Chapter 0919: Farewell to the Fragments of the World Tree

Xing Haiyuan knew of Huang Long’s concerns and could only bid farewell to him and the others before flying away alone.
A while later, Huang Long turned his gaze away from Xing Haiyuan’s retreating figure.
“Let’s head to the Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild!” Huang Long said. Immediately, he brought everyone inside the Sacred Cauldron and took off toward the Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild.
Jiudingxuan was the largest merchant guild in the Star King Great World and also one of the top ten merchant guilds in the Three Thousand Great Worlds. As long as one had sufficient spiritual veins and great divine pills, they could purchase half-saint skeletons and great divine artifacts. Now, Huang Long intended to go to Jiudingxuan to buy half-saint skeletons!
Huang Yi and the five others had already reached the peak of the late Divine King stage by combining half-saint skeletons. As for the remaining fourteen people led by Livya, Huang Long wanted to elevate them all to the peak of the late Divine King stage first. Later, he would find an opportunity to help all nineteen of them break through to the half-saint level.
The Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild was located in the Five-Star Divine Plane of the Star King Great World. Of course, this was just a major branch of the guild; its headquarters was not in the Star King Great World.
After more than an hour, Huang Long passed through countless divine planes in the Star King Great World and arrived at the Five-Star Divine Plane.
The numerous divine planes in the Star King Great World were different from those in the Hongmeng Great World. Each space, each divine plane, was filled with pure star energy.
In the sky, there was no sun—only one planet after another. These planets emitted brilliant beams of starlight, illuminating every plane and space. Standing under the starry sky, enveloped by this light, it felt like a dream.
After arriving at the Five-Star Divine Plane, Huang Long flew straight toward where the Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild was located.
Looking down, he saw that every mountain, tree, flower, and grass emitted a faint glow of starlight. Rivers flowed, scattering specks of starlight along the way.
After a while, Huang Long arrived at the location of the Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild.
The guild was situated atop a mountain range in the center of the Five-Star Divine Plane. This mountain range stretched for countless billions of miles, with numerous palace complexes, bustling crowds, and constant activity. Many powerful warriors from other great worlds flew past Huang Long.
Huang Long then flew into Jiuding City.
Jiuding City was the headquarters of the Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild in the Five-Star Divine Plane. Half-saint skeletons and great divine artifacts could only be found here.
“Hm? Is that a master from the Xuanhuang Great World?!” After arriving in Jiuding City, Huang Long raised an eyebrow. In the distance, he saw a young man heading toward the center of the city, accompanied by a dozen servants.

This young man wore a light yellow robe, with a beast with a tiger’s head and lion’s body carved on his left chest. He was graceful and handsome, exuding an air of royalty in every move he made. With his current strength, Yellow Dragon couldn’t even gauge the true depth of this young man’s abilities. From his attire, it seemed he was a disciple of the Xuanhuang Sect in the Xuanhuang Great World. Suddenly, the young man in yellow turned to look at Yellow Dragon, a flash of surprise in his eyes, before smiling slightly and saying, “I’m Pang Cheng. This brother must also be here for the Taiyin Jiuyang Pearl, right?” Yellow Dragon returned the gesture with a fist bow, but was puzzled, “Taiyin Jiuyang Pearl?” Pang Cheng replied, “Aren’t you here for it as well? The Jiu Ding Xuan Chamber of Commerce’s branch in the Ruins Continent discovered a treasure this time, and the Taiyin Jiuyang Pearl is one of the mid-tier Great Path Artifacts. It was the famous artifact of the powerful couple Taiyin and Jiuyang from the Star King Great World back in the day!” Yellow Dragon suddenly understood—no wonder he had encountered so many powerful figures along the way. It seemed most of them were here for the Taiyin Jiuyang Pearl! Ordinary chambers of commerce usually auction lower-tier Great Path Artifacts; mid-tier ones are rare, and even the recent treasure fair didn’t have any for auction. After arriving at the Jiu Ding City Auction Center, Yellow Dragon parted ways with Pang Cheng. “Young master, this person is just a minor Half Sage of five eras—not worth such effort to win over,” said an old man with gray hair beside Pang Cheng as Yellow Dragon left. This old man with gray hair was actually a Half Sage at the beginning of six eras, roughly on par with Wu Zhi’s strength back then. Pang Cheng said, “Don’t underestimate him. His strength isn’t as simple as it seems. Besides, when traveling, it’s always better to have an extra friend than an enemy!” “The young master is right!” “Let’s go. This time, I must bid for the Taiyin Jiuyang Pearl!” While Pang Cheng and the others were led to the VIP room by a Jiu Ding Xuan attendant, Yellow Dragon was also assigned to one. “I didn’t expect Jiu Ding Xuan Chamber of Commerce to auction a mid-tier Great Path Artifact like the Taiyin Jiuyang Pearl this time! Master, if I devour this pearl, I can restore 90% of my strength!” said Zhong Huang after entering the VIP room. Yellow Dragon shook his head. “Mid-tier Great Path Artifacts aren’t that easy to acquire!” Indeed, with Yellow Dragon’s current wealth, it was difficult to buy one! Last time at the treasure fair, the starting bid for a lower-tier Great Path Artifact was ten King-tier Spirit Veins! Lower-tier—ten King-tier Spirit Veins! As for mid-tier Great Path Artifacts, the bid would likely be fifty or sixty, with some even reaching a hundred!

If not for Huang Long possessing the Chaos Bell and the Sacred Cauldron of Heaven and Earth, he would never have so generously allowed that mid-tier Great Path artifact, the Starheart Pearl of Seclusion, to be devoured by the Chaos Bell.
A short while later, the auction began.
The first item up for auction was a congenital divine stone, while the second was a set of top-tier acquired artifacts—twelve in total, which were far inferior to the set Huang Long had taken from the Formless Demon Ancestor.
However, since Huang Long’s goal this time was the Half-Saint’s bones, he did not bid on these items.
Sitting quietly in the VIP room, Huang Long listened to the bidding voices rising and falling below.
After seven items were auctioned, suddenly, Huang Long sat up straight, his eyes wide open in disbelief as he watched the eighth item to be auctioned.
On the auction stage lay a fragment over ten meters tall, mottled and light black in color, resembling iron ore.
“The World Tree! The World Tree!” Huang Long’s breath hitched—inside those mottled fragments was a piece of the World Tree!
He had searched for years for fragments of the World Tree with no success, yet here it was again at an auction.
“I must acquire this piece of the World Tree!” Huang Long’s eyes burned with determination.
“This fragment was found by our Jiudingxuan Merchant Guild on the Wasteland Continent. It’s incredibly hard; even top-tier Great Path artifacts failed to break it. It’s likely a fragment of an artifact even above the top-tier Great Path artifacts!” said the host.
A fragment of an artifact above the top-tier Great Path artifacts?! The host’s words immediately piqued many people’s interest.
“The starting bid for this item is one thousand first-tier spiritual veins!” the host announced.
One thousand first-tier spiritual veins was equivalent to ten king-tier spiritual veins!
Huang Long was shocked. He currently had over 510 first-tier spiritual veins and 16 king-tier spiritual veins, which was equivalent to just over 2,100 first-tier spiritual veins.