Once, I wanted to be a good person

The little snowman had a round head, with eyes like two gleaming grapes. It called tenderly to the sky, "Venerable! Venerable!"

After a moment, a few floating clouds slowly coalesced into a semi-transparent and slightly hazy woman.

The woman raised a finger to her lips, "Shh," she said, and then added, "The Venerable has just fallen asleep, what's the matter?"

Upon hearing the words of the floating woman who seemed like she'd disperse with a gust of wind, the little snowman hurriedly said, "Your Grace! A major event has happened, I must report to the Venerable!"

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Similar dialogues arose almost simultaneously across various divisions of the Heaven Beyond the Heavens.

Fang Ze's descent to the demigod realm was very close to the Heaven Beyond the Heavens, and since he directly shouted about auctioning the method to control Divine Fiends, shortly thereafter, almost all the Venerables of Heaven Beyond the Heavens were made aware of this matter.

After learning of this matter, some of the Venerables were disdainful, some were skeptical, but more were half-believing and slightly convinced after understanding it in detail.

After all, Fang Ze demonstrated his ability to control Divine Fiends right before everyone's eyes, and even boasted that he would demonstrate the ability to control Divine Fiends again for all the Venerables during the auction night.

If this was all a scam, then what could be true?

Moreover, the auction site was not far from Heaven Beyond the Heavens, so many Venerables, upon receiving the news, began heading to the place of the demigod realm descent, prepared to participate in this auction: Even if they weren't prepared to bid, watching such a rare lively affair was worthwhile.

As such, with the arrival of one Venerable after another, the original spatial blockade set up by the Blue Blood Venerable had to be undone.

The Blue Blood Venerable, indeed a businessman, after lifting the spatial blockade, immediately transformed from a blocker into an order-maintaining manager, having his demigod vassals begin serving these Venerables, arranging seats, offering chairs and fruits.

Venerables are people who enjoy face-saving gestures, receiving such hospitality, 99% would take out one or two Extraordinary Artifacts or Heavenly Treasures and Earthly Marvels as a tip. Thus, after such maneuvering, the Blue Blood Venerable's faction could even make a profit...

Thus, time passed minute by minute.

Soon, it reached the time the auction was scheduled to convene.

The next day, midnight.

When the Bronze Bell tolled eleven times, Fang Ze flew out of the demigod realm, carrying the Fiend Codex.

Throughout the day, he had been keeping an eye on the arrival situation of the Venerables and the status of the spatial blockade. Now seeing the auction proceeding as he expected, Fang Ze silently nodded in his heart.

At this point, with Fang Ze appearing, all the Venerables present couldn't help but cast their gaze towards him. Even though they didn't even use their aura, at that moment, Fang Ze still felt as though he was being watched by hundreds of unparalleled assassins, causing his hair to stand on end.

To be honest, before coming to the Outer Realm, Fang Ze had imagined various levels of power in the Outer Realm, and even had his outlook refreshed upon first arrival.

But when he found that a single auction facing the Heaven Beyond the Heavens could gather over a hundred Venerables, he couldn't help but click his tongue in secret.

It should be noted that the Human Race world has yet to have a single Venerable. Such a disparity in strength, no wonder the Polaris Federation concentrated the global power to develop one state, while other places were either abandoned or semi-abandoned; no wonder there are human demigods betraying; no wonder the Outer Realm demigods are all so confident.

If his enemies don't even have a fraction of his strength, he could be confident too!

However, though once again shocked by the power of the Outer Realm, Fang Ze was never pessimistic! He always felt that the Human Race wasn't without hope!

After all, becoming a Venerable or controlling a batch of Venerables, one day sooner or later he would achieve it!

And once he reached this goal, coupled with the barrier of the Spirit Realm Mountain, then even if the Outer Realm's Venerables and demigods were numerous, because the resources for descents were limited, their number couldn't easily affect the Real World, naturally mitigating the crisis.

But, to become a Venerable or control Venerables, Fang Ze's current power and influence were far from adequate! Although he hadn't yet had a confrontation with Venerables, he felt he'd need at least a dozen or so Fearless Divine Fiends before he could possibly successfully scheme against a Venerable for a test.

And to obtain a dozen or so Fearless Divine Fiends, it depended on how well today's plan was executed!

Thinking of this, Fang Ze withdrew his thoughts, glanced around at the Venerables present, and then began to speak slowly amidst their curious, expectant, suspicious, or disdainful gazes, "Good evening, Venerables. You're all very welcome to tonight's auction."

"Before this auction begins, I want to re-emphasize the three rules of this auction."

"First, only Divine Fiend transactions are accepted. One Absolute Pinnacle Divine Fiend is equivalent to six Ascension-level Divine Fiends, equivalent to twenty-four Mortality-Shedding-level Divine Fiends."

"Second, participating in the auction is equivalent to automatically promising the protection of my safe departure from this place. I don't need much, just ensure that within 10 seconds, space won't be blocked or subject to turbulence."

"Third, after a successful auction, Divine Fiends and control methods are exchanged hand in hand. On-site inspection. Upon inspection completion, both parties receive what they pay for."

Upon hearing Fang Ze's words, all the Venerables present remained silent as though they agreed, yet as if giving no feedback.

Seeing this, Fang Ze frowned slightly, a vague sense of foreboding emerging in his heart.

He looked towards the crowd at the Blue Blood Venerable.

At this moment, the Blue Blood Venerable was also looking at him. Upon seeing Fang Ze glance over, the Blue Blood Venerable revealed a slight smile and gestured calmly.

The gesture seemed to imply that Fang Ze could "flip somersaults," but he couldn't possibly escape the Blue Blood Venerable's control.

Fang Ze's heart sank slightly, withdrawing his gaze inconspicuously.

Though unsure of what Blue Blood actually did, Fang Ze knew there must be some mischief involved. Hence, Fang Ze felt he couldn't follow his original plan, he needed to spark these slightly indifferent, mere spectators, Venerables.

With this thought, Fang Ze coughed and then loudly addressed the hundred Venerables present, "Venerables, I know everyone's concern in this auction is the authenticity and usability of the method."

"To help everyone understand the value of my method, I will demonstrate this control method before the auction begins!"

At this point, upon hearing Fang Ze's words, finally, a Venerable among those who hadn't spoken began to speak.

It was a lady with snow-white hair and a semi-transparent body, resembling a cloud.

She sat elegantly on a white cloud, looking at Fang Ze, and then inquired, "Garo. Before you verify this method, can I ask you a few questions?"

Simultaneously, Flower God's voice softly sounded in Fang Ze's ear, "That's Yun Ji Venerable. She's from the Cloud Demon race. Their demigod faction enjoys peace and has a calm temperament. To have a true snowy mountain for living, along with another race's Venerable related to ice and snow, they've occupied the northwest corner of Heaven Beyond the Heavens, akin to being detached."

Hearing Flower God's words, Fang Ze knew the person before him genuinely had questions. In the current situation where he couldn't quite figure out what Blue Blood had done, this turned out to be beneficial.

Thus, Fang Ze also spoke, "Venerable Yun Ji, please ask."

Venerable Yun Ji's ice-blue eyes looked at Fang Ze, then she spoke, "This morning and afternoon, several Venerables respectively found the vassals of Venerable Yuan Gu in Heaven Beyond the Heavens, and then had them contact Venerable Yuan Gu, informing him of your situation."

"Upon hearing, Venerable Yuan Gu was surprised. Besides worrying about you, he firmly denied that your faction possessed a method to control Divine Fiends."

"Can you explain anything about this incident?"

Upon hearing Yun Ji's words, Fang Ze first looked dazed, then breathed a sigh of relief internally. At the time of having Yuan Gu involved, he had already prepared the relevant explanations.