(Realms: Body Refining Realm, Meridian Opening Realm, Sea-Opening Realm, Cave Convergence Realm, Genesis Origin Realm, Creation Realm, Divine Wandering Realm, Mystic Extreme Realm, Marquis Realm, Monarch Realm, Manifestation Realm, Saint Realm, Great Saint Realm, Quasi-Emperor Realm, Great Emperor Realm)

【Ding! The myriad realms auction system has loaded successfully.】

【Upon entering the Myriad Realms Auction Space, the Host will ignore all rules and taboos, remaining in an absolutely invincible state.】

【Each time the Host enters the Myriad Realms Auction, a one-month cooldown is required.】

【Any item auctioned at the Myriad Realms Auction will be returned to the Host with a ten-thousand-fold rebate.】

【However, a fifty percent deduction will be taken for costs and fees, with the remainder serving as the Host's disposable profit.】

【The Host can currently enter the Myriad Realms Auction. Would the Host like to enter?】

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Yanhuang Continent, Vermilion Bird Country, Cangwu Prefecture.

Taixuan Holy Sect, Lingtian Peak.

Hearing the cold, mechanical voice suddenly ring out beside his ears, Gu Changfeng abruptly sat up from his rocking chair.

His eyes widened as he stared at the faint blue System Panel that had suddenly appeared before him, utterly stunned for three whole breaths.

"Is this... the System?"

"I've finally experienced the Awakening of my System!!"

The next moment, Gu Changfeng threw his head back and laughed heartily, venting all the grievances he had suffered over the years in one burst.

"Damn it, I've undergone Transmigration into this world for eighteen years!"

"Eighteen whole years! Dammit, if the System was going to come, couldn't it have arrived sooner?!"

Gu Changfeng stood up somewhat frantically. Recalling his experiences over the past eighteen years, he had felt incomparably stifled.

His Master had originally been the previous Peak Master of Lingtian Peak.

She had taken Gu Changfeng as her disciple when he was young, nurturing him as her Direct Disciple.

Yet, to his dismay, Gu Changfeng failed to live up to expectations; since childhood, he had been incapable of Drawing Qi into the Body, a piece of trash who hadn't even reached the Body Refining Realm.

After his Master passed away, he took over the position of Peak Master of Lingtian Peak.

Now, Lingtian Peak was the weakest among the five peaks, and he was the only disciple left.

He had already resigned himself to slacking off and lying flat. With his status as his Master's Direct Disciple, he could have quietly spent the rest of his life on Lingtian Peak.

At the very least, that was still better than being an ordinary person.

Now that he had suddenly awakened the System, his day to shine had finally arrived, and he would no longer have to live such an aggrieved life!

At the Myriad Realms Auction, auctioned items could yield a ten-thousand-fold rebate!!

If he auctioned off some Medicinal Pills or heavenly and earthly treasures in it, after a ten-thousand-fold rebate, wouldn't he become unimaginably wealthy?

Unfortunately, his natural talent was too abysmal; even if he possessed abundant resources, there was nothing he could do if he couldn't undergo cultivation!

However, anything produced by the System was bound to be of premium quality.

What if the ten-thousand-fold returned items from the System could help him raise his cultivation?

Thinking of this, Gu Changfeng couldn't help rubbing his hands eagerly like a fly, musing internally.

"System, open the first Wanjie Auction for me!"

As Gu Changfeng's words fell, he felt everything around him dissolve into flowing light.

Gu Changfeng's vision blurred momentarily, and a fleeting sense of weightlessness passed.

When he regained his senses, he was already inside a mysterious space.

【Does the Host wish to conceal your identity?】

Hearing the System's prompt, Gu Changfeng hurriedly selected 【Yes】.

If he were to auction off heavenly and earthly treasures in the Myriad Realms Auction, wouldn't those Experts capture him and dissect him for study once they learned his secrets?

His identity absolutely had to be concealed!

A slightly cool sensation settled over his face. Gu Changfeng raised his hand to touch it, his fingertips brushing against a mask as smooth as obsidian.

The mask covered the upper half of his face above his brow and eyes; neither metal nor jade, it was seamless and unified.

Gu Changfeng's appearance, aura, and even his Divine Soul were shrouded beneath an impenetrable mist.

【Identity concealment has been activated.】

Seeing that everything was in order, the next step was to invite the wealthy from all across the realms to the auction.

The auction's invitation letters were personally delivered by the System.

One spatial rift after another abruptly tore open across the hall, and numerous figures stepped out from them.

Gu Changfeng looked up at them, and the auras radiating from these figures instantly made his heart tighten.

"Didn't they say those in the Saint Realm are pitifully scarce in the Vermilion Bird Country?"

"Why are there so many at the Saint Realm here? They're as common as stray dogs on the side of the road!"

Most of the figures present possessed a cultivation at the Saint Realm, and each was accompanied by a few Juniors with extraordinary auras.

Upon entering the Myriad Realms Auction, a chill ran through their hearts, and their gazes immediately shifted toward the ceiling above.

"Just... what kind of place is this?!"

Above their heads lay no sky, only an inverted astral sea of Chaos.

Even with their Saint Realm Divine Sense, they could not discern the aura of this stellar expanse.

Hundreds of millions of dazzling ribbons of light flowed languidly, as though the rivers of stars from the three thousand great worlds had all been crushed and spread across this expanse.

"Holy crap? The Sect Master came too?"

"And these figures look so familiar—they seem to all be people from Cangwu Prefecture!"

Gu Changfeng scanned everyone present; their identities seemed to be Elders from the Sects and Holy Lands of Cangwu Prefecture.

Even the Sect Master of the Taixuan Holy Sect had appeared here.

"Everyone, this is the Myriad Realms Auction."

"Products of the Myriad Realms Auction are guaranteed to be of the finest quality. As long as you have the money, even the stars and the moon can be plucked down for you to bid on!"

The entire auction hall was a perfect circle, spreading outwards ring by ring in ascending tiers centered around the raised platform in the middle.

The person standing atop the high platform was none other than Gu Changfeng.

His words drew the attention of everyone present.

"All fine items? That's rather interesting."

A middle-aged man clad in green robes casually picked a seat and sat down.

He was the Sacred Lord of Xuanyuan Holy Land, one of the Four Holy Lands of Cangwu Prefecture.

The rest of the crowd also found seats and sat down.

Their gazes immediately fell upon Gu Changfeng.

All of them were filled with scrutiny and bewilderment.

After all, they had never heard of the Myriad Realms Auction before.

Furthermore, the method by which they entered the Myriad Realms Auction was far too bizarre.

An invitation had materialized out of thin air; the moment a thought crossed their minds wishing to attend, they appeared inside this space the very next second.

"Everyone, within this Myriad Realms Auction, I am the sole rule."

"Everything must abide by my rules, or suffer the consequences!"

"There are two items in total for this auction."

"The first auction item: Peak Saint Realm cultivation!"

"The starting bid is ten million Top-Grade Spirit Stones, with each increment no less than one million Top-Grade Spirit Stones."

As Gu Changfeng's words fell, the previously clamorous murmurings of the crowd abruptly collapsed into dead silence.

The surface of the high platform slowly parted, and a pillar supporting a white orb of light gradually ascended.

Everyone's gazes converged on the white sphere of light, filled with scrutiny and suspicion, but most of all, disdain.

"Idiot, auctioning off Peak Saint Realm cultivation?"

"Such boastful nonsense—how dare you let those words leave your mouth?"

"Reaching the Peak Saint Realm requires a Genius to undergo bitter cultivation for thousands or even ten thousand years of time, yet with a flippant claim of auctioning Peak Saint Realm cultivation, you say it can be done?"

A young man dressed in black curled his lips slightly, casting a scornful look toward Gu Changfeng.

Yet before Gu Changfeng could speak, a clear, chilly voice reverberated through the auction.

"Ten million Top-Grade Spirit Stones!!"