Zhu Zhuqing was planning a nighttime raid on Diyi Hong's room—she wanted to confirm their relationship as soon as possible.

And who could blame her for being anxious?

Sure, she was technically "ahead" right now, but Ning Rongrong was clearly a competitor.

Now, there was also that Meng Yiran…

Well, never mind her.

She didn't have Zhu Zhuqing's figure, and her temperament didn't match up to Ning Rongrong either.

With Diyi Hong's high standards, there was no way he'd be interested.

But…

Why had he given the Eight Spider Lances to Meng Yiran instead of her? Or even Ning Rongrong?

That detail really bothered Zhu Zhuqing.

Of course, she had no right to question it.

Wanting something and being unable to ask for it was a kind of torment.

After hesitating for a long while—

She finally lifted her foot toward his room—

"Eh?" Ning Rongrong's voice interrupted, "Zhuqing, you're not cultivating? What are you doing out here, enjoying the breeze?"

Zhu Zhuqing froze!

Her foot shifted direction and turned back toward her own dorm.

She nodded faintly at Ning Rongrong in greeting.

Ning Rongrong smiled in return.

She had seen Zhu Zhuqing staring at Diyi Hong's room—how could she not guess what she had been planning?

Even if Ning Rongrong hadn't decided to act yet, she certainly couldn't let anyone else make the first move.

Meanwhile, Diyi Hong had no idea he'd just missed a surprise night visit.

He was happily clearing out his inventory.

"God-gifted spirits: Spirit Eyes, Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and Bibi Dong's two spider martial souls."

"All sold for 400,000 stream points."

"820,000 now. Sell off 18 more strands of divine sense—let's round it up to 1 million!"

"Let's see what 1 million can buy me."

…

[Custom Martial Soul / Spirit Ring: Starts at 10,000 stream points]

[Six Types of Soul Bones (any selection): Starts at 100,000]

[External Soul Bones (any selection): Starts at 500,000]

[Immortal Herbs (any selection): Starts at 100,000]

[Ultimate Element Attributes: Starts at 200,000]

[Custom Soul Skill (DIY): Starts at 100,000]

[Mortal World God Techniques (any selection): Starts at 500,000]

The shop was dazzling—enough to make anyone's eyes glaze over.

A million stream points barely made a splash.

He checked the price of his Mountain Dragon King Left Arm.

[Divine Gear – Mountain Dragon King Left Arm: 99.99 million stream points]

"Hiss—"

Even if he sold off everything he owned, he wouldn't have enough to touch 10% of the price.

By comparison, the "grand prizes" offered by other gods had maxed out around 2.99 million.

'Good thing I have admin privileges. I can see their private chats and cherry-pick my rewards.'

'Otherwise, I'd be stuck with the bare minimum.'

Since the Mountain Dragon King Left Arm was currently his strongest asset, his purchases would center around it.

First off—

The Left Arm had no offensive capabilities; it was built purely for defense and support.

But with its soul bone skill Grace of the Earth, he had an alternate version of infinite mana.

—Though the "mana pool" was limited since he was only at Soul Ancestor level.

So he had two directions to pursue:

1. Build skills that charge up over time.

This was already covered: Titan Sky Cannon and Titan Heavy Claw were his foundational charge-type attacks, and Finger of Annihilation was his endgame god-level move.

2. Enhance existing power.

Diyi Hong currently had seven soul skills and nine soul bone skills.

Of those, the ones worth investing in were:

Titan Heavy Claw, a 150,000-year spirit skill from the Nether White Tiger—its power exceeded even the Clear Sky Hammer, but its charge time made it unsuitable as a main attack.

Power of the Earth, a control-type skill that let him manipulate the terrain itself.

Combined with his soul bone skill Gravity Control, he could easily dominate most enemies.

'To improve these two, I can either raise my level to increase the upper limit, or improve my control and precision.'

'I'll take both.'

He pulled out ten [God-Given Divine Strength] units from his inventory.

His spirit level shot up from 47 to the equivalent of 57.

But since he hadn't obtained his fifth spirit ring, his actual level was still capped at 50.

He wasn't in a hurry to get it.

First, he could feel his control over soul power starting to slip—it wasn't a side effect or anything, just a simple case of "too much juice, not enough control."

He needed time to adjust.

Second, claiming to go on a "hunt for a spirit ring" gave him a reason to gather the Shrek squad and rack up content (and income!) during the journey.

Lastly, to improve control and precision, the core was mental power.

So, he locked in on a head-type soul bone.

…

[Six Types of Soul Bones (any selection): Starts at 100,000 stream points]

[Please select head bone: Year, Species, Quality, Attribute, Soul Bone Skill, Appearance Design, etc.]

…

He Immediately set the year to 1 million—a must.

Price: 1 million stream points.

1 stream point = 1 year?

Not quite.

He set the species to Dragon-type, and the price jumped to 1.5 million!

Then he scrolled through the rest of the options…

Tsk!

He thought 1 million would be plenty, but clearly he was still poor.

But soon he relaxed.

He'd only transmigrated a few days ago!

There was time to build up.

He couldn't compromise on quality, but he could lower the year limit a bit.

Instead, he'd opt for an external head bone that could evolve later.

…

[External Soul Bone (any selection): Starts at 500,000 stream points]

[Please choose position: Left Eye, Right Eye, Third Eye (Heavenly Eye), Left Ear, Right Ear, Nose Bone, Teeth, Larynx Cartilage, etc.]

Holy hell!

One head had 18 possible external slots?

After thinking it through—

He picked the Heavenly Eye, located in the middle of the forehead and embedded directly into the brain.

99.9% chance it would boost mental power.

…

[Please configure: Year, Species, Quality, Attribute, Soul Bone Skill, Appearance]

Year: 100,000 (adds a soul bone skill).

Price: 600,000 stream points.

Species: Dawnlight Dragon, known for unparalleled spiritual power.

Price: 950,000 stream points.

Attribute: Pure Mental.

Price: 1,030,000 stream points.

—

A little over budget.

But there was no room to cut back on the core options.

He'd just sell a few more divine sense strands later.

Next came the soul bone skills—this part was fun!

It wasn't a preset list—it was fill-in-the-blank, full DIY customization.

Diyi Hong grinned.

He wasn't lacking high-tier offense or defense, so he could go wild here.

Eye-based skills made people immediately think of…

He started writing furiously.

Final price: 2.5 million stream points!

Damn!

Neither of the two skills did direct damage, yet they were this expensive?

But just imagining their effects—yeah, they'd be absolutely insane.

Gritting his teeth, he locked in the order.

'When I debut this in a stream, I'll set up a betting pool. I'll make every point back, minimum!'

Then came the "face sculpting" step—appearance design.

Final purchase price:

2,504,040 stream points!

It wiped out nearly half his divine sense inventory, including 410 strands of Nine-Colored Divine Sense, which he had been saving for using the god skill Radiant Resurrection.

He was now down to double digits of usable divine sense.

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