Qiu Chengfeng's demise came as no surprise to Lu Qingyang.
After all, Qiu Chengfeng was not among the top tier of consummate Sixth-Rank cultivators and couldn't compare to Gu Tiangang.
Facing the combined assault of Gu Fang and his team, Qiu Chengfeng's defeat was almost inevitable.
Upon his death, all the treasures he carried fell into the hands of the group.
Among these treasures, a supreme Seventh-Rank Sacred Pill stood out.
After some discussion, Ye Jiu voluntarily gave up all his current offerings and future gains from dungeon explorations in exchange for this pill.
Although this Sacred Pill was labeled as a supreme Seventh-Rank, its effectiveness was limited to helping Sixth-Rank cultivators advance to the Seventh Rank, making it essentially equivalent to a lower-grade Seventh-Rank breakthrough pill.
However, the issue lay in the cost: a conservative estimate for a lower-grade Seventh-Rank breakthrough pill was a thousand billion offering points, whereas offering this Sacred Pill to the Celestial Court would yield only five hundred billion.
Given the same effect, the Sacred Pill was clearly more cost-effective.
Moreover, the Celestial Court's market currently extended only to the Sixth Rank, with no clear timeline for expanding to the Seventh Rank.
Thus, the Sacred Pill was particularly precious at this moment.
Everyone knew that the Celestial Court was far more complex than it appeared, containing many mysterious techniques that even Emperor-level forces couldn't match.
Features like team formations and item exchanges had become deeply ingrained in everyone's minds.
Although the current Sixth-Rank market offered them limited assistance, they still wished to accumulate offering points in advance, so when the Seventh-Rank market opened, they could immediately enhance their strength.
After all, the Seventh-Rank market would surely involve the secrets of the Saint level.
In this golden era, Saint-level experts were already at the peak, with those who could reach the Quasi-Emperor or Emperor realms being extremely rare.
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In the vast Celestial Court, Lu Qingyang had gradually received sacrifices from his followers, mostly from the Quasi-Emperor's secret realm, including the True Lord treasure, the Radiant Mirror, which was a supreme Sixth-Rank item.
Utilizing his Heavenly Eye and the Treasure-Appraising Eye, Lu Qingyang instantly discerned the details of this mirror.
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[Name: Radiant Mirror]
[Rank: Supreme Sixth-Rank]
[Note: Created by the experts of Tianyang Cave Heaven, imitating the Seventh-Rank treasure Tianyang Mirror]
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This was a new skill created by Lu Qingyang by merging his Heavenly Eye and Spiritual Sight, allowing him to see through the grades and origins of treasures.
The Radiant Mirror offered by Gu Fang and his team was a replica of the Tianyang Mirror.
Judging by its supreme Sixth-Rank grade and power, Lu Qingyang deduced that the Tianyang Mirror held a remarkable position among Seventh-Rank treasures, possibly mid-to-high grade, or even higher.
"Acquiring the Tianyang Mirror would be a great achievement. After all, in terms of grade, the Tianyang Mirror far surpasses the Purple Thunder Bow. Otherwise, how could its replica rank as a supreme Sixth-Rank treasure?"
Lu Qingyang was quite tempted by the treasure of Tianyang Cave Heaven but knew that Tianyang Cave Heaven was not an easy target and could not be easily underestimated.
Once the news of Qiu Chengfeng's fall in the Quasi-Emperor's secret realm spread, it would undoubtedly cause internal turmoil in Tianyang Cave Heaven and possibly arouse the covetous hearts of the other two Cave Heavens.
In this way, Qiu Chengfeng's death would be a great boon for the Qingyang Realm.
Immediately, Lu Qingyang extracted the Heavenly Dao essence from the Radiant Mirror.
To him, supreme Sixth-Rank treasures were not useless but held limited value, no matter how many he accumulated.
After dealing with this, Lu Qingyang extracted the Heavenly Dao essence from all other sacrificed items.
Once everything was finished, Lu Qingyang reviewed his data panel and couldn't help but feel delighted.
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[Name: Lu Qingyang]
[True Form: Heavenly Dao Immortal Tree]
[Lifespan: Eternal and Immortal]
[Rank: Mid Sixth-Rank (35.64 million/4 billion)]
[Celestial Court: Sixth-Rank (105 billion/1 billion)]
[Heavenly Dao Essence: 101]
[Innate Divine Abilities: Heavenly Dao Bone (Sixth-Rank), Heavenly Dao Fruit (Sixth-Rank), Heavenly Dao Eye (Sixth-Rank), Heavenly Dao Domain (Sixth-Rank), Heavenly Dao Extraction (Sixth-Rank)]
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"One hundred and one points of Heavenly Dao essence! Indeed, only by delving into the strongholds of powerful individuals can one reap such abundant essence!"
Lu Qingyang was very satisfied.
Accumulating this amount of Heavenly Dao essence through conventional means would take years.
The reason being, despite having many followers, most of them were of average strength. Even if they killed otherworldly beings, the essence they obtained was limited.
Moreover, one crucial factor was that local followers killing local beings in the Immortal-less World yielded no Heavenly Dao essence for Lu Qingyang.
In other words, followers in the Immortal-less World killing other Immortal-less World cultivators did not provide Lu Qingyang with any essence.
Thus, his accumulation of Heavenly Dao essence was exceedingly slow.
However, the opening of the strongholds of powerful individuals allowed him to amass years' worth of essence instantly, showcasing the abundance of treasures hidden within these secret realms.
With the golden era upon them, various strongholds of experts in the Immortal-less World would emerge one by one, presenting Lu Qingyang with an excellent opportunity to harvest Heavenly Dao essence on a large scale.
Whether it was for cultivating spiritual veins or enhancing his cultivation, the Heavenly Dao essence was crucial.
If he could obtain a massive amount of Heavenly Dao essence, Lu Qingyang was confident he could break through the Sixth-Rank limit and step into the Seventh Rank within a short period.
His gaze once again fell on the Quasi-Emperor's secret realm. As he switched perspectives to his followers, his heart suddenly trembled.
Before him, a magnificent hall stood tall, and on the throne, a majestic figure sat proudly, exuding an overwhelming aura like a supreme deity descending to the world.
The follower whose perspective he was using was struggling to resist the overwhelming divine pressure, seemingly on the verge of collapse.