Arc 18The World Auction

Li Ge prepared and opened the World Auction, where people from four worlds competed for weapons, suits, and mounts while he and Wanda confessed their feelings. As the auction moved on to sealed angels, Li Ge chose James as a disciple and began preparing a separate invitation for him.

  • Li Ge gathered materials and made weapons, nanotech suits, and other auction goods, while buyers across four worlds raced to collect Crystal Cores and points.
  • Li Ge and his allies built a ten-billion-seat starry venue, and he announced that the auction would begin the next morning for people with at least one blue Crystal Core.
  • Invited participants arrived at the venue, and Skynet opened the auction with adamantium weapons, which bidders from four worlds bought in a fierce hour of competition.
  • Skynet auctioned vibranium suits, and Li Ge confessed his feelings to Wanda, who accepted him as Pietro teased them.
  • Skynet unveiled ten thousand legendary mounts, and bidders competed for dragons, phoenixes, qilins, and other creatures before the auction paused for lunch.
  • Harry formed a soul contract with his golden jelly mount, while James worried that he could not afford the earlier lots.
  • Li Ge examined James and decided to make him his disciple, then began composing an unusual invitation as Pietro asked about the future Li Ge had promised him.
  • Skynet resumed the auction by displaying sealed cards containing angels, and attendees prepared to bid.
Chapters 426–450 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426Preparing the Auction Items, Part One

Li Ge prepared a range of auction items, from mounts and divine weapons to ready-to-use giant bodies resembling Ultraman, hoping to make power more accessible. He visited Alice and Li Chuang with Tiger Vanguard and gave his parents a light-element cat and a mount to claim.

  • Li Ge sent Wanda, Pietro, and Skynet to the Samsara Realm to prepare the auction venue, then returned to the Desert Space to work on auction items.
  • Li Ge planned to offer blank-slate mounts, divine weapons, and high-end items that could be used immediately, alongside the elemental cats and mounts he had already prepared.
  • Li Ge inspected General Ross's sand sculptures, including several giant bodies resembling Ultraman that he intended to auction.
  • Li Ge rode Tiger Vanguard to a magnificent hall, where Alice and Li Chuang greeted him.
  • Li Chuang admired Tiger Vanguard and asked for a mount, so Li Ge gave him a light-element cat; Alice immediately took the cat and cuddled it.

Ch. 427Preparing the auction items, part two

Li Ge gathered vibranium from Wakanda and magical materials from Kamar-Taj to prepare divine weapons for the auction. After returning to base, he resumed refining the materials while Wanda and the others prepared the auction venue.

  • Li Ge left energy crystals with his parents, then traveled with Tiger Vanguard to Wakanda and secretly took about half the vibranium ore from its mine.
  • Li Ge visited Kamar-Taj, where Master Mordo let him collect magical materials in exchange for energy crystals.
  • The Ancient One watched Li Ge leave while discussing with Odin whether he should become Li Ge’s Subordinate God; Odin said he would wait for Li Ge’s original body to finish transforming.
  • Li Ge returned to base for lunch, then Wanda and the other two continued preparing the auction venue while he began refining the vibranium in the Desert Space.

Ch. 428Preparing the Auction Items, Part Three

Li Ge refined vibranium and adamantium into weapons and nanotech battle suits while Arale and Tony organized a gathering about auction eligibility across the four worlds. As crystal-core purchases began, the Samsara Bracelet shop added information about crystal cores.

  • Li Ge spent the afternoon turning vibranium and adamantium into weapons and vibranium into nanotech battle suits, then used the two miniature suns to nourish the God Tree.
  • Arale and Tony relayed information across the four worlds and invited people connected to Li Ge to gather on Heaven-Reaching Mountain.
  • Arale explained the auction’s eligibility requirements, including crystal cores and points, and said only qualified Transcendents from the other three worlds could participate.
  • Li Ge added crystal-core information to the Samsara Bracelet shop.
  • Old Tony and Nick Fury arranged secret high-priced crystal-core purchases, the Mutants Nation used its treasury to buy crystal cores, and the Days of Future Past World instructed Transcendent academies to purchase them openly.

Ch. 429Preparing the Auction Items, Part Four

With four days left before the auction, James hunted a Pure Titan in the Samsara Realm and earned five hundred points. Back in his room, he discovered that blue Crystal Cores could be exchanged for points and sold for a million dollars each, leaving him unsure whether to sell them or use them in the auction.

  • James, a bullied high school student, trained in the Samsara Realm to prepare for gaining power when he became an adult.
  • James encountered a Pure Titan, equipped himself with a wooden shield, and killed it through repeated attacks.
  • James received five hundred points for defeating the Titan, bringing his total to just over twenty thousand.
  • James returned to his room and found a message announcing three types of Crystal Cores and the million-dollar price of a blue core.
  • James wondered whether to exchange points for blue Crystal Cores to sell or save them for the auction.

Ch. 430Preparing the Auction Items, Part Five

As Crystal Core prices surged ahead of Li Ge’s auction, people across the four worlds weighed money against the chance to obtain auction treasures. Li Ge paid Pietro, Wanda, and Skynet for their work, while Peter, Eddie Brock, and Loki made plans to use their points or resources to join the auction.

  • By the third day, wealthy buyers and organizations had pushed the price of a white Crystal Core to fifteen thousand dollars before agreeing to stop raising their bids.
  • Li Ge gave Pietro and Wanda three blue Crystal Cores each as payment and gave Skynet a red Crystal Core, which Wanda accepted after initially hesitating.
  • On the moon, Tiger Vanguard and Xiaobai ate bowls full of white Crystal Cores while Alice and Li Chuang discussed the tiger as a mount.
  • Peter considered saving his points for the auction and wondered whether Gwen Stacy needed Crystal Cores, while Eddie Brock and Venom decided they wanted auction treasures rather than money.
  • Loki ordered Kingpin, Bullseye, and the Divine Guard to earn points and spend the Shadow Kingdom’s available money on Crystal Cores, forbidding them from hoarding any before the auction.

Ch. 431Preparing the Auction Items, Part Six

Li Ge gathered and prepared materials and creatures from the Samsara Realm and the first three Heavens as auction items. He left the Fourth Heaven unvisited and wondered how much his growing main body had changed.

  • Li Ge drew two mental-energy gemstones from the Spirit Tree, harvested ripe Spirit Fruit, and collected hidden instance orbs across the Samsara Realm.
  • Li Ge gathered all the King Fruit from the King Fruit Tree in the First Heaven.
  • Li Ge took Dragon Guards from the Second Heaven and collected the liquid elemental energy from its central fifth-tier elemental pools.
  • Li Ge ordered the Third Heaven's Energy Core sun and liquid biometal ocean to produce sealed armor and Energy Core sets for auction.
  • Li Ge put the new auction items in the Desert Space and speculated that his main body might have grown to over a hundred meters tall.

Ch. 432Preparing the Auction Items, Part Seven

Li Ge refused Nick Fury’s request for an auction catalog but offered S.H.I.E.L.D. a Crystal Core Condensation Magic Array in exchange for a big-bellied cat. Nick Fury realized Li Ge knew about the Skrulls and agreed to trade the Flerken, leaving Coulson with the array card.

  • Coulson visited Li Ge and asked for an auction catalog and a way for S.H.I.E.L.D. to obtain Crystal Cores.
  • Li Ge refused to reveal the auction items and offered a permanent Crystal Core Condensation Magic Array in exchange for Nick Fury’s big-bellied kitty.
  • Li Ge explained that the array would convert energy into Crystal Cores and take one-tenth of the output as his fee.
  • Coulson relayed Li Ge’s offer to Nick Fury, who realized Li Ge knew about the Skrulls and agreed to trade the Flerken.
  • Coulson returned to Li Ge’s base and left for S.H.I.E.L.D. with the array card.

Ch. 433Preparing the Auction Items, Part Eight

Li Ge entered the Nine Heavens to gather illusory stars for an auction item and check on his transforming main body, while Coulson delivered news of a magic array that condensed Crystal Cores. Tony agreed to help S.H.I.E.L.D. obtain the array, and the Ancient One saw it as a way for Kamar-Taj to stop relying on borrowed power.

  • Li Ge set out for the Fourth Heaven to collect illusory stars and try to wake his main body.
  • Coulson flew back to S.H.I.E.L.D. in liquid biometal armor and told Tony about the Crystal Core Condensation Magic Array.
  • Tony agreed to build a large Arc Reactor for S.H.I.E.L.D. and stopped Pepper from focusing on buying Crystal Cores.
  • Coulson gave Nick Fury the sealing card and confirmed that Tony had agreed to help.
  • The Ancient One considered how the array could let Kamar-Taj sorcerers use Crystal Cores instead of borrowed power.

Ch. 434Preparing the Auction Items, Part Nine

Li Ge’s clone found his true body undergoing a vast transformation in the Fourth Heaven and awakened him to explain the auction and ask for help. Li Ge sent his clone a Chaos Orb and the Reality, Power, and Soul Stones, then returned to his transformation.

  • Li Ge saw that his true body’s chaos-energy cocoon had grown to nearly ten thousand meters across and tried to wake him.
  • Inside the Divinity World, Li Ge’s soul awakened as the Chaos Stone continued forming and his body was nurtured by chaos energy.
  • Li Ge connected with his clone and learned about the World Auction, the Paths Space, the crystal cores, and the auction items.
  • Li Ge decided to let things take their course with Wanda and sent his clone a Chaos Orb along with the Reality, Power, and Soul Stones.
  • Li Ge closed his eyes and resumed comprehending the rules of chaos.

Ch. 435Preparing the auction items, part ten

Li Ge’s clone collected gems and sealed illusory stars to prepare items for the auction. James decided to earn more points with his parents so they could try bidding at the auction, which was three days away.

  • Li Ge placed four gems in Truth-Seeking Ball boxes and gathered fist-sized illusory stars, sealing them in cards until he ran out of paper.
  • Li Ge left the Fourth Heaven, and his original body heard the clone’s parting words before its consciousness fell still.
  • James decided to take leave from school and earn points in the Samsara Realm to afford a chance at the auction.
  • James learned that his parents’ company planned to buy Crystal Cores for the auction, but his parents doubted they could earn many points.
  • James told his parents he had over twenty thousand points and asked them to take time off to hunt giants with him; they agreed.

Ch. 436Preparing for the Auction, Part Eleven

With three days remaining before the auction, Li Ge used the Infinity Stones to transform the unfinished venue in the Samsara Realm into a vast, orderly arrangement of seats around a central platform. He left Wanda and Pietro looking over the completed design while Skynet stayed behind to reflect on the Stones.

  • Li Ge brought Wanda, Pietro, and Skynet to the Samsara Realm, where they had arranged more than seven billion of the auction's ten billion seats.
  • Li Ge showed them the Reality Stone, Power Stone, and Soul Stone; Skynet tried to analyze them, but Li Ge stopped him when his body overheated.
  • Li Ge explained that mastering the laws represented by the Stones required universal-level power, and that the Stones themselves were only conduits to those laws.
  • Li Ge used the Power Stone to strengthen the Soul Stone's energy, then channeled it through the Reality Stone to reshape the auction venue.
  • The jade blocks became concentric rings of comfortable seats enclosed in spatial bubbles, surrounding a broad central platform beneath the Samsara Continent.

Ch. 437Preparing for the Auction, Part Twelve

Li Ge finished preparing the auction venue and its final items while trading sealed magic arrays for a K'un-Lun Qi Refining legacy. As Crystal Core prices fluctuated and buyers competed to stock up, Loki amassed a huge supply and other hopeful bidders rushed to earn more points.

  • Li Ge used the three gems to create ten billion private spatial bubbles with seats overlooking the auction platform.
  • Tony asked Li Ge for a Crystal Core Condensation Magic Array, and Li Ge gave him a sealed array card and explained that Third Heaven Energy Cores could power it.
  • Li Chuang requested ten sealed magic array cards for Zheng Xian, and Li Ge agreed in exchange for Eastern Transcendent knowledge; Zheng Xian provided a K'un-Lun Qi Refining legacy.
  • Li Ge studied the legacy, found that its practitioners cultivated life magnetic fields, and stored it away before continuing to prepare auction items.
  • Crystal Core prices rose to twenty-one thousand dollars per white core before dropping to twenty thousand, as people sold cores to governments and businesses while Loki's Divine Guards bought them worldwide.
  • Loki's Divine Guards challenged dungeons and hunted roaming monsters to gather more Crystal Cores, while other people, including James, pursued points and cores for the auction.

Ch. 438Auction Announcement

As the four worlds prepared for the auction, Li Ge gathered mental energy to create spirit lifeforms and spent the final day relaxing at his base with Pietro, Wanda, and Skynet. He announced that the auction would begin the next morning, with invitations going to qualified bidders.

  • Li Ge discovered that the worlds’ growing anticipation produced surges of mental energy, so he placed marks in densely populated areas to collect it for creating spirit lifeforms.
  • Crystal Core prices and trading volume peaked as people across the worlds formed teams and factions to pool their resources for the auction.
  • Li Ge spent the final evening fishing and grilling fish at his base while Skynet prepared unusual drinks and Pietro teased Wanda about Li Ge.
  • Pietro asked Li Ge whether he would announce the auction, and Li Ge sent a message through the Samsara Bracelets.
  • Li Ge told everyone that the auction would start the next morning and that people with at least one blue Crystal Core would receive an invitation to their Samsara Realm private room at ten o’clock.

Ch. 439The final night

As Crystal Core prices soared before the auction, powers across the world fought and stole to secure them, revealing the influence of Loki’s Divine Guards. Arale watched the chaos from the Temple of Divine Revelation while Tony was called away to respond to an attack on Osborn Tower.

  • As the auction approached, Crystal Core prices surged, and deaths, betrayals, and robberies reshuffled powerful organizations overnight.
  • S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers spent the night stopping Crystal Core thefts, while Loki sent his Divine Guards to seize the cores and became feared around the world.
  • Arale watched the night’s battles unfold across New York from the Temple of Divine Revelation.
  • Tony arrived at the pavilion, complained about being kept awake, and shared tea and bread with Arale.
  • Nick Fury told Tony that an unidentified force was attacking Osborn Tower, so Tony left to join the response.

Ch. 440Before entering

As the first auction approached, people across four worlds gathered Crystal Cores and prepared to enter the Samsara Realm. Li Ge and his companions arrived at the vast auction venue, where Skynet was set to serve as auctioneer.

  • Li Ge found Wanda and Pietro eating breakfast in the Gourmet World while Skynet prepared the meal.
  • Tony gathered the Avengers, Nick Fury, and Pepper at Arale's home, where they discussed the Crystal Cores and the coming auction.
  • James counted his family's Crystal Cores before agreeing with his parents to sleep until the auction began.
  • Kingpin and the Divine Guards delivered their collected Crystal Cores to Loki, who prepared for the auction.
  • Li Ge saw countless golden lights gathering in the crystalline cube and confirmed that Skynet was ready to auction.
  • Li Ge transported Wanda, Pietro, and Skynet to a jade-white sea of stars, where an enormous platform and a silent eye awaited them.

Ch. 441Entry begins

People from four worlds entered the Samsara Realm as Li Ge transformed the Spirit Tree and prepared for the auction. At ten, eligible participants received invitations and were drawn toward the auction, while others entered the Samsara Continent to watch.

  • Peter arrived in the Samsara Realm and contacted Gwen, Harry, and the others to discuss Li Ge's auction.
  • As arrivals flooded the realm, surging emotions ripened the Spirit Tree's fruit, and Li Ge used three Infinity Stones to strengthen it and grant it spirituality.
  • At ten, the Samsara Bracelets notified people whether they qualified for the auction, and both invited and uninvited people entered the Samsara Continent.
  • James reunited with his parents in the wilderness, received their blessing, and pressed his golden invitation.
  • Golden trails from invitations across the Samsara Continent streamed together and flowed toward the distant depths of space.

Ch. 442The auction begins

The auction venue appeared in the heavens, and James and the other participants were transported to seats among billions of jade-white stars. Li Ge sent Skynet to the central platform to begin hosting the auction.

  • The people left on the Samsara Continent saw the starry auction venue unfold above them and realized they could watch from below.
  • James traveled through space, saw the Samsara Continent from above, and landed in a glowing jade-white armchair among the stars.
  • Li Ge, Wanda, Pietro, and Skynet watched the proceedings from a concealed space as footage of participants appeared on their screen.
  • Li Ge asked Wanda and Pietro whether they would join the auction, but they declined because they had few Crystal Cores and wanted nothing.
  • Skynet appeared on the platform and welcomed everyone to the auction as its host.

Ch. 443The first round

Skynet opened the auction’s first round by explaining the adamantium weapons and the bidding rules. As the one-hour countdown began, participants searched the Weapon Lake for weapons to bid on.

  • Skynet’s introduction as Li Ge’s intelligent-life creation prompted reactions from Tony, Logan, Vision, Li Chuang, and others.
  • Skynet announced the first round would auction weapons, equipment, and mounts, beginning with adamantium weapons.
  • Skynet created the Weapon Lake, a vast lake filled with adamantium weapons, and explained how participants could choose weapons and bid through their Samsara Bracelets.
  • Skynet started the sixty-minute countdown and returned to Li Ge’s hidden space as participants began searching the lake for weapons.

Ch. 444Weapon Lake

People across four worlds competed fiercely for the adamantium weapons in Weapon Lake, while Wakanda discovered that its vibranium had been taken to forge them. The auction ended after an hour, with every weapon sold.

  • Tony and others suspected Li Ge had taken the vibranium from Wakanda, and Wakanda's investigations revealed that one world's deposit had a huge cavity.
  • The affected Wakandans decided not to confront Immortal and considered offering him vibranium as tribute, while the Wolverines chose not to bid.
  • James decided to save his Crystal Cores for an item that could grant genuine Transcendent power, while Peter and Harry discussed bidding on weapons.
  • People from four worlds bid against one another for the adamantium weapons, with S.P.E.A.R. and other organizations spending heavily to secure them.
  • After an hour of bidding, every weapon in Weapon Lake had disappeared.

Ch. 445The Armor Lake and the Apprentice

Skynet auctioned vibranium suits, drawing intense interest from bidders across the multiverse. While watching the auction, Li Ge considered taking James as an apprentice, prompting Pietro to volunteer and hint at his hopes for Li Ge and Wanda.

  • Skynet ended the weapon auction, collected its sealing card, and introduced the vibranium suits as the next auction item.
  • Skynet demonstrated a suit transforming from a bracelet into a black robe with golden dragons, then began the one-hour auction.
  • James declined to bid, while Wakandans, heroes, villains, capitalists, and ordinary people competed for the suits.
  • Li Ge cleared the crowded auction image and told Wanda, Pietro, and the others that James seemed like a promising apprentice.
  • Pietro urged Li Ge to choose him instead and hinted that Li Ge and Wanda would become a couple, until Wanda angrily interrupted him.

Ch. 446Making It Official

Li Ge decided to stop keeping Wanda waiting and asked whether she was willing to belong to him alone. Wanda gladly accepted, and the chapter left them having made their relationship official.

  • Li Ge decided to confess his intentions to Wanda, while Pietro teased Skynet about calling him Uncle.
  • Skynet offered to train Pietro, frightening him into backing down and agreeing to call Skynet big brother.
  • Li Ge approached the nervous Wanda and asked whether she was willing to become a girl who belonged to him alone.
  • Wanda recalled how her affection for Li Ge had grown through their quiet life together and firmly told him she was.

Ch. 447Mounts

Li Ge and Wanda shared a tender moment before Skynet introduced the auction’s third item: customizable mounts. Skynet demonstrated one transformed into a giant ape and explained its abilities and limits.

  • Wanda accepted Li Ge’s feelings, and he gently stroked her head while Pietro teased them.
  • Skynet congratulated Li Ge and Wanda, then said his studies of the Dao had helped him consider his future.
  • After the Vibranium Suits sold out, Skynet announced that the auction rules would change for the mounts.
  • Skynet revealed a small golden blob, combined it with energy, and transformed it into a giant ape.
  • Skynet explained that owners could shape and nourish mounts, which could become catastrophic threats if their restrictions were lifted.

Ch. 448Mounts and rules

Skynet unveiled ten thousand mounts that could grow into legendary beasts and opened a ten-minute auction for them. As bidders rushed to compete, Li Chuang, Alice, and others discussed the mounts, while Li Ge returned to his conversation with Wanda.

  • Skynet demonstrated how the giant ape mount could shrink to a portable size and explained that the ten thousand mounts would go to the highest bidders.
  • Skynet released the mounts and revealed them as creatures including dragons, phoenixes, qilins, and other legendary beasts, prompting viewers to submit bids.
  • Li Chuang asked Li Ge whether Tiger Vanguard and Xiaobai had come from the same source as the auction mounts, while Alice considered bidding for a phoenix and asked whether Li Chuang wanted to raise a dragon.
  • Li Ge explained the difference between his original body and clone to Wanda, then offered to create another God Tree for her as Pietro admired the mounts.
  • Loki, Logan, Tony, and Nick Fury considered bidding, while many viewers placed high bids before the auction countdown ended.

Ch. 449Intermission

The auction paused for lunch, and Li Ge gave Pietro a wind elemental kitten after teasing him about wanting one. Harry and the others received their purchases in Osborn Tower, where Harry bonded with his golden jelly mount as bidders and organizations prepared for the auction to resume.

  • Skynet announced the lunch break, and Li Ge brought Wanda and the others back to the table in the Gourmet World.
  • Li Ge teased Pietro with a wind elemental kitten, and Pietro eagerly took it from him.
  • Harry and the others summoned their auction purchases from their Samsara Bracelets after returning to Osborn Tower.
  • Harry cut his palm and formed a soul contract with the golden jelly, then discovered that only he could hear its affectionate cry.
  • Some bidders coveted the mounts and considered waiting until the auction ended, while organizations and nations secured their weapons, suits, and mounts.

Ch. 450Light! I saw the light!

As the auction resumed, Li Ge decided to take James as his disciple and prepared a special invitation. Skynet unveiled the auction’s final lot: sealing cards containing beings that attendees recognized as angels, igniting excitement and fierce hopes of winning them.

  • James worried that he had missed his only chance to afford the auction’s weapons and battle suits, but held on to hope for cheaper lots.
  • Li Ge examined James’s past and thoughts, admired his character, and decided to make him his disciple.
  • Wanda supported Li Ge, while Pietro tried to persuade him to pass his power on and asked about the better future Li Ge had promised him.
  • Li Ge began composing an unusual invitation and told Pietro to wait until the auctions were over to hear about his future.
  • Skynet resumed the auction and displayed rows of sealing cards containing angels, prompting attendees to celebrate their existence and prepare to bid.
Arc 18 of 30
Arc 18 of 30