Chapter Summaries

Ning Liu refused to give Ning Rongrong the Moonlight Spirit Rabbit Soft Armor and told her she could bid for it at the auction in three days. After the system drew a compulsory auction item, Ning Liu discovered it was Ning Rongrong's private ledger, which contained an embarrassing entry about Oscar.

• Ning Liu told Ning Rongrong that he had to auction the soft armor to meet his assessment, which required one million Gold Soul Coins in monthly turnover.
• Ning Rongrong stormed out, vowing to return in three days and buy the soft armor.
• Ning Liu prepared for the next auction, and the system drew a compulsory item called Ning Rongrong's Dark Ledger, with a starting price of one Gold Soul Coin.
• Ning Liu summoned the sky-blue ledger and read its contents, including Ning Rongrong's account of her exchange with Oscar about his big sausage and her thick slices of bread.
• Ning Liu realized the ledger could expose Ning Rongrong's embarrassing private remarks if it were sold at auction.

Ning Liu reread Ning Rongrong’s dark ledger and stored it away before turning to cultivation. At Shrek Academy, Oscar announced his breakthrough to rank thirty, while Tang San prepared to attend the auction and promised Xiao Wu he could raise enough money to buy the Soft Armor.

• Ning Liu reread Ning Rongrong’s ledger, imagined using it to make her pay, and put it away with the Moonlight Spirit Rabbit Soft Armor before meditating.
• Flender angrily learned that Ning Rongrong had gone home and demanded her expulsion, then asked where Oscar was.
• Oscar arrived and announced that he had reached rank thirty, delighting Flender and surprising the other students.
• Flender sent Oscar, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing with Teacher Zhao to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Oscar’s soul ring, while Tang San asked leave to prepare for the auction.
• Xiao Wu worried that Tang San could not earn the hundred thousand gold soul coins needed for the Soft Armor, but Tang San promised he would have enough money, even if the price reached two hundred thousand.

News of the auction’s hundred-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin soft armor drew powerful factions and wealthy bidders to Suotuo City. As the auction began, Li An enforced a ten-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin entry requirement with the newly recruited Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Guard standing behind him.

• Jiang Shaocheng reported the soft armor auction to the Balak main hall, while Liu Shaobing ordered stronger patrols and Wu Chen raised funds for the auction.
• Zhang Chen ordered his soldiers to stay alert as Suotuo City’s factions rushed to gather money for the event.
• Ning Rongrong left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for Suotuo City with a Black Crystal Card and planned to buy back the Moonlight Spirit Rabbit Soft Armor.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed Ning Rongrong and Ning Liu with Chen Xin and Gu Rong, then decided they would secretly travel to Suotuo City.
• Two days later, Li An welcomed Soul Saint dignitaries to the auction house and announced that entrants needed assets exceeding ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• When disgruntled visitors protested, Li An’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Guard revealed its Soul King leader and Soul Ancestor members, silencing the crowd.

Ning Liu revealed that the auction’s final lot would be Ning Rongrong’s Dark Ledger, while Li An struggled to accept its one-Gold-Soul-Coin starting bid. At the auction, Doudou opened the event by presenting a three-thousand-year Bewitching Fox Head Soul Bone, and the bidding began.

• Li An reported the unprecedented turnout to Ning Liu and asked what the final auction item would be.
• Ning Liu showed Li An Ning Rongrong’s Dark Ledger and ordered him to auction it as the centerpiece lot with a starting bid of one Gold Soul Coin.
• Li An opened the auction and introduced Doudou as its chief auctioneer; Liu Shaobing and Wu Chen joked about her move from the Great Soul Arena.
• Doudou introduced a three-thousand-year Bewitching Fox Head Soul Bone with a spiritual attack skill and announced its ten-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin starting bid.

A three-thousand-year Bewitching Fox Head Soul Bone sparked a bidding war at the auction, with Ning Rongrong ultimately winning it for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins. In the Field Master's Office, Ning Liu received confirmation that the auction had succeeded and the random return multiplier was being generated.

• Doudou opened bidding on the Bewitching Fox Head Soul Bone, and Jiang Shaocheng raised the price to forty thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Purple-Robed Bishop.
• Ning Rongrong bid fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, while Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong watched from a hidden room and worried about her purchase.
• The Purple-Robed Bishop raised the bid to sixty thousand Gold Soul Coins, hoping to obtain the soul bone for Hu Liena.
• Ning Rongrong bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the Purple-Robed Bishop declined to raise his offer.
• Doudou sold the soul bone to Ning Rongrong for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Ning Liu received a system notice that the random return multiplier was being generated.

Ning Liu received a hundred-thousand-year Bewitching Fox Head Bone as the auction system’s return and absorbed it, greatly strengthening his Spiritual Power and advancing him to rank fifty. The auction then introduced Jade Spring, whose life-restoring and healing properties drew interest from the audience.

• Ning Liu received a hundred-thousand-year Bewitching Fox Head Bone from the system after the first auction item.
• Ning Liu examined the Soul Bone’s two skills, which offered mental-control resistance and a powerful area mental attack that replenished his Spiritual Power.
• Ning Liu absorbed the Bewitching Fox Head Bone, increasing his Spiritual Power tenfold and raising his Soul Power from rank forty-eight to rank fifty.
• Doudou introduced the second auction item, Jade Spring, explaining that it could repair hidden injuries, nourish the body, and extend life.
• Soul Masters in the audience stirred at the prospect of healing hidden injuries and living longer.

The Jade Spring auction drew fierce bidding from Ning Rongrong, Prince Kunt, and Ning Fengzhi before Prince Kunt won it for 210,000 Gold Soul Coins. Ning Liu then awaited the system’s random return multiplier for the sale.

• Bidders drove the Jade Spring’s price above 28,000 Gold Soul Coins, and Ning Rongrong raised it to 50,000 for Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
• The Purple-Robed Bishop bid 60,000, but Ning Rongrong raised the price to 100,000 before Prince Kunt bid 150,000.
• Ning Rongrong stopped bidding, and Ning Fengzhi raised the price to 200,000 before agreeing to let Prince Kunt win in exchange for two bottles of Jade Spring.
• Prince Kunt won the Jade Spring for 210,000 Gold Soul Coins, and auction supervisor Li An celebrated the Grade D Auction House’s success.
• Ning Liu considered the Jade Spring’s limited effects, then received the system notification confirming the sale and beginning the random return multiplier calculation.

At the auction, Ning Liu received system returns for several lots, including valuable soul tools and spirit medicines, while the eighth lot was teased as connected to an earlier auction item. The chapter ended before the item was revealed, with Ning Liu eager to see it.

• Ning Liu received a bottle of Spring of Life after Ning Rongrong bought an earlier auction item, and he stored it away for later.
• The Crimson Flame Crystal Ore, a Suotuo City shop deed, and the Wind Sword Sect's assets were auctioned, giving Ning Liu Blazing Flame Rock Marrow and gold coin returns.
• Flender's Gale Boots sold for thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Ning Liu received Cloud Chasing Boots that increased speed and allowed brief gliding.
• A ten-thousand-year Mystic Spirit Ganoderma sold for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, earning Ning Liu a Thirty Thousand Year Purple Ganoderma.
• After a dance performance, Doudou introduced the eighth lot as a rare treasure connected to a previous lot, leaving Ning Liu curious about its identity.

At the auction, Doudou revealed the eighth lot, a compact weapon called the Hidden Arrow, and announced that its winner could ask its mysterious owner to make one hundred more. The offer sparked intense interest from the military and the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect as bidding began at one hundred thousand gold soul coins.

• Tang San told Xiao Wu that the auction item was what he had been preparing, and said she would soon understand why she need not worry.
• Doudou introduced the Hidden Arrow, which fired three volleys of thirty-six steel needles and could threaten Soul Elders within fifteen meters.
• Commander Howard recognized the weapon’s potential for arming ordinary soldiers, while Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo considered its value to the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Doudou announced that the winning bidder could contact the owner, who promised to make one hundred Hidden Arrows using materials supplied by the buyer.
• Doudou set the Hidden Arrow’s starting bid at one hundred thousand gold soul coins, prompting eager interest among the factions present.

A mysterious VIP bidder purchased the Hidden Arrow for one million Gold Soul Coins, while Commander Howard abandoned the auction and ordered Zhang Chen to identify the bidder. Ning Liu then received a 1000x return after the sale.

• A VIP bidder raised the Hidden Arrow's price to one million Gold Soul Coins, shocking the auction house and Ning Rongrong.
• Prince Kunt decided not to compete, while Ning Rongrong regretted not bringing more money and did not realize her father had placed the winning bid.
• Commander Howard gave up on bidding and ordered Zhang Chen to find out who was in the room that made the offer.
• Doudou sold the Hidden Arrow to the mysterious VIP bidder for one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Liu received a 1000x return after the auction concluded.

Ning Liu received the complete Zhuge Crossbow blueprints and craftsmanship manual after the Hidden Arrow sale, while Ning Fengzhi and the two Douluo discussed recruiting the hidden-weapon maker for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The auction moved on to the Moonlight Spirit Rabbit Soft Armor, where Ning Rongrong and Tang San competed to buy it.

• Ning Liu learned that his reward was the complete Zhuge Crossbow production blueprints and detailed craftsmanship manual.
• Ning Fengzhi celebrated winning the Hidden Arrow, and Gu Rong and Chen Xin pledged to protect the sect and its prize.
• Gu Rong proposed a marriage alliance between Rongrong and the hidden-weapon maker, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to decide after meeting him.
• Doudou presented the Moonlight Spirit Rabbit Soft Armor, and bidders drove its price upward.
• Ning Rongrong bid two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to win the Soft Armor, but Tang San countered with two hundred and ten thousand.

Ning Rongrong lost the bidding for the Moonlight Spirit Rabbit Soft Armor after Tang San narrowly outbid her, and Ning Liu prepared to reveal the auction’s final item. The auction ended with Doudou unveiling a notebook called Ning Rongrong's Dark Ledger.

• Ning Rongrong bid nine hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Moonlight Spirit Rabbit Soft Armor and warned other bidders not to challenge her.
• Tang San bid nine hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins after seeing Xiao Wu’s interest, leaving Ning Rongrong unable to continue.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo Gu Rong decided not to help Ning Rongrong win the armor, and the auctioneer sold it to the VIP bidder.
• Ning Liu received another Moonlight Spirit Rabbit Soft Armor through the system’s one-times critical return and stored it in his Spirit Charm Star Luo Ring.
• Doudou presented the auction’s final item and revealed its name as Ning Rongrong's Dark Ledger.

Ning Liu put Ning Rongrong’s private ledger up for auction, leaving her desperate to buy it back as bidders seized the chance to provoke her. The bidding climbed to four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the auction was still underway.

• Doudou announced the auction of Ning Rongrong’s dark ledger, and Ning Rongrong recognized it and angrily demanded to know how the auction house had obtained it.
• Ning Liu instructed Doudou to continue, and Ning Rongrong bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins to keep the ledger out of other hands.
• Gu Rong, Sword Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi watched from a VIP booth, while Xiao Wu and Tang San observed from the crowd.
• Other guests raised the price to tease Ning Rongrong, and Tang San joined the bidding at three hundred and ten thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Rongrong threatened Tang San, but the bids continued to rise; as Doudou drew attention to the ledger’s secrets, Ning Rongrong slumped in her booth in despair.

Ning Rongrong confronted Ning Liu over the auctioned account book, but he persuaded her to bid Nine Hundred Thousand Gold Soul Coins and win it. After the auction ended, Ning Fengzhi and the elders speculated about Ning Rongrong’s connection to Ning Liu and planned to meet the seller of the Hidden Arrow.

• Ning Rongrong burst into Ning Liu’s office and demanded that he stop auctioning the account book, while he teased her and refused.
• Ning Liu comforted Ning Rongrong and promised her a surprise if she bought the account book, so she bid Nine Hundred Thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The other bidders backed down, and Doudou declared Ning Rongrong the winner and the auction over.
• Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo Gu Rong, and Sword Douluo Chen Xin wondered whether Ning Rongrong had helped Ning Liu meet his assessment goal or had fallen for him.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to speak with Ning Liu and said they should first meet the seller who had offered the Hidden Arrow.

Tang San negotiated a commercial partnership with Ning Fengzhi, declining to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while securing a confidential auction channel for his hidden weapons. As Tang San and Xiao Wu left together, Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong sensed something about Xiao Wu that shocked them.

• Ning Fengzhi praised Tang San's Hidden Arrow and invited him to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Tang San refused and proposed a commercial partnership instead.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to offer Tang San low commissions, confidentiality, and preferential access to auction items in return for priority rights to auction and purchase his future hidden weapons.
• Tang San selectively answered questions about the Hidden Arrow, provided a blueprint for its parts, and left the meeting without promising a firm production date.
• Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu outside the reception room and explained that the Spirit Armor was secured and business had delayed him.
• Ning Fengzhi passed Xiao Wu with a polite nod, while Chen Xin and Gu Rong paused and exchanged looks of disbelief after sensing her.

Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo sensed that Xiao Wu was a perfectly disguised Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and agreed to keep it secret. At the auction house, Ning Liu gave Ning Rongrong a Moonlight Spirit Rabbit Soft Armor and received major system rewards, including a random Titled Douluo-level guardian.

• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo sensed Xiao Wu's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast aura and decided not to expose her identity.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo what they had discussed, then headed to inspect Ning Liu's auction house in Suotuo City.
• Ning Liu gave Ning Rongrong a Moonlight Spirit Rabbit Soft Armor, and she happily assumed he had saved it for her.
• The system triggered the special event "One Glance Heartbeat" and awarded Ning Liu the Aromatic Silk Beauty and ten Martial Soul Origin Evolution Pills.
• Ning Liu earned two God-Bestowed Soul Rings for auction sales milestones and unlocked the titles "A Bit of Pocket Money" and "Quite Wealthy."
• The system awarded Ning Liu a random Titled Douluo-level guardian after his auction sales exceeded one million Gold Soul Coins.

Ning Liu learned that his auction titles could yield enormous returns, but realized he needed stronger protection, so he summoned the Level 96 Mystic Turtle Douluo. He revealed his Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda and powerful cultivation to Ning Rongrong, then learned that Ning Sect Master, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo had arrived.

• Ning Liu discovered that his auction titles could multiply a randomly drawn system item by up to a thousandfold, and worried that valuable auction items would attract dangerous guests.
• Ning Liu summoned Xu Jiushi, the Level 96 Mystic Turtle Douluo, whose Golden Xuanwu Martial Soul granted ultimate defense and exceptional recovery.
• Ning Liu showed Ning Rongrong his Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul and four Soul Rings, shocking her with his Level 50 Soul Power.
• Ning Liu absorbed the God-Bestowed Soul Ring, gained a fifth Soul Ring over forty thousand years old, and rose to Level 52.
• Li An informed Ning Liu that Ning Sect Master, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo had arrived and wanted to see him.

Ning Liu revealed his evolved Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda and rank fifty-two Soul King strength to Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo. Ning Fengzhi grew hostile, and the chapter ended with Ning Rongrong stepping in front of Ning Liu to stop her father.

• Ning Liu summoned Xu Jiushi, a Titled Douluo who pledged to protect him, before meeting Ning Fengzhi and the two elders.
• Ning Rongrong refused her father's demand to return to Shrek Academy and said she wanted to follow Ning Liu.
• Ning Fengzhi and the elders sensed Ning Liu's rank fifty-two Soul King power and were shocked when he revealed the Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda and five soul rings.
• Ning Fengzhi considered taking Ning Liu's fortune, while Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo prepared for battle and Xu Jiushi shielded Ning Liu.
• Ning Rongrong stepped between Ning Liu and her father and demanded to know what they were doing.

Ning Fengzhi withdrew from the brink of coveting Ning Liu’s Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda and offered him the position of sect heir, but Ning Liu declined to leave Suotuo City. He then began presenting three gifts to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, starting with advice on its vulnerabilities and revealing an item to the sect leaders.

• Ning Rongrong’s plea made Ning Fengzhi regain his composure, and he apologized to Ning Liu and promised the sect would not covet his Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Ning Liu the position of sect heir and invited him back to the sect, but Ning Liu politely refused because he needed to stay in Suotuo City.
• Ning Rongrong demanded another gift, and Ning Liu silenced her by threatening to tell Ning Fengzhi about her little black notebook.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin privately agreed that Ning Liu would make a suitable match for Ning Rongrong, while Ning Fengzhi considered the idea.
• Ning Liu warned Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin that the sect’s wealth made it a target, then dismissed the auction’s Hidden Arrow as insufficient and revealed an item from his Spirit Charm Star Luo Ring.

Ning Liu presented the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Zhuge Crossbow blueprints and a detailed manufacturing manual, then gave Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong the Spring of Life. After the liquid healed Gu Rong’s old injuries and loosened Chen Xin’s bottleneck, Ning Liu revealed that he had another item to show them.

• Ning Liu gave Ning Fengzhi complete Zhuge Crossbow blueprints and a manual explaining how to make and assemble the weapon.
• Ning Fengzhi praised the gift and decided to organize the sect’s craftsmen to manufacture crossbows for its Inner Sect Disciples and elders.
• Ning Liu gave Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong bottles of Spring of Life, which could restore life energy, heal injuries, and refine Soul Power.
• Chen Xin felt younger and noticed his level ninety-six bottleneck had loosened, while Gu Rong’s old injuries healed and his Soul Power improved.
• Ning Liu congratulated the two elders on their future breakthroughs and produced another item for them to inspect.