Four people have now passed the test, with Man Qian currently surpassing the Sixth Level and temporarily ranking first, while Ao Feng ranks second, and Yu Liang ranks third. The final top three will correspondingly enter the ninth, eighth, and seventh layers of the ’Nine-layered Heaven’.

But there are still Fang Tian, Zong Jue, Qin Yu, and Du Zhongjun, four people who have not undergone the test.

Who will emerge as the victorious three? It’s still too early to tell.

"Next, Du Zhongjun!" The thin black man looked towards Du Zhongjun.

A shiver ran through Du Zhongjun’s heart, and he promptly responded respectfully, "Yes, senior."

"The effect of Blood Spirit Grass can’t keep up with the True Dragon Spirit, and I’m not a Super Divine Beast, so the effects I can achieve are limited. I also don’t have a Low Grade Divine Artifact like Man Qian... Which one should I choose?"

Lightning-fast thoughts raced through Du Zhongjun’s mind.

He had been pondering this problem from the start; choosing a room with higher difficulty could very well mean the end of his life. Choosing one with lower difficulty might mean not obtaining even a single Divine Artifact.

"Damn it, I’m going all in," a flash of bloody red light sparkled in Du Zhongjun’s eyes as he stepped into room number six.

Room number six contained sword energy at the maximum power of a Sixth-level Golden Immortal’s Sky-breaking Sword Energy.

Du Zhongjun possesses Blood Spirit Grass, which can indeed boost his power substantially in a short time. However... once consumed, Blood Spirit Grass might cause the user to enter a frenzied state. And without a Low Grade Divine Artifact, choosing room number six was already an act of desperation for him.

"Brother Qin Yu, do you think Du Zhongjun will survive?" Zong Jue asked aloud.

After pondering for a moment, Qin Yu shook his head and said, "It’s hard to say, after all, no one knows how powerful Du Zhongjun’s hidden card is. If his treasure is as potent as Fang Tian’s True Dragon Spirit, then Du Zhongjun can definitely succeed with ease."

"Fang Tian, having consumed the True Dragon Spirit, it has been of great help to you this time," Lan Feng said to Fang Tian with a smile.

"Of help?"

Fang Tian bitterly smiled inside, thinking about how he had consumed the True Dragon Spirit to seize the Ten Thousand Beasts List. In the beginning, fighting with Man Qian and others had depleted two-tenths of his energy, and then to shock them all at once, he had used up five-tenths. Yet, just when he was about to claim the Ten Thousand Beasts List for himself, he was suddenly attacked by Lan Feng. To counter that strike, he had to use up another almost two-tenths of the energy of the True Dragon Spirit.

Now around Fang Tian’s Nascent Soul, only about one-tenth of the True Dragon Spirit’s energy remained.

One-tenth?

If it were the full ten-tenths, he, Fang Tian, would dare to challenge the seventh room. But with only one-tenth, he wouldn’t even dare to enter the sixth.

"Ah~~" Suddenly, a painful scream emanated from room number six.

"What’s happened to Du Zhongjun?" Qin Yu, Fang Tian, Zong Jue, and the others all turned to look at the room.

Inside room number six.

The moment Du Zhongjun stepped into the room, he had already swallowed the Blood Spirit Grass, and the energy within his body surged instantly, turning his eyes completely blood-red.

"Stay calm, stay calm," Du Zhongjun could feel a crazed killing intent rising in his mind, but he could only keep suppressing it.

Suddenly—

A piercing sword qi shot directly at Du Zhongjun from the front, triggering the Blood Demon energy within him. Du Zhongjun’s eyes instantly turned into a shiny bloody red, emitting a sinister glow.

With a painful roar, Du Zhongjun retaliated.

A strange bloody red glow collided with the sword qi.

...

The door to Chamber Six opened, and Du Zhongjun’s aura had already settled down, his whole being seeming as if it had been hollowed out, yet Du Zhongjun still managed to give a respectful smile to the thin and dark man.

"Blood Spirit Grass, using such a thing? When it comes to wealth and boldness, still far behind the Dragon Clan," the thin and dark man sighed, then with a wave of his hand, a new line appeared on the wall—"Demon World, Du Zhongjun, surpassed five levels, success!"

A radiant light suddenly shot out from the thin and dark man, enveloping Du Zhongjun.

"Du Zhongjun has successfully surpassed five levels, currently ranking second, summon Yu Liang out of the Ni Yang Realm," said the thin and dark man indifferently.

In an instant, Du Zhongjun disappeared into thin air, while Qin Yu and the others could still hear a faint vibration within the Fourth Layer’s great hall.

Only Fang Tian, Zong Jue, Qin Yu, and Lan Feng remained on the field.

At this moment, both Fang Tian and Zong Jue had the most complicated feelings in their hearts.

In their view, Qin Yu’s power was too weak; he definitely wouldn’t even be able to pass the simplest first chamber. What’s more... the sword Qi in the first chamber was gone, forcing Qin Yu to challenge Chamber Two.

Even Zong Jue had lost faith in Qin Yu.

In the eyes of Fang Tian and Zong Jue, their real competitors were Man Qian, Du Zhongjun, and Ao Feng.

"Next up, Fang Tian," the thin and dark man looked at Fang Tian.

"Yes, senior," Fang Tian immediately bowed and said. Decisively, he set his gaze on the chambers, his heart resolved, "Man Qian surpassed six levels, Du Zhongjun surpassed five levels, then I... will also surpass five levels."

Fang Tian directly entered Chamber Five.

Relying solely on ten percent of the True Dragon Spirit’s energy, even Fang Tian dared to challenge no more than Chamber Five.

Zong Jue and Qin Yu both waited.

After a short time, the door... opened.

Fang Tian’s complexion was a bit pale, but he couldn’t hide his excitement.

In Fang Tian’s view, Zong Jue, who lacked treasures like the True Dragon Spirit, couldn’t possibly pass five levels like he did. As for Qin Yu? With only the power of the Great Success Stage, he’d surely die in whichever chamber he entered.

And as for the most powerful Lan Feng?

Fang Tian didn’t care in the slightest, since the challenge wasn’t about who was the most powerful, but who could surpass more levels.

With a wave of his hand, the thin and dark man made another line appear on the wall—"Dragon Clan, Fang Tian, surpassed five levels, success." He looked at Fang Tian and nodded, "Fang Tian, you’ve successfully surpassed five levels, the same as Du Zhongjun. Because Du Zhongjun challenged Chamber Six and you challenged Chamber Five... you are currently ranked third. As for Ao Feng, he’s been sent out of the Ni Yang Realm!"

As the radiance enveloped Fang Tian, he too disappeared from the Third Layer to the Fourth Layer, while Ao Feng in the Fourth Layer was teleported out of the Ni Yang Realm.

At this point, ostensibly there were still three people left: Zong Jue, Qin Yu, and Lan Feng. In reality, it was just Zong Jue and Qin Yu.

"The current temporary third place has successfully surpassed five levels, while the chambers containing treasures are only the Ninth Layer, Eighth Layer, and Seventh Layer—with only three successful spots. If you wish to seize a treasure, you must at least surpass five levels, or even higher," said the thin and dark man, unusually loquacious.

Then he looked at Zong Jue with a smile and said, "Zong Jue, it’s your turn."

"Yes, senior," determination flashed in Zong Jue’s eyes, and he immediately strode towards... Chamber Six!

"Senior Zong," Qin Yu exclaimed in surprise.

Zong Jue’s figure paused slightly, but he still resolutely entered Room Six.

Qin Yu was shocked beyond measure.

He knew of Zong Jue’s strength, which was formidable, yet... to withstand the strongest sword qi of a Sixth-level Golden Immortal was nearly impossible. After all, Zong Jue didn’t possess any treasures to enhance his attack power.

"Qin Yu." The gaunt man suddenly looked at Qin Yu with a smile, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Wu Lan, and you can call me Mr. Wu. Don’t worry, no one will hear our conversation right now."

Qin Yu looked at the gaunt man before him, feeling nothing but shock and confusion in his heart.

"Wu Lan?"

In that moment, Qin Yu thought of many things, but still tried to calm his emotions and asked, "Mr. Wu, I feel that you are very... interested in me. It seems we have never met before, may I know the reason?"

"Yes, I am very interested in you, extremely... interested." Wu Lan’s face was full of a radiant smile.

"Qin Yu, do you know? I haven’t been back to my hometown for a very long, very long, very long time." Wu Lan said ’very long’ three times, his face showing a hint of desolation.

Qin Yu nodded and said, "Is Mr. Wu trapped in the Ni Yang Realm and unable to return home?"

Based on what Qin Yu knew from the first layer of the Ten Thousand Beasts List, the Ni Yang Realm had existed in the Mortal World for a very long time. Seeing the gaunt man Wu Lan staying in the Ni Yang Realm made Qin Yu think that this was probably the reason.

"Oh, no." Wu Lan shook his head with a smile, "How many years have I been in the Ni Yang Realm? Not even one hundred thousand years. Does that count as a long time?"

Qin Yu was stunned.

One hundred thousand years wasn’t considered long?

"I have left my homeland for I don’t know how many sets of one hundred thousand years— one hundred, one thousand, or ten thousand? I myself don’t even know, it’s been too long..." Wu Lan sighed.

Shock filled Qin Yu’s heart.

One thousand or ten thousand sets of one hundred thousand years? How long was that?

"When I lived in my hometown, although I was just a little one, I enjoyed life there. But one day, due to some special reasons, I left my homeland without a choice, and after a series of events, I encountered Ni Yang," Wu Lan reminisced about the past, while Qin Yu listened quietly.

Suddenly, Wu Lan laughed.

"Ni Yang is dead, died a stifling death, a death that was... frankly, laughable." Wu Lan’s face was uncontrollably full of smiles.

"Mr. Wu, do you not have even a bit of friendship with Immortal Emperor Ni Yang? Why don’t you feel sad about his death?" Qin Yu asked.

"Friendship?" Wu Lan smiled, "Perhaps there was a bit since how could there not be after living together for so many years, but... I find it hard to be grateful to him. I felt relieved instead when he died. However, seeing you today... I am very glad. Probably the happiest I’ve been in countless years."

"Why?" Qin Yu asked in return.

"Secret." Wu Lan smiled mysteriously, "For now, you cannot know. When it’s time for you to know, you will understand. But when I saw this ’thing,’" Wu Lan pointed at Lan Feng, "I knew that it was very likely I could return to my hometown."

When Qin Yu heard Wu Lan refer to ’Lan Feng’ as ’this thing,’ he understood that Wu Lan indeed saw through that Lan Feng was just a puppet.

"Alright, Qin Yu, stop overthinking. Just continue cultivating like this, and one day you will understand what I mean by what I said today," Wu Lan said lightly with a smile.

Qin Yu nodded.

He decided not to think too much about things that he didn’t understand.

"Mr. Wu, about Zong Jue who just entered, he is now..." Qin Yu was a bit worried about Zong Jue, after all, he had a deep connection with him. Besides, Zong Jue also had a friendship with Uncle Lan.

Wu Lan said with a light smile, "Entering room number six, with his strength, he is seeking..."

Just as he was about to say ’death’, Wu Lan suddenly paused, his facial expression frozen.

After a moment, Wu Lan found it hard to believe and said, "How is that possible?"

"Qin Yu, the person who gave you that ’thing’ back then, does he know this Zong Jue too?" Wu Lan immediately inquired.

"Are you talking about Uncle Lan?" Qin Yu nodded and said, "Uncle Lan indeed knows Zong Jue, and he even gave Zong Jue a weapon."

"No wonder, no wonder," Wu Lan finally understood.

At that moment, the door of room number six opened, and Zong Jue came out with blood at the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were filled with excitement. He didn’t approach the thin and dark Wu Lan but instead walked toward Qin Yu and seriously said, "Brother Qin Yu, when you see Senior Lan, please convey my thanks to him."

"This is..." Qin Yu was taken aback.

But a quick thought in Qin Yu’s mind led him to guess some things.

That Zong Jue was able to come out alive and the first thing he did was to thank Uncle Lan; it was obvious that Zong Jue’s survival probably had something to do with Uncle Lan. Qin Yu also recalled when Feifei and Little Black were crossing their tribulations, a stream of energy had flowed out of the Black Stick and Cloud Piercing Spear.

"Probably, Uncle Lan hid a stream of energy inside the black war saber he gave to Zong Jue," Qin Yu guessed in his heart.

And at that moment, a new line of text appeared on the wall—’Chaotic Star Sea, Zong Jue, surpassed sixth level, success.’

The thin and dark Wu Lan said indifferently, "Zong Jue has successfully surpassed the sixth level, ranking after Man Qian as the second, and the Dragon Clan member Fang Tian was sent out of the Ni Yang Realm." Then, a radiant light enveloped Zong Jue, who was directly transported to the fourth layer, while Fang Tian, who had hoped to obtain treasures in the fourth layer, was transported out of the Ni Yang Realm.

Once Zong Jue disappeared, Wu Lan’s face again showed a smile.

"Qin Yu, now it’s your turn. Which room will you choose? With this thing similar to an external incarnation, the treasure of the ninth layer of the Nine-layered Heaven is definitely yours," Wu Lan said with a smile.

Qin Yu also modestly smiled.

The currently temporarily first-ranked Man Qian had risked his life just to succeed in surpassing the sixth level.

As for himself, with only Great Success Stage strength, picking any room would at least be surpassing ten levels.

"Let’s keep modest, room number seven it is," Qin Yu said with a smile. Sword Immortal Lan Feng moved and attached himself to Qin Yu’s body, then directly merged into Qin Yu’s body.

Qin Yu then walked into room number seven by himself.

A Ninth-level Golden Immortal Sword Immortal Puppet facing the sword energy of a Seventh Level Golden Immortal?

Was there even a need to think about the outcome?

After just a short while, Qin Yu came out with a relaxed smile still on his face.

"The first one has come out," Wu Lan probably also thought that Qin Yu won too easily, and his face beamed with a bright smile, "Qin Yu, get ready. I will soon transport you, Man Qian, and Zong Jue to the ninth layer, eighth layer, and seventh layer, respectively."

At the same time, a new line of text appeared on the wall of the third layer: ’Mortal World, Qin Yu, surpassed sixteen levels, success!’

(The content in the Ni Yang Realm is about to end~~~ What exactly is in the ninth layer? What else did Uncle Lan leave for Qin Yu?)

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