Recaps

After the Gu Lineage rejected his request to take over the Profound Heaven Auction House in Yanshan Commandery City, Gu Fan left Guangyang City to establish his own auction house. He arrived in Yanshan Commandery City and headed for the Profound Heaven Auction House while the Gu Lineage elders watched his movements.

• Zhu Huai told Gu Fan that the royal capital had rejected his request, so Gu Fan ordered the capital to appoint another auction master for Guangyang City and set out for Yanshan Commandery City.
• The city lord, lineage heads, and other residents gathered to see Gu Fan off, lamenting that his departure ended their chance to benefit from his auctions.
• At the Gu Lineage, the first and second elders discussed Gu Fan's journey, suspected someone in Yanshan Commandery City was backing him, and ordered their people there to teach him a lesson.
• The first elder told Gu Changge that pushing Gu Fan out of the royal capital would help secure Gu Changge's claim to become young lineage head at the tournament in fifteen days.
• Gu Fan arrived at Yanshan Commandery City and told Uncle Fu to take him to the Profound Heaven Auction House.

Gu Fan arrived at the Profound Heaven Auction House in Yanshan Commandery City to meet its master, but Yang Zong instead rebuked him for leaving Guangyang City. Gu Fan ordered Uncle Fu to slap Yang Zong repeatedly, then Uncle Fu revealed his powerful presence and warned everyone that Gu Fan was the young master of the Gu Lineage.

• Gu Fan and Uncle Fu reached the Profound Heaven Auction House, where Gu Fan asked to see its master and gave his surname as Gu.
• After half an hour of waiting, Yang Zong arrived and harshly scolded Gu Fan for coming to the commandery city despite the elders' orders.
• Gu Fan commanded Uncle Fu to slap Yang Zong, who was struck three times and knocked to the floor.
• Uncle Fu released a powerful presence, declared Gu Fan the young master of the Gu Lineage, and threatened to beat Yang Zong to death if he spoke again.

Gu Fan assessed the auction market in Yanshan Commandery City and sought a way to establish his own auction house despite lacking enough spirit stones to rent a site. He found an owner willing to sell an existing auction house for 170,000 spirit stones, and the two agreed to make the deal.

• Yang Zong watched Gu Fan and Uncle Fu leave, then sent someone to follow them and see whether they left the commandery city.
• Gu Fan decided to study Yanshan Commandery City's auction houses and learned that his planned daily auctions and frequent high-grade treasures could give him an advantage.
• After discovering that renting a suitable site cost more than his 230,000 spirit stones, Gu Fan overheard a negotiation to sell a struggling auction house.
• Gu Fan offered the owner 170,000 spirit stones, and Gong Liu declined to compete and left.
• The owner accepted Gu Fan's offer and proposed completing the deal immediately.

Gu Fan bought the Heavenly Tiger Auction House in Yanshan Commandery City and renamed it the Profound Heaven Auction House, provoking Yang Zong and the Gu Lineage elders. The elders ordered Yang Zong to wait quietly and focus on the lineage tournament, while Yang Zong expected Gu Fan's new business to fail.

• Gu Fan renamed the auction house on Linnan Street the Profound Heaven Auction House and found its staff and operations ready to resume.
• A guard who witnessed the renaming reported Gu Fan's actions to Yang Zong, who feared the elders would blame him for failing to send Gu Fan back to Guangyang City.
• The Gu Lineage elders debated how to respond to Gu Fan's use of the Profound Heaven name and decided to prioritize the lineage tournament in half a month.
• The elders ordered Yang Zong to wait quietly, and he resolved to watch Gu Fan's auction house fail.

Gu Fan took over the Profound Heaven Auction House and learned about its operations, then decided to hold an auction that night with only four lots. His flyers promised second-tier treasures, but readers mistook his remote Linnan Street venue for the famous Profound Heaven Auction House on Vermilion Bird Street.

• Gu Fan questioned Feng Xu about the auction house's past and learned it held auctions every fortnight, usually selling first-tier treasures.
• Feng Xu showed Gu Fan the four middle-grade first-tier auction lots gathered for the next scheduled auction.
• Gu Fan ordered Feng Xu to prepare an auction for that night despite Feng Xu's objections.
• Gu Fan distributed flyers across Yanshan Commandery City announcing that the Profound Heaven Auction House would auction second-tier treasures.
• Passersby assumed the flyers referred to the famous auction house on Vermilion Bird Street, overlooking the Linnan Street address.

Gu Fan’s auction house drew a packed crowd after guests were redirected from Vermilion Bird Street, though Feng Xu worried they had no tier-two treasures to offer. The first item sold was a tier-one mid-grade martial technique, and the system rewarded Gu Fan with a tier-three supreme-grade technique.

• Yang Zong sent guards to tell the crowd on Vermilion Bird Street that the auction was being held on Linnan Street.
• Guests who had come seeking tier-two treasures flooded into Gu Fan’s auction house, filling the seats and standing in the aisles.
• Feng Xu celebrated the crowd but worried that the auction house had only four tier-one mid-grade items instead of the promised tier-two treasures.
• Bu Yi opened the auction with the Great Buddha Palm, a tier-one mid-grade martial technique.
• A guest bought the Great Buddha Palm for four thousand low-grade spirit stones, triggering a thousandfold return that gave Gu Fan the tier-three supreme-grade Vajra Demon-Subduing Palm.

Gu Fan received a thousandfold critical return for auctioning a tier-one mid-grade martial technique, gaining the tier-three supreme-grade Vajra Demon-Subduing Palm. When Yan Zai questioned whether the auction had a tier-two treasure, Gu Fan assured the crowd that the final lot would satisfy them, leaving the auction to continue with the Minor Rejuvenation Pill.

• Gu Fan received the Vajra Demon-Subduing Palm after his first auction in Yanshan Commandery City triggered a thousandfold critical return.
• Bu Yi auctioned the tier-one mid-grade Flying Feather Sword for seven thousand low-grade spirit stones as Feng Xu worried that the newcomers would discover there was no tier-two treasure.
• Yan Zai, identified as the seventh son of the Yan Lineage patriarch, asked Bu Yi whether the auction had a tier-two treasure.
• Gu Fan introduced himself as the auction house's owner and promised that the final lot would satisfy the guests, prompting Yan Zai to accept his assurance with a warning.
• Bu Yi resumed the auction and introduced the tier-one mid-grade Minor Rejuvenation Pill.

Gu Fan left the auction to meet Feng Shan, who warned him that the Shattered Star Sect was investigating the Spirit Heart Lotus. After returning, Gu Fan found the guests still waiting for the promised second-tier treasure, while his auction returns had produced several powerful rewards.

• A Minor Rejuvenation Pill sold for six thousand low-grade spirit stones, and Bu Yi began presenting the fourth item.
• Gu Fan left the auction after Uncle Fu told him that someone from Guangyang City had arrived to see him.
• Yan Zai challenged Gu Fan as he departed, but his guard was driven backward by Uncle Fu’s presence and collapsed with internal injuries.
• Feng Shan told Gu Fan that the Shattered Star Sect had questioned Manager Zhu about the Spirit Heart Lotus and Gu Fan’s whereabouts.
• Gu Fan sent Feng Shan to rest and returned to the auction, where the fourth item had sold and guests still awaited a second-tier treasure.
• Gu Fan received auction returns including a third-tier low-grade Heaven and Earth Sword, a second-tier supreme-grade Major Rejuvenation Pill, and the second-tier supreme-grade Eighteen Hands of Subduing the Tiger.

Gu Fan unveiled the Eighteen Hands of Subduing the Tiger, a supreme second-tier martial technique, astonishing the guests at the Profound Heaven Auction House. He entrusted Bu Yi with auctioning it, leaving her to face the honor and pressure of presenting the coveted treasure.

• Gu Fan chose the Eighteen Hands of Subduing the Tiger as the treasure to auction and brought it onto the platform.
• Gu Fan opened an old wooden box, and the martial technique released a terrifying tiger roar that startled the guests.
• Gu Fan announced the Eighteen Hands of Subduing the Tiger as a supreme second-tier martial technique, sending the auction house into an uproar.
• Gu Fan handed the technique to Bu Yi and told her to conduct the auction.
• Bu Yi nervously gripped the wooden box as Gu Fan left the platform.

The Profound Heaven Auction House sold Eighteen Hands of Subduing the Tiger to Commander Wu for a record-breaking 1.4 million low-grade spirit stones, despite Yan Zai’s efforts to claim it. Gu Fan then announced daily auctions featuring Tier Two treasures, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Bu Yi opened bidding for the supreme-grade Tier Two martial technique, Eighteen Hands of Subduing the Tiger, at 500,000 low-grade spirit stones.
• Yan Zai asked the bidders to give the Yan Lineage face, but Commander Wu and others bid against him, driving the price higher.
• Yan Zai accused Commander Wu of opposing the Yan Lineage, while Commander Wu defended the bidding and the crowd backed him.
• Commander Wu won the martial technique for 1.4 million low-grade spirit stones, setting a new record for Yanshan Commandery City, and Yan Zai left to inform the Yan Lineage.
• Gu Fan announced that the Profound Heaven Auction House would hold auctions daily with a 1% commission and a final treasure of at least Tier Two, shocking the crowd.

News that the Profound Heaven Auction House on Linnan Street had auctioned the second-tier supreme-grade Eighteen Hands of Subduing the Tiger spread through Yanshan Commandery City, drawing the attention of its great powers and rival auction houses. In the royal capital, the Gu Lineage elders suspected someone was secretly aiding Gu Fan and ordered their people in Yanshan to watch him closely.

• The Yan Lineage head learned about the auction and sent three elders to seize the Eighteen Hands of Subduing the Tiger, while considering investigating the Linnan Street auction house himself.
• The other four great Lineages and the Commandery Prince's Estate received the news and planned to investigate, while some mercenary groups went to test the auction house's low commission and daily auctions.
• The auction house's success angered its rivals, and Yang Zong suspected Gu Fan had auctioned a Gu Lineage martial technique, so he sent word to the royal capital.
• The Gu Lineage elders learned that Gu Fan had auctioned the Eighteen Hands of Subduing the Tiger, but the Seventeenth Elder said it was not kept in their Ten Thousand Arts Tower.
• The First Elder ordered the Gu Lineage's people in Yanshan Commandery City to watch Gu Fan and uncover whoever they believed was secretly helping him.

After escorting Commander Wu to the Black Forest, Gu Fan devoured the Heart-Questioning Sword and Major Rejuvenation Pill, reached Spirit Sea Fifth Heaven Perfection, and mastered the basics of the Vajra Demon-Subduing Palm. Expecting a huge crowd for the next auction, he ordered the Profound Heaven Auction House expanded and bought nearby properties for 200,000 low-grade spirit stones.

• Uncle Fu whisked Commander Wu away from the auction house, leaving pursuing elders unable to keep up.
• Gu Fan entered secluded cultivation and devoured the Heart-Questioning Sword and Major Rejuvenation Pill while keeping the Vajra Demon-Subduing Palm to practice.
• By the next morning, Gu Fan had reached Spirit Sea Fifth Heaven Perfection and gained an initial grasp of the Vajra Demon-Subduing Palm.
• Gu Fan saw that the auction house was too small for the crowd expected that night and told Feng Xu to arrange an expansion.
• After the neighboring residents demanded high prices, Gu Fan spent 200,000 low-grade spirit stones to buy nearby properties, allowing the hall to be expanded to about three thousand seats.

The news of a supreme-grade second-tier martial technique brought the five great lineage patriarchs, the Commandery Prince’s estate, and many other powers to Gu Fan’s Profound Heaven Auction House. Yang Zong arrived as well, unsettled by the crowd and the rival house’s grandeur, but he doubted Gu Fan could offer another treasure of the same caliber.

• The five great lineage patriarchs prepared to attend the auction, while Yan Nantian said he wanted to see what the small auction house had to offer.
• News of the previous night’s supreme-grade second-tier martial technique auction drew thousands of people and young sect talents to Linnan Street.
• Yang Zong rode to the auction, worried that Gu Fan might have more treasures but confident that a second supreme-grade martial technique was unlikely.
• Yang Zong saw the five lineage patriarchs and a carriage from the Commandery Prince’s estate arrive, and suspected someone powerful was backing Gu Fan.
• Yang Zong entered Gu Fan’s vast, lavishly decorated auction house as guests admired it, but he dismissed its beauty as meaningless without top-class auction items.

The Profound Heaven Auction House filled beyond capacity as Gu Fan’s second auction began before Yanshan Commandery City’s leading powers and a massive crowd. Bidding for the first item, stalactite milk, grew fierce, with the price reaching fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones.

• Feng Xu struggled to manage the overflowing crowd, while a hunchbacked old man watched over the auction house from its roof.
• Gu Fan sat in the foremost seat as the five great Lineages and the Commandery Prince's Estate observed him and tried to gauge the auction house’s strength.
• Bu Yi opened the auction and announced that eleven items would be offered.
• Bu Yi presented exquisite-grade tier-one stalactite milk, a treasure that could help Body Tempering Realm cultivators break into the Spirit Sea Realm.
• The guests competed fiercely for the stalactite milk, and one bidder raised the offer to fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones.

At the auction, Gu Fan received a Hundred-Year Stalactite Milk after the first item sold, while the White Bone Flower drew a major bid from the Song Lineage’s patriarch. The third item, a low-grade Crimson Cloud Sheep, disappointed the crowd, and scattered bids began as the auction continued.

• Yan Nantian and other faction leaders regretted attending the auction, suspecting its treasures would not be worth their time.
• Bu Yi sold the Stalactite Milk for fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones, triggering Gu Fan’s hundredfold return of a drop of Hundred-Year Stalactite Milk.
• Bidders competed for the White Bone Flower until the Song Lineage’s patriarch won it for one hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Bu Yi introduced a high-grade first-tier Crimson Cloud Sheep, prompting complaints from guests who had expected increasingly valuable treasures.
• Bu Yi set the Crimson Cloud Sheep’s starting bid at five thousand low-grade spirit stones, and a few guests began bidding.

As guests grew disappointed and left the Profound Heaven Auction House, Gu Fan remained unconcerned, focused on receiving the system’s returns from each sale. After the tenth item, he stepped onto the stage as the auction’s grand finale was announced, drawing the remaining crowd’s attention.

• Bu Yi auctioned a Crimson Cloud Sheep and the Ghost Wheel Saber Technique as guests complained that the auction had no second-tier treasures.
• Yan Nantian and other prominent figures left the auction, and more guests followed as later items failed to meet their expectations.
• Gu Fan received system returns including a white bone questioning love flower, a Ghost Sheep, and the Four Directions Ghost Saber.
• The Song Lineage Head stayed in Heaven No. 5, hoping the auction would offer a second-tier top-grade treasure, while an elder waited in Heaven No. 2 for Yan Nantian.
• After the tenth item sold, Bu Yi announced the grand finale, and Gu Fan stepped onto the stage as the remaining guests watched him expectantly.

Gu Fan put the peak second-tier martial technique Four Directions Ghost Saber up for auction as the finale, sparking fierce bidding among the guests who remained. The Song Lineage Head and the Yan Lineage elder drove the price to three million low-grade spirit stones, while the Yan Lineage elder urgently tried to summon Yan Nantian back.

• Gu Fan chose the useless-to-him Four Directions Ghost Saber as the finale item and revealed it onstage.
• The treasure's ghostly manifestation astonished the hall, and Gu Fan announced its identity and a starting price of five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• The Song Lineage Head recognized the technique's value and opened the bidding at one million low-grade spirit stones.
• Guests and private-room bidders raised the price as the Song Lineage Head tried to secure the technique while the other lineage heads were absent.
• The Song Lineage Head bid three million low-grade spirit stones, and the Yan Lineage elder pleaded with Yan Nantian to return before he ran out of funds.

The Song Lineage head won the Four Directions Ghost Saber after Bu Yi rejected Yan Wu’s unauthorized bid, and Gu Fan announced the auction house would hold another auction the next day. In his cultivation chamber, Gu Fan chose to keep the Ghost Sheep as a mount and began devouring the remaining treasures.

• Bu Yi ruled that Yan Wu could not bid three million spirit stones without authorization, and Gu Fan challenged Yan Wu’s threats.
• The Song Lineage head silenced Yan Wu, and Bu Yi continued the auction until the Song Lineage head won the Four Directions Ghost Saber for three million low-grade spirit stones.
• Gu Fan announced the auction house’s 1% commission, daily auctions, and more second-tier treasures the next day, prompting cheers from the crowd.
• Gu Fan returned to the secluded cultivation chamber with nine treasures from the auction’s returns and decided to use the Ghost Sheep as his mount.
• Gu Fan summoned eight treasures and began devouring them in the secluded cultivation chamber.

After the Song Lineage won the Four Directions Ghost Saber, Yanshan Commandery City’s factions regretted leaving the auction early. Yan Nantian planned to have the Venomous Snake Den attack the Profound Heaven Auction House, while the Shattered Star Sect headed to Yanshan to find Gu Fan, who had just reached Spirit Sea Eighth Heaven.

• Sect disciples and the major factions learned that the Profound Heaven Auction House had auctioned a second-tier supreme-grade martial technique and regretted leaving before the final lot.
• Yan Nantian learned that the Song Lineage had won the Four Directions Ghost Saber and blamed the fifth elder for failing to alert him in time.
• The fifth elder told Yan Nantian that the auction house owner had supplied the supreme-grade techniques himself and planned to auction more treasures the next day.
• Yan Nantian refused to rob the Profound Heaven Auction House directly and ordered the fifth elder to contact the Venomous Snake Den and send two elders with them.
• The Shattered Star Sect killed the last remaining mercenary of the Mad Wolf Mercenary Group and set out for Yanshan Commandery City to find Gu Fan.
• Gu Fan emerged from cultivation and announced that he had reached Spirit Sea Eighth Heaven.

After advancing to Spirit Sea Eighth Heaven, Gu Fan demonstrated the Profound Heaven Auction House’s strength to mercenary leader Hou Tu and secured a valuable treasure for auction. By nightfall, the auction house had assembled ten items, and its reputation in Yanshan Commandery City had risen above the three great auction houses.

• Gu Fan broke through to early Spirit Sea Eighth Heaven and practiced the Bright Moon Sword Record and Vajra Demon-Subduing Palm.
• Hou Tu visited the Profound Heaven Auction House to confirm rumors that it held daily auctions and offered supreme-grade treasures.
• Hou Tu presented a mid-grade second-tier Soul-Chasing Bow and its matching Soul-Chasing Archery technique, but hesitated to entrust them to the auction house.
• Gu Fan revealed the Spirit Sea Great Perfection Ghost Sheep, convincing Hou Tu to entrust the bow and technique to the auction house.
• The Profound Heaven Auction House prepared ten items for its auction: the Soul-Chasing set, three low-grade second-tier treasures, and six supreme-grade first-tier treasures.

The Profound Heaven Auction House drew nearly all of Yanshan Commandery City to its third auction, where Bu Yi opened with a second-tier mid-grade Soul-Chasing Bow and its matching archery manual. Bidding quickly surged past one million low-grade spirit stones.

• Crowds poured into Linnan Street for the auction, prompting the Commandery Prince's residence to send city guards to control order.
• The Song Lineage head, Yan Nantian, other major faction leaders, and elders from the three great sects arrived at the auction house.
• Bu Yi began the auction before 3,200 prominent attendees and introduced eleven lots.
• Bu Yi presented the second-tier mid-grade Soul-Chasing Bow alongside the second-tier low-grade Soul-Chasing Archery manual as the opening lot.
• Bidders raised the Soul-Chasing Bow's price from 400,000 to more than 1.2 million low-grade spirit stones.

Gu Fan gained a third-tier supreme-grade bow and archery technique from the Soul-Chasing Bow auction, while the auction continued with a Spirit-Replenishing Pill and a Flame Bird. Yan Nantian prepared the Yan Lineage to act alongside the Venomous Snake Den, and Gu Fan noticed that the Heavenly Crane Merchant Alliance might belong to a royal faction.

• A guest in Heaven No. 8 private room won the Soul-Chasing Bow for one million five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, triggering Gu Fan to obtain the Sun-Chasing Profound Bow and Sun-Chasing Archery.
• Bu Yi auctioned a Spirit-Replenishing Pill, which sold for one hundred and eighty thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Yan Nantian rebuked juniors who disparaged the auction and quietly told the elders to wait for the Venomous Snake Den to act before making their move.
• The Heavenly Crane Merchant Alliance outbid Yan Laoba for the Flame Bird, winning it for three hundred and ten thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Gu Fan recognized the Heavenly Crane Merchant Alliance and wondered if it belonged to a royal faction.

As the auction progressed through increasingly low-grade items, the major powers grew doubtful that the Profound Heaven Auction House had any more tier-two supreme-grade treasures. After the tenth item sold, everyone waited to see what Gu Fan would present as the finale.

• Gu Fan received a Lantian Jade Refining Pill and a Golden Feather Eagle as auction returns, making the eagle the strongest expert in Yanshan Commandery City.
• Bu Yi auctioned the fourth through ninth items, all tier-one supreme-grade treasures, while the crowd questioned the declining quality.
• The tenth item, Mystic Yin Spring Water, sold for seventy-three thousand low-grade spirit stones, and the major powers wondered whether the promised tier-two treasures were finished.
• Gu Fan received a tier-two supreme-grade Mystic Yin Spirit Water as the return for the Mystic Yin Spring Water.
• The crowd turned its attention to Gu Fan, awaiting the eleventh and final auction item.

Gu Fan put Mystic Yin Spirit Water, a supreme-grade treasure that could help Spirit Sea Realm cultivators reach the Divine Treasury Realm, up for auction. The crowd and major powers prepared to fight over it, while the Commandery Prince of Yanshan declared that he wanted the treasure.

• Gu Fan decided to auction the Mystic Yin Spirit Water as the eleventh item and announced it on stage.
• The treasure's fragrance spread through the auction house and Linnan Avenue, and Gu Fan revealed its identity.
• The bidders and people outside grew frantic, and Feng Xu calmed the crowd by allowing everyone to participate in the auction.
• The Song Lineage head resolved to stake everything on winning the treasure, while the Yan Lineage head expected the Venomous Snake Den to disrupt the bidding.
• The Commandery Prince of Yanshan declared that he wanted the Mystic Yin Spirit Water, and his steward agreed to carry out his order.

Bu Yi auctioned Mystic Yin Spirit Water as the Commandery Prince’s residence and the great lineages fought to secure it. The bidding reached ten million when a group of ruthless-looking strangers made a shocking offer.

• Bu Yi announced the opening bid for Mystic Yin Spirit Water at five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.
• Steward Rong bid on behalf of the Commandery Prince’s residence, prompting the three great sects and the five great lineages to join the contest.
• The Commandery Prince’s residence raised its bid to five million as the lineage heads continued competing, while the Yan Lineage head remained silent.
• A group of more than a dozen scarred, fierce-looking people rose from a corner after someone bid ten million.