"You, a sword spirit, seem to have quite high intelligence. My talent is absolutely top-notch, so you don’t need to tell me that. I already have a master, and you, a mere sword spirit, still want to take me down? Tsk tsk tsk," Li Qiye said.

"You have a master? It couldn’t be that white-robed kid, could it? He was conquered by me, which is why he put me here to be worshipped. If he’s your master, then you still have a lot of room for improvement. When I was at my peak, your master was no match for me. Alas, heroes eventually decline," the sword spirit said with a sigh of melancholy.

Just as Li Qiye was about to say something, Little Black spoke:

"This sword spirit is incredibly good at bragging. We’ve all witnessed how powerful our master is. I think our master might not be as powerful as it is."

"Hahaha, you beast seem to have some insight. If I weren’t severely injured, my peak combat power would scare you all to death," the sword spirit said.

Hearing the sword spirit’s voice, Little Black then said:

"I wasn’t finished. What I meant was that you are indeed more powerful than my master, but I was referring to your glib tongue. Did you misunderstand? As for strength, we haven’t seen it, but I think my master could easily subdue you. Your sword body looks like a good treasure sword, but you can’t compare to my master."

Hearing Little Black’s words, the sword spirit was displeased and prepared to reactivate all the sword formations on its body to deal with the people standing before it.

However, just as it activated the sword formations, a mysterious power appeared within the Chang Sheng Hall and directly sealed its power.

"This... what’s going on? Why can’t I use my power? No... it must be that kid who restricted my strength," the sword spirit muttered to itself.

Li Qiye heard the sword spirit’s words and said with a smile:

"Who was it who just said my master put it here to be worshipped? Who was it who said its strength was so formidable? How come it can’t use it now? How dare you speak of my master like that? Brother Dog, let’s go and teach this sword spirit a good lesson." After Li Qiye finished speaking, a mischievous smile appeared on his face.

Seeing the ill intent in Li Qiye and the others’ eyes, the sword spirit immediately panicked. It immediately said:

"You... what do you want to do... stay away from me... Ah, help! Someone’s trying to kill a sword spirit... Mama, please save me!"

"Shout all you want... shout all you want. Even if you scream until your throat is hoarse, no one will pay attention to you," Li Qiye said, and then he and Little Black pounced on the Feng Ling Sword.

Only the sword spirit’s humiliated wails could be heard. Mo Zheng and Tian Jue, who were not far away, watched, their eyelids twitching, but then they said nothing.

Wang Yufan, who was outside, also sensed the scene inside the Chang Sheng Hall, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"This sword spirit just needs to be properly dealt with by Li Qiye. Its mouth is a bit cheap. I wish it success in its baptism," Wang Yufan said, and then he walked out of the internal space of the massive sword.

Soon, Wang Yufan arrived in front of a massive stone gate. In front of the stone gate sat dragon and phoenix stone statues. Wang Yufan looked at them and always felt that the eyes on the statues were lifelike, but since they were just statues, Wang Yufan didn’t pay much attention to them.

Just as he was about to step past the statues to the stone gate, Wang Yufan suddenly felt a sense of danger emanating from his left and right sides.

"Not good, there’s something wrong with these two stone statues," Wang Yufan said, and then he immediately retreated.

The moment he retreated, the dragon and phoenix stone statues instantly seemed to come alive, roaring at Wang Yufan from where they stood.

"These two stone statues are at the Life and Death Realm middle stage! Holy cow, I haven’t moved in ten thousand years, and now this realm is as common as cabbage? Even a sculpture is at the Life and Death Realm? It seems this Summit of Despair is truly not simple," Ni Chang said. As he spoke, the two living sculptures ran directly towards him. The stone dragon performed a Divine Dragon Tail Whip, and the stone phoenix aimed a claw strike at Wang Yufan.

Wang Yufan immediately summoned the Feng Ling Sword. Senior Brother Feng Ling, who was currently being tormented by Little Black and Li Qiye, saw Wang Yufan summon him. He was about to say some words of thanks, but he didn’t expect Wang Yufan to grasp him and use sword techniques to directly attack the dragon and phoenix stone statues.

"Holy cow, you young man have no martial ethics! This old man just got freed from your so-called disciple, and I was just about to take a breath. I didn’t expect you to use me to fight these two stone statues. Don’t you know I need a lot of maintenance right now? ...Hey, hey, hey... did you hear me... Ah..." The sword spirit started chattering incessantly as soon as it came out. Wang Yufan directly sealed the sword spirit. It was truly a chatterbox; if he didn’t seal it, it would never stop talking.

After Wang Yufan’s sword techniques sent the dragon and phoenix stone statues flying, they once again rushed towards him.

"It seems if I don’t show some strength, you’ll really think I’ve lived for nothing all this time." After Wang Yufan finished speaking, his Eternal Realm strength was unleashed, and he used Chaotic Swordplay. Two ethereal sword shadows instantly formed and attacked the dragon and phoenix stone statues. Wang Yufan knew that although the two stone statues were only at the Life and Death Realm, their defensive power had already reached the early stage of the Life and Death Realm. Wang Yufan became increasingly interested in this place; he felt that it must have been arranged by a master.

With a "boom," the two stone statues shattered.

The moment the two stone statues shattered, the stone gate slowly lifted.

Wang Yufan saw this scene and took a few steps back. Even the gatekeepers were this strong, so Ni Chang didn’t think the things inside would be simple.

Looking at the lifted massive stone gate, Wang Yufan saw that white light appeared behind the stone gate, and he was somewhat curious. Because the environment he was currently in would be dark for ordinary people; the reason he could see everything around him was because of his strength.

Wang Yufan’s divine sense slowly probed behind the stone gate and found that there was a huge space inside, and the white light was emitted by numerous pearls.

"So, they’re just some spirit stones. It seems there shouldn’t be much danger inside," Wang Yufan said, then slowly lifted his feet and walked behind the stone gate.

Upon entering the huge space behind the stone gate, there was only something similar to an altar placed in the center, and on the stone platform above the altar was a dust-covered stone box.

Wang Yufan slowly approached the altar, but he did not relax his vigilance, because he always felt that it was not that simple. Since there were two stone statues comparable to the early stage of the Eternal Realm, it was absolutely impossible for the inside to be so easy.