Recaps

Xiao Hua discovered that the Twelve Great Gods in the vast space were God Demon Puppets and tried to claim them, but Duanmu Jishi struck him before another Literary Saint began collecting a puppet. Duanmu Jishi and the other Literary Saints struggled to free the puppets, while Chu Yun used sword light against the silver glow above Jumang.

• Xiao Hua recognized the twelve statues as resembling the Twelve Great Gods and realized they were likely God Demon Puppets rather than genuine divine statues.
• Xiao Hua flew to the Zhulong puppet, tempered his bones with the surrounding fluctuations, and tried to collect the puppets with his divine sense.
• Duanmu Jishi's Clear Sight Light exposed Xiao Hua, and his Five-colored True Qi punch sent Xiao Hua hurtling toward a blood pillar.
• Duanmu Jishi formed a five-colored subsidiary body and tried to pull the Zhulong puppet from its blood pillar, but the fluctuations destroyed its hands.
• Duanmu Jishi saw other Literary Saints struggling near the puppets and wondered whether the silver light could help him.
• Chu Yun drove the silver glow over Jumang downward with Five-colored Sword Light, and sword filaments clashed with lightning from the puppet's blood-red lower half.

Duanmu Jishi abandoned the gravely wounded Xiao Hua to seize the Candle Dragon God Demon Puppet, and green-robed Xiao Hua used the Small Pouch to absorb blood mist inside the triangle. The twelve Literary Saints united their Natal True Qi to unleash the silver clouds’ power, destabilizing the space and preparing to collect the God Demon Puppets and escape.

• Duanmu Jishi drove the Candle Dragon God Demon Puppet’s blood-red color down to its base but could not expel it completely, while the other Literary Saints also struggled to make progress.
• Duanmu Jishi’s punch knocked Xiao Hua unconscious and sent him into the blood pillar, where spatial distortions and burning blood droplets battered his body.
• Green-robed Xiao Hua took control of Xiao Hua’s body and used the Small Pouch to absorb the descending blood mist and droplets of Xiao Hua’s essence blood.
• Murong Jun, Duanmu Jishi, and the other Literary Saints infused their Natal True Qi into the silver clouds, driving back the blood-red power and disrupting the space.
• Duanmu Jishi warned that the space was collapsing and urged the Literary Saints to collect the God Demon Puppets and escape.

Xiao Hua’s Small Pouch absorbed the blood crystals and silver clouds, exposing the Son of Heaven Sword beneath them. As the collapsing space forced the Literary Saints to flee, three immense hands fought over the sword, and the heart-shaped hand seized it and carried it into the heavens.

• Xiao Hua urged his Primordial Spirits to manage the Small Pouch’s suction while the chaotic space kept the Literary Saints from detecting him.
• Chu Yun and the other Literary Saints used secret techniques to collect the twelve God Demon Puppets as the silver clouds were torn away.
• The exposed Son of Heaven Sword blocked Chu Yun, and Duanmu Jishi mocked him for trying to claim a sword that required a benevolent heart to wield.
• The Literary Saints fled the collapsing space as a giant hand filled with Vast Righteous Qi and another green hand reached for the rising Son of Heaven Sword.
• A lightning pillar formed a heart-shaped hand that seized the sword’s hilt, cut apart the other two hands, and carried the Son of Heaven Sword into the heavens.
• The Literary Saints departed in shock, while Chu Yun looked down at the barren, rain-soaked remains of the Divine Demon Blood Swamp.

After the Divine Demon Blood Swamp vanished, Xiao Hua kept its mysterious blood bone hidden and chose to sow grain across the barren land before continuing to the Northern Sea. His efforts drew the attention of True Confucian Sun Ling, who gave him proof of candidacy for a True Confucian.

• Chu Yun left the Divine Demon Blood Swamp, while news of the battle spread across Cangxian Continent without revealing its true outcome or the Twelve Families’ gains.
• Xiao Hua kept the triangular blood bone beside the Great Evolution Exquisite Pagoda, deciding to wait before restoring the white skeleton.
• Realizing he had missed his appointment with Ao Zhantian, Xiao Hua released his companions and had them sow grain seeds throughout the newly formed ten-thousand-li territory.
• Xiao Hua offered more grain seeds to unseen Confucian seniors, and True Confucian Sun Ling accepted them and gave Xiao Hua proof of candidacy for a True Confucian.
• Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen set out for the Northern Sea, and Fu Zhiwen remarked that the Confucian powers would not dare casually move against Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen continued toward the North Sea, searching for the Lu Town Xiao Hua sought while discussing the vanished Divine Demon Blood Swamp and the stories of Shattered Heart Mountain. The search remained unfinished, and Xiao Hua’s guilt over Fairy Jing’s feelings resurfaced as Fu Zhiwen recounted a legendary romance.

• Xiao Hua told Fu Zhiwen that the God Demon Chess pieces beneath the Divine Demon Blood Swamp had been taken by Confucian cultivator families and that the swamp had disappeared.
• Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen traveled by flying carriage as Xiao Hua reflected that the reclaimed land would draw settlers and eventually form the Xiao Kingdom.
• Xiao Hua rejected the twelfth Lu Town they examined, and Fu Zhiwen guided the Heavenly Horse toward the closest town along their route.
• Fu Zhiwen mentioned the saying about Forging Emotion Mountain and Shattered Heart Mountain, stirring Xiao Hua’s memories of Fairy Jing and his guilt over Xue Xue’s death.
• Fu Zhiwen told Xiao Hua the legend of Cowherd and the Mysterious Maiden, who became Shattered Heart Mountain and Forgetfulness Water.
• Xiao Hua mocked the legend and guessed that the story of Forging Emotion Mountain would similarly criticize the Immortal Emperor.

Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen discussed the tale of Forging Emotion Mountain and its supposed power to unite lovers, then considered taking Chang Yuan and You Zhongquan there. Fu Zhiwen also spoke earnestly about his love for Qiongqiong and raised his discomfort with the disciples’ seniority; the chapter left that concern unresolved.

• Fu Zhiwen told Xiao Hua the tale of a Daoist cultivator who rescued the Immortal Emperor’s tenth princess by splitting a mountain with the Forging Emotion Sword.
• Fu Zhiwen explained that Qiongqiong had told him where Forging Emotion Mountain was, and Xiao Hua realized he wanted to visit it with her.
• Xiao Hua suggested taking Chang Yuan and You Zhongquan to the mountain, but Fu Zhiwen doubted the fictional story would help them.
• Fu Zhiwen joked that Xiao Hua could drug You Zhongquan, and Xiao Hua teased him about having used secret medicines on Qiongqiong.
• Fu Zhiwen described how meeting Qiongqiong had changed his beliefs about love, then said he felt awkward about being senior to older or more accomplished disciples.

Xiao Hua brought his disciples to Forging Emotion Mountain, where its immense fissure revealed a Heaven and Earth Sword Intent that stirred his sword cultivation toward a breakthrough. He also learned that the Gunzhou Cauldron was nearby, then sent Chang Yuan and You Zhongquan to meditate on the mountain while he investigated its mysteries.

• Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen discussed how to rank Xiao Hua’s disciples, and Xiao Hua decided that the disciple with the highest cultivation would become eldest senior brother once he achieved great accomplishment.
• Xiao Hua recognized the fissure in Forging Emotion Mountain as a peerless sword scar, and Confucian cultivator Xiao Hua said its Heaven and Earth Sword Intent could advance his sword cultivation.
• Dragon Vein Xiao Hua sensed that the Gunzhou Cauldron lay within a hundred li, but Xiao Hua chose to attend to other business first.
• Xiao Hua released Chang Yuan and You Zhongquan to show them the mountain’s sword scar, but neither they nor Fu Zhiwen could sense its sword momentum.
• Xiao Hua sent Chang Yuan and You Zhongquan to meditate on opposite sides of the fissure, while his Eye of Delusion Breaking revealed nothing unusual about the mountain.
• Chang Yuan and You Zhongquan formed sword seals, releasing a pale deer-shaped form and a more solid tiger-shaped form.

Xiao Hua witnessed the Three Lives Stone awaken You Zhongquan and Chang Yuan’s shared Sword Intent, bringing them together and helping him let go of his resentment toward Fairy Hongxia. After retrieving the Gunzhou Cauldron, he returned to Forging Emotion Mountain resolved to find the remaining Yuzhou Cauldron and restore the Nine Cauldrons.

• A song and visions emerged from Forging Emotion Mountain, transforming You Zhongquan and Chang Yuan’s Sword Intents into one Little Deer Sword Intent.
• Xiao Hua’s memories of Xue Xue, Fairy Hongxia, and others surfaced, and he let go of his resentment toward Fairy Hongxia.
• Xiao Hua recognized Forging Emotion Mountain as the Three Lives Stone and left Fu Zhiwen to guard You Zhongquan and Chang Yuan.
• Xiao Hua retrieved the Gunzhou Cauldron from underground and added it to the other seven cauldrons in his middle dantian.
• After observing the Netherworld qi leaking from the site, Xiao Hua returned to find You Zhongquan and Chang Yuan together, then resolved to seek the Yuzhou Cauldron.

Xiao Hua continued searching for Lu Town on his way toward the North Sea, then confronted eight Xuanhuang Order cultivators sent to kill him. Huang You revealed that Xiao Hua had risen from last place to first on the Huang Ranking.

• Xiao Hua took You Zhongquan and Chang Yuan into his space after advising them to cultivate their Sword Dao, then reassured Fu Zhiwen that the Heavenly Book would eventually help him advance.
• Xiao Hua searched several Lu Towns without success, while an Earth God watched him and reported his movements without being detected.
• As Xiao Hua neared the North Sea, he sent Fu Zhiwen away and prepared with green-robed Xiao Hua to face eight Xuanhuang Order cultivators.
• The eight cultivators surrounded Xiao Hua and introduced themselves, including Huang You, Huang Jiao, Huang Zhen, and Huang Gui.
• Xiao Hua asked about his ranking, and Huang You said he had risen from last place to first on the Huang Ranking.

Xiao Hua faced eight Xuanhuang Order cultivators who came to kill him, and used the first tribulations of ten scattered Nascent Souls to overwhelm them. He killed most of the attackers, collected their Cosmic Bags, and left the surviving enemies’ fate unclear only briefly before finishing them as well.

• Huang You mocked Xiao Hua and refused to reveal where the Xuanhuang List could be found, then ordered the eight cultivators to attack.
• Xiao Hua summoned heavenly lightning and used the Kunlun Mirror to open a path for ten scattered Nascent Souls to escape, triggering their tribulation and trapping everyone in the storm.
• Huang Zhen and the other Xuanhuang Order cultivators tried to escape with jade slips, but Xiao Hua disrupted their teleportation with Three Corpse Yin Thunder.
• Tribulation lightning killed Huang Zhen and several others, while Huang You and two cultivators survived long enough to flee in different directions.
• Xiao Hua killed Huang You, Huang Fen, and the last fleeing cultivator, then collected the eight men’s Cosmic Bags and sent green-robed Xiao Hua and the Kunlun Mirror into his space.

Xiao Hua refused True Lord Qingxu’s invitation to seek protection from Ancestor Hongmeng, despite warnings that the Xuanhuang Order and Immortal Palace could track him. He accepted materials and communication methods from Ancestor Hongmeng, supplied him with refined treasures, and asked Qingxu to seek information for him.

• Xiao Hua told Fu Zhiwen that defeating the Xuanhuang Order cultivators might put him on the Xuan Ranking, then gave him their Cosmic Bags to store.
• True Lord Qingxu caught up with Xiao Hua and urged him to meet Ancestor Hongmeng for protection from the Xuanhuang Order and Immortal Palace.
• Xiao Hua declined to join Ancestor Hongmeng, while Qingxu warned that the Earth Deities and Immortal Palace could find him and that his growing reputation could bring more enemies.
• Qingxu gave Xiao Hua artifact-refinement materials, treasure-refining methods, and a way to communicate with Ancestor Hongmeng.
• Xiao Hua handed Qingxu a Cosmic Bag of previously refined magical treasures for Ancestor Hongmeng and asked him to investigate matters and share news from Cangxian Continent.

Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen discussed Ancestor Hongmeng, their families, and the meaning of cultivation before setting out for the North Sea. They arrived at the vast sea, where the narration described its legends and the elusive North Sea Dragon Palace.

• Xiao Hua asked True Lord Qingxu to seek information about rare magnetic materials and offered artifact refinement as payment; True Lord Qingxu promised to pass on the request.
• Fu Zhiwen warned Xiao Hua that Ancestor Hongmeng might eventually see him as a threat, and Xiao Hua explained why he had refused to join him.
• Xiao Hua told Fu Zhiwen that Lu Town was his hometown, and Fu Zhiwen said he wanted to return home to see his parents.
• Xiao Hua offered to move the Fu Family into the Kunlun Immortal Realm and remembered that Wang Zhengfei's mother also needed consideration.
• Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen hastened toward the North Sea as the Xuanhuang Order pursued them; the narration described the sea's legends and the North Sea Dragon Palace.

Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen arrived at Feather Spirit Bay, a vast and prosperous settlement where humans and many kinds of demons gathered. After Xiao Hua spared a serpent demon, they descended into the bay to seek the North Sea Dragon Palace general and find out whether Ao Zhantian and the others were still waiting there.

• A flying serpent demon killed a fierce bird, swallowed its demon core, and transformed into a dark-skinned woman.
• Xiao Hua revealed himself, gave the woman a Taoist robe, and sent her toward Feather Spirit Bay instead of attacking her.
• Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen discussed the bay’s grandeur and the limits of Confucian records about the North Sea.
• Xiao Hua told Fu Zhiwen they would find the North Sea Dragon Palace general stationed at the bay and check whether Ao Zhantian and the others remained there.
• Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen landed near a mountain ridge and examined the fantastical buildings filling the valley below it.

Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen entered Feather Spirit Bay to find the North Sea Dragon Palace and ask about Ao Zhantian. After Ripple guided them to Feather Spirit Hall, Xiao Hua presented Ao Zhantian’s token, and the Shrimp General went to fetch the hall steward.

• Xiao Hua suspected that the Sea Dragon Palace held influence over Feather Spirit Bay, while Fu Zhiwen explained that the Sea Whale King and Sea Soul Scholar also held power there.
• Ripple offered to guide Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen, collected five high-grade Qi Stones, and obtained Sea Whale King tokens for them.
• Ripple led the pair past Feather Spirit Bay’s guards and brought them to the North Sea Dragon Palace’s Feather Spirit Hall.
• A Shrimp General tried to bar Xiao Hua from entering, but Xiao Hua’s pressure forced it to drop its trident.
• Xiao Hua showed the Shrimp General Ao Zhantian’s token and asked to see him; the Shrimp General said the Dragon Island Selection tests had taken place months earlier and went to summon the hall steward.

Xiao Hua learned that Ao Zhantian had gone to the North Sea Dragon Palace for the Dragon Island Selection, but discovered he had no way to reach him immediately. He and Fu Zhiwen decided to leave Feather Spirit Bay, though Xiao Hua paused to hear what the bay had to offer.

• Ao Xuan returned to Feather Spirit Hall carrying a Dragon Pouch, while Xiao Hua waited outside for news of Ao Zhantian.
• A Sea Rhino told Xiao Hua that Ao Zhantian had left for the Dragon Island Selection and, under Xiao Hua's influence, explained that the group was gathering at the North Sea Dragon Palace and that Xiao Hua could still catch up.
• The Sea Rhino said he could not take Xiao Hua to the North Sea Dragon Palace because he lacked a decree and Feather Spirit Bay had no Dragon Boat.
• Xiao Hua told Fu Zhiwen that Ao Zhantian had broken his promise, and they agreed to return to Xuzhou while searching for the place Xiao Hua sought along the way.
• The fish demon urged Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen to stay until morning and see Feather Spirit Bay's advantages, so Xiao Hua asked it to explain them.

Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen explored Feather Spirit Bay while a fish demon described its markets and auction houses. After learning about Star Picking Tower and the various trading mansions, Xiao Hua chose to visit the Yazi Auction Venue to seek Iron Brown Wood.

• The fish demon guided Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen through Feather Spirit Bay and described its sea vessels, treasures, and unusual carriages.
• Xiao Hua asked where to buy Iron Brown Wood, and the fish demon named Yazi, Luoyi, Star Picking Tower, and Lilai as places that auctioned it.
• Xiao Hua learned that Star Picking Tower belonged to the far-reaching Star Moon Merchant Alliance, while Fu Zhiwen explained why merchant organizations received little attention from Confucian cultivators.
• The fish demon compared the trading houses, describing Yazi's North Sea goods, Lilai's human goods, Star Picking Tower's varied wares, and Luoyi's lower prices.
• Xiao Hua declined the fish demon's recommendation of Luoyi and agreed to visit Yazi, so the demon summoned a jellyfish-like creature pulling a seaweed-basket carriage.

Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen arrived at the Yazi Auction Venue, where Xiao Hua reflected on the boundary between humans and demons before discovering Buddhist sariras for sale. He realized the sariras had formed in North Sea creatures who worshipped the Buddha, but remained unsure what that meant for their cultivation and karma.

• A fish demon brought Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen by sea carriage to the pearl-covered Yazi Auction Venue and explained how Qi Stones exchanged for sea crystals.
• Xiao Hua gave the fish demon Qi Stones to buy two unranked fish-ring credentials, then let it keep the remaining stones and wait for him.
• Fu Zhiwen’s remark about merchants prompted Xiao Hua to wonder what truly distinguished humans from demons.
• Fu Zhiwen pointed out Buddhist sariras at a nearby stall, and Xiao Hua confirmed they were genuine despite their lack of Buddhist light.
• Xiao Hua examined a sarira and realized it had formed in a North Sea creature that worshipped the Buddha, leaving him questioning whether such creatures faced karmic hindrances or could cultivate the Nine Revolutions Golden Body.

Xiao Hua confronted a Sea General who sold Sea Sariras taken from Buddhist Sea Clan members, but learned that the general hunted them under military orders and was struggling to support his family. Xiao Hua offered to buy the sariras, and the general refused, saying the purchase would enable more hunting.

• Xiao Hua challenged a shop clerk over the price of Sea Sariras, then exposed the clerk's attempt to provoke him before the auction grounds.
• The Sea General invited Xiao Hua into the shop, where he explained that Demon Race members bought Sea Sariras to heal soul injuries.
• Xiao Hua accused the Sea General of profiting from the slaughter of Buddhist Sea Clan members, and the general defended his actions as obedience to military orders.
• A little sea shrimp named Qiu arrived seeking money for his grandfather's medicine, and Xiao Hua learned that the old shrimp and the Sea General had fought together before retiring.
• Xiao Hua offered the Sea General top-grade Qi Stones for the Sea Sariras, but the general refused, arguing that selling them would encourage further hunting.

Xiao Hua considered using pill refinement to reduce the sea clans’ dependence on Sea Sarira and gave the Sea Clan General soul-restoring pills to test. The general brought Xiao Hua to meet the little sea shrimp’s injured grandfather, but the sea snake questioned Xiao Hua’s identity as True Person Xiao.

• Xiao Hua gave the little sea shrimp primordial stones to buy medicine and offered the Sea Clan General pills to test on sea-clan customers.
• The Sea Clan General urged Xiao Hua to help his crippled former soldiers and then hurried out to bring the little sea shrimp and his injured grandfather back.
• Xiao Hua discussed his disciples’ talents and possible roles in the Creation Sect’s alchemy and artifact-refining disciplines with Fu Zhiwen.
• The Sea Clan General sealed the shop entrance, and the little sea shrimp begged Xiao Hua to save his grandfather, who suffered severe monthly pain.
• Xiao Hua introduced himself as True Person Xiao, and the sea snake said she had never heard of a cultivator by that name on Cangxian Continent.

Xiao Hua gave the sea serpent a Soul Nurturing Pill, learned that Sea Sarira offered only temporary relief from soul injuries, and failed to diagnose Old Sea Shrimp’s severe shell wound. He and Fu Zhiwen then entered the Yazi Auction Venue as the auction was about to begin.

• Xiao Hua explained that his pill might help the sea serpent, while the Sea Clan General described how Sea Sarira’s relief faded and later episodes caused doubled pain.
• The sea serpent collapsed after taking the pill, and Xiao Hua examined Old Sea Shrimp’s wound but could not treat it without knowledge of Sea Clan shells.
• The Sea Clan General promised to search for shell writings and invited Xiao Hua to take the shop’s Sea Sarira, but Xiao Hua accepted only the ones by the entrance.
• Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen headed for the auction venue, while a watching Sea Clan member followed toward the shop after they departed.
• Xiao Hua entered the Yazi Auction Venue through its water curtain and saw a vast domed hall adorned with the Nine Dragon Sons and tiers of seats around a coral-paved center.

At the Yazi Auction Venue, Xiao Hua studied records on demon healing and discovered how to use stellar and lunar power to develop medicines suited to demons. The auction began with a grand spectacle, and the dancing Shell Maidens appeared again inside a towering column of water.

• Xiao Hua and Fu Zhiwen took their assigned seats at the outer edge of the Yazi Auction Venue and watched the crowds arrive.
• Xiao Hua examined demon beast hides and human jade pupils in his space to learn about treating demon illnesses and injuries.
• Xiao Hua realized that medicines made from plants grown in the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons could retain stellar and lunar power and be used to refine demon pills.
• Fu Zhiwen told Xiao Hua that the auction had begun, and Xiao Hua opened his eyes to see the nine Dragon Sons descend into the arena.
• After the Dragon Sons vanished, Shell Maidens danced on sprays of water as the crowd threw sea crystals, before waves submerged them and gathered into a great water column.

Xiao Hua watched the Yazi Auction Venue stage a brutal fight between a Mighty Rhinoceros and Kun Lie, then realized the spectacle was meant to inflame the crowd before bidding. After waves crushed the beasts, the old turtle offered their weapons for auction, and bids began as Xiao Hua prepared to leave.

• A water sword opened two holes in the auction venue’s walls, and a Mighty Rhinoceros and Kun Lie charged out to face each other.
• Kun Lie and the Mighty Rhinoceros traded cunning attacks, wounding each other as the Demon Race and human cultivators cheered.
• Xiao Hua told Fu Zhiwen that the venue was using beauty and bloodshed to stir the crowd for the North Sea Dragon Palace’s profit, then decided to leave.
• Kun Lie drove its hind-hoof blades into the Mighty Rhinoceros’s eyes and head, and both beasts collapsed from their wounds.
• Waves crushed the barely living beasts into minced flesh, leaving their weapons behind for the old turtle to auction at a starting bid of ten thousand sea crystals.
• Bids rose from the crowd before Xiao Hua could leave.

Xiao Hua watched the Yazi Auction Venue sell its first lots and learned that humans valued goods from the Demon Race and Sea Clan for trade and medicine-making. He examined a batch of demon herbs but withdrew his bid after deciding they would not help Old Sea Shrimp, leaving the auction to continue.

• Xiao Hua watched the remains of two ferocious beasts sell for ninety thousand Sea Crystals and learned that the first successful bidder would receive a discount voucher from Xuan Kong.
• Xuan Kong auctioned batches of Sea Clan pearls, coral, armor, and other goods, which human bidders bought before leaving under the venue's escort.
• Xuan Kong explained that humans used plants from the Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons to refine medicine, making the herbs valuable to them.
• Xiao Hua bid against another human for a batch of demon herbs, then inspected the Qiankun Ring and withdrew after deciding the high-grade herbs would not treat Old Sea Shrimp's injuries.

Xiao Hua watched the auction of pills, demon cores, sarira, and Nascent Souls at the Yazi Auction Venue, then tried to buy the Nascent Souls before the demons could claim them. Another human made the same bid, leaving the auctioneer to consider selling the Nascent Souls as a single lot.

• Xiao Hua obtained a Qiankun Ring containing Sacred Realm of a Thousand Demons materials after the first bidding round ended.
• Xuan Kong auctioned human pills and medicines for enormous sums, and Xiao Hua told Fu Zhiwen that the Creation Sect should train pill refiners.
• Shrimp soldiers and crab generals brought out demon cores, Buddhist sarira, Golden Cores, Nascent Souls, and bottles containing living souls for auction.
• Xiao Hua resolved to bid for the Nascent Souls after seeing that their Primordial Spirits had been erased and the demons might devour them.
• Xiao Hua and an unidentified human both bid 4.2 million Sea Crystals for all the Nascent Souls, prompting Xuan Kong to propose auctioning them together.

Xiao Hua bid against a wealthy rival for thirteen Nascent Souls at the Yazi Auction Venue, then suspected his opponent was an Immortal Envoy from the Immortal Palace. Unable to outbid him with sea crystals, Xiao Hua offered Xuan Kong a bottle of Soul Nurturing Pills, claiming they surpassed ordinary Fourth-turn pills.

• Xuan Kong overruled the demons’ objections and continued auctioning the thirteen Nascent Souls, while Xiao Hua began bidding against another human.
• The rival rapidly raised the price to 10 million sea crystals, and Xiao Hua realized the bidder might be an Immortal Envoy from the Immortal Palace seeking Nascent Souls for the Sun Moon Star Three Formations at Yaotai Mountain.
• Xiao Hua asked whether the Nascent Souls belonged to the Yazi Auction Venue, then offered Xuan Kong a jade bottle for examination.
• Xuan Kong inspected the pills and was astonished by their quality, and Xiao Hua identified them as unusually potent Soul Nurturing Pills, better than ordinary Fourth-turn pills.