Chapter 1028

On the first floor of the great hall, a golden scroll hung high, suspended in mid-air, emitting specks of golden light.

"Having successfully challenged the Qingyun Path proves your foundations are solid. Naturally, I must give you some rewards. Among the treasures I, Ni Yang, once wielded across the Immortal, Demon, and Monster realms, the Ten Thousand Beasts Tome is your reward!"

The voice of Immortal Emperor Ni Yang rang out.

"Ten Thousand Beasts Tome?"

Qin Yu was somewhat curious.

He did not compete either, because his being able to enter this time was entirely thanks to Immortal Fang Yu leading the way; whatever treasure he obtained, it would be a gain for him.

"This treasure called the Ten Thousand Beasts Tome is a low-grade Divine Artifact."

Fang Yu's gaze examined the treasure, sensing its grade. Its power had already surpassed that of a top-grade Immortal Artifact, reaching the legendary Divine Artifact.

Divine Artifacts, even placed in the Immortal, Demon, and Monster realms, are extremely precious. In those realms, Immortal Artifacts can be manufactured, but Divine Artifacts are almost impossible to make — one can thus see how precious they are.

"Like Immortal Artifacts, Divine Artifacts are divided into offensive, defensive, spatial storage, and some special types. Although this Ten Thousand Beasts Tome is only a low-grade Divine Artifact, it belongs to an extremely special category. Placed in the Immortal, Demon, and Monster realms, it would be among the most precious treasures; even an Immortal Emperor would likely be tempted."

Jiang Lier also spoke up.

"Such a treasure?"

A look of surprise appeared on Qin Yu's face — this treasure was actually so important.

"Although that is so, this Divine Artifact is not in my eyes; for you, however, it does have some use."

Fang Yu reached out with a large hand, seizing the Ten Thousand Beasts Tome. With a slight sweep of his divine sense, he saw that within it were three layers of worlds, each containing many demon beasts. The first layer housed demon beasts of the Heavenly Demon level, the second housed spirit beasts of the Demon King level, and the third housed demon beasts of the Demon Emperor level.

Such a treasure, for those with relatively weak strength, is indeed an extremely precious item. Just think — once a cultivator ascends to the Immortal, Demon, and Monster realms, having countless Heavenly Demons under his command would greatly guarantee his safety.

But for a cultivator of Fang Yu's level, these demon beasts would only consume his provisions.

Last time, Demon Lord Chi Yuan gave him a hundred million Heavenly Demons; these Heavenly Demons still needed to eat every day, so there was no need to feed even more demon beasts.

Therefore, Fang Yu was not interested in this so-called special Divine Artifact.

He stepped forward, reaching the second heaven of the Nine Heavens — the Self-Bright Heaven.

"Everyone has come, clearly unable to forget my treasures. I can tell you all — the treasures in my Ni Yang Realm are countless. The vast majority are hidden in various places throughout the Ni Yang Realm, and these Nine Heavens contain the most essential portion, stored in the 7th, 8th, and 9th Heavens."

Immortal Emperor Ni Yang seemed like an emotionless NPC — though it was clearly only Fang Yu, he still said "everyone."

Probably even he could not have imagined that this time only three cultivators had entered the Ni Yang Realm, and there was none of the usual slaughter.

"From the 7th Heaven to the 9th Heaven, each of the three heavens contains a Divine Artifact. At the same time, the 9th Heaven hides the Bewildering God Scroll. So if you wish to obtain the most precious treasures, then please ascend to the Nine Heavens."

Immortal Emperor Ni Yang continued, explaining the chance to obtain treasures: one must first enter the 3rd Heaven. Within the 3rd Heaven there are seventeen rooms. The first room contains Sky-Splitting Sword Qi at the level of a 1st-tier Jin Xian; the second room contains the maximum-power sword qi released by a 2nd-tier Jin Xian; and so on. The ninth room contains sword qi released by a 9th-tier Jin Xian. Upon reaching the tenth room, one must withstand the maximum-power sword qi released by a 1st-tier Mystic Immortal; upon reaching the seventeenth room, one must withstand the maximum-power sword qi released by an 8th-tier Mystic Immortal.

In the end, for those challenging the rooms, it depends on how many levels one can surpass while withstanding the stronger sword qi. If a 9th-tier Heavenly Immortal enters the second room, that is surpassing two levels successfully. The one who surpasses the most levels ranks first and may enter the 9th layer.

Those ranked second and third enter the 8th layer and 7th layer respectively.

These are the rules for obtaining treasures.

"Fortunately, this time only three of us have come — no need for internal competition."

Fang Yu casually entered a room and broke through the Sky-Splitting Sword Qi of that Ni Yang Immortal.

After this, Qin Yu and Jiang Lier also ascended into the hall. After comprehending the rules, each of them likewise surpassed levels upward.

Thus Fang Yu ascended to the 9th Heaven, Qin Yu to the 8th, and Jiang Lier to the 7th.

Three people indeed needed no internal competition at all.

Everyone lined up and each obtained their own treasure.

At this moment in the Nine Heavens, Fang Yu's gaze swept around. He saw that above the great hall was a stretch of black, and within that blackness were countless stellar lights — it was a vast starry sky.

And on the floor of the great hall, Immortal Artifacts lay one after another.

At a glance, the number exceeded a thousand; the worst were top-grade Immortal Artifacts, and there were also quite a few supreme-grade Immortal Artifacts.

Moreover, in the distance there were some porcelain vials — Immortal Pills of this world.

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared. It was a man wearing a black long robe, with long hair flowing freely and a pair of extremely cold eyes. He spoke to Fang Yu without any emotion: "You must have guessed it — I am Immortal Emperor Ni Yang. I myself am already dead; this is only my image. Life and death are fated; that I died in such a way was also destiny."

Fang Yu stood in place, listening to this Immortal Emperor speak.

"Enough, let's not speak of that matter. There are many treasures here; in a moment you may go take them yourself. Before that, I hope you can do one thing. When you go to the Immortal, Demon, and Monster realms, at some point, I want you to make the Immortal Realm's Yu Huang and Xuan Di suffer a great loss. If you could kill them, that would be even better — but that is too difficult."

When speaking of Yu Huang and Xuan Di, a fierce glint flashed in Immortal Emperor Ni Yang's eyes.

"Actually, a person's luck is extremely important. Back then, when I was exploring a mysterious place in the Immortal, Demon, and Monster realms, I had finally shaken off the pursuit of Yu Huang, Xuan Di, and others. Just as I was about to obtain the treasure, I stepped on a poisonous bug. It was a bug from the God Realm — already a dead one — but after I stepped on it, its toxicity instantly merged into my soul, causing me to hold on for a thousand years before perishing completely. When all is said and done, this is fate."

Immortal Emperor Ni Yang sighed again.

"Indeed, bad luck."

Even Fang Yu felt deeply moved upon hearing it.

Two great Immortal Emperors — even more than two — had pursued Immortal Emperor Ni Yang, yet he successfully evaded them. Just as he was about to obtain the treasure, he stepped on a bug from the God Realm.

A bug — and a dead one at that — was lying on the ground, and Immortal Emperor Ni Yang happened to step right on it, making his death inevitable.

If it had been a living bug from the God Realm, one could say Immortal Emperor Ni Yang's strength was lacking, that he couldn't defeat it. But this was a dead bug from the God Realm — no one knows why it ended up in the Immortal, Demon, and Monster realms, and happened to be stepped on by Immortal Emperor Ni Yang. That truly was bad luck.

A dead bug from the God Realm.

Fang Yu thought of the fish from the God Realm of the Holy King Realm — that living fish from the God Realm. It is said that placed in the myriad heavens and worlds, the endless universes, it is an invincible existence, able to thrash countless invincible beings. No Immortal Emperor, Saint, Supreme, God Emperor, Eternal Legend, or Immortal Supreme could withstand even a single touch from that fish of the God Realm of the Holy King Realm.

"Enough, my treasures are left here; take them with peace of mind. I only hope that when you obtain these things, you can go to the Immortal, Demon, and Monster realms and give Yu Huang and Xuan Di a severe setback."

Immortal Emperor Ni Yang's body gradually dissipated.

"Yu Huang, Xuan Di."

Fang Yu uttered the two names, his gaze turning toward the many treasures of the Nine Heavens.

Top-grade Immortal Artifacts, nearly a thousand.

Supreme-grade Immortal Artifacts, over a hundred.

And all manner of Immortal Pills.

Besides these, three items floated in the void. The one on the left was a longsword, emanating a not-bad second-landlord aura; on the right was a set of battle armor, black on the surface yet interwoven with threads of silver within; as for the one in the center… it was a scroll emanating a hazy starlight.

Fang Yu reached out with a large hand and seized the longsword on the left. After casually refining it, he immediately knew exactly what this longsword was.

A mid-grade divine artifact, the Heaven-Breaking Sword, contained within it the cultivation method of the Heaven-Breaking Sword Art — this was also the beginning of Immortal Emperor Ni'yang's dominance over the Immortal, Demon, and Devil realms.

Thus, Fang Yu obtained a divine artifact at this place.

A mid-grade divine artifact.

Entering different immortal mansions truly yields different benefits.

At the Nine Swords Immortal Mansion, what Fang Yu obtained was still a mid-grade immortal artifact, but now here in the Ni'yang Realm, mid-grade immortal artifacts are already worthless. Even here, upper-grade immortal artifacts come in complete sets, and supreme-grade immortal artifacts also come in complete sets. Moreover, Fang Yu even obtained a mid-grade divine artifact.

A divine artifact — such a divine artifact, placed in the Eternal Life Realm, could reach the level of a Dao artifact.

It's just that this mid-grade divine artifact differs from Dao artifacts of the Eternal Life Realm in many ways. For instance, Fang Yu did not discover any artifact spirit within this mid-grade divine artifact. If he wishes to activate it, he must pour his own power into it before the divine artifact can function.

But in the Eternal Life Realm, even a lower-grade Dao artifact possesses an artifact spirit. Not only can it cultivate on its own, but it can also attack on its own. Of course, if one has enough Pure Yang Pills, it can unleash even greater might.

Divine artifacts and Dao artifacts seem to correspond roughly, but in terms of convenience, Dao artifacts are still more convenient.

After Fang Yu collected this Heaven-Breaking Divine Sword, he once again stored it within the Eight Divisions Pagoda. Rolling dragon Qi instantly enveloped the Heaven-Breaking Divine Sword, and then the fine materials of this divine sword were melted down by the Eight Divisions Pagoda, becoming materials for the Eight Divisions Pagoda's advancement.

Fang Yu has now refined the Eight Divisions Pagoda to the level of a mid-grade Dao artifact, but to refine it to an upper-grade Dao artifact, one cannot say how many heaven-and-earth treasures would be needed. Now that he has obtained many treasures, he does not use them directly, but instead lets the Eight Divisions Pagoda absorb them, increasing the foundation of this mid-grade Dao artifact.

Therefore, after Fang Yu obtained the mid-grade divine artifact, this mid-grade divine artifact was absorbed, and nearly a thousand upper-grade immortal artifacts and supreme-grade immortal artifacts were also absorbed by the Eight Divisions Pagoda.

However, Fang Yu did not send another divine artifact into the Eight Divisions Pagoda.

That was a battle garment, named Black Condensed Snow, a lower-grade divine artifact.

A lower-grade divine artifact defensive garment — for his avatar, it could be put to use in this world, so he did not destroy it.

Afterwards, Fang Yu's gaze turned to the third treasure, the Bewitching Divine Scroll.

"Junior, this Bewitching Divine Scroll is the number one treasure of the Immortal, Demon, and Devil realms. Even if you possess my two divine artifacts, if your strength does not reach the Mysterious Immortal realm, and people learn you possess the Bewitching Divine Scroll, you are seeking death. Remember this, remember this!"

Immortal Emperor Ni'yang spoke again.

Fang Yu grunted in acknowledgment and exited the Ninth Layer Heaven.

After he went out, after a while, Qin Yu and Jiang Lier also emerged from the spaces of the eighth and seventh layers respectively, each holding a divine artifact in their hands.

Lower-grade divine artifact garments.

Defensive-type divine artifacts — for cultivators, they are even better than ordinary offensive divine artifacts.

"Immortal."

Seeing Fang Yu, Qin Yu and Jiang Lier both paid their respects.

"This time we have all obtained Immortal Emperor Ni'yang's treasures. It is time to return."

Fang Yu stepped forward, the void ahead shattered, and everyone vanished once more.

When they appeared again, Fang Yu and the others had already returned to the seabed.

"Uncle Lan" was still drinking tea at the seabed. Seeing the void ripple, his gaze turned over.

"Fellow Daoist has returned? It seems you've obtained quite a few benefits?"

Uncle Lan said with a smile.