The two returned to the sofa as though nothing had happened. The flush on Huo Yutong's face had yet to fade completely, and she kept her head lowered, her thoughts unknown.
After securing the Spirit Devouring Carving Knife, the remaining time passed quickly for Gu Xingyue.
Auction items were brought onto the stage one after another, but none particularly interested him. He simply leaned against the sofa and watched intermittently.
Only when the final item appeared did the atmosphere throughout the auction house change.
The auctioneer stepped forward and drew a deep breath, his tone taking on a gravity even he could not conceal.
"Once a soul beast reaches a hundred thousand years of cultivation, it has two paths to choose from. One is to keep striving for a higher level of cultivation. If it succeeds, it can become a super soul beast. The other path is to begin cultivating anew as a human. Choosing that path requires it to transform its cultivation and assume the most primitive human fetal form, starting its cultivation over from scratch. The physical body of a soul beast reborn as a human is scarcely less fragile than that of a human infant."
She paused, then stepped aside and gestured toward the Sealing God Platform behind her.
On the Sealing God Platform, a hazy mass of air slowly revolved. Neither its shape nor its color could be made out, but the fluctuations of life within it made everyone present unconsciously hold their breath.
"This mass of air you see before you was a hundred-thousand-year Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that chose to cultivate anew as a human after reaching a bottleneck. During its transformation, a mighty expert captured it and imprisoned it within the Level 9 Soul Tool, the Sealing God Platform."
The entire venue fell so