The emergence of a congenital spiritual treasure went unnoticed by ordinary cultivators. Perhaps, even if this supreme treasure were placed before them, they wouldn't recognize it.
However, the great powers of the Celestial Realm were all alerted.
Originally, various factions had dispatched people to the lower realms to search for the Creation Jade Disk, and after a thousand years, there was still no news.
Now, another congenital supreme treasure appeared in the lower realms, once again drawing the attention of the Celestial Realm's magnates.
Treasures of this caliber were scarce, even in the Celestial Realm.
Especially for some influential figures, when attending gatherings with peers and boasting, not having a treasure of this level when others did would be quite embarrassing.
Thus, following the previous wave of searching for the Creation Jade Disk, another wave of treasure hunting in the lower realms surged across the Celestial Realm.
Numerous Earth Immortal experts were driven by their superiors, like dogs, to the lower realms to search for treasures for them.
However, the lower realms encompassed countless worlds, and without specific coordinates, it was like searching for a needle in a haystack.
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Xiao Fei was unaware that the small, broken gourd he casually refined had caused such a significant impact and added so much trouble for the Celestial Realm experts.
If he had known, he likely wouldn't have felt any remorse.
Recalling that day, ever since he dripped his blood onto the yellow gourd, the gourd had absorbed all his vital essence.
If he hadn't had many lives, he would have perished due to such a minor mistake. The thought sent a shiver down his spine.
At this moment, he buried his shriveled corpse.
Holding the treasure gourd in his hand, Xiao Fei felt a connection with it.
The gourd's function was simple, nothing particularly miraculous.
It could collect any living being into the gourd and then refine them into a pool of blood.
He decided to test the gourd's efficacy on Teacher Xiao Hei when he met him again.
After all, Xiao Hei was an Earth Immortal expert, and others might not withstand such torment.
After refining the gourd, Xiao Fei turned his gaze to the remaining gourd vine.
The leaves on the gourd vine had all fallen, leaving only a bare, winding vine.
With the experience of refining the yellow gourd, Xiao Fei was prepared to face death. He took out a sharp blade and slashed his own arm.
Blood gushed out, flowing onto the vine, but the vine showed no reaction.
He smeared his blood all over the vine again, but there was still no response.
It turned out he had been misled by past experiences, wasting so much blood, and would need several days of eating to recover.
He then spent another ten years specifically refining this gourd vine.
Xiao Fei spent ten years in his space and finally succeeded in refining the gourd vine.
The gourd vine had transformed significantly. It was about three feet long, soft to the touch, and emitted a faint golden glow, appearing quite ordinary.
However, once he unleashed this vine, it would become a treasure specifically for binding people.
Xiao Fei casually wrapped the vine around his waist, where it served perfectly as a belt.
With the Wuhuang Stone refined into a large bowl for defense, the yellow gourd for offense, and the gourd vine for capturing and trapping enemies, he was now well-equipped.
Possessing these treasures greatly boosted Xiao Fei's confidence.
Feng Zhengyang, who had been in seclusion and rarely emerged from his cave dwelling on the eighth level of Sky Phoenix City, stepped out.
He was dressed in the colorful robes favored by the Sky Phoenix clan, with a light golden belt casually tied around his waist.
He first went to the fifth level of Sky Phoenix City, where Ancestor Xiaoyue and Feiyu were already waiting. The three exchanged some spiritual items.
Over the years, Ancestor Xiaoyue and Feiyu had helped him sell the specialties of the Canglei Realm throughout the Demon Realm, earning a considerable amount of spirit stones.
However, after years of operation, this business had reached its limit and was saturated, unable to expand further.
"Master, it has been confirmed that there are two more passages to other worlds in the Demon Realm, controlled by the White Tiger Sacred Land and the Azure Dragon clan, respectively."
As Feiyu reported to Xiao Fei, he also presented a jade slip map, marking the locations of the other two inter-world passages.
The lower realms contained countless Great Thousand Worlds, and no one had ever precisely counted how many there were.
These worlds were adjacent, and inter-world passages existed between neighboring worlds.
Each world was surrounded by several other worlds, and it was always possible to find three to five inter-world passages.
Although Xiao Fei now straddled two worlds, he still lacked a sense of security and wanted to find more inter-world passages to visit more worlds.
"Good, you have worked hard!"
Xiao Fei put away the jade slip and was about to bid them farewell when he suddenly frowned.
"Hahaha... I've finally caught you."
Just then, several Sky Phoenix clan cultivators kicked open the door and entered from outside.
"As expected, no matter how much you guard against it, the enemy within is the hardest to guard against!"
"Feng Zhengyang! The clan has treated you well, why are you betraying us?"
The market in the entire Demon Realm was limited. Previously, selling items from the Canglei Realm to the Demon Realm was a unique business of the Sky Phoenix clan.
In recent years, many specialties from the Canglei Realm had suddenly appeared in the Demon Realm, competing with the Sky Phoenix clan.
This was akin to snatching food directly from their mouths. The Sky Phoenix clan had been secretly investigating for seven to eight hundred years and had finally found the culprit.
"Feng Zhengyang, surrender and accept the clan's judgment!"
Leading the group was the patriarch of the Sky Phoenix clan, a cultivator in the late Integration stage. Behind him were several elders of the Sky Phoenix clan in the Integration stage.
With no Mahayana cultivators appearing, this represented the peak combat power, sufficient to suppress all directions.
Xiao Fei looked at the approaching Integration stage cultivators of the Sky Phoenix clan. Cultivators of this level no longer caught his eye. He cast a glance at Feiyu and Ancestor Xiaoyue.
Such a trivial matter should not require the leader to act personally. Feiyu and Ancestor Xiaoyue understood, stepped forward, and stared at the approaching group with mischievous smiles.
"This is Sky Phoenix City, the territory of the Sky Phoenix clan. Do you dare to rebel!"
Feiyu and Ancestor Xiaoyue suddenly revealed their Mahayana stage cultivation. To the astonishment of the Sky Phoenix clan members, they lunged at them respectively.
"Boom boom boom..."
In just a few moves, these Integration stage powerhouses of the Sky Phoenix clan were all rendered unconscious by the two.
"Master, should we kill them all?"
"No! We are only seeking wealth; there's no need to create more bloodshed."
Xiao Fei waved his hand, letting Feiyu toss everyone onto the ground, and then paid them no further attention.
"Since we've been discovered, there's no need to hide anymore. Let's go check out the forbidden area on the ninth level today."
He had been lurking within the Sky Phoenix clan for many years, yet he still knew very little about the ninth-level forbidden area. Only a select few high-ranking members knew some of the truth.
This fueled his curiosity about the ninth level of Sky Phoenix City.