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After Ao Feng had perilously passed through Qingyun Road and transmitted a message to Qin Yu, he immediately convened with the other six. Since the Six Great Leaders had only sworn to set out once all six were gathered, they did not wait for Qin Yu.

The group included the Demon World Envoy Du Zhongjun, the Immortal Realm Envoy Hua Yan, the Dragon Clan Envoy Ao Feng, the Demon World Envoy Man Qian, as well as Fang Tian, Zong Jue, and Yu Liang.

Once the seven had convened, they set out directly.

"Nine-layered Heaven, it’s so high," Yu Liang couldn’t help but exclaim as he looked at the beautiful scene before him.

Nine-layered Heaven was the core of the Ni Yang Realm. It was a nine-layered palace floating in the sky, surrounded by endless clouds, as well as ponds, rockeries, flowers, and plants. It definitely qualified as an Immortal Mysterious Realm.

After leaving Qingyun Road, they moved forward in the direction right in front of them, stepping onto a golden Dao.

Both sides of the golden Dao were adorned with various beautiful scenes, but the seven people walking together paid no mind to these sights, instinctively quickening their pace towards the nine-layered palace. No one, however, dared to rush ahead recklessly in consideration of the others’ presence. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"Brother Ao Feng, no need to rush."

Seeing that Ao Feng seemed to be speeding up, Man Qian spoke out. Hearing Man Qian’s voice, Ao Feng once again slowed down his pace.

"Brother Man Qian also shouldn’t rush. Everyone will have the chance to compete for the treasures when the time comes," Ao Feng also spoke up in response.

Clearly... Man Qian and Ao Feng were at odds with each other.

Hua Yan, Du Zhongjun, and others were happy to see this scene unfold, as Man Qian and the Dragon Clan were the strongest. If they fought each other, it would be to the benefit of Hua Yan, Du Zhongjun, Zong Jue, and the rest. However, they did not know that the reason Ao Feng and Man Qian were so opposed to each other was because of a scroll.

Among the seven people present, only Ao Feng and Man Qian guessed that inside the Nine-layered Heaven, aside from the treasure that the leaders of all realms of Immortals, Demons, and Monsters coveted, there was another treasure almost as precious.

Gradually, the group of seven were only a few hundred meters away from the ’Nine-layered Heaven,’ the nine-layered palace.

Like a flash of lightning.

Man Qian and Ao Feng almost simultaneously dashed towards the Nine-layered Heaven at breakneck speed, completely throwing caution to the wind.

"What are those two doing?" Hua Yan, Du Zhongjun, and the others were startled.

In their view, the treasure that the great leaders of the Immortal, Demon, and Monster worlds desperately wanted would not be so easy to obtain; at the very least, there would be difficult obstacles. Therefore, they were not in a rush. But why were Man Qian and Ao Feng acting like this?

Just as two shadows passed through the grand gateway of the Nine-layered Heaven, suddenly—

"Boom!"

It was as though they had hit an invisible wall. A transparent fluctuation appeared at the position of the grand gateway of the ’Nine-layered Heaven.’ Man Qian and Ao Feng were both violently shaken and fell to the side, blood spurting out of them.

Severely injured!

Man Qian and Ao Feng both scrambled to their feet, their eyes staring at the center of the main hall like hungry wolves, wild with frenzy. Because right now, a golden scroll was suspended high in the main hall of the first layer of the Nine-layered Heaven, floating out of thin air and emitting specks of golden light.

"Brother Man Qian, Brother Ao Feng, why the desperation, look at yourselves, covered in blood," Hua Yan said with an ostensibly caring tone.

Meanwhile, Du Zhongjun suddenly focused on the side of the main hall’s gateway, then like someone gone mad, he rushed towards the main hall. Following a loud noise, Du Zhongjun also retreated, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

Hua Yan was stunned.

Had Du Zhongjun not seen Man Qian and Ao Feng suffer a great loss? Why such recklessness still?

"Ao Feng, what is the Ten Thousand Beasts List?" Fang Tian inquired of Ao Feng.

"Ten Thousand Beasts List?" Ao Feng was taken aback. "How do you know about the Ten Thousand Beasts List?"

Fang Tian pointed at the stele standing beside the great hall’s gate, where several lines of text were inscribed, and Hua Yan couldn’t help but look over at the stele as well.

"Passing the Qingyun Road successfully proves that your foundations are solid, you are among the elite of your peers. As such, you deserve some rewards for passing the Qingyun Road—the Ten Thousand Beasts List, a treasure from my days roaming the Immortal, Demon, and Beast worlds, is the reward for this trial."

Seeing this line, Hua Yan’s throat went dry, and he couldn’t help swallowing a few times.

At the same time...

Hua Yan also noticed the golden scroll floating within the first layer of the Nine-layered Heaven’s Great Hall, the glimmers of gold making his heart tremble.

"It really is the Ten Thousand Beasts List, to actually have the Ten Thousand Beasts List... My god." Hua Yan began to tremble slightly, then without any hesitation, his right hand reached for the sword hilt behind him.

A low shout.

Drawing the sword,

Thrusting the sword!

A golden Sword Qi completely enveloped Hua Yan, and in that moment, Hua Yan himself seemed like a giant golden sword, with the tip of the golden sword being his own Immortal Sword. Then the golden great sword fiercely thrust towards the Nine-layered Heaven Great Hall’s gate, piercing through the air with astounding penetration, the golden great sword struck upon the gate.

"Bang!" The golden great sword dispersed.

And Hua Yan, as if shocked by electricity, was thrown aside, spitting blood all over the ground.

Another one seriously injured!

"Didn’t you see how Man Qian and the others got hurt just now, yet you still went up to invite punishment." Zong Jue sneered inwardly.

However, Zong Jue didn’t understand the significance of the ’Ten Thousand Beasts List’.

For the sake of the Ten Thousand Beasts List, even if they knew there was something strange about this hall gate, they would not give up without trying. No matter how severe the injury, it was all worth it for the Ten Thousand Beasts List.

At this time, all four of the Great Ambassadors were severely injured.

"Haha... Well done, Man Qian, well done, Ao Feng." Hua Yan sneered at the two, "Did you guys guess that the Ten Thousand Beasts List was here all along? No wonder both of you have been acting so weird all this way, and you were so desperate to rush towards the Great Hall just now."

Both Man Qian and Ao Feng let out a cold laugh.

"Who can you blame if you have no brains?" Ao Feng snapped back sarcastically.

Du Zhongjun joined in, "What a pity, such a precious Ten Thousand Beasts List, not something you can just get because you want it. It’s a pity for all your efforts, who the Ten Thousand Beasts List will end up with is still uncertain."

The Four Great Ambassadors each had their last trump card. Yet... Hua Yan had already used his while passing the Qingyun Road.

Because when Immortal Emperor Ni Yang died, he told the burly man that when facing the envoy of the Immortal Realm, the difficulty would increase, so the burly man used much more power. This forced Hua Yan to use that trump card to save his life. However... Hua Yan still had ace moves like the ’Hundred Dust Thunder Seal’.

"Just to get the Ten Thousand Beasts List, not only would my strength greatly increase, but... I could also be confident in seizing that final treasure." Hua Yan’s heart was filling with fervor.

The Ten Thousand Beasts List, ah!

If it were in the Immortal, Demon, and Beast realms, just the Ten Thousand Beasts List alone would certainly trigger a terrifying battle for possession.

"What exactly is the Ten Thousand Beasts List?"

Fang Tian and the others were curious. By then Zong Jue, Fang Tian, and Yu Liang still didn’t know what the ’Ten Thousand Beasts List’ really was, and why it was worth the envoys going mad over it.

"Ao Feng, what exactly is this Ten Thousand Beasts List?" Fang Tian approached Ao Feng and inquired.

After all, as a super Divine Beast, the Five-clawed Golden Dragon, even Ao Feng didn’t dare to conceal anything from Fang Tian. Moreover... just relying on himself, it would be very difficult to snatch the Ten Thousand Beasts List from the hands of so many experts.

"Fang Tian, this Ten Thousand Beasts List is actually a Low Grade Divine Artifact!" Ao Feng’s first sentence shocked Fang Tian and the others.

Divine Artifact?

Even the worst Divine Artifacts are much more powerful than Top-Grade Immortal Artifacts.

Immediately, Fang Tian, Zong Jue, Yu Liang, and the others began breathing more heavily.

"In the Immortal, Demon, and Monster realms, Immortal Artifacts can still be created, but Divine Artifacts... No one in the Immortal, Demon, and Monster realms has been able to make them yet; Divine Artifacts are frighteningly scarce." Ao Feng continued, "Although this Ten Thousand Beasts List is only a Low Grade Divine Artifact, it is even more precious than the average Middle Grade Divine Artifact."

"Like Immortal Artifacts, Divine Artifacts also come in types like attack, defense, spatial storage, and some special ones. Even though the Ten Thousand Beasts List is just a Low Grade Divine Artifact, it belongs to that extremely special category of Divine Artifacts. Even in the Immortal, Demon, and Monster realms, it is considered a top-tier treasure. Even powerhouses like Emperor Yu would be tempted by it," Ao Feng said with absolute certainty.

At this time, Fang Tian and the others fully understood the value of the Ten Thousand Beasts List.

The Ten Thousand Beasts List was not merely an attacking or defensive Divine Artifact; it belonged to that special category and was extremely difficult to refine. But once successfully refined, its power was indeed formidable.

"What effects does this Ten Thousand Beasts List have?" Fang Tian pressed on.

Ao Feng laughed and said, "What effects? Haha... Let me put it this way, if I get the Ten Thousand Beasts List, even if the others here joined forces against me, they would not be my match. Even if they used their trump cards!"

"That powerful?" Fang Tian was astonished.

"Hmph, even if an Eighth or Ninth Level Golden Immortal came, as long as I had this Ten Thousand Beasts List, I would dare to battle them and possibly even kill them. Tell me, isn’t that strong?" Ao Feng said with a light smile, "The weaker the person, the greater the benefits conferred by the Ten Thousand Beasts List."

Fang Tian, Zong Jue, and Yu Liang were completely tempted.

Ao Feng didn’t mind.

What he said was something that the other Three Great Ambassadors would certainly know, and in the contest for the Ten Thousand Beasts List, Zong Jue and Yu Liang posed no real threat.

Even though Yu Liang was quite strong, compared to the Envoys who had trump cards, there was still a significant gap.

...

Man Qian and the other six stood outside the palace gates, their brows deeply furrowed.

"What’s going on exactly? We’ve been here for quite a while, and that invisible Restriction on the palace gates is still there... If this continues, when will we ever be able to enter this Nine-layered Heaven Palace?" Du Zhongjun said angrily and impatiently.

The others were also somewhat anxious.

"Why didn’t Immortal Emperor Ni Yang give us any hints? Now we’re just standing outside the palace gates, able to see the Ten Thousand Beasts List but unable to obtain it!" Man Qian also felt helpless.

However...

The invisible Restriction on the palace gates persisted, and so the seven of them were simply unable to enter the palace.

Break through the walls of the palace?

That’s a pipe dream. The materials used to build this nine-layered palace were extraordinary to begin with, and Immortal Emperor Ni Yang had also refined it. With various Restrictions attached, every time you attack, you’d injure yourself once.

"Eh, look!" After a while, Yu Liang, who was standing on the edge, pointed towards the Stele, "There are also characters on the back of the Stele."

Standing at the entrance of the palace, Yu Liang could just make out the back of the Stele.

Almost simultaneously, everyone rushed to the back of the stele.

"To enter the Nine-layered Heaven, one must wait for all to undergo the trial of the Qingyun Road. Whether to die or to succeed in passing. Only when everyone has undergone the trial and gathered at the gate, will the Restriction of the hall door automatically be lifted!"

Seeing this sentence at the back, everyone understood.

So it turned out... only when everyone was gathered would the Restriction of the hall door be lifted.

In fact, Immortal Emperor Ni Yang designed it this way, also wanting to ensure that those who broke in would be in a fair environment. At the same time... Immortal Emperor Ni Yang also wanted these people to fight and kill each other.

"Why hasn’t Qin Yu entered Qingyun Road yet? Be it death or success, he should at least step onto Qingyun Road!" Du Zhongjun said furiously.

The Restriction of the hall door hadn’t been lifted, obviously meaning that Qin Yu hadn’t yet died, or rather... he hadn’t yet passed through Qingyun Road.

"Not good!" Man Qian’s expression changed.

Everyone looked towards Man Qian.

Man Qian sighed and said, "I have some friendship with Brother Qin Yu, and I know he’s weak but has reached the Great Success Stage. Fearing he wouldn’t be able to pass Qingyun Road, I advised him... to simply stay in White Jade Square and wait until the moment of Ascension to safely ascend to the upper world."

Everyone was stunned.

"If Qin Yu really keeps waiting in White Jade Square, waiting for the moment of Ascension, do we have to wait painfully as well?" Du Zhongjun’s voice was bitter.

"Man Qian, you quickly send a Communication Order to Qin Yu, telling him to step onto Qingyun Road immediately," Hua Yan said.

"What do you mean, aren’t you asking Qin Yu to seek death?" Man Qian glared, "You know how formidable that guardian is; unlike us, Qin Yu doesn’t have Top-Grade Battle Armor, nor is he as fast as Yu Liang."

Hua Yan said angrily, "Hmph, what are you doing, Qin Yu, seeing Yan Shan and Ming Shan have died, he definitely wouldn’t dare to venture. Will he be content to wait, and we have to bear waiting outside this hall door, looking at the Ten Thousand Beasts List yet unable to enter, and endure this torment?"

"No matter what, I won’t let him attempt Qingyun Road. I would rather wait for several decades," Man Qian actually sat down cross-legged.

Ao Feng’s brows furrowed: "If you won’t send a message, then I will send one to him."

To see the Ten Thousand Beasts List but not be able to obtain it. To suffer such torment for several decades would indeed be an awfully unbearable punishment. Ao Feng directly sent a message to Qin Yu... however, he sent it three times in a row.

"What’s wrong?" Hua Yan, Du Zhongjun, and the others looked towards Ao Feng.

Ao Feng shook his head and said, "I don’t know what’s going on, but Qin Yu isn’t responding at all."

"The Restriction of the hall door is still there, he’s definitely not dead. He’s not dead but also doesn’t respond to the Communication Order... could it be he’s content to cultivate in seclusion?" Hua Yan guessed.

"That would be terrible, he cultivates in seclusion, he can easily do so until Ascension. What about us? Do we suffer waiting here until he ascends?" Du Zhongjun was starting to become anxious.

At this point, Du Zhongjun and the others really didn’t care about Qin Yu’s life, as if it was natural for Qin Yu to die for them.

They had forgotten... just because they wanted Qin Yu to attempt Qingyun Road, did it mean Qin Yu had to do so?

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"Who sent a message to me, just now while fighting with that burly brute, sending me a message, isn’t that distracting me?" At this moment, Qin Yu had just walked out of Qingyun Road, flipping his hand he took out the Communication Order, within which were no fewer than a dozen messages.

There were messages from Ao Feng, Du Zhongjun, and even from Hua Yan...

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