Chapter 179: The Body of a God

Chen Xiao had no intention of killing the Eight Extreme Wolf King to take its Wolf King Heart as a key to unlocking the Heavenly Wolf Treasure Vault. As for handing it over to the Hunters’ Guild or Mo Ran Sanye, that was absolutely out of the question—those people only wanted to exploit him. If he handed over the Eight Extreme Wolf King, they would likely turn on him immediately and take back Snowflakes Drifting.

Chen Xiao didn’t lack treasures now; what he lacked were people, subordinates. Someone like the Eight Extreme Wolf King was exactly what he needed. So, he decided to lock the Eight Extreme Wolf King up for a few days to dull its fighting spirit. After all, the wolf king also had divine blood in its veins, and making it submit wasn’t easy.

With Chen Jianzhou in charge, the Glory Temple was thriving, with systematic management and development strategies—far from being aimless like before. Seeing the temple in this state, Chen Xiao felt relieved.

At that moment, his expression shifted slightly as he suddenly remembered the promise the great immortal had made—to let him train in the Netherworld Space. But the next moment, he dismissed the idea. The chance to train in the Netherworld Space was extremely precious; each training session could raise his rank by one level. Yet Chen Xiao didn’t plan to use this opportunity to rise from rank six to seven. Instead, he wanted to raise his strength on his own to rank seven before entering the Netherworld Space and break through to rank eight in one go! That was his plan.

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Back at the Glory Temple, Chen Xiao’s first stop was naturally to visit his grandfather. When Chen Jianzhou saw him arrive, he spoke before Chen Xiao could say anything.

“Chen Xiao, during your absence, a rumor spread within the Association of Supernatural Beings in the Netherworld Domain.”

Chen Xiao was stunned and asked, “Grandfather, you’re being so serious—what’s the news?”

Seeing Chen Jianzhou’s expression, Chen Xiao grew curious. Over the past half month, he had been wandering in the snowy plains near the Arctic Circle and knew very little about what was happening in the world of supernatural beings.

“Auction of a divine corpse,” Chen Jianzhou said slowly, his tone grave.

“What?” Chen Xiao was shocked. “An auction of a divine corpse? Where did it come from? Is it really the body of a god?”

“Mm,” Chen Jianzhou nodded. “It is said that this divine corpse was obtained by someone from the Association of Supernatural Beings in the depths of the supernatural world. There’s also a rumor that the god in question died not long ago, and its blood still hadn’t coagulated.”

“A divine corpse that died not long ago…” Hearing this, Chen Xiao’s heart raced. Such a corpse must contain abundant life essence, perfect for nourishing the Black Tortoise Eggs in the Main God Space.

As for how that god had perished, Chen Xiao didn’t care. The Main God Kraneras was already dead, let alone other gods.

“Grandfather, is there anything else?” Chen Xiao noticed that Chen Jianzhou’s expression hadn’t eased, so he asked curiously.

“The Association of Supernatural Beings in the Netherworld Domain plans to auction this divine corpse in Glory City,” Chen Jianzhou said, shaking his head slightly. “It will likely have a significant impact on Glory City.”

“Grandpa, this seems like a good thing, right?” Chen Xiao couldn’t help but wonder. “By then, a large number of superpowered individuals will gather in Glory City, which is perfect for taking the opportunity to develop it further.”
“Xiaozi,” Chen Jianzhou said with a frown, “tell me, why would the Superpowered Association want to sell this divine corpse after obtaining it? You know, not to mention the corpse of a legendary deity, even the corpse of a ninth-tier beast would be fiercely contested by countless superpowered beings in the world of superpowers. With a deity’s corpse in hand, instead of secretly refining it, they choose to sell it?”
Chen Xiao’s expression froze. When he first heard about the divine corpse, he immediately thought of the Black Tortoise Egg, but he hadn’t considered this much.
But now that he thought about it, there was indeed something suspicious.
“The Heavenly Dragon Secret!” Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes and said through gritted teeth.
“That’s right, it’s the Heavenly Dragon Secret!” Chen Jianzhou nodded. “The Heavenly Dragon Secret is about to be unveiled. I’m afraid it won’t just be Earth that becomes chaotic—countless foreign superpowered beings from the stars will also arrive in the world of superpowers to secretly build their influence. I suspect that auctioning the deity’s corpse is just a gimmick; the real goal is to expose these hidden foreign forces in the world of superpowers.”
“I’m afraid it’s more than that,” Chen Xiao nodded and said, “Glory City may have gathered quite a number of superpowered individuals now, but it’s still not the true center of the world of superpowers. The Nether Spirit Domain could have held the auction there, but they chose this place instead…”
“You mean…” Chen Jianzhou frowned.
“They want to target the Glory Temple,” Chen Xiao took a deep breath as his mind raced. “The Glory Temple is also a newly emerged force. I’m afraid many people suspect it’s an external force from outside Earth. That’s why the Superpowered Association of the Nether Spirit Domain wants to target the Glory Temple first.”
“What should we do then?” Chen Jianzhou’s expression changed slightly as he said worriedly, “Although there’s Floating Cloud guarding the temple, he’s just one person. Though he’s a fifth-level domain expert, such experts might exist in the world of superpowers as well. Moreover, most of those external experts are domain experts. If they unite against us, we might not be able to withstand them.”
“Don’t worry, Grandpa,” Chen Xiao smiled. “The Glory Temple is incredibly strong. Even if a Void God were to attack it personally, it might not be able to take it down.”
“Besides,” Chen Xiao continued, “the Glory Temple has a trump card that no one can imagine. If anyone dares to attack it, they’ll surely meet a terrible end. Grandpa, rest assured.”
A cold glint appeared in Chen Xiao’s eyes. If things really reached a desperate point, he would summon the Divine Master’s clone again. Even if he couldn’t kill them, he could at least scare them to death.
“Hehe, that’s good,” Chen Jianzhou smiled upon seeing Chen Xiao’s confident demeanor. “Can you tell Grandpa what exactly the Glory Temple’s trump card is?”
“The Primordial God,” Chen Xiao replied, softly uttering those two words.

“The Supreme God?” Chen Jianzhou shook his head slightly. He had no idea what the Supreme God was—after all, he was still an ordinary mortal. Even as a Virtual God, he didn’t fully understand the hierarchical structure among deities. After all, Chen Jianzhou was merely the head of a small, mundane martial arts family on Earth, so he naturally had no knowledge of the Supreme God. After all, Earth had never truly had faith in deities before.

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Three days later.

The largest auction in the world of supernatural abilities began.

An auction of divine corpses!

The entire world of supernatural abilities was in an uproar.

Although the auction took place in Glory City of the Flame Soul Realm, it lacked the approval of the true ruler of Glory City—the Glory Temple.

“No matter what tricks you’re playing, I must get that divine corpse.”

At that moment, Chen Xiao appeared in the guise of Shang Weiting and entered the auction hall. Now, the auction hall was packed with people—supernatural beings who had never met before now flocked here. Even some hidden elders from the world of supernatural abilities showed up. Divine corpses held great appeal to these ancient beings whose lifespans were nearing their end and who were facing death.

Now, Glory City was bustling with activity, with endless streams of supernatural beings coming and going. Those ghosts who came to do business in the underworld made huge profits.

The news of the auction of divine corpses had been circulating for ten days, and today, the auction officially began.

In Glory City, within a massive building gathered long ago by the Supernatural Abilities Association, tens of thousands of supernatural beings from Earth or those who had come to this world from other places gathered there to train.

On a huge platform at the center of the building, an elderly man with gray hair stood at the center and slowly spoke, “I won’t waste time with nonsense. Everyone has gathered here in the Flame Soul Realm today to bid on divine corpses. Let’s get started.”

The man referred to it as the Flame Soul Realm, not Glory City, showing complete disregard for the Glory Temple.

With a wave of his hand, a huge, ten-meter-long human corpse appeared on the platform before him.

It was the corpse of a young man with extremely handsome features, fair skin, long golden hair, and wide blue eyes. His face still retained the expression of death, filled with disbelief.

There was a huge hole on his forehead, from which golden blood flowed—clearly, his divine essence had been removed.

The moment the corpse appeared, a fierce pressure spread everywhere, instantly overwhelming those lower-level supernatural beings who had come to watch. They were forced to lie on the ground under this terrifying divine pressure.

“Hmph. If you can’t even resist the might of a deity, how dare you bid?” The old man on the stage remained unshaken, his face showing disdain.

“Let’s begin now,” the old man said, unaffected by the divine pressure. “No reserve price—highest bidder wins.”

As soon as the old man finished speaking, the entire auction hall fell silent; no one dared to bid first.
“One star coin.”
It took an unknown amount of time before a timid voice was heard, instantly triggering bursts of laughter throughout the hall.
Bidding one star coin for a deity’s corpse was simply absurd.
“Twenty thousand star coins!”
“One hundred thousand star coins!”
“One million star coins!”
As soon as that voice spoke, another bid came in, pushing the price of the deity’s corpse to one million star coins.
“One hundred million star coins! I’ll bid one hundred million!”
“Hmph, one hundred million? How dare you? I’ll bid three hundred million!”
As time passed, the atmosphere in the auction hall grew increasingly intense.
“A large energy crystal vein,” suddenly, a calm voice came from a pavilion on the second floor of the building.
The real giants had finally spoken.
“I’ll bid three large energy crystal veins,” another voice said. A single large energy crystal vein could yield hundreds of millions of star coins—a figure beyond the imagination of ordinary superhumans.
To these giants, star coins meant little; their unit of wealth was crystal veins.
“Five large crystal veins—I’ll take this deity’s vein.”
“Heh, so this is indeed a poor place? Energy crystal veins? Just the lowest-grade energy stones.” Suddenly, a calm yet arrogant voice spoke, “I’ll bid one small, inferior primordial stone vein.”
“A small, inferior primordial stone vein? What’s that?” Some superhumans were stunned upon hearing this, clearly not understanding.
But the old man overseeing the auction’s eyes lit up. He naturally knew what primordial stones were.
“A bunch of country bumpkins who’ve never seen the world,” another voice said at that moment. “Hmph, thinking of getting a deity’s corpse with just one small, inferior primordial stone vein? That’s just dreaming. I’ll bid five small, inferior primordial stone veins.”
The old man on stage smiled slightly at the competition between the two.
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