Chapter 76: Transformation of the Divine Power

‘What is mine will be mine in the end; if it isn’t, there's no use forcing it.’ Chen Beiwu glanced at the Moon Dew on the platform, feeling a wave of emotion.

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

At that moment, Chen Beiwu’s heartbeat suddenly quickened, then swiftly calmed down.

‘What’s going on?’ Chen Beiwu’s expression shifted slightly.

His instincts told him that the anomaly just now came from Nine-Breath Chaos.

“Boom!”

The next instant, Chen Beiwu’s mind went blank. The scene before him changed drastically as an endless array of lights of fate flooded his vision.

Looking ahead, his sight was immediately filled with countless light orbs of various colors.

The world transformed into a dazzling kingdom.

In this moment, everywhere Chen Beiwu looked, he could see a light orb of fate suspended above each cultivator’s head.

Crimson, gray, white, green, blue, orange!

Gazing at the dazzling orange radiance emanating from the front row of wooden chairs, Chen Beiwu couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

If he guessed correctly, the owner of that orange fate light orb must be Zhu Qiong, the personal disciple of Mirror Moon Palace.

As for the seven dark blue orbs surrounding the orange radiance like embellishments, they likely belonged to Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Cangwu Mountains.

Among them, three dark blue orbs were laced with intense crimson hues, which made Chen Beiwu feel a wave of unease.

‘The power of the Nine-Breath Chaos Divine Ability is indeed far beyond my expectations.’

To avoid drawing attention from Foundation Establishment cultivators, Chen Beiwu shifted his gaze around, feeling the transformation of his divine power.

Previously, when circulating his spiritual power to activate the first breath of the divine ability, Foreseeing Fate, he could easily perceive the fate of spirit beasts but found it difficult to clearly see a cultivator’s fate—even that of a mere Qi Refining cultivator.

Unless he repeatedly activated Foreseeing Fate and maintained prolonged contact with the cultivator, it was nearly impossible to discern their fate.

Back then, it took him a whole month just to see his parents’ fate, and more than half a month to discern that of Xu Ziqing and Xu Lingling.

But now, it was entirely different—Chen Beiwu no longer needed to activate his spiritual power as he did before. With just a thought, he could perceive the majority of another person’s fate, as if peering into fate had become an instinct.

‘Huh, this guy’s fate is actually orange-tinged blue!’ Chen Beiwu’s gaze halted, locking onto the figure in black robes a row behind him to the left.

As Chen Beiwu continued testing the changes in his divine ability, the auction for Moon Dew had already concluded, and the atmosphere in the hall reached its climax.

“Ahem.” Bi Xi lightly cleared his throat and solemnly straightened his short robe.

“Next is the final item of the auction. I believe everyone will be quite interested.”

As he spoke, Bi Xi carefully took out a jade bottle from his robe.

“This item is called Foundation Establishment Pill. It’s effective only for Qi Refining cultivators. A peak-stage Qi Refining cultivator who consumes this pill can increase their breakthrough chance by thirty percent. The starting price is ten thousand lower-grade spirit stones, with a minimum bid increment of one hundred spirit stones.”

“Fellow Daoists, if you wish to add another Foundation Establishment expert to your family, you absolutely must not miss this treasure!”

Hearing this, Chen Beiwu withdrew his gaze and leaned back in his chair, no longer observing the surrounding fate.

Pill prices in the Southern Wastes are ridiculously inflated. A single Foundation Establishment Pill started at ten thousand spirit stones. He couldn’t be bothered to be that kind of sucker.

After all, the Five Foundation-Establishment Spirits offered better efficacy than the Foundation Establishment Pill, increasing the chance of advancement by forty percent for Qi Refining cultivators, and only cost five thousand spirit yuan on the Immortal Alliance Official Website.

“Eleven thousand!”

“Twelve thousand!”

“Fifteen thousand!”

In just a few short minutes, the pill’s price soared to seventeen thousand.

‘A pity that the Five Foundation-Establishment Spirits are limited to one purchase per cultivator in a lifetime. Otherwise, I could easily build a Foundation Establishment force just by dumping them in the Southern Wastes,’ Chen Beiwu thought.

He then watched as the price of the Foundation Establishment Pill continued to climb, eventually settling at a staggering twenty thousand spirit stones—an unimaginable amount for Qi Refining cultivators.

What did twenty thousand lower-grade spirit stones mean?

Liquid spirit stones and fixed assets were two very different concepts.

For a Foundation Establishment clan to produce twenty thousand lower-grade spirit stones in one go, they’d likely need to bleed themselves dry, selling off assets just to scrape the amount together.

‘This is the deterrent power of a Mirror Moon Palace personal disciple!’ Chen Beiwu felt a surge of aspiration.

Although the Foundation Establishment Pill was extremely valuable in the Southern Wastes—a treasure many Qi Refining cultivators would bankrupt themselves to obtain—its black market price hovered around thirteen to fourteen thousand.

Even in an auction, fifteen thousand would typically be the ceiling.

But the consignor of this pill was Zhu Qiong, personal disciple of Mirror Moon Palace and a Golden Core prospect.

With such a genius, many Foundation Establishment clans were naturally willing to spend lavishly out of respect for her master, hoping to curry favor.

After all, in the Earth Proliferation Territory and Mountain Submergence Realm, the Mirror Moon Palace was one of the Five Great Sects.

‘With my Water-Attribute Heavenly Root aptitude, becoming an inner disciple of Mirror Moon Palace shouldn’t be a problem. With access to sect resources, acquiring Moon Dew and Withered Thunder Branch should become much easier.’ Chen Beiwu narrowed his eyes as his thoughts drifted.

By this time, the all-night auction finally concluded. Successful bidders could settle their spirit stones backstage and retrieve their items.

Chen Beiwu rose and left the auction hall with the other cultivators.

Although he hadn’t won any treasures that night, he had gained significant insights. More importantly, the transformation in his Nine-Breath Chaos Divine Ability made the entire trip worthwhile.

“This guy didn’t bid on anything—was it because he wasn’t interested, or couldn’t afford it?” Wei Xuesong watched Chen Beiwu’s departing figure, his mind conflicted.

He had observed the man all night without uncovering any details about Chen Zi’ang, and had even been noticed several times by the latter.

His instincts told him that Chen Zi’ang was not someone to mess with. Making a rash move would only invite disaster.

‘Should I alert Master?’ Wei Xuesong hesitated.

His master was currently in seclusion, striving to become a Third-Tier Alchemist. He had no way of locating him except by sending a messaging talisman.

If the talisman didn’t interrupt his master’s alchemy, it would be fine. But if it did, given his master’s temper, he might very well be sacrificed in blood to the furnace and refined into a human pill.

Thinking this way, the risk completely outweighed the potential gain.

…

Leaving Black Rock Mountain, Chen Beiwu held the jade token and used Wind Control to hasten his journey.

Better to lure the snake from its hole than to strike first.

With the jade token as bait, he wanted to see whether Wei Xuesong would dare make a move.

If he did, Chen Beiwu could simply counter and capture him in the wilderness, then interrogate and soul-refine him to learn the source of the Soul-Trapping Stone.

As he passed Graywind Gorge, Chen Beiwu suddenly paused.

A hundred meters behind the cliff wall, two dark blue fate orbs tinged with crimson stood out starkly, making him uneasy. He instinctively recalled the Foundation Establishment cultivators seated in the front row at the auction.

‘No way... Are two Foundation Establishment cultivators really lying in ambush for me?’

Chen Beiwu’s heart skipped a beat. He immediately activated the Gate of Ten Directions, but outwardly pretended not to notice, casually changing course to avoid Graywind Gorge.

“Whew!”

Only after safely exiting the gorge’s range did Chen Beiwu breathe a sigh of relief, cold sweat soaking his back.

Thankfully, he had overthought it.

Those two Foundation Establishment cultivators were not lying in ambush for someone who had left the auction empty-handed like him!

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