price reached one thousand four hundred battle merits, drawing the crowd's attention to their rivalry.
• Deng Yu noticed Wu Jianfeng had not joined the bidding and told him to take over, angering Wu Jianfeng.

Qin Hao won the Crimson Spirit Horn for fifteen hundred battle merit after Deng Yu drove up the price, then considered the cost and his need for more body-refinement treasures. The auction continued, and Qin Hao's attention turned to a tiny piece of purple immortal copper as bidding began.

• Deng Yu tried to make Wu Jianfeng bid against Qin Hao, but Wu Jianfeng refused, and Qin Hao won the Crimson Spirit Horn for fifteen hundred battle merit.
• Qin Hao received the Crimson Spirit Horn and considered how it could help him master the Second Turn of the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body, while worrying that Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng might interfere again.
• Jiang Cheng blamed Deng Yu for raising the price, and Yan Yu offered to lend Qin Hao battle merit if needed; Qin Hao thanked him.
• The auction continued, with Jiang Cheng missing out on an Ancient Treasure while Yan Yu and Wu Yan each won a treasure.
• The Masked Man began bidding on purple immortal copper, and the crowd reacted with surprise at the thumb-sized ore and its two-thousand-battle-merit starting price.

Qin Hao competed for a small piece of Purple Immortal Copper at the Black Market auction, determined to use it to advance his Devouring Doppelganger's body refinement. He bid thirty-two thousand battle merit after a rival tried to appeal to him, and the auctioneer asked whether anyone would bid higher.

• Bidders drove the Purple Immortal Copper's price from two thousand to twenty thousand battle merit before Qin Hao joined in.
• Yan Yu noted the copper would help Qin Hao, and Qin Hao continued bidding as the price approached thirty thousand.
• Qin Hao bid thirty thousand battle merit, prompting several bidders to withdraw.
• A Bearded Man bid thirty-one thousand and asked Qin Hao to yield the copper, drawing a warning look from the Masked Man.
• Qin Hao refused and bid thirty-two thousand battle merit, after which the Bearded Man withdrew.
• The Masked Man asked whether anyone wished to continue bidding.

Qin Hao bid thirty-two thousand battle merit for the purple immortal copper, but Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng intervened to raise the price. The chapter ended with Qin Hao's anger and killing intent toward the two rising.

• The auction crowd judged Qin Hao's thirty-two-thousand bid too expensive for the small, difficult-to-refine piece of purple immortal copper.
• Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng wondered why Qin Hao was bidding on body-refinement treasures, then agreed that Wu Jianfeng would challenge his bid.
• As the Masked Man prepared to close the sale, Wu Jianfeng raised the price to thirty-three thousand battle merit.
• The crowd recognized Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng were targeting Qin Hao, while Qin Hao grew angry and considered killing them if he got the chance.

Qin Hao outbid Wu Jianfeng to secure the purple immortal copper for thirty-six thousand battle merits, deciding its potential benefits to him justified the price. After the auction moved on, Qin Hao received the treasure and saw his remaining battle merits fall to just over twenty thousand.

• Wu Jianfeng raised the bid for the purple immortal copper to thirty-five thousand battle merits to frustrate Qin Hao.
• Jiang Cheng and Wu Yan urged Qin Hao to stop bidding, warning that the copper and the extra refining materials would cost too much.
• Qin Hao considered the copper's potential for his own strength and bid thirty-six thousand battle merits.
• Wu Jianfeng decided not to bid higher, and the Masked Man sold the purple immortal copper to Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao received the copper as the auction continued, leaving his Military Token with just over twenty thousand battle merits.

Qin Hao received battle merit from Yan Yu and Wu Yan, then spent it at the Black Market auction on body refinement treasures and Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals. The Divine Relic auction was underway, and he had less than a hundred thousand battle merit remaining.

• Yan Yu and Wu Yan transferred a combined hundred thousand battle merit to Qin Hao, while Jiang Cheng said he could not contribute.
• Qin Hao won bids on more than a dozen body refinement treasures despite Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng driving up the prices.
• Qin Hao concluded that his new treasures and the ten-thousand-year ice lotus would likely not be enough for the Devouring Doppelganger to master the Second Turn of the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body.
• The Divine Relic auction began with Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals, and the crowd competed fiercely for each batch.
• Qin Hao spent nearly twenty thousand battle merit to win two batches of Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals.

Qin Hao and his companions watched the Black Market auction conclude its Divine Relic segment and prepare to auction Rare Treasures. The first Rare Treasure was revealed to be an incomplete Sword Formation, stirring excitement throughout the venue.

• Qin Hao, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan refrained from bidding during the Divine Relic auction, while Wu Yan bought one useful treasure and Jiang Cheng could afford nothing.
• The Masked Man announced the Rare Treasure segment and said ten additional treasures would be auctioned at the very end.
• Yan Yu explained to Qin Hao that the Black Market sometimes added treasures at short notice when owners exchanged them for battle merits.
• The Masked Man unveiled the first Rare Treasure as a Sword Formation, and the crowd erupted with excitement.

Qin Hao and the auction crowd witnessed the incomplete Gleaming Bell Sword Formation, whose Thirty-Six remaining swords could greatly aid Sword Dao cultivators in comprehending their Heaven and Earth Domains. The Masked Man began the bidding, and the formation sparked a fierce contest among the Eternal True Gods.

• Qin Hao recalled Yan Yu and Wu Yan's claims about sword formations and wondered why the Black Market had listed this incomplete one as a Rare Treasure.
• The Masked Man revealed that the formation originally had one hundred and eight sets of foundations, but only Thirty-Six remained, prompting doubts among the audience.
• The Masked Man activated the Thirty-Six swords, and their Sword Dao essence stirred the domains and sword intent of cultivators throughout the venue.
• Qin Hao realized the formation could aid Heaven and Earth Domain cultivation as effectively as Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals, and he wanted to obtain it.
• The Masked Man named the treasure the Gleaming Bell Sword Formation and opened bidding at thirty thousand battle merits, prompting rapid bids from eager Eternal True Gods.

Wu Jianfeng secured a loan from Deng Yu and won the Gleaming Bell Sword Formation for 135,000 battle merit. Qin Hao could not afford to compete and watched Wu Jianfeng claim the treasure.

• Bidders drove the price of the Gleaming Bell Sword Formation past 100,000 battle merit, putting it out of Qin Hao’s reach.
• Wu Jianfeng asked Deng Yu for 50,000 battle merit, and Deng Yu agreed after Wu Jianfeng promised to yield the ten-thousand-year ice lotus if Deng Yu obtained it, or pay him 100,000 battle merit if he did.
• Wu Jianfeng used Deng Yu’s loan to raise the bid to 135,000 battle merit, forcing the previous bidder to withdraw.
• The Masked Man announced that no one had bid higher, and Wu Jianfeng won the Gleaming Bell Sword Formation.
• Qin Hao watched Wu Jianfeng win and felt his gaze darken.

Qin Hao watched the Black Market auction sell the Gleaming Bell Sword Formation to Wu Jianfeng and saw several other powerful treasures go to Dongfang Wei and Chen Chengxiu. The auction’s final extraordinary treasure was revealed as the Great Sun Sword Diagram, whose faint sword intent left its value uncertain.

• Wu Jianfeng won the Gleaming Bell Sword Formation for 135,000 battle merits, and Qin Hao resolved to grow strong enough to face him later.
• Dongfang Wei won the incomplete Three-Star Chaos Spirit Treasure, the Eight Desolations Thunder Whip, for 800,000 battle merits.
• Chen Chengxiu won the Void Immortal Flame for 500,000 battle merits.
• Qin Hao passed on the other auction treasures and saved his battle merits for the Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals.
• The Masked Man introduced the Great Sun Sword Diagram as the final extraordinary treasure and said the Black Market had a reason for offering it despite its weak sword intent.

The Masked Man revealed that the Great Sun Sword Diagram was an incomplete Sword Diagram from the Heavenly Sword Sect, possibly linked to Divine Lord Tian Yan, and set its starting bid at ten thousand battle merits. Qin Hao recognized that its sword intent matched the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram he possessed, leaving him shocked by their connection.

• The Masked Man explained that the Great Sun Sword Diagram came from the Heavenly Sword Sect but was incomplete, so the Black Market could not confirm whether Divine Lord Tian Yan had left it behind.
• The Masked Man set the starting bid at ten thousand battle merits, prompting many auction attendees to complain that the fragment was overpriced.
• Jiang Cheng grumbled about the high price, while Yan Yu argued that Heavenly Sword Sect items were rare and estimated the diagram might sell for twenty or thirty thousand battle merits.
• Yan Yu asked Qin Hao what he thought of the Great Sun Sword Diagram, and Qin Hao realized its sword intent matched the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram in his Storage Star Ring.

Qin Hao realized the Great Sun Sword Diagram might be connected to the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram and their creator, Tian Hao, whom he suspected could be Divine Lord Tian Yan. As bids rose cautiously, Qin Hao entered the auction, secretly determined to obtain the diagram and uncover its mysteries.

• Qin Hao connected the Great Sun Sword Diagram to the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram and wondered whether Tian Hao was Divine Lord Tian Yan.
• Qin Hao sensed a faint, unfamiliar mystic force in the Great Sun Sword Diagram and suspected its secret would emerge when joined with the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram.
• The bidders cautiously raised the Great Sun Sword Diagram's price, citing its ties to the Heavenly Sword Sect and Divine Lord Tian Yan.
• Qin Hao told Yan Yu that the diagram's value depended on one's perspective, then bid sixteen thousand battle merit.
• Qin Hao privately resolved to win the Great Sun Sword Diagram, believing it could recreate the mysterious vision of Tian Hao.

Qin Hao won the Great Sun Sword Diagram and carefully hid it after it resonated with his Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram. He then spent heavily on heaven and earth Dao crystals, and the auction moved on to its final ten last-minute additions.

• Deng Yu decided not to drive up the price of the Great Sun Sword Diagram, while Wu Jianfeng regretted not having enough battle merit to bid on it.
• Qin Hao won the Great Sun Sword Diagram for nineteen thousand battle merit and concealed it in a separate Storage Star Ring inside his Self-World after sensing it resonate with the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram.
• Qin Hao bid on the heaven and earth Dao crystals and won eight lots, leaving him with barely twenty thousand battle merit.
• The Masked Man announced that the heaven and earth Dao crystal auction had ended and introduced the first of the final ten last-minute treasures.