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Qu Lingling replied, "Reporting to Palace Master, my Master is a Seventh Order."

Yang Kai immediately understood.

There is also a differences in the Divine Monarch, High Rank Open Heaven is eligible to be called Divine Monarch. Eighth Order and Seventh Order were both acceptable.

Only now did he remember that Grey Bones had no hope of reaching the Eighth Order, and the peak of the Seventh Order was his limit.

Back when he had subdued him on Sin Star, he had been a Sixth Order master. Now that so many years had passed and he had the backing of High Heaven Palace, he had no lack of cultivation resources, so it was naturally not a problem for him to break through to the Seventh Order.

It was probably because he felt that he had reached the limit of the Martial Dao and no longer had any aspirations, so he wanted to take in a disciple to teach, which was why Qu Lingling became his disciple.

On the other hand, Qu Lingling's cultivation was at the peak of the Seventh Order, so she should have the qualifications to advance to the Eighth Order. The purpose of this trip to the Universe Furnace was to obtain the Lower Quality Open Heaven Pill, hoping to break through to the Eighth Order as soon as possible so that she could protect herself in the upcoming storm.

If it weren't for the fact that they wanted to break through to the Eighth Order as soon as possible, a rising star like Qu Lingling wouldn't have had to take the risk to enter the Universe Furnace. They could have broken through sooner or later by relying on their own hard work.

However, time was not on their side. The appearance of the Universe Furnace had completely broken the balance between the Human Race and the Black Ink Clan. The curtains had been lifted on a vast battlefield, and two chariots carrying the fate of the various races were already rolling forward. No one could stop this.

It was because Mi Jinglun had seen this that he had arranged for many Seventh Order to enter the Universe Furnace. After all, Lower Quality Open Heaven Pills weren't rare in this Universe Furnace, so if one's luck wasn't too bad, they would still be able to obtain some benefits.

Since they were family and also had a relationship with Grey Bones, Yang Kai naturally wouldn't be stingy. He immediately took out a jade bottle and said with a smile, "Your Honored Master helped me a lot back then, and you're also a disciple of my High Heaven Palace. Since this is the first time we've met, I'll give you these things."

With a push of his hand, a gentle force pulled the jade bottle towards Qu Lingling.

Qu Lingling didn't know what to do. She hadn't expected that the Palace Master would give her a gift. Just as she was about to decline, Liao Zheng smiled and said, "This is a gift from an Elder, you cannot refuse!"

The corners of Yang Kai's mouth twitched slightly. Elder…

Well, although he still retained his youthful appearance, he had cultivated for thousands of years and had the status of High Heaven Palace's Palace Master, so he was an Elder.

Qu Lingling only hesitated for a moment before accepting the jade bottle and bowing, "Disciple thanks Palace Master for the gift!"

Yang Kai nodded slightly and led the way, following the direction Qu Lingling had come from.

Qu Lingling was just about to put away the jade bottle, after all, in front of Yang Kai, it wasn't appropriate for her to investigate what he had given her, when she heard Yang Kai's voice in her ear, "There are a lot of these things, you shouldn't be able to use them all. If you have any extra, you can distribute them to those who need them."

Qu Lingling was stunned for a moment before quickly realizing something and quickly opened the jade bottle to examine it. When she saw the pills inside, she was both surprised and happy.

Her goal of entering the Universe Furnace this time had actually been achieved so easily? Wasn't this the Lower Quality Open Heaven Pill she was looking for?

Liao Zheng also found out about the inside information of the jade bottle and couldn't help sighing. This Senior Brother Yang was really fast. He had yet to find anything, yet he had already obtained so much.

With such a bottle of Lower Quality Open Heaven Pill, if they were lucky, it would be enough to allow two Seventh Order to advance to the Eighth Order.

Along the way, Yang Kai continued to search for traces of other human race while also imparting to Liao Zheng and Qu Lingling his experience in finding this Open Heaven Pill.

In fact, it wasn't difficult to find the Open Heaven Pills. Not to mention the Open Heaven Pills that hadn't been discovered, if there were any Chaos Body that couldn't hide, they must have already swallowed the Open Heaven Pills. However, if they wanted to integrate and refine the Open Heaven Pills' medicinal efficacies, it would take a lot of time. According to Yang Kai's previous experiments in his Small Universe, if a Chaos Body wanted to integrate the Open Heaven Pills' medicinal efficacies, it would take at least a dozen years.

As such, as long as he could find a few Chaos Body that had been exposed, it would be easy for him to gain some benefits, and he wouldn't have to worry about the medicinal efficacies leaking. In such a short time, the Chaos Body wouldn't be able to refine much of the medicinal efficacies.

Qu Lingling immediately showed a look of annoyance because on the way here, she had seen a Chaos Body like this in the Endless River, but considering the strangeness of the Endless River, she didn't dare to venture too deep.

Fortunately, Yang Kai was leading her back the way they had come and soon found the Chaos Body. Yang Kai personally took out the Chaos Body and washed it with his Great Dao power, easily killing it and collecting the Lower Quality Open Heaven Pill it had swallowed.

As they continued forward, with the occasional gains, the group gradually grew stronger.

More and more human race came along the Endless River, using the communication beads to communicate with each other and join up with them, some of them being at the Seventh or Eighth Order.

When the group reached a group of ten, Yang Kai, the leader, stopped and turned around, saying, "Everyone, I'll be taking my leave now."

Among the ten people, three were Eighth Order and seven were Seventh Order. The reason for the large disparity in ratio was because the number of Seventh Order cultivators who entered was higher than the number of Eighth Order cultivators. Secondly, it was because Mi Jinglun had told them that all Seventh Order cultivators who entered the Universe Furnace would immediately seek out the Endless River and join up with the others to search for Lower Quality Open Heaven Pills. Breaking through to the Eighth Order in the Universe Furnace was their only mission.

Best Quality Open Heaven Pills were extremely rare, and even if they were found, they might have to compete with the Black Ink Clan and the Chaos Spirit Race to obtain them.

However, if he allowed the Seventh Order to advance to the Eighth Order, it would greatly increase the overall strength of the Human Race.

As for the Eighth Order masters, they naturally wanted to compete for this opportunity, but they still needed some people to protect the Seventh Order Open Heaven Stage masters.

Now that this group of ten people had a certain degree of ability to protect themselves, even if they encountered the Black Ink Clan's Pseudo-Royal Lord, they wouldn't be completely helpless, so there was no need for Yang Kai to remain.

He was going to search for the Best Quality Open Heaven Pill.

Liao Zheng and the other two Eighth Order masters understood what he was thinking and immediately nodded. Liao Zheng said, "Senior Brother can go by himself. These days, we've also found some Lower Quality Open Heaven Pills. In a while, the three of us will escort them to a safe place and allow a few of them to advance to the Eighth Order before making any further plans."

Yang Kai nodded, "That's for the best," He then added, "Be careful, protect yourself."

Clasping his fists together, he activated his Space Principle and his figure gradually faded away.

After Yang Kai left, Liao Zheng and the others had a brief discussion before the three Eighth Order masters escorted the seven Seventh Order masters away from the Endless River and into the vast void.

It wasn't easy to find a safe place inside the Universe Furnace. After all, the search methods here were greatly limited, so no one knew if they would suddenly encounter a powerful enemy.

Fortunately, the space inside this Universe Furnace was extremely vast. As long as one's luck wasn't too bad, finding a random place wasn't a big deal.

After selecting a spot, everyone took out the Lower Quality Open Heaven Pills they had obtained before and distributed them to the Seventh Order master who need them. After consuming and refining them, the aura of a Seventh Order master surged and showed signs of breaking through.

When everyone saw this, they couldn't help exclaiming in amazement. Although this Lower Quality Open Heaven Pill wasn't as good as a Best Quality Open Heaven Pill, allowing a cultivator to break through their bottlenecks, it was still an immediate breakthrough.

This way, after this trip to the Universe Furnace to seize treasures, the Human Race would definitely have many new Eighth Order masters.

During this time, Yang Kai flew through the void, occasionally activating his Sun and Moon Marks or sensing the movement of his communication bead.

This communication bead had been given to him by Liao Zheng, and it was a communication tool between Human Race cultivators, allowing them to determine each other's location and request assistance in emergencies.

What worried him now was how to find the nine Best Quality Open Heaven Pills. Although he had left his mark on the nine pills, he still hadn't found them, nor did he know where they were. As such, he could only try his luck.

The information he obtained from Liao Zheng also made the situation inside the Universe Furnace even more confusing.

There were native Chaos Spirit Race beings here, and there was even a possibility of a Chaos Spirit King. Moreover, the Best Quality Open Heaven Pill was actually useful to the Black Ink Clan, something he had never expected.

As a result, it would undoubtedly be more difficult for the Human Race to obtain the Best Quality Open Heaven Pill.

At this moment, he was standing in the void with a strange gray fog-like existence in front of him, his forehead dripping with cold sweat and his face filled with lingering fear.

This small patch of gray fog was about the size of a table. When Yang Kai was speeding along just now, he almost crashed into it, but fortunately, he didn't notice it at the critical moment and stopped in time.

At this moment, his Divine Sense surged and after a careful examination, he discovered that there was something else inside this small gray fog.

This wasn't some kind of gray fog, it was actually a Star Sea that had shrunk countless times, and what formed this gray fog were all stars…

This was a small gray fog, but its interior was extremely unpredictable. If one were to accidentally rush into it, it would be equivalent to entering a Star Sea. If they were not careful, they would lose their way and find it difficult to escape.

How could there be such a thing inside the Universe Furnace?

On top of that, when he thought about it carefully, it seemed that this wasn't the only place. Along the way, Yang Kai had seen many such fogs, some large and some small. He hadn't paid much attention to them before, but now that he was carefully examining them, he realized how profound they were.

This Universe Furnace seemed to be even more mysterious than he had imagined…

Yang Kai suppressed the throbbing in his heart as he stared at the gray fog in front of him and couldn't help thinking, If this thing can be taken away and refined, wouldn't it be invincible when used against enemies?

Not to mention an existence like the Black Ink Clan's Royal Lord, even if it was the Ink Giant Spiritual God, it would find it difficult to escape from this gray fog.

However, Yang Kai only did a brief investigation before giving up on this unrealistic idea.

This thing… he couldn't take it away.

This small gray fog was incredibly large, so if he wanted to take it away, it was equivalent to taking away the Star Sea inside. Such a majestic force was not something an Eighth Order like him could possess, not even a Ninth Order master.

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