"Eight hundred thousand top-grade Spirit Stones! Order number 7! Congratulations, Fellow Daoist number 7, for successfully bidding on the Celestial Puppet Spirit Token!" Lin Baoqing shouted hoarsely, overwhelmed with excitement.

In the final moment, the auction price soared by a hundred thousand top-grade Spirit Stones, sealing the deal. This price stunned everyone in attendance.

"My heavens, eight hundred thousand top-grade Spirit Stones, that’s more than enough to buy a Tier Seven Dao Artifact!" a cultivator murmured in disbelief.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, you’re rich now!" a Divinity Transformation cultivator enviously looked at Zhao Kuangsheng, whose face was beaming with a bright smile, his previous reluctance and dejection completely swept away.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk... so lavish! Venerable Kumu from the Ji family must be furious!" In VIP Room number 2, Venerable Kun Ling laughed gleefully.

"Who is in VIP Room number 7? I thought he was just driving the price up to obstruct Kumu, but he actually bought it!" Fang Yunjian asked in confusion from VIP Room number 1.

"Eight hundred thousand top-grade Spirit Stones for a worthless Spiritual Token, must be burning through Spirit Stones!" someone commented disdainfully.

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The entire auction hall was instantly ignited with excitement. After a brief shock, the attending cultivators began to chatter, their attention unconsciously drawn toward VIP Room number 7, making the owner the center of everyone’s focus.

Eight hundred thousand top-grade Spirit Stones—an unimaginable amount for many Nascent Soul and Divinity Transformation cultivators. Even a Cultivation Clan with a thousand-year heritage or a mid-sized Sect would struggle to come up with such a fortune.

However, this Fellow Daoist from VIP Room number 7 resolutely used this enormous sum to purchase a seemingly "useless" Spiritual Token, an action that defies ordinary understanding.

This person either has full confidence in unraveling the mystery behind the Celestial Puppet Spirit Token’s inherited Cultivation Technique, or he is truly wealthy enough not to care about Spirit Stones, willing to spend lavishly on an item that only boasts the name of a Tier Seven Dao Artifact; either scenario is enough to spark intense interest in him.

For a time, the owner of VIP Room number 7 became the focus of attention among various forces and cultivators alike.

However, among the more than two hundred VIP Rooms at this auction, certain powerful families and great forces like the Ji Family, Kun Family, Profound Celestial Sword Sect, Taiyi Sect, and Ancient Moon Sect did not activate the Divine Sense isolation arrays within their rooms, making the identities of most inside easily recognizable.

VIP Room number 7 had its Divine Sense isolation Spirit Array fully activated and was accessed through a secret passage of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion. Therefore, aside from the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, others could scarcely glimpse the person’s true identity.

"Damn it! Who is this person! You must find out his background!"

In VIP Room number 3, Venerable Kumu’s tiger-like eyes bulged wide, as if he wanted to devour the three Divinity Transformation subordinates alive. His frenzied rage was like a volcano on the brink of eruption.

The three Divinity Transformation cultivators trembled uncontrollably under the overwhelming might of a Refining Void Great Power, filled with fear and dread.

"Ancestor, the owner of VIP Room number 7 has a close relationship with the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion. I’ve inquired, but couldn’t discover any useful information." A Ji Family Divinity Transformation cultivator timidly responded to Venerable Kumu.

"Ancestor, two months before the auction, I attended the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion’s Artifact Refining trade assembly. If my guess is correct, the owner of VIP Room number 7 is likely connected to the deaths of the two ancestors from the Nine Demons Sect." A red-haired Divinity Transformation cultivator barely maintained some composure, analyzing the situation.

"Indeed, Ancestor, the owner of VIP Room number 7 is likely the great power behind the fall of Ancestor Xueming and Ancestor Yin Jiong!" echoed the last Divinity Transformation cultivator.

Venerable Kumu’s expression slightly changed as he asked in shock, "Is there such a matter? Xueming and Yin Jiong have fallen? When did this happen?"

"Ancestor, you were in seclusion before, so it’s normal not to know. Ancestor Xueming and Ancestor Yin Jiong both fell on the same day. Their demise appears related to a great power from the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion," the red-haired Divinity Transformation cultivator explained in detail.

"Two months before holding this auction, Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion had organized a meeting to allocate Artifact Refining slots. Master Li had to leave the Southern Wilderness, canceling his previous reservation for an Artifact Refining slot..." The red-haired Divinity Transformation cultivator continued to explain in detail, observing Venerable Kumu’s reaction.

Upon hearing the name "Master Li," Venerable Kumu’s expression turned sour, showing his displeasure. He recalled his embarrassing failure to seize the Cyan Jade Ginseng King and how that "Master Li" managed to escape, leaving him, a Refining Void Great Power, unable to deal with a mere Nascent Soul youth, a humiliation that lingered in his mind.

Reflecting on this disgraceful event, Venerable Kumu’s anger intensified, and his Refining Void Great Power aura made the three Divinity Transformation subordinates tremble in fear, utterly terrified.

The red-haired cultivator swallowed hard, suppressing his dread, and continued to narrate, "The order to refine Spirit Treasures was long set, but the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion canceled, which naturally angered us. Twenty or so fellow Daoists caused a commotion, and Lin Baoqing couldn’t bear it, so to appease our discontent, he offered us a batch of fine-quality Spirit Treasures for sale."

"Among these treasures was the Cyan Cloud Sword, an inherited treasure of the Cyan Cloud Sect, and the Ten Thousand Buddha Tower, the treasure of the Ten Thousand Buddha Sect... Some questioned the origin of these Spirit Treasures... Later, Shopkeeper Lin brought out Ancestor Yin Jiong’s Yin Soul, proving that these Spirit Treasures originated from the spoils of Ancestors Xueming and Yin Jiong after their demise!" the red-haired Divinity Transformation cultivator elaborated to Venerable Kumu.