The humanoid beast-headed Man Qian was holding a green Wolf Fang Club that radiated a faint black radiance, and the purple battle armor he wore accentuated the muscular curves of his body. Everyone could feel the explosive energy field within Man Qian’s physical form.

However, emanating from Fang Tian was a noble aura that even overwhelmed Man Qian’s.

"A Low Grade Divine Artifact?" Fang Tian fixed his gaze on the Wolf Fang Club in Man Qian’s hand.

With shining eyes and a deep voice, Man Qian said, "The Divine Artifact ’Heavy Pillar Mountain.’

Fang Tian nodded and said, "Just as I expected, as a Super Divine Beast descended to the mortal world, the Demon Emperor of the Demon World probably didn’t quite trust you, hence granting you a Low Grade Divine Artifact is within reason. But do you really think... that merely relying on a Low Grade Divine Artifact, you can defeat me?"

Fang Tian was in no hurry to make a move.

This ’True Dragon Spirit’ was a Spiritual Treasure of the Dragon Clan in the Demon World, and it was most efficacious when consumed by a Super Divine Beast like the Five-clawed Golden Dragon. Once taken, the True Dragon Spirit would envelop the Nascent Soul within the body.

Whenever one wished to use the energy of the ’True Dragon Spirit,’ one could do so without much time restriction. That was why Fang Tian was not eager to strike.

Man Qian shook his head with a smile and said, "Yes, after consuming the True Dragon Spirit, your strength has risen by several levels, and now, you are probably equivalent to a Fifth Level Demon King among the Super Divine Beasts, right? My own strength, originally at the level of a Super Divine Beast that’s a First Level Demon King, even with the aid of a Low Grade Divine Artifact, only allows me to fight above my level against people. I can only contend with a Super Divine Beast that’s a Third-level Demon King."

Both were Super Divine Beasts.

Even though Man Qian had been more formidable than Fang Tian in the past, Fang Tian’s strength had far surpassed Man Qian’s after consuming the True Dragon Spirit.

"Then why don’t you step aside?" Fang Tian said with a light smile, thoroughly enjoying the feeling of controlling another’s life.

Man Qian shook his head and said, "I alone cannot withstand you, but there are many people here on the field. If we join forces, we can still block you. And... although your energy has risen to the level of a Fifth Level Demon King among Super Divine Beasts, are you able to use that vast energy perfectly?"

Fang Tian’s expression changed slightly.

Indeed, he had been but a Twelfth Tribulation Independent Practitioner in the past, equivalent to a Ninth-level Heavenly Demon. With his body’s energy increasing by dozens of times suddenly, it was absolutely impossible for Fang Tian to control it as smoothly and perfectly as before.

While Fang Tian and Man Qian were conversing, Hua Yan, standing to the side, was secretly... reaching her maximum speed in an instant.

"By obtaining the Ten Thousand Beasts List, even if you, Fang Tian, had consumed the True Dragon Spirit, I would not fear you." Hua Yan reached out to grab it.

"Hua Yan, how dare you!"

With a fierce roar, Fang Tian extended his right hand, and a powerful claw-shaped energy charged towards Hua Yan with incredible velocity. Frightened by this terrifying energy, Hua Yan immediately retreated frantically.

Fang Tian was quite annoyed by Hua Yan’s attempt at theft, glaring at him fiercely.

Hua Yan’s heart trembled, and he dared not say more. When he had been on Qingyun Road, that burly man had displayed terrifyingly powerful strength. With no other choice, he had used the ’trump card’ given to him by Emperor Yu.

Without his strongest trump card, how could Hua Yan dare to oppose Fang Tian?

"The Ten Thousand Beasts List is mine," Fang Tian bellowed, and like a demon god, he charged over.

Yours?

In your dreams!

Man Qian also let out a fierce roar, gripping the Low Grade Divine Artifact ’Heavy Pillar Mountain’ with all his might. Surge after surge of energy from within him flooded into the Divine Artifact ’Heavy Pillar Mountain,’ which, carrying endless energy, smashed viciously towards Fang Tian. Where the Wolf Fang Club-shaped ’Heavy Pillar Mountain’ passed, the very space began to tremble slightly.

Fortunately, the ’Nine-layered Heaven’ hall contained the Restrictions set by Immortal Emperor Ni Yang; otherwise, just this one strike could very well have fractured space itself if it were outside.

"Scram."

Being more powerful than Man Qian, Fang Tian’s right hand wielded a thick golden War Saber, which was imbued with his soaring energy. Carrying an endless momentum, it fiercely struck towards ’Heavy Pillar Mountain.’

Force against force?

Man Qian, seeing this scene, his purple pupils actually had threads of blood-red emerging, as what he enjoyed most was indeed the clash of raw power.

"Boom!"

The hefty golden war saber collided with the divine artifact ’Giant Mountain.’

One was a top-grade demon artifact imbued with overwhelming energy from Fang Tian, the other a low-grade divine artifact imbued with Man Qian’s energy. However, in terms of their respective strengths, Fang Tian, who had consumed the True Dragon Spirit, was far superior to Man Qian.

Yet the result of their head-on collision was...

Man Qian was sent flying back while Fang Tian also took several steps back.

"Low-grade divine artifacts are indeed formidable," Fang Tian yearned even more for a divine artifact in his heart. He had consumed the True Dragon Spirit and his strength was clearly far superior to Man Qian’s. Nevertheless, Man Qian relying on the formidable power of the low-grade divine artifact, could clash head-on with him and even escape without significant injury.

"But... you still can’t stop me."

Fang Tian channeled a massive amount of energy into the golden war saber and charged towards the Ten Thousand Beasts List. Whoever dared to block him would potentially be struck by his saber slash!

"Should I use that or not?" Man Qian was hesitating at this moment.

The low-grade divine artifact was just his weapon, Du Zhongjun had Blood Spirit Grass, and this Fang Tian had the True Dragon Spirit. Would Man Qian not have any treasures to increase his power? It’s just that Man Qian was reluctant to use it.

Whether he was reluctant or not, Man Qian did not want anyone else to take the Ten Thousand Beasts List and once again fiercely smashed the divine artifact ’Heavy Pillar Mountain’ towards Fang Tian.

"Boom!"

The golden war saber against the Wolf Fang Club divine artifact ’Heavy Pillar Mountain.’

Man Qian’s face turned red with effort, and the entire person was involuntarily sent flying back by the recoil force. Meanwhile, Fang Tian stood in front of the Ten Thousand Beasts List with an excited smile, reaching out to grab it. And at this moment—

A fierce sword energy came slashing, it was Zong Jue.

When Fang Tian noticed that the person coming was Zong Jue, he immediately felt that Zong Jue was overestimating himself and casually swung his golden war saber.

Even a casual strike from Fang Tian at this moment was comparable to Man Qian’s full-powered blow.

The black slender war saber against the golden war saber.

"How is this possible?" Fang Tian felt the intense rebounding energy and uncontrollably took several steps back, while Zong Jue, however, drifted away like a dandelion seed in the breeze.

"The weapon given by Senior Lan indeed possesses extreme durability, even dissipating much of the recoil force," Zong Jue was overjoyed inside.

"It’s time to end this..."

At the entrance of the great hall, Qin Yu slowly said in his heart.

×

Man Qian, Zong Jue, Du Zhongjun, the three attacked one after another; Du Zhongjun also had quite a few treasures besides the all-important Blood Spirit Grass, including the Blood Drop Fruit and even the ’Hundred Dust Thunder Seal.’

The Hundred Dust Thunder Seal was, in fact, the price Hua Yan had paid to Du Zhongjun in exchange for top-grade elemental spirit stones.

Three against one.

Thunders of collision kept rumbling inside the great hall, with incessant attacks one after another, creating chaotic and darkness. Meanwhile, Yu Liang, Hua Yan, and Ao Feng did not join in the fray and watched from the sidelines. Suddenly, a loud shout erupted.

"Boom!"

Man Qian, Zong Jue, and Du Zhongjun were all thrown away.

Fang Tian stood proudly in the center. At this moment, his heart was full of irritation. Initially, he had only used a portion of the True Dragon Spirit’s energy, but just now he had used nearly fifty percent in one go.

"I’ve said it before, the Ten Thousand Beasts List belongs to me," Fang Tian walked over to the Ten Thousand Beasts List.

Man Qian, Zong Jue, and Du Zhongjun were all taken aback, as Fang Tian’s attack had been terrifyingly powerful.

"Gentlemen, haven’t you caused enough trouble?"

A calm voice rang out, and a man in a deep green robe with disheveled hair and a long sword on his back appeared in the center of the great hall.

"Lan Feng!"

Hua Yan, Yu Liang, Ao Feng, and others exclaimed out loud, and even Man Qian, Zong Jue, and Du Zhongjun, who were injured at that moment, were shocked to their core—when had Sword Immortal Lan Feng arrived?

"Sword Immortal Lan Feng, what are you doing here?" Fang Tian asked with a faint smile, while his right hand reached for the Ten Thousand Beasts List.

The Sword Immortal Lan Feng simply smiled and drew his sword!

The sword left the sheath, and sword qi surged forth!

"Whoosh!"

A concentrated blast of sword qi tore through space and arrived instantly beside Fang Tian. Surprised, Fang Tian instinctively struck at the sword qi with his golden war saber.

Upon contact with the sword qi, Fang Tian’s entire body shuddered, and he was forced back dozens of meters.

"You’re too weak," Lan Feng uttered indifferently. His figure turned into a series of afterimages, and his long sword suddenly thrust toward Fang Tian.

How could he be so strong?

Fang Tian couldn’t believe it, but facing Lan Feng’s thrust, he still poured his body’s energy into his golden war saber and fiercely struck at Lan Feng’s long sword.

"I’ve consumed the True Dragon Spirit; you can’t possibly defeat me!" Fang Tian roared angrily.

The golden war saber collided head-on with Lan Feng’s long sword.

A cracking sound erupted, and the golden war saber shattered into pieces, while Fang Tian himself was sent flying and smashed into the wall of the great hall, with fresh blood spraying from his mouth, staining the walls of the great hall.

Silence!

Shocking and terrifying!

Man Qian, Zong Jue, Yu Liang, Du Zhongjun, Hua Yan, Ao Feng, including the badly wounded Fang Tian, could hardly believe their eyes as they looked at Sword Immortal Lan Feng.

Just a moment ago, the extremely powerful Fang Tian had no power to resist under Sword Immortal Lan Feng’s blade.

The group watched as Sword Immortal Lan Feng reached out and took the ’Ten Thousand Beasts List,’ nodding, "The Ten Thousand Beasts List... the Ten Thousand Beasts List of Immortal Emperor Ni Yang’s senior belongs to me, as it should." With a flip of his hand, the Ten Thousand Beasts List vanished.

At this moment, outside the palace, Qin Yu felt a sense of relief, "The Ten Thousand Beasts List, soon I should thoroughly study it and see what this Ten Thousand Beasts List is really about... Yeah, it should be time for my performance soon, right?"

Lan Feng was Qin Yu’s Sword Immortal Puppet, every action and word was controlled by Qin Yu.

"Brother Lan, you... are you really Brother Lan?" Man Qian spoke up.

Sword Immortal Lan Feng laughed, "What? Has it been so long that you don’t recognize me anymore?"

"No, it’s not that," Man Qian shook his head with a wry smile, "To my knowledge, Brother Lan, your strength wasn’t this formidable. Fang Tian, after consuming the True Dragon Spirit, is equivalent to a super divine beast at the Fifth Level Demon King, akin to a Sixth-level Golden Immortal sword immortal, while you, Brother Lan, if I’m not mistaken, were at most a Second-level Golden Immortal in the past."

Everyone relaxed as they found Lan Feng’s attitude to be amiable.

Even Zong Jue asked, "Indeed, Brother Lan Feng, since when did you become so powerful?"

"A Sixth-level Golden Immortal Sword Immortal? I reached that level ten thousand years ago," Lan Feng said indifferently.

"Ten thousand years ago?" Man Qian and the others were stunned, none of them noticing the forced smile on Qin Yu’s face at the entrance to the great hall, of course... Qin Yu instantly reigned it in.

Lan Feng nodded, "Of course, the last time on Qingxu Mountain you didn’t discover my true power because first, I concealed it, and second, I indeed was seriously injured at the time. Now my injuries have fully healed."

"Brother Lan Feng, the Ni Yang Realm is no ordinary place. How did you suddenly appear here?" Man Qian voiced the doubt that everyone had.

To enter the Ni Yang Realm,

one had to rely on the Sky-breaking Map, and the other was Qin Yu.

At the start, it seemed that everyone hadn’t noticed Lan Feng, so why had Lan Feng suddenly appeared?

"Master, how did you come here?"

Qin Yu’s ’surprised and slightly excited’ voice echoed throughout the entire great hall, his expression perfectly embodying ’surprise’ and ’disbelief’, the look of astonishment tinged with excitement was simply flawless.

"Oh, my nephew, I didn’t inform you of my arrival this time," Lan Feng said with a smile as he looked at Qin Yu.

"Master, I remember there was no way to enter the Ni Yang Realm other than the Sky-breaking Map and the method you told me. How did you get in?" Qin Yu inquired, while Man Qian, Zong Jue, and the others also awaited Lan Feng’s answer.

Lan Feng laughed, "My nephew, all the methods you used to come in were told to you by me. Don’t you think I would have a way to get in?"

Qin Yu suddenly realized the truth.

And the others also understood somewhat. Since even Qin Yu’s method of entry was told by Lan Feng, it wasn’t surprising at all that Lan Feng could get in.

"Master, the stele in White Jade Square mentioned Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones left for us, but we didn’t see any. Was it you?" Qin Yu spoke up again.

Lan Feng smiled, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

"No wonder, no wonder we couldn’t find the Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones at that time; it turns out Brother Lan Feng had arrived earlier," Ao Feng said with a laugh.

In truth, Qin Yu also did not know where those Top-Grade Primordial Spirit Stones had gone; his statement was merely to add credibility.

Lan Feng suddenly shook his head and sighed, "I only entered the Ni Yang Realm a day earlier than you all. Initially, I wanted to enter the great hall through Qingyun Road, but because you also entered the Ni Yang Realm, and not through Qingyun Road, the Restriction on the doors of the Nine-layered Heaven’s great hall remained, preventing me from entering."

"That’s why I said... The Ten Thousand Beasts List was originally meant for me to obtain."

Hearing Lan Feng’s words, everyone else’s understanding of the situation deepened.

Lan Feng had entered before them, and because they had entered as well, the hall’s entrance Restrictions didn’t lift, preventing Lan Feng from going inside all this time.

"My friends, do not waste time anymore. The Nine-layered Heaven’s palace has nine levels; this is only the first floor, with eight more above," Lan Feng said with a chuckle, "My nephew, follow your uncle."

"Yes, Master," Qin Yu respectfully acknowledged and then followed behind Sword Immortal Lan Feng, with the ’Master and Nephew’ pair leading the way up the stairs.

Awestruck by Lan Feng’s formidable power, Ao Feng, Man Qian, Du Zhongjun, Hua Yan—the Four Great Ambassadors—and Fang Tian among others had no choice but to follow behind the ’Master and Nephew’ duo.

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