Chapter 1511 - Boundless Heavenly Tome

Liu Wuxie flicked his hand, and the five million astral crystals flowed back into his interspatial ring, leaving only 2,300,000 astral crystals suspended in the air.

Everyone from the Divine Alchemy Sect went limp, their eyes locked on Liu Wuxie as though they were staring at a devil.

"Three million astral crystals, but only one hundred years of mining rights on Cypressia Star," Venerable Grand Unity said.

"Deal," Hua Feiyu agreed without a trace of hesitation.

The remaining 2,300,00 astral crystals slipped back into Venerable Grand Unity's interspatial ring, and the wager finally came to a close.

In the end, Liu Wuxie succeeded in buying the qilin blood essence for one million astral crystals.

The Heavenly Dragon Sect's private room erupted into an uproar. Many elders had wanted to stop Hua Feiyu from joining the bet earlier, yet the moment he produced ten million astral crystals, all of them were left speechless.

"Sun Xiao, return this interspatial ring to Wuxie. The Heavenly Dragon Sect will only keep the mining rights to Cypressia Star," Hua Feiyu said, producing an interspatial ring and placing seventeen million astral crystals inside.

Ten million of that had come from Liu Wuxie, while the extra seven million represented the winnings from the wager.

“Alright,” Sun Xiao said, swallowing the urge to press further. He desperately wanted to question Liu Wuxie, to learn how he had deceived both sects simultaneously.

The three martial brothers left the private room and headed straight toward the Heavenly Dao Society's room.

"Junior Brother, this is what the master told me to give you," Sun Xiao said the moment he stepped in, handing the interspatial ring to Liu Wuxie.

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Liu Wuxie swept his divine sense through the ring's contents, then frowned. He drew out twelve million astral crystals, left five million inside, and told his senior brother to return the ring to their master.

The Heavenly Dragon Sect had bid on the Starfall Jade and gifted it to him, and they had spent tens of thousands more to buy the Giant Spirit Beast's teardrop. Liu Wuxie refused to let the Heavenly Dragon Sect swallow a loss like that.

With the twelve million added to the five million, he still held seventeen million astral crystals in total, an amount that surpassed every sect present.

"Okay," Sun Xiao said again. Liu Wuxie insisted too firmly for him to argue, so he could only take the interspatial ring back.

When Hua Feiyu saw the ring returned, he smiled and accepted it.

Over the past few months, the Heavenly Dragon Sect had poured enormous resources into Liu Wuxie, and at last, they saw the return. They now held an extra five million astral crystals and the rights to the Cypressia Star, a miracle Liu Wuxie had created for the Heavenly Dragon Sect. Combined with the few planets gained through the Myriad Race Ceremony, their overall strength had now surpassed the Grand Unity Sect.

"Sect Master, that was too risky. Is that what you and Liu Wuxie discussed earlier to plan it all?" Zhuge Ming and the other elders asked excitedly at the thought of the Grand Unity Sect suffering.

"The show isn't over yet. Let's continue to watch," Hua Feiyu replied with a mysterious smile.

Sometimes, even he couldn't help feeling impressed by Liu Wuxie's wisdom. Liu Wuxie felt more terrifying than ancient fossils like them, who had lived for tens of thousands of years, because he calculated every step with chilling precision.

"What if the Divine Alchemy Sect hadn't taken the bait? Would we still have bought the qilin blood essence?" the elders asked, curiosity overwhelming them to the point they had nearly forgotten the auction itself.

"According to our plan, we had prepared three rounds. But I was surprised when the Divine Alchemy Sect took the wager in the second round itself," Hua Feiyu replied, nodding.

Liu Wuxie had estimated that the Divine Alchemy Sect wouldn't fall for it easily, so Hua Feiyu had already prepared to bid on the qilin blood essence and take it off Liu Wuxie's hands. That move would've further reinforced the illusion that Liu Wuxie had no astral crystals left.

Then they would've continued competing with the Grand Unity Sect for the next item, buying it at a high price to show everyone that the Heavenly Dragon Sect had run out of astral crystals as well. That would've tempted the Divine Alchemy Sect to take the bait the third time.

The Divine Alchemy Sect's hunger for revenge had made them bite early, pushing the plan forward ahead of schedule.

When the elders heard the complete outline of Liu Wuxie's scheme, silence fell over them. Liu Wuxie had dissected human nature so thoroughly that everyone suddenly felt naked before him.

"The Divine Alchemy Sect is finished now, and they won't recover from this blow. Let the Heavenly Fire Villa and the other sects form an encirclement. In a few months at most, the Divine Alchemy Sect will fall apart," Hua Feiyu said, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.

A sect master had no room for benevolence toward enemies. The Heavenly Fire Villa and the Windfull Pavilion had always served as subsidiaries of the Heavenly Dragon Sect, and their strength didn't fall behind the Divine Alchemy Sect. Sending them to lead the squeeze would be the perfect choice.

An elder immediately crushed a Communication Talisman and contacted the Heavenly Fire Villa and the Windfull Pavilion.

Once the fiftieth item was sold, the auction paused for an hour. The break ran longer than usual because the earlier delay had dragged on, and everyone's emotions still reeled from the wager, making it unfit to continue immediately. They needed to cool off before the auction resumed.

The Heavenly Dao Society's private room remained peaceful, yet Achiel stared at Liu Wuxie as if he were a monster. Even Achiel had broken out in a cold sweat earlier, terrified on Liu Wuxie's behalf.

Mu Tianli and the others still felt as though they were dreaming, because they couldn't fathom where Liu Wuxie had gotten so many astral crystals.

Meanwhile, the Divine Alchemy Sect's private room held the exact opposite atmosphere.

Sheng Yuan swept every fruit from the table and smashed it across the floor and into the walls. The other elders trembled, and none of them dared to make a sound.

When Bai Ran finally regained consciousness, he wished he could have stayed unconscious forever. The instant his eyes snapped open, his head still spun, and he desperately wanted to believe the earlier scene had been nothing but a dream.

"Sect Master, what should we do now? Without any flow of astral crystals, it will be tough on us." Now that they had calmed down, their first concern wasn't the auction at all—it was their future. The Grand Unity Sect could barely care for itself, and it no longer had the capacity to help them.

Worse, the disaster had started with the Divine Alchemy Sect, and they had dragged the Grand Unity Sect into losing a massive amount of astral crystals and even the rights to a planet.

"We can't depend on the Grand Unity Sect anymore. They already see no hope in us," Sheng Yuan said once he steadied himself, murderous intent flaring in his eyes.

The Grand Unity Sect had gone that far for only one purpose: to use the Divine Alchemy Sect to get rid of Liu Wuxie. Now their effort had failed, and the Divine Alchemy Sect stood on the brink of destruction. The Grand Unity Sect would never keep pouring resources into an abyss.

"What should we do without the Grand Unity Sect's backing?" the other elders asked, panic tightening their voices. With income and resources gone, they would burn through their reserves until nothing remained.

They might endure a few years, but what about their ordinary disciples? Disciples had already been leaving the Divine Alchemy Sect recently, and Liu Wuxie's move had been so ruthless it felt like he had forced them toward death.

"Something weird happened when I went to the Laman Astral Domain to purchase spiritual herbs this time," Sheng Yuan said, his composure returning in fragments.

"What is it?" Every elder jumped to their feet at once.

"Liu Wuxie seemed to have a deep feud with the Immortal Slaughter Palace. On this trip to the Laman Astral Domain, they actually asked me about him," Sheng Yuan said, laying out what had happened during his trip.

"Sect Master, are you saying that we can try to cooperate with the Immortal Slaughter Palace?" Bai Ran asked, immediately catching the implication. They had already lost, and dwelling on it would change nothing. Revenge and survival mattered now.

"That's the best option we have for now, but the Immortal Slaughter Palace can't openly dispatch experts into the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain, or it might cause unnecessary upheaval. If we can achieve cooperation with them, they can send their experts into our sect to avoid the Heavenly Dragon Sect's eyes," Sheng Yuan continued.

"This is a good plan. We can use the Immortal Slaughter Palace to get rid of Liu Wuxie," the other elders said, nodding as agreement spread through the room.

They had all heard of the Immortal Slaughter Palace. Its foundation didn't fall below the Heavenly Dragon Sect's, and it was likely even stronger.

Relying on the Divine Alchemy Sect alone, they couldn't resist the Heavenly Dragon Sect, let alone destroy the Heavenly Dao Society. But if they could borrow the Immortal Slaughter Palace's power, everything would change.

They feared the Heavenly Dragon Sect, but the Immortal Slaughter Palace did not. They needed to contact the Immortal Slaughter Palace immediately; nothing else mattered more.

Elsewhere, the other private rooms also churned with discussion about what had just happened.

An hour later, the heat had finally cooled, and Elder Wu Hen stepped forward to conduct the auction for the fifty-first through the sixtieth items.

Fiery had already gone into seclusion after obtaining the qilin blood essence. Even Liu Wuxie couldn't predict when it would awaken, because the refinement process wouldn't be easy.

To save time, Elder Wu Hen skipped the opening remarks and went straight to the display, and everyone immediately fixed their eyes on the ten women, straining their necks to see the items sold during this round.

The moment Liu Wuxie scanned the items, his gaze settled on the sixth.

"The Great Dao of Metal's fragment!" He dismissed the other items without pause, because he didn't need them right now. The Heavenly Dao Society didn't need treasures either, because he himself was a living trove. What the Heavenly Dao Society needed most was for his cultivation to rise.

Only after he reached the Earth Immortal Realm could the Heavenly Dao Society face the storms ahead. For this auction, Liu Wuxie held a simple goal: seize every chance to break through to the Earth Immortal Realm.

He carried plenty of astral crystals, yet none of the other treasures tempted him at all.

"Great! With this Great Dao of Metal's fragment, I'll be able to reach the ninth-level Void Realm," Liu Wuxie said with a faint smile. Once he set his sights on something, no one could compete with him.

The auction resumed with the first item, a spiritual pill close to the ninth grade. Its price rocketed, and the Nine Dragon Palace ultimately bought it.

The Nine Dragon Palace had been expanding aggressively lately, and they had even begun developing their own pills.

With the Divine Alchemy Sect and the Grand Unity Sect pushed back, the competition turned savage. Every item's price climbed into the millions, and even the Grand Unity Sect didn't dare to join most bids.

The fourth item was a Boundless Heavenly Tome, rumored to contain instructions on comprehending the Immortal Realm. The price started at four hundred thousand, and each increment had to be of at least fifty thousand.

"Five hundred thousand!" The Nine Dragon Palace placed the first bid, flushed with wealth ever since partnering with the Heavenly Dao Society.

"Six hundred thousand!" Azure Profound Gate followed.

"Seven hundred thousand!" Heavenly Dragon Sect called out.

"Eight hundred thousand!" The Grand Unity Sect went next.

Because the Boundless Heavenly Tome carried secrets tied to comprehending the Immortal Realm, no one would give it up, not even the Grand Unity Sect. Everyone cultivated the hope of becoming an immortal or a deity one day, and with such an opportunity in front of them, they wouldn't miss it.

"Nine hundred thousand!" Heavenly Dragon Sect called out again.

"One million!" The Grand Unity Sect followed, and the two sects collided once more.

"Starting from this moment on, the Heavenly Dragon Sect will increase the price by one hundred thousand above whatever price the Grand Unity Sect offers," Hua Feiyu said indifferently, as if he refused to waste any more time playing games with the Grand Unity Sect.