"Fine. But don't make any ridiculous sky-high bids. Make sure you bid just a little higher than the previous bidder," Severin agreed in the end."Five million and sixty thousand!" a woman stood up in the hall below and raised the bid by en thousand high-grade spiritual stones.It was Megan's first time participating in an auction, so she was understandably a little excited. She was very much looking forward to stealing the show, especially in a place where the bidding price would attract the attention of many people.She smiled and then shouted, "Five million and seventy thousand dollars!"Sure enough, many people looked at her as soon as she placed her bid."The bid came from VIP Room One! They're finally making a move.""They did not seem that interested even though the first two items were very valuable. I suppose this third-grade low-rank spiritual herb has attracted their attention.""Tsk, tsk. Those women up there are super-hot. Do they all belong to that man? Well, maybe
Megan frowned, looked at Severin, and said, "He's raised the bid by a lot, Brother-in-Law. Shall we increase the price?"Megan did not know the exact value of the spiritual herb, and she was afraid that she might be on the losing end if she made indiscriminate bids.Severin smiled and said, "Relax. When it comes to spiritual herbs, we can increase the price until our opponent caves in and stops the bidding war. This third-grade low-rank spiritual herb is not very useful for him because he can't turn it into a pill. He can only offer a price that is commensurate with the price of the herb. It's different for me because I can refine the herb with more than a ninety-percent success rate. I'm sure you understand how much the value of that herb would rise after I make a pill out of it. Don't worry. We have nothing to be afraid of!""Okay then! I'll keep going." Megan's eyes lit up instantly and she was buzzing with excitement.She yelled at Jeremy, "You think you're rich, don't you, fat
Caroline, the auctioneer, had a puzzled look on her face. She did not expect that a mere spiritual herb had received bids in excess of nine million high-grade spiritual stones!"What can you say? They're rich, hehe. Let's see who ends up winning this auction." The people in the hall below were lost for words and could only wait to watch the show."Nine million and one hundred thousand dollars!" Megan smiled and called out.Much to her surprise, Severin came to her as soon as she finished making that bid and whispered, "Let him have it if he raises the bid to ten million spiritual stones."Megan was a little taken aback when she heard that. She frowned and asked, "Why? We have the upper hand here. Won't we lose out if we let him win?"Severin smiled and explained, "That spiritual herb is at most only worth eight to nine million high-grade spiritual stones. We'd only be on the losing end if we fork out more than that."Megan was still a little confused. "But, didn't you say that yo
After Caroline struck the gavel, the spiritual herb was given to Jeremy."Did you see that? These people from VIP Room One can't even match my bid!" Although Jeremy was unhappy that he made a loss, he could only suck it up and put on an indifferent facade. With his hands behind his back, he made a point to mock Severin's group."Disgusting!" Despite knowing that Jeremy was saying that out of pure spite, Megan was still a little upset at his remark. She went to pour herself another glass of red wine and continued to drink.Diane looked at them and said to Megan, "Let Severin make the bids after this. You're not very familiar with the value of these items anyway"Okay. I'll let him do it." Megan wanted to goad that fatso again, but she decided not to continue anymore after she lost her pride from her earlier attempt."Let's continue with the fourth item!" Caroline smiled and took out another spiritual herb. "This is a third-grade medium-rank spiritual herb known as… The starting bid
Jeremy was frowning too. "What with the people from VIP Room One? They just engaged in a bidding war with me for that third-grade low-rank spiritual herb, but now they're keeping quiet over this third-grade medium-rank spiritual herb? Is it possible that they were never here for the spiritual herb in the first place?""Nine million dollars!"The price had soared to nine million dollars after an intense bidding war among the people downstairs. The price was not expensive for most people, and one could say that it was far lower than the supposed market price.Finally, Severin stood up with a smile and said, "Ten million dollars!" It was a jaw-dropping bid that was one million spiritual stones more than the previous bidder. Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard that huge increase in bidding."The person in VIP Room One has finally spoken, and he raised the bid to ten million! Shall we raise any further, sir?" One of the people who had participated in the bidding earlier immediately
Severin smirked as if he did not take Jeremy's words seriously. He smiled and raised the bid by three million. "Then I'll bid fifteen million dollars! The ball is in your court now! Don't let me down.""This is no time to be impulsive, sir. He's obviously setting you up! It will no longer be worth the price if you raise the bid beyond fifteen million dollars," the bodyguard had to remind Jeremy again.Although Jeremy was very upset, he could only grit his teeth in anger. He eventually smiled at Severin and said, "Hehe, did you think you could set me up? You just want me to keep raising the price so you can cop out at the last minute. I'm not an idiot. I won't enter a bidding war with you. You can take that herb for fifteen million dollars. I don't need that many spiritual herbs. I am from a first-class family anyway.""You're right! We can't let him fool us again!" the bodyguards echoed Jeremy's sentiment and buttered him up."That's fifteen million from Mister Severin! Does anyone
The woman in the purple dress noticed the same pattern too. She frowned as soon as she saw the old man frown, and she immediately said to him, "Are you saying that he might want to outbid us for the furnace that we came here for?"The old man nodded. "If he is an alchemist as we suspected, then yes, I believe he'll be interested in that furnace too."After thinking for a while, the girl smiled and said, "Sigh, we don't need to be afraid of him right, Mister Musa? He might be interested in that furnace, but he probably won't have as many spiritual stones as we do. I mean, he already spent about a hundred million spiritual stones, so he probably won't have the funds to outbid us later. Ordinary alchemists won't be able to use that furnace either. The minimum proficiency to utilize it to its fullest is at least second-grade high-rank. Otherwise, it'll be a waste of its potential."Musa could only smile bitterly. "Haven't you noticed? He only bids for spiritual herbs that are at least t
The spiritual herb was soon delivered to Severin."That's amazing, Brother-in-Law! We got this on the cheap, didn't we?" Megan asked with a smile.Severin answered, "We did. There are a lot of valuable items here, and it's almost like we're building up our own stock from the auction.""The next item to be put up for auction is very valuable, though some people might not find it valuable at all," Caroline began.Caroline's introduction left Sheila scratching her head. "How can something be valuable to some and have no value to others? It's really weird.""This here is an cauldron. It's a third-grade spiritual tool that can increase the success rate of one's pill refinement by fifteen percent. More importantly, it is a triple-chamber cauldron. This means that there are three inner furnaces of which one batch of the same material can be placed in each respective chamber. This comes to a total of three batches, thus allowing the alchemist to refine three pills simultaneously. Though i
At that instant, Infernatur and Damnatur felt a sudden chill, as if an impending doom loomed on the horizon.Severin then said softly to them, "I'm gonna need you as a helping hand!"Infernatur and Damnatur recoiled as a horrifying realization dawned upon them."Have you taken that leap?" Infernatur's voice trembled with uncertainty.Severin remained silent and simply waved his hand gently. The 129,600 cosmic laws surged with boundless power, reducing the huge figures of Infernatur and Damnatur to dust.Within moments, two essences of pure primordial power flowed into Severin's inner world, while the desolate chaos sea crumbled and was consumed by his voracious appetite.Severin's form eventually began to fade until it became a flicker of light that vanished completely. His consciousness had been devoured entirely.Everything before him was empty and devoid of substance.An indefinite amount of time passed before Severin's voice echoed through the emptiness, "Chaos springs from
With a deft stroke of the bronze halberd, the path hovering above Severin shattered."This is a peculiar weapon," Severin recoiled in alarm, raising the Oculus Blade to defend himself "It has the ability to dismantle the great path!"Simultaneously, he utilized his space-time path to shield against potential assaults, especially any sneak attacks.Explosions reverberated, unleashing torrents of elemental energy and spatial turbulence throughout the chaotic sea. Time passed indeterminately amidst the chaos.For centuries, the trio engaged in combat, their auras undiminished by time's passage.Meanwhile, the four Dominus Nosters in the Celestial Realm waged war against the extraterrestrial intruders, reclaiming territories with unparalleled ferocity.Under the leadership of figures like Callide, the extraterrestrials were simply no match for them.The Southern, Western, and Devil Regions were reclaimed quickly, yet everyone from the Celestial Realm remained vigilant, for war conti
Outside the Heaven Palace, the few who had been appointed Dominus Noster along with a cohort of quasi-royal celestials were faced with the grim reality at hand.Clad in resplendent hues, Callide—who was their leader and carried the title Dominus Noster Arcanum—donned celestial attire woven from stars and the galaxy. With a regal bearing, she commanded from atop a cloud, "Follow me, my brethren! We shall vanquish the extraterrestrials in the Devil Realm!""At your command, Dominus Noster Arcanum!""Yes, Dominus Noster Arcanum!"With their resounding battle cries, streams of light surged across the Nine Heavens Ten Lands, converging upon the territories occupied by the extraterrestrials—they were the Devil Region, Southern Region, and the Western Region.Amidst the vibrant rainbow, a towering figure emerged, blotting out the sky and earth. Everyone recognized that figure as Severin, and knew that the battle against the quasi-celestial regents would soon begin.Adrian, who was alrea
Armin then spoke with a calm authority, "You cannot remain in this time and space, for you are from the future. It is time you return."As he uttered these words, Severin sensed an invisible force pushing against him and urging him to depart.Standing upon the river of time, he overlooked the tumult of the quasi-celestial regent conflict looming below. He mumbled Armin's counsel, "By receiving nourishment, shattering constraints, tearing open chaos, and reaching the other side…" As Severin pondered over those revelations for an indefinite amount of time, clarity dawned upon him like the sudden rising sun. "So that's the way!"By the time he snapped to his senses, he discovered that his primal spirit had traversed countless epochs in the river of time. "Did I spend that long in the river of time?" he asked himself. Fortunately, the duration he spent in the river of time was but a fleeting moment in the real world.Severin's resolve solidified. Though his brief discourse with Armin,
Severin could sense the mental connection between himself and the weapon, almost as if it was an extension of himself. Severin then raised his gaze to the celestial expanse beyond."I'm almost on Armin's level now that I've made a breakthrough to the rank of quasi-celestial sovereign. However, facing the extraterrestrials' quasi-celestial regents isn't going to be easy meat for me," he mused aloud.Armin was once the sovereign architect of the Imperial Court and the ruler of the Celestial Realm, yet even he found himself at the mercy of the attack of Heaven's Will. Even a mighty quasi-celestial sovereign was reduced to naught but dust.Severin felt the weight of the responsibility settle upon him. Confronting the two quasi-celestial regents would require him to transcend to the realm of celestial sovereign—a realm of which he had scant knowledge of.He understood the concept of the celestial sovereign only in the context of attaining liberation through enlightenment via the 3,000 p
In the vast expanse of the chaotic sea, occasional gusts of strong wind whipped up the formidable chaotic energy. A single whirlpool could claim the life of even a true immortal.Amidst that tumult, two colossal figures lay prone within the abyss. They emanated an aura of unparalleled power, commanding even the paths to heed their authority. The turbid breath exhaled in their slumber had the capacity to tear the fabric of the chaotic void, unveiling dreamlike cosmic chiliocosms.They were the progenitors of the extraterrestrial race, the alpha and omega of the enigmatic beings. Their names were Infernatur and Damnatur. To the uninitiated, and sometimes even to their own kind, it was widely believed that Infernatur and Damnatur were distinct entities. However, they were but facets of the same being.Infernatur could be deemed the primordial offspring of chaos itself, having borne witness to the most primitive and barbaric epochs of the Bleu Celestial Realm. Being born of chaos, he po
Heaven Palace could now boast four royal celestials, along with nearly 20 quasi-royal celestials and 5,000 true immortals. Those esteemed individuals once served the Longevity Alliance, Clear Wind Sect, Tri Celestial Island, and Ingeni Paradise. While their numbers paled in comparison to the 120,000 true immortals during the ancient Imperial Court's heyday, Severin was confident that he could revive that with time. After all, the new Imperial Court had only just been re-established, and there was still more work to do.Severin then addressed the assembly, "As you continue raising your attainment, you shall have to anticipate the looming threat of conflict with the extraterrestrials. Now that you have are bestowed with titles as the custodians of heaven and earth, it is our solemn duty to reciprocate the blessings bestowed upon us.""Yes, we shall!" echoed the resolute affirmation from the gathered immortals.Having concluded his address, Severin went to speak briefly with Diane and
In the Heaven Palace, Callide sensed that the aura emanating from Severin was simultaneously as vast the sky and ocean but as indiscernible as that of a mortal. Tremors of terror gripped her, as she knew that he had far surpassed the realm of a cultivator who had attained the perfect-stage royal celestial. It was no exaggeration to say that Severin could obliterate a royal celestial with a mere thought.Balke, Libra, and Creatia shared Callide's apprehension. To them, Severin embodied the very essence of the path—intangible, silent, abstruse, incomprehensible, and undetectable.As the imperial robe adorned Severin, Balke and the others bowed in reverence. "Long live the Celestial Sovereign!" they chanted in unison.A subtle wave of fortune floated toward the heavenly heart imprint as Severin acknowledged their worship with a satisfied smile. He raised his hand and lifted them effortlessly with an unseen force.With a thunderous voice that resonated in their ears, Severin proclaimed
The true immortals, quasi-royal celestials, and even the eminent royal celestials held their breath. Everyone observed in silence as Severin wielded the heavenly heart imprint.With each strand of luck infused into the heavenly heart imprint, Severin sensed his dominion over the Bleu Celestial Realm becoming stronger. He had the feeling that he could reshape the world with only a single thought.Once the destinies of tens of thousands of races were bound with the heavenly heart imprint, the golden tourmaline quivered violently and radiated an aura that could be felt across the Nine Heavens Ten Lands. Acknowledging the momentous occasion, Severin tapped his forehead and directed a fragment of his soul to command the heavenly heart imprint. The 3,000 great paths within him erupted from his being and materialized."Today shall be the day that I, Severin, rebuild the Imperial Court in the Nine Heavens! As wielder of the great path, the world shall be inscribed in me, and I shall embody