Originally it was below Third Grade, now it has risen to below Second Grade.

He knew that Huang Tianyan’s situation was already extremely dangerous. Under the heavy pressure of that Sword Intent, Huang Tianyan was unable to speak, so he directly took action himself.

The effect of the method for inducing sleep was actually not ideal.

Some people were worried and couldn’t fall asleep no matter what; some people, after falling asleep, dreamt of Chu Xisheng, Buzhou Mountain’s most sinister enemy in a thousand years; while others simply refused to obey the Heavenly Emperor’s orders.

However, this could more or less alleviate some of Huang Tianyan’s pressure.

Huang Tianyan’s tense expression indeed eased somewhat.

His fists were tightly clenched, the veins on his arms bulging, yet the flame in his eyes extinguished, and he coldly looked at Chu Xisheng: "What an Infinite Blade Lord! This Divine Intent Touch Death Blade is indeed domineering, worthy of being called ’Invincible in the Mortal World,’ leaving me in awe! Unfortunately, your cultivation isn’t mature enough. Trying to use this Divine Mirror Sky Blade to rally all intents to break through the Emperor God Palace is simply a pipe dream!"

The ministers and war generals behind him couldn’t help but fall silent at these words.

This Majesty’s aura was majestic and grand, his tone firm and domineering, showing the unquestionable authority of Buzhou Mountain’s overlord.

Yet his words were clearly a sign of weakness, placing Buzhou Mountain in a position of weakness.

In the past, any Human Clan’s Martial Cultivator who dared to challenge the Heavenly Emperor of Buzhou Mountain would be killed by the Imperial Court of Buzhou Mountain at all costs! Then their flesh would be eaten, their bones devoured!

Chu Xisheng let out a dry laugh: "It’s indeed not up to the standards of the Blood Vengeance Blade Lord of those days, so I still need opponents to hone my skills."

Boom!

With a deafening roar, yet another layer of the magic prohibition barrier outside the Emperor God Palace shattered.

The ministers and generals in front of the Lingxu Palace couldn’t help but turn pale.

Huang Tianyan didn’t bear the burden of Chu Xisheng’s Sword Intent alone this time; instead, he intentionally gathered his Primordial Spirit, fortified himself, letting those behind him share the pressure.

His expression remained calm and unchanged, the towering pillar of flame that engulfed his twelve-hundred-zhang tall body retracted to less than seven hundred zhang: "Interesting! Though the Blood Vengeance Blade Lord of yore was invincible in the world, with one blade subduing four mountains and five seas, six directions and eight wastes, he was far less arrogant than you, sir."

He clasped his hands behind his back, continuing to look down on Chu Xisheng: "People say you are resourceful and cunning as a ghost, sly as a fox, yet you don’t seem like such a reckless, unwise person."

At that moment, the seventh, eighth, and ninth layers of Buzhou Mountain erupted in scarlet flames.

The fierce burning of the scarlet flames made the entire Buzhou Mountain look like a torch, with surging flames soaring up to the nine-fold clouds, nearly seeming to burn through the Mortal World.

From Huang Tianyan’s eyes, Chu Xisheng understood the first intent of the Heavenly Emperor.

——We can talk things out. You can state your conditions, but don’t go too far.

He also understood the second intent of the Heavenly Emperor from the towering flames at the top of Buzhou Mountain.

——Don’t push your luck! I’m willing to risk mutual destruction; if I can’t stop you, I’ll burn through Buzhou Mountain’s heavenly path and invite the true form of the Upper Realm deities to descend!

Chu Xisheng couldn’t help but let out a ’tsk,’ reluctantly retracting his Sword Intent slightly.

His current strength was ultimately not as great as the Blood Vengeance Blade Lord of the past.

The Blood Vengeance of yesteryears once wielded his blade in Buzhou, yet even when that era’s Heavenly Emperor burned through the heavenly path, willing to pay the price of three drops of Hongmeng Primordial Crystal, they couldn’t summon any deity.

Because at that time, anything above Middle Eternal couldn’t descend in their true form, and anything below didn’t dare step into the Mortal World, daring to confront the Blood Vengeance Blade Lord’s peerless edge.

At that time, the Blood Vengeance Blade Lord could confront deities head-on without gathering the collective thoughts through the Divine Intent Blade Heart.

During the Blood Vengeance Blade Lord’s Divine Tribulation, the deities pushed him to the most disadvantageous battlefield, yet still five deities fell, along with numerous demigods.

He still couldn’t achieve that now.

However, even if he couldn’t breach Buzhou Mountain, Chu Xisheng could still target the many Giant Spirit Tribes of Buzhou Mountain, using the Divine Intent Touch Death Blade to annihilate the young and strong of Buzhou Mountain one by one.

Moreover, the shell of the ’Fire God’ Yanrong was Huang Tianyan’s greatest weakness.

So the other party was also well aware that even if he managed to summon a deity today, in the end, it would still be a mutual destruction, jade and stone burning together scenario.

Chu Xisheng coldly stared at Huang Tianyan: "Hand over the Poison Pearl you stole from Ji Yang! Also, all the original Sky Gazing Hou Clones you’ve cultivated, all the experimental data, and execute all involved individuals."

——This was exactly the second purpose for Chu Xisheng’s journey across millions of miles to Buzhou Mountain.

Huang Tianyan first furrowed his brows, then relaxed them.

He waved his sleeve slightly: "Except for the last condition, I can agree to all the others!"

As Huang Tianyan finished speaking, the Great Priest of the ’Fire God’ Yanrong also furrowed his brows but then calmly turned and walked into the Lingxu Palace.

Shortly afterward, when the Great Priest emerged from the Lingxu Palace again, he raised his hand and threw two items towards Chu Xisheng’s direction.

Chu Xisheng immediately raised a hand, catching those items. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

They were two cloth bags and a small prison cage only the size of a fist.

The first bag contained twenty-two Poison Pearls; the second bag was filled with scrolls and some Jade Scrolls.

This prison cage was also a Void Magical Artifact, containing three Sky Gazing Hous confined inside.

These Sky Gazing Hous, which should have been enormous, were all shrunken to the size of a finger in this miniature cage.