This moment was rather awkward for Man Qian.

Qin Yu had brought him into the Ni Yang Realm, a significant favor that Man Qian acknowledged deep in his heart. Though he, Man Qian, was classified as a Super Divine Beast, he was only in the First Level Demon King Realm. If it weren’t for his role as the Demon World Envoy’s descent to the Mortal World, how could he suddenly possess so many treasures?

Even for a Super Divine Beast, it was good enough to have one Top-Grade Demon Artifact at the First Level Demon King stage. Therefore, parting with a valuable treasure for Qin Yu was something Man Qian was quite reluctant to do. Giving fewer meant the surplus would belong to him once he returned to the Demon World.

"Brother Man Qian, this isn’t very fair. When I first descended to the Mortal World, I even publicly announced that whoever brought me the Sky-breaking Map would receive a Top-Grade Immortal Artifact Battle Armor from Emperor Yu as a gift," Hua Yan said somewhat indignantly on behalf of Qin Yu, "Later, for acquiring a Sky-breaking Map at an auction, didn’t I pay much more than a single Top-Grade Immortal Artifact Battle Armor? What is the use of the Sky-breaking Map, if not to enter the Ni Yang Realm? Now that Brother Qin Yu has brought you in, it’s equivalent to giving you a Sky-breaking Map. For an honored Demon World Envoy, are you really being this stingy?"

Man Qian’s face instantly turned red.

Though Zong Jue’s words were rather indirect, Hua Yan’s were very direct. Additionally, Du Zhongjun, who bore enmity towards Man Qian, wasn’t about to let this opportunity slip and mockingly said, "Oh... so the Super Divine Beast, the Purple-eyed Bull Demon King, is actually so..."

"All right," Qin Yu hastily interjected, "I can bring eight people in, and leaving a spot empty is just a waste. Moreover, Brother Man Qian and I share a deep bond. It’s no big deal to bring him into the Ni Yang Realm with me."

Qin Yu also looked at Man Qian, "Brother Man Qian, I now possess a Top-Grade Immortal Sword, which is enough for me. You don’t need to worry too much. How about this... during the exploration of Ni Yang Realm, whatever treasure you find, just give me one, and that will be fine."

Qin Yu had indeed sensed Man Qian’s awkwardness.

If someone is reluctant to give, forcing them would only harm their relationship. Furthermore, for Qin Yu at the moment, a Defensive Battle Armor? Possessing an almost undying body, the effects of defensive armor were not significant for Qin Yu.

Man Qian’s expression changed and he suddenly seemed more relaxed.

"Haha..." a gleam shone in Man Qian’s eyes, "Brother Qin Yu, I was indeed being petty. Just a Top-Grade Demon Artifact, huh? Given the great favor of entering the Ni Yang Realm, if I return empty-handed..."

Thinking about returning to the Demon World empty-handed indeed meant losing face, and inside, Man Qian felt even more grateful towards Qin Yu and admitted he had been too petty.

"Here, take this set of Top-Grade Demon Artifact combat clothes for now. When I seize some excellent treasures later, I’ll give them to you. Otherwise... I’d probably never be at peace," Man Qian said, waving his hand, a set of deep green combat clothes appeared, simultaneously lifting the Blood Contract.

A suit of combat clothes styled like a brocade robe floated before Man Qian.

Hua Yan, Du Zhongjun, and others were slightly taken aback; they thought that Man Qian would at most produce a Top-Grade Demon Artifact, but they did not expect him to present a set of Top-Grade Demon Artifact combat clothes. Qin Yu also looked a bit surprised at this moment.

"Don’t worry, although I say it’s a Top-Grade Demon Artifact, this artifact isn’t limited to one type, it could be considered a Top-Grade Immortal Artifact too. Eh? Why aren’t you taking it, do you look down on me?" Man Qian looked at Qin Yu.

Qin Yu was helpless.

Truthfully, one or two Immortal Artifacts didn’t matter to him; what mattered was that Man Qian owed him a favor. Yet, this had been deliberately instigated by Senior Zong.

"Brother Qin Yu, please accept it, otherwise Brother Man Qian might really get upset," Senior Zong urged.

Qin Yu shook his head helplessly but then accepted the set of combat clothes.

"Brother Man Qian, I’ll take this combat clothes. Honestly, I do indeed need a defensive type Immortal Artifact now because my two brothers will probably ascend soon. They still don’t have any Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts," Qin Yu said and then looked towards Hou Fei and Little Black.

In matters of defense, Hou Fei had his self-formed Water Element Battle Armor, and Hei Yu had his self-formed "Black Scale Battle Armor."

"This defensive power, Feifei’s Water Element Battle Armor is formed just from Feifei’s water control ability and his fur. It’s far less powerful than the ’Black Scale Battle Armor.’ Let’s give this set of combat clothes to Feifei first,"

Qin Yu was quite clear about the strength of his own brothers. In their youth, Little Black’s feathers were already extremely sharp and tough. Now, the ’Black Scale Battle Armor’ formed from Little Black’s entire body of feathers was definitely no less powerful than a Low Grade Immortal Device. Moreover, Little Black was extremely skilled in movement technique, and if it came to fleeing, Hou Fei was stronger than Little Black.

"Little Black, let’s give this set of combat clothes to Feifei first," Qin Yu gave Hei Yu a heads up.

"Big Brother, just give it to the monkey. His Water Element Battle Armor is indeed weaker in defense, and his speed and evasion techniques are much worse than mine. Aside from his brute strength and powerful attacks, he’s really weak at escaping," Hei Yu said indifferently.

"Mixed Feathered Bird, you..." Hou Fei was furious.

But what Hei Yu said was the truth, leaving him speechless.

The Fire-Eyed Water Ape was a Divine Beast extremely skilled in attacking. When it came to escaping, it was definitely far inferior to the avian Divine Beast Little Black.

"Alright, stop it," Qin Yu said with a smile, stopping the two of them, then handed the combat clothes to Hou Fei.

Just then, Ao Feng’s voice rang out.

"So many Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts, and over a hundred Upper Grade Immortal Artifacts. Isn’t it just because they have secret techniques attached to them? This secret technique needs a blood recognition to activate, and if I don’t perform the blood recognition, I can just take them all back. Can’t I just have a senior Profound Immortal help me refine away those attached secret techniques?" Ao Feng himself was slowly walking towards Scattered Treasure Rock.

Immediately, the eyes of the other envoys lit up.

Never mind having a senior Profound Immortal help refine them, once they leave the Ni Yang Realm, couldn’t they just capture some lower-skilled people to perform the blood recognition and deplete the energy of the secret techniques?

At once, Man Qian, Hua Yan, and Du Zhongjun, these three powerful figures, all made their moves.

But this time, the target of the Four Great Ambassadors seemed to be... Upper Grade Immortal Artifacts.

Yes, the target of Ao Feng and the other Four Great Ambassadors was Upper Grade Immortal Artifacts, none of them went for the Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts.

The reason being they all had Upper Grade Immortal Artifacts level storage rings, but none had space rings for Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts.

Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts were simply impossible to store in their space rings. If they couldn’t store the Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts in space rings, how could the Four Great Ambassadors procure the Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts? Were they supposed to carry those Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts constantly in hand?

The Ni Yang Realm was fraught with danger; would they continuously hold these unusable Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts in their hands?

Beyond holding them in hand, the only option was blood recognition. But wouldn’t that be suicidal?

Each envoy was very disciplined; each took about thirty Upper Grade Immortal Artifacts.

"I’ll endure, I’ll endure," Qin Yu thought helplessly, "I also have an Upper Grade Immortal Artifact space ring, the Black Flame Monarch’s Ring! But... I still can’t let them know this secret."

Hou Fei and Hei Yu also looked towards Qin Yu, understanding what he meant.

His two brothers also knew that he had the Black Flame Monarch’s Ring.

The Upper Grade Immortal Device, a space ring, was even more precious than the set of Top-Grade Immortal Battle Armor. Therefore, Qin Yu dared not use it lightly, at least not now.

"There’s no rush; now is not the time. We’ve only just entered the Ni Yang Realm; there are many treasures ahead," Qin Yu could only comfort himself in this way.

At this time, the Four Great Ambassadors were preparing to set off.

"Alright, according to the Immortal Emperor Ni Yang, we just need to follow this bluestone path and keep moving forward. Whoever reaches the end will obtain that treasure," Ao Feng said with a smile. "Of course, Brother Hua Yan’s difficulty is more than three times ours."

Hua Yan’s face was cold at this moment.

Everyone remembered Immortal Emperor Ni Yang’s initial words, the hostility towards the envoys from the Immortal Realm. Fortunately, the Immortal Emperor Ni Yang was ’generous’ and did not directly kill the Immortal Realm Envoy with restrictions, but gave him a chance, albeit with three times the difficulty.

"Stop talking and let’s go," Hua Yan said coldly.

Then Hua Yan, leading his subordinates, True Master Ming Shan, and Xue Yuyang, set out towards the front, but Hua Yan’s group was not walking quickly. They were obviously very cautious as they moved.

Soon after, the Dragon Clan, the Independent Demons, Man Qian, and others also began to set out.

"Senior Zong, you go ahead. We need to talk to Big Brother for a bit," Hou Fei called out to Zong Jue and the others.

Qin Yu was also startled and looked at Hou Fei and Hei Yu.

Zong Jue looked at the three brothers, then nodded and said, "Alright, you talk first. We’ll be up ahead; you just need to catch up a bit faster. Hehe... It’s safer for you to follow behind us; we’ll probably have scouted out any dangers by then."

After Zong Jue and the others had left, Hei Yu began to speak.

"Big Brother, three days!"

"What about three days?" Qin Yu looked at Hei Yu and Hou Fei.

Hei Yu forced a smile, "The day of the Monkey’s ascension is in three days. Although I am half a day behind him, when it comes time for ascension, because the difference between me and the Monkey is negligible, we will be pulled into the Upper Realm together."

Qin Yu was aware of this rationale; during ascension, the Upper Realm would generate a special energy. If there were others around who were about to ascend, they would be pulled into the Upper Realm prematurely.

"Three days?" Qin Yu felt a sense of urgency, "Why so soon? Why didn’t you tell me earlier? Weren’t we supposed to wait until after leaving the Ni Yang Realm for the ascension?"

Qin Yu seemed anxious.

Hou Fei helplessly said, "Big Brother, back at Xue Yu Island before coming to the Ni Yang Realm, who knew we would spend over three years in the Extreme Cold Domain? At first, Mixed Feathered Bird and I estimated we would explore the Ni Yang Realm for just about a year and a half. If it really were only a year and a half, Mixed Feathered Bird and I of course would have waited until after leaving the Ni Yang Realm to ascend. But the time in the Extreme Cold Domain was too long..."

Hei Yu also nodded, "At the last part of the journey through the Extreme Cold Domain, because everyone had to be careful of ’Sword Energy’ and spatial rifts and couldn’t be distracted, we didn’t tell you. Also, when entering the Death Abyss, everyone was tense, neither the Monkey nor I had the chance to tell you about this. Now that we’re a bit freer, that’s why we immediately told you about it."

Qin Yu managed a smile and nodded.

"Three days, just three days!" Qin Yu sighed long.

Who would have thought he’d have only three days left with his brothers?

"Big Brother, promise me, you must come to find me in the Demon World. If I wait a thousand years for you in the Demon World and don’t see you, I would search the entire Upper Realm for you," Little Black said earnestly as he looked at Qin Yu.

I must come to the Demon World to find me!

Is that certain?

If he failed to create "Star Transformation," he might either go mad or die during the breakthrough to the Constant Star Stage. But facing his two brothers’ expectant gazes, Qin Yu took a deep breath.

"Yes, definitely!" Qin Yu nodded in agreement.

However, Hou Fei, Hei Yu, and even Qin Yu himself understood that this was just a verbal promise. Whether Qin Yu could really develop the next step in the ’Constant Star Stage’ cultivation technique, whether he could successfully ascend to the Upper Realm, was still uncertain now.

"Alright, Big Brother, everyone else has already set off; we should hurry to catch up," Hou Fei urged.

Qin Yu nodded. At this moment, he seemed somewhat distracted.

Following this bluestone path, the three brothers continued to hurry forward quickly. Who would’ve thought that the bluestone road was absurdly long? The three brothers traveled at high speed for half a day before they caught up with Zong Jue and the group.

"Brother Qin Yu, you guys are quite lucky; we’ve already encountered danger three times. Luckily, everyone was cautious," Zong Jue said to the three brothers.

"Indeed quite fortunate,"

While catching up along the way, Qin Yu and his brothers encountered no danger at all. Most hazards had been cleared by those ahead.

Joining Zong Jue and a large group, the pace of everyone naturally slowed down. Those with great strength, like Man Qian, Hua Yan, and Ao Feng, carefully scouted ahead, while those with lesser strength, like Qin Yu and others, followed behind at ease.

Qin Yu occasionally chatted with his two brothers, cherishing the last moments of their gathering in the Mortal World.

As they progressed, the scenery changed from mountains and forests to lakes and even swamps. Yet, no matter whether it was a lake or a swamp, the bluestone road was securely paved on the surface. This made Qin Yu and the others all the more amazed by the wonders of the Ni Yang Realm.

Finally, after passing through the swamp area, they entered a structure that resembled a palace gate.

On either side of the gateway that the bluestone path led to, there were two lines inscribed—"Once on Qingyun Road, ascend alone to Nine-layered Heaven."

"This must be the legendary Qingyun Road, very likely, the challenges are set here. And the treasure is probably above Nine-layered Heaven!" Ao Feng remarked softly as he looked at the inscriptions.

Du Zhongjun nodded, "Immortal Emperor Ni Yang has already lowered the challenge; he directly brought us to Qingyun Road. The Blood Demon Emperor and his companions faced many formidable array formations and restrictions when they came here."

"Ascend alone to Nine-layered Heaven? Could it be... only one person can reach Nine-layered Heaven, what about the others?" Zong Jue muttered, focusing on that last phrase.

Every one of them was a master; hearing Zong Jue’s self-talk, the faces of other masters changed.

"Ascending alone to Nine-layered Heaven, ascend alone..." Man Qian and others couldn’t help but focus on that last sentence.

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