All Heavens: Originating from Swallowing the Stars

More than a year later

The Cosmic Kingdom Auction is an online auction regularly launched by the five most powerful forces in the human race. It gathers all kinds of rare treasures from the universe, and each item auctioned is a rare treasure in a certain star field.

Therefore, such auctions have very high barriers to entry and strict requirements; without sufficient assets, one is not even qualified to participate.

These auctions are divided into three levels—basic, intermediate, and advanced—to cater to clients with varying levels of assets, with each level offering its own unique selection of treasures.

The entry threshold for the primary auction is three-star clients of the Cosmic Galaxy Bank and the First Bank, with a minimum asset requirement of 10 Mixed Yuan Units. The target consumer group is generally the core members of the Immortal Clan, peak Realm Lords, and newly promoted Immortal Military Lords within the first hundred eras who are still in the asset accumulation stage.

The entry threshold for the medium-sized auction is four-star clients of the two major banks, with a minimum asset requirement of 1 Mixed Yuan Units. The corresponding consumer group is generally extremely powerful Realm Lords, wealthy Immortal Military Lords, and ordinary Marquis Immortals.

As for high-level auctions, the entry threshold is five-star clients, with a minimum asset requirement of 1000 million Mixed Yuan Units. The corresponding consumer group is generally powerful Marquis Immortals and King Immortals. When certain important treasures are auctioned, it may even attract the attention of King Limit experts.

"Generally speaking, a five-star high-level auction involves more than just one universe country. It is often promoted in multiple neighboring universe countries based on the rarity and value of the treasures. After all, many treasures are very precious, and extensive promotion is conducive to maximizing profits."

In the virtual universe, on a tranquil and elegant floating continent, the Lord of the Sands Army, dressed in a magnificent dark gold robe, walked barefoot through a beautiful garden filled with various rare plants. With a gentle expression, she introduced the details of these large-scale auctions.

Beside her, Li Tuo also took off his Force suit and put on a dark blue robe with his own unique style. The cuffs of the robe were embroidered with a strong and ferocious whale king with a mouth full of sharp teeth, which looked majestic and domineering.

"Has the teacher also participated in high-end auctions?"

Listening to the story told by the Lord of Yousha, Li Tuo was not surprised. In terms of individual combat strength, his teacher should be stronger than Hu Yanbo in the original work, and he lived for a much longer time than Hu Yanbo, with assets exceeding 30 million Hunyuan units.

"Thousands of years ago, I participated in a high-level auction jointly organized by eleven major cosmic nations, including the Qianwu, Noah, the Wilderness, and the Mother Ancestor."

Recalling her past experience participating in that high-level auction, the Lord of Yousha was somewhat emotional. She had a certain reputation in the Qianwu Universe Kingdom circle, but it was still not enough in the high-level auction.

"It's being jointly organized by eleven advanced civilizations... How exciting!" Li Tuo exclaimed. High-level auctions are usually held once every few eras in each universe nation, and the intervals between high-level auctions jointly organized by several universe nations are even longer. He had never participated in any of them before.

"Yes, I bought a piece of 'Peak-Slaying Divine Sand' at that auction. It's a unique treasure from an extremely special environment. A 5-cubic-centimeter sand clump cost me over 1200 million Chaos Units," the Lord of the Nether Sand Army nodded.

"Not cheap." Li Tuo nodded. The name "Qingfeng Divine Sand" sounds like it's probably related to the Qingfeng Realm in the Cosmic Sea. The things inside are indeed treasures that are difficult for immortal gods to access.

As the two walked and talked in the virtual universe, they passed through a beautiful and elegant garden area and came to see the majestic and ancient building in the center of the floating island. That was the auction house, the venue for the auction held by Qianwu Universe Middle School and other schools.

"Your Excellency, welcome to this year's Qianwu Auction. This is your seat number."

"Dear Madam, welcome to this year's Ganwu Auction. This is your seat number!"

In front of the auction house, a bustling crowd of powerful humans stood in two rows. Two domain lords of considerable rank sat upright at their workstations, confirming the identities of the powerful individuals present and distributing seat numbers to them.

Compared to the primary auctions that attract hundreds of thousands of participants, the secondary auctions have significantly fewer participants. At this time, there were only about six thousand people in line. Li Tuo and the Lord of Yousha casually joined a queue and waited for their turn.

Li Tuo scanned the participants and found that the average level of the participants in the intermediate auction was much higher than that in the primary auction. Almost all the participants were immortals, and a few non-immortals could be seen, but they were all realm lords recognized by the fundamental laws.

Even in the virtual universe, the power of the laws invoked by such a group of powerful individuals is extremely terrifying. Li Tuo glanced over and immediately saw several extremely powerful figures.

"Huh? You're the Lord of Tianyuan Realm?"

The participants in the auction house all had their own identification marks. The four-star customer in front of Li Tuo noticed the law mark between Li Tuo's eyebrows and couldn't help but take another look at him.

It was a hunched old man dressed in a white, illusory robe. Between his eyebrows was a rune that flickered with complex rules of light, darkness, time, and so on. Just looking at it gave people an extremely obscure feeling. Upon closer examination, the fluctuations of the laws it triggered were no weaker than those of an ordinary immortal god.

Beside him stood a handsome and alluring young man, who also had a mark between his brows that flickered with dazzling lightning. He was also a realm lord recognized by the fundamental laws.

Seeing Li Tuo looking over, the old man smiled kindly and said to Li Tuo, "As expected of the Lord of Tianyuan Realm. I have watched all one hundred of your battles in the Giant Axe Arena. We have long admired each other!"

"You flatter me, he's just an unknown nobody." Li Tuo narrowed his eyes. He didn't know this old man, but the other party was a world lord who was proficient in the laws of time and light. Judging from his aura, he was no weaker than an ordinary immortal. Li Tuo naturally had some guesses about the other party's identity.

"If you are an unknown person, then I have lived in vain all these years," the white-robed old man straightened up, extended a hand, and said solemnly, "My name is Luo, from the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, and this is my general Tianchen."

At medium-sized auctions, formal clients are allowed to bring one accompanying person, who is only qualified to observe and has no right to participate in the auction.

"I have long admired your name, Lord of Tianyuan Realm!"

As soon as Luo finished speaking, Jiang Tianchen, who was behind him, also stepped forward. His handsome, almost sinister face showed a hint of respect as he bowed to Li Tuo without hesitation.

"I am Li Tuo, and this is my teacher, the Lord of Yousha Army of Liulan Starfield." Li Tuo smiled, extended one hand, and shook hands with the other's withered hand.

Luo, Li Tuo's knowledge of this name did not only come from the original work. In the Qianwu Universe Kingdom, the Time Realm Lord was as famous as the Giant Beast Realm Lord, the Rift Wind Realm Lord, and others. They were all powerful figures who were recognized as immortal military lords during their Realm Lord era. Li Tuo had heard this name several times in the last three to five years.

"Greetings, Lord Yousha." Luo nodded slightly to Lord Yousha, while Jiang Tianchen behind him bowed solemnly to Lord Yousha.

Li Tuo and Luo exchanged virtual universe numbers and continued queuing while chatting.

"A first-level Realm Lord axe warrior, your courage alone is enough to earn my utmost admiration."

Luo was clearly somewhat envious of Li Tuo's situation. A young and powerful realm lord, he was an honored guest wherever he went. If he were willing to join the Universe Kingdom, even the ruler of the Qianwu Kingdom would have to take him seriously.

"I know my own limitations. I'm still far from being a Time Realm Lord," Li Tuo said honestly. Without unleashing twenty times the combat power of his life gene level, he, as a first-level Realm Lord, definitely couldn't defeat his opponent.

"Hahahaha! But you're young. The World Lord level is when you improve the fastest. When I was your age, I had just obtained the title of Domain Lord level Giant Axe Warrior." Luo stared at Li Tuo, his admiration and envy on his face were undisguised. Then he sighed with some helplessness, "I'm old now. I haven't become immortal yet, and I'm already a negative example for the Qianwu Universe Kingdom."

"If the Lord of Time were to become immortal, I would be far superior to him," Li Tuo said earnestly.

The two chatted casually and quickly became acquainted. The hours of queuing were not boring at all, and Li Tuo intuitively felt that it would be their turn in no time.

"Your Excellency, these are your and your servant's seat numbers. Please take your seats. The auction will begin in approximately eight hours." The domain lord, who was receiving guests, handed two number plates to Luo and smiled.

"Alright, Tianyuan, goodbye then. Remember to keep in touch." Luo took the number plates and handed one of them to Jiang Tianchen beside him, saying this as he spoke.

"Goodbye!" Li Tuo said.