Chapter Summaries

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.

At a Black Market auction, the Six-Yao Scroll sparked fierce bidding before a man in a Concealment Hat won it for fifty thousand battle merit. Qin Hao pierced the hat’s concealment with his world power and discovered that the bidder was Luan Bing, his former rival for Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance.

• The Masked Man introduced the Six-Yao Scroll, whose Six Yao Secret Art supposedly increased the chance of ascending to Ancestral God by five percent, and warned that its authenticity had not been fully verified.
• Eternal True Gods bid eagerly on the scroll, while Qin Hao decided he had no reason to compete for a treasure meant for those pursuing Ancestral God.
• A man in a Concealment Hat bid fifty thousand battle merit and deterred a middle-aged challenger with his imposing presence and killing intent.
• The Masked Man sold the Six-Yao Scroll to the man in the Concealment Hat after no one offered more.
• Qin Hao recognized a familiar gaze, used his world power to pierce the Concealment Hat’s protection, and discovered Luan Bing beneath it.

Qin Hao recognized Luan Bing at the auction and secretly used his World Power to see through her Concealment Hat, discovering her true cultivation. Luan Bing failed to identify him and planned to take the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body from him later, while the auction continued to its fifth treasure.

• Qin Hao used his World Power to uncover that Luan Bing was a Heaven and Earth True God Minor Mastery despite her Concealment Hat disguising her as an Eternal True God.
• Luan Bing sensed the probing force and searched the auction hall, but Qin Hao withdrew his World Power and watched the stage without drawing attention.
• Luan Bing suspected Qin Hao briefly, then dismissed the idea that he could penetrate her Concealment Hat and decided she would make him hand over the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body next time.
• The second auction item sold for thirty thousand Battle Merit, and the third and fourth items sold for twenty-five thousand and sixteen thousand Battle Merit respectively.
• The auction began bidding on the fifth treasure, a palm-sized Chaos Spirit Treasure Fragment with three layers.

At the Black Market auction, Qin Hao recognized a three-floor Chaos Spirit Treasure Fragment as the damaged body of his Supreme Sword Tower and tried to conceal how badly he wanted it. He joined the bidding at thirteen thousand five hundred battle merit, drawing attention from Deng Yu and Dongfang Wei.

• Auction attendees criticized the three-floor Chaos Spirit Treasure Fragment as a damaged and uncertain-grade item.
• Qin Hao sensed that the fragment was the Supreme Sword Tower's incomplete body and resolved to win it.
• The Masked Man opened bidding at ten thousand battle merit, and several attendees raised the price to thirteen thousand.
• Qin Hao entered the bidding at thirteen thousand five hundred battle merit, attracting the attention of the hall.
• Deng Yu sneered at Qin Hao's bid, while Dongfang Wei watched him from a private box and appeared to suspect something.

Qin Hao bid on the Chaos Spirit Treasure Fragment because it was actually the body of the Supreme Sword Tower, and he used a story about his missing senior brother to discourage the other bidders. Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng remained willing to oppose him, leaving the auction unresolved as the bid stood at seventeen thousand five hundred battle merit.

• Deng Yu questioned why Qin Hao wanted the fragment, while Wu Jianfeng urged him to stop Qin Hao from winning it.
• The old man withdrew at fifteen thousand battle merit, leaving Qin Hao and a middle-aged man to compete.
• The middle-aged man raised the bid to seventeen thousand and challenged Qin Hao, who claimed the fragment resembled something his missing senior brother had left behind.
• Qin Hao said his senior brother had reached the half-step ancestral god level, and the middle-aged man withdrew rather than risk offending powerful figures.
• Qin Hao revealed that he had invented the connection to his senior brother because the fragment was the body of the Supreme Sword Tower, while Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng saw his desire for it as an opportunity.
• The Masked Man called seventeen thousand five hundred battle merit once, and the hall remained silent.

Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng debated whether Qin Hao had Phantom Shadow True God’s backing and decided to frustrate him without risking a direct confrontation. As Qin Hao bid on a Chaos Spirit Treasure Fragment, Deng Yu raised the price, drawing Qin Hao’s killing intent.

• Wu Jianfeng told Deng Yu that Phantom Shadow True God had personally summoned Qin Hao, raising the possibility that she would intervene on his behalf.
• Deng Yu decided not to kill Qin Hao outright but to make him spend more battle merit and send him to the battlefield sooner.
• Deng Yu bid eighteen thousand battle merit for the Chaos Spirit Treasure Fragment after the auctioneer called Qin Hao’s bid twice.
• Deng Yu admitted he was interested in the fragment but said he would give up if he could not win it, signaling that he intended to raise Qin Hao’s price.
• Jiang Cheng cursed Deng Yu, and Qin Hao fixed him with an icy glare that made Deng Yu feel a chill.