The Qingyu Immortal Mansion was shrouded in drifting mist, and in the garden of the Eastern Garden, the three Qin Yu brothers were all gathered here at this moment. Qin Yu was speaking on the side about how exactly he acquired the Qingyu Immortal Mansion and discussing some of its unique features.

"Big Brother, is this the Immortal Mansion you obtained?"

Hou Fei’s eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the integrated Qingyu Immortal Mansion, while Little Black was also full of shock.

"Ah, Big Brother, I didn’t expect that Nine Sword Immortal Mansion to have so many treasures. If I’d known, I would have gone and snatched some for myself." Hou Fei appeared slightly disappointed. Standing beside him, Hei Yu looked indifferent, obviously not caring about what Hou Fei had said.

Hei Yu looked at Qin Yu and asked, "Big Brother, what exactly did you encounter in the Nine Sword Immortal Mansion? Can you talk about it?" Hou Fei also turned his attention to Qin Yu.

"Alright, then I will speak in detail. That day..."

...

After speaking for nearly half an hour, Qin Yu finally finished recounting the events within the Nine Sword Immortal Mansion, including the struggles and cunning plots amongst the various experts.

"The Ni Yang Realm? Big Brother, if the Nine Sword Immortal Mansion had so many treasures, then the Ni Yang Realm must have even more. Hmph, Big Brother, don’t you have the map? Let’s, the three brothers, join hands and rob that place, take everything back. How about it?" Hou Fei said excitedly.

Hei Yu replied indifferently, "Go? Are you seeking death?"

"What did you say?" Hou Fei immediately became angry.

"Monkey, did you not hear what Big Brother said? Even the Nine Sword Immortal Mansion is so perilous. The Ni Yang Realm is undoubtedly a thousand times more precious than the Nine Sword Immortal Mansion, and the danger must be many times higher too. And besides, Big Brother said that one needs at least the strength of a Great Success Stage Cultivator to qualify to enter the Ni Yang Realm," Hei Yu’s tone was ice-cold.

Hou Fei confidently said, "Mixed Feathered Bird, we are now at the Late Tribulation Crossing stage, equivalent to Great Success Stage Cultivators. It should be quite easy for us to handle it."

"It might be easy to handle, but that’s just the bare minimum to enter the Ni Yang Realm. I don’t believe... an entrant who has just met the bare minimum will be able to get many treasures. It’d be good enough if they can keep their lives," Hei Yu always managed to bring Hou Fei down a notch.

"You..." Hou Fei was so angry he was lost for words.

Qin Yu laughed and said, "Alright, alright. Little Black has a point, and I’ve thought it over carefully too. The message left by the Black Flame Monarch’s Ring by Immortal Emperor Ni Yang signifies that... at the very least one needs the strength of a Great Success Stage Cultivator to enter the Ni Yang Realm. But that’s merely the challenge on entering the Ni Yang Realm. Surely, there must be even more dangerous challenges within. I’m afraid the power of a Great Success Stage Cultivator alone isn’t enough. And besides, I believe an abode belonging to a super Immortal Emperor is bound to have some terrifyingly powerful restrictions. So, it’s better if we go in together with other experts. Let those Twelfth Tribulation Independent Cultivators and Independent Demons charge ahead while we follow behind them.

"If we can obtain treasures, so be it. If not, it doesn’t mean much. After all, our strength is still shallow at the moment, and to possess the Qingyu Immortal Mansion is already quite extraordinary," Qin Yu was very self-aware.

After all, he wasn’t even a Heavenly Immortal or Heavenly Demon.

In the Immortal Realm, those powerful enough to possess an immortal mansion like the Qingyu Immortal Mansion are usually of the Xuanxian Level. Even if they can’t reach the level of Immortal Emperor Ni Yang, they should at least be First Level Xuanxian.

Hou Fei pondered for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

"Big Brother makes sense, that Ni Yang Realm must be extremely dangerous. Let those Twelfth Tribulation Loose Cultivators rush to the front, hehe... we’ll just pick up the spoils at the back," Hou Fei snickered strangely.

"Feifei, Little Black, Uncle Lan took you to a mysterious place for special training. It’s only been a few years, and you both have already passed the Ninety-nine Tribulations. Tell me, what kind of mysterious place was it that was so amazing?" Qin Yu had always been very curious about it.

Initially, he only reached the Cave Void Stage, yet now he has not only bypassed the Kongming Stage but also crossed over the Ninety-nine Tribulations, reaching the Late Tribulation Crossing Stage. A normal Cultivator would need at least a few thousand years for such progress, but they had only about two years.

Physical prowess can increase rapidly, but can soul cultivation also improve so quickly?

Hou Fei and Hei Yu both frowned.

"Big Brother, to be honest, we don’t even know where that place is," Hei Yu said.

Seeing the expressions on Hou Fei and Hei Yu, Qin Yu realized his two brothers truly didn’t know that place.

"Uncle Lan took us there, performing instantaneous movement directly. After the movement, we arrived at a mysterious place, one we had never heard of before, where the spiritual energy was a hundred times denser than in the outside world. We cultivated there for more than a hundred years, continuously up to the Mid Tribulation Crossing Stage. Afterwards, Uncle Lan took us away from there, left us on a small island controlled by the Star Pavilion to await our tribulation. After the tribulation, we came straight to find you," Hou Fei explained in detail.

"More than a hundred years?"

Qin Yu couldn’t believe it.

"When I entered the Nine Sword Immortal Mansion, you went with Uncle Lan. That was just a short while ago, and even up to now, it’s been nearly two years," Qin Yu couldn’t make sense of it.

Hou Fei and Hei Yu looked at each other, their eyes full of helplessness.

"We don’t know either, we’ve been puzzled too, but ever since we left that mysterious place, we have never seen Uncle Lan again. It’s as if Uncle Lan had vanished from this world. On that island, we waited for the Heavenly Tribulation, and upon overcoming the Ninety-nine Tribulations, we came to find you."

Listening to Hou Fei and Hei Yu recount their experience,

Qin Yu’s mind was filled with doubts.

There was a mysterious place where the spiritual energy was a hundred times thicker than anywhere else, and they had cultivated there for over a hundred years, whereas for Qin Yu it had only been one or two years.

In the end, Qin Yu, Hou Fei, and Hei Yu were unable to ascertain exactly where that mystical place was. They could only surmise that the place was extraordinary, where time and spiritual energy differed from the outside world, likely a special secret location.

...

"Mount Spiritual Beasts? Haha, Big Brother, you can’t subdue them? Heh, I’ll do it." After hearing Qin Yu talk about the Spiritual Beasts and the Spiritual Beast Ring, Hou Fei volunteered to subdue the three Xuanbing Lion Beasts.

"Alright, let’s see what you can do." With a thought from Qin Yu, the three Xuanbing Lion Beasts directly transported from the courtyard in front of the three brothers.

Seeing these three Xuanbing Lion Beasts, Hou Fei and Hei Yu couldn’t help but smile at each other.

"How long have you cultivated?" Hei Yu asked indifferently.

The moment Shi Xin, Shi Bing, and Si Zhan felt Hei Yu and Hou Fei’s presence, they sensed the faint pressure unique to Upper Divine Beasts. Divine Beasts are extremely proud, haughty towards Lower Divine Beasts, yet inherently fearful of Higher Divine Beasts.

"Over thirty thousand years," Shi Xin answered first.

Qin Yu felt a slight shock in his heart, as cultivating to the Great Success Stage had actually taken such a long time.

"Xuanbing Lion Beasts, from the cultivation techniques you’re practicing, it seems they are the most ordinary and basic, no wonder you’re cultivating so slowly even with spiritual treasures in hand," Hou Fei said indifferently, "It makes sense, Xuanbing Lion Beasts belong to the intermediate divine beasts, lacking inheritance memories."

The eyes of the three Xuanbing Lion Beasts lit up.

They were acutely aware that high-level divine beasts and super divine beasts all possessed inheritance memories, which contained countless cultivation techniques and secret techniques—essentially a vast treasure trove. This was why high-level and super divine beasts far surpassed the intermediate and lower-level divine beasts.

"The monkey and I are of a higher divine beast level than you, which you should have felt. In a word, if you become our mounts and spiritual beasts, the monkey and I can impart to you a powerful cultivation method. If not, you can imagine the outcome," Hei Yu said, his voice ice cold.

Hou Fei looked at the three Xuanbing Lion Beasts and sighed, "These three Xuanbing Lion Beasts are getting quite the bargain."

"We are willing, of course, we are willing," the three brothers Shi Xin eagerly replied.

Among divine beasts, hierarchy was strictly enforced. Hou Fei and Hei Yu were sensed by them to be of a higher level—a level that was definitely above their own. They had no complaints about being the mounts of Hou Fei and Hei Yu, and they could even receive the cultivation techniques and secret techniques bestowed upon them.

Inheritance memories were indeed a great treasure. The amount of cultivation techniques and secret techniques they contained was terrifying—not only those pertaining to their own race but also many others. Just taking out any one of them was far better than what the Xuanbing Lion Beasts were currently cultivating.

"Alright, this is how it will be, the eldest of you three Xuanbing Lion Beasts will be my big brother’s mount and spiritual beast, the second will be my mount, and the third will be the mixed feathered bird’s mount," Hou Fei bluntly stated.

"Big Brother, are you acknowledging a human as big brother?" Shi Zhan was the first to exclaim.

Divine beasts were proud, especially those with inheritance memories—they were extremely arrogant. For two divine beasts with inheritance memories to acknowledge someone as big brother was an occasion that was probably rare even in a million years.

"What, you have a problem with that?" A chill flashed in Hou Fei’s eyes.

A trace of killing intent also flickered in Hei Yu’s eyes.

Among those in the Black Element, Qin Yu was the one whom Hei Yu felt closest to. These three Xuanbing Lion Beasts were looking down on his big brother, so it was natural for Hei Yu to feel irritation.

"No objections, of course, no objections. We just didn’t realize he was the divine beast of you two lords. If we had known, we wouldn’t have resisted at all," Shi Xin spoke the truth. Even two divine beasts with inheritance memories recognized someone as big brother, so what was there to fuss about them being mounts?

Intermediate divine beasts, upper-level divine beasts. Although it was just one level, the difference in status was incomprehensible.

After all, that one level signified that upper-level divine beasts possessed inheritance memories, whereas they did not.

...

Several days later.

Qin Yu, Hou Fei, and Hei Yu, the three brothers, each rode a Xuanbing Lion Beast, effortlessly gliding through the wind and waves toward the northeast.

Qin Yu, dressed in a black battle armor created by Black Element, had his mount and spiritual beast, the Xuanbing Lion Beast Shi Xin, which was pure white, with a layer of Xuanbing battle armor protecting its body. With the mount being white and Qin Yu in black, the contrast was indeed stark.

Hou Fei, clad in "Water Element Battle Armor," had refined this armor naturally as a Fire-Eyed Water Ape when his cultivation reached the Tribulation Crossing Stage, which gave rise to this unique Protective Battle Armor among divine beasts. His mount, the Xuanbing Lion Beast Shi Bing, similarly protected by Xuanbing Battle Armor.

Hei Yu was dressed in "Black Scale Battle Armor," armor that had transformed naturally from his extraordinarily hard feathers after his cultivation advanced to the Tribulation Crossing Stage. His mount, another Xuanbing Lion Beast named Si Zhan. Like Qin Yu, the master was dressed in black while his steed was pure white.

The three brothers chatted and laughed with ease as they sped along, cutting through the wind and waves at high speed.

...

"Big Brother, what’s the matter?" Hou Fei immediately asked upon seeing Qin Yu furrowing his brow.

At that moment, Qin Yu was holding a Communication Order. He had just received a message from Zhuang Zhong, the manager of the Star Pavilion, informing him of something that greatly concerned him.

"Demon Path masters recently attacked the Star Pavilion. All the forces of the Star Pavilion have hunkered down inside, relying only on the Complete Heaven Star Formation for defense. Fortunately, Uncle Lan had significantly enhanced the formation’s power, so those Independent Demon masters couldn’t do anything against the Star Pavilion and eventually left," Qin Yu explained slowly.

"If they left, isn’t that good? Big Brother, why are you still unhappy... Oh, wait!" Hou Fei also realized something was amiss.

Hei Yu understood Qin Yu’s concerns as well.

"Demon Path masters, most of them are unconcerned about consequences. I’m worried that they will directly go to the Qin Dynasty to make trouble for my family members. Although father and the others have entered the Star Pavilion, there is... my second brother, his princes and princesses, and many other members and relatives of the Qin Family."

Qin Yu’s previously joyful and relaxed mood was completely ruined.

Without further ado, Qin Yu directly communicated with the protector in charge of his second brother: "Guardian Yang, immediately pass this message on to my second brother. In a little while, there may be masters coming to coerce him. If they indeed attempt to coerce him, my second brother should claim that Senior Lan instructed him to hand over the Sky-breaking Map to them. Remember, tell them not to resist openly."

To Qin Yu, the loss of the Sky-breaking Map was trivial, but under no circumstances should anything happen to his second brother’s family.

Moreover, his second brother was the Emperor of the Qin Dynasty.

"Yes, Pavilion Master," Guardian Yang responded at once.

Qin Zheng, who was not yet strong enough and could not use the Communication Order, could only convey messages through the guardians protecting him. This Guardian Yang was one of the high-level cultivators from Qin Yu’s Star Pavilion, having reached the late-stage of the Cave Void.

"Demon Path masters act as they please, killing without a second thought. These Demon Path masters haven’t suffered under Uncle Lan, and I reckon they wouldn’t take Uncle Lan seriously either. Uncle Lan is not here at the moment, and I can’t rush back," Qin Yu grew increasingly anxious.

"I just hope nothing bad happens," Qin Yu could only hope for the best in his heart.

However... the reality was worse than Qin Yu had anticipated. Was it only Demon Path Loose Demons who were after the Sky-breaking Map? What Qin Yu didn’t know was that top-level masters like Wu Kongxue from the Mortal Realm had already gathered in the Qin Dynasty Capital on the Hidden Dragon Continent!

(This is the end of Chapter One. There will be a second Chapter today. Connecting to the internet has been quite a struggle recently, and today was even more frustrating. I’m too exhausted to keep fighting this wireless network, so starting tomorrow, Fang Qie’s update times will change to one Chapter at noon and another around seven or eight in the evening. This way, even without network access, I can move to a covered area.)

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