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Of course, Xu Ming didn't know that before their duel even started, Huang Yu had already been robbed of four drops of Divine Phoenix Essence.

At this moment, Xu Ming was in his residence, pondering how to improve his strength.

"I don't lack Upgrade Points at all right now, so… let's just use them!" Xu Ming thought for a while and quickly came up with an idea.

Lower, middle, and upper-grade Chaos Origin Stones corresponded to Level 15, Level 16, and Level 17 Upgrade Points respectively. Xu Ming had millions of each, and he couldn't spend them all no matter how much he used them! Even the lower-grade Chaos Origin Crystals, which could be exchanged for Level 18 Upgrade Points, numbered in the hundreds of thousands!

You must know that Level 15 Upgrade Points corresponded to the Chaos Realm stage; Level 16 Upgrade Points corresponded to the Profound Yellow Realm stage; Level 17 Upgrade Points corresponded to the Primordial Realm stage; and Level 18 Upgrade Points corresponded to the Myriad Manifestations Realm stage! — And right now, Xu Ming was only at the ninth level of the Chaos Realm; naturally, no matter how much he spent, it wouldn't be much!

"If I want to improve my strength, the most direct way is to upgrade the 'Eternal Force'!"

Eternal Force: Summons a powerful soul to possess the user, granting them one-tenth of the soul's battle strength; moreover, the power gained from the summon is eternally present and will not disappear until replaced by a stronger Eternal Force!

"I don't have many Level 18 Upgrade Points right now, so directly summoning a 'Myriad Manifestations Realm' soul to possess me would be too extravagant!"

Earning Upgrade Points wasn't easy! After all, Xu Ming still needed to save his Upgrade Points for emergencies! Moreover, summoning the Eternal Force of a Myriad Manifestations Realm expert to deal with Huang Yu would be like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

"Then I'll use Level 17 Upgrade Points to summon a peak Primordial Realm soul!" Xu Ming immediately made up his mind.

Summoning a peak Primordial Realm soul would only grant Xu Ming an Eternal Force equivalent to the early stage of the Primordial Realm; however, combined with Xu Ming's original battle strength, it would be more than enough to deal with Huang Yu.

After completing all of this, Xu Ming went out and strolled around the Chaos Secret Realm.

The preciousness of the Chaos Secret Realm mainly lay in the several treasure lands within it — Divine Phoenix Spring, Divine Phoenix Hall, Divine Phoenix Pagoda, Source of the Divine Phoenix…

Xu Ming first went to the Divine Phoenix Spring to take a look.

"Entry requires one drop of Divine Phoenix Essence?"

After some research, Xu Ming found that the Divine Phoenix Spring was actually just a place to speed up cultivation. For example, if Xu Ming was currently at the ninth level of the Chaos Realm, entering it to cultivate should allow him to quickly break through to the Profound Yellow Realm.

However… Xu Ming only had nine drops of Divine Phoenix Essence in total, and he was different from others; using the Divine Phoenix Essence could directly improve his cultivation! Therefore, this Divine Phoenix Spring was of little significance to him.

Afterward, Xu Ming arrived at the Divine Phoenix Hall.

"Entry requires one drop of Divine Phoenix Essence? — Why is it Divine Phoenix Essence again!?!" Xu Ming was speechless.

The Divine Phoenix Hall was, plainly speaking, the treasury of the Chaos Secret Realm! Paying one drop of Divine Phoenix Essence to enter might allow one to obtain a "Nirvana Divine Weapon"; of course, it was also possible to lose everything! Everything depended on luck.

Xu Ming wasn't lacking treasures for the time being, so he wasn't in a hurry to enter.

"The Source of the Divine Phoenix requires ten drops of Divine Phoenix Essence to enter! Moreover… one must pass the first hundred levels of the Divine Phoenix Pagoda to be qualified to enter!"

Ten drops of Divine Phoenix Essence?

One hundred levels of the Divine Phoenix Pagoda?

Xu Ming couldn't help but be surprised.

Moreover, the specific function of the Source of the Divine Phoenix wasn't described at all!

"So mysterious?" This aroused Xu Ming's curiosity even more.

"Then I'll first pass the first hundred levels of the Divine Phoenix Pagoda!" Xu Ming thought to himself.

As for the ten drops of Divine Phoenix Essence, Xu Ming wasn't worried; wouldn't someone be sending him Divine Phoenix Essence in three months?

Thus, Xu Ming went to the Divine Phoenix Pagoda.

Levels one to ten featured opponents at the first level of the Profound Yellow Realm; the higher the level, the more numerous the opponents!

Levels eleven to twenty featured opponents at the second level of the Profound Yellow Realm…

"Passing the first hundred levels is no problem at all!" Xu Ming didn't hesitate and directly paid one drop of Divine Phoenix Essence to enter the Divine Phoenix Pagoda.

You must know that Xu Ming had activated the "Eternal Force" of the Primordial Realm, and his strength was already close to the third level of the Primordial Realm!

The opponent on the first level was just a first-level Profound Yellow Realm expert. Xu Ming didn't even bother to lift a hand; one glare was enough to scare the opponent to death.

The opponents on the second level became two first-level Profound Yellow Realm experts, and their strength was slightly stronger than before…

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Not long after Xu Ming entered the Divine Phoenix Pagoda, Cheng Xuan, who had just robbed Huang Yu, also arrived.

"Hmm? Someone is actually challenging the pagoda? What bad luck!" Cheng Xuan was stunned and had no choice but to wait outside the pagoda for the time being — the Divine Phoenix Pagoda could only allow one genius to enter at a time.

However, Cheng Xuan wasn't in a hurry; after all, challenging the Divine Phoenix Pagoda was quite fast, and he could wait a little while.

Cheng Xuan looked at the pagoda wall — the level of the challenger could be seen here.

For example, the Profound Yellow Realm genius ranked first in the Chaos Secret Realm had reached the one hundred and thirty-second level! — With the cultivation of the ninth level of the Profound Yellow Realm, he possessed battle strength comparable to the third level of the Primordial Realm; he was truly terrifying!

"Hmm?" Upon seeing this, Cheng Xuan was immediately stunned. "Twelfth level?"

You must know that the geniuses who had challenged the pagoda before would directly start from the level where they had previously failed after entering the Divine Phoenix Pagoda, instead of starting from the beginning again. Therefore, it was obvious that the challenger was a newly arrived genius of this era!

"A newly arrived genius actually went to challenge the Divine Phoenix Pagoda… Isn't this a waste of Divine Phoenix Essence?" Cheng Xuan felt somewhat disappointed.

You must know that challenging the Divine Phoenix Pagoda would reward one with Divine Phoenix Essence! For the first hundred levels, one drop of Divine Phoenix Essence was rewarded every fifty levels; from one hundred to two hundred levels, one drop of Divine Phoenix Essence was rewarded every ten levels.

Entering the Divine Phoenix Pagoda once required paying one drop of Divine Phoenix Essence; therefore, without the confidence to pass the first hundred levels in one go, no one would enter the Divine Phoenix Pagoda! — Entering would be a waste of Divine Phoenix Essence.

Only by passing the first hundred levels in one go could one make a small profit of one drop of Divine Phoenix Essence.

Like Cheng Xuan, he had previously passed one hundred and six levels, and then he had never entered the Divine Phoenix Pagoda again; only now, when he was confident that he could pass one hundred and twenty levels, did he come over again.

"I wonder which newly arrived genius it is! Xu Ming? Liu Hen? Or…?" Cheng Xuan guessed, "The newly arrived genius probably won't even pass fifty levels! This one drop of Divine Phoenix Essence wasted for nothing might as well be given to me!"

Cheng Xuan felt sorry for this one drop of Divine Phoenix Essence!

"Hmph! When he comes out, I must give him a good scolding! If he has any extra Divine Phoenix Essence, I will also take it from him!" Cheng Xuan grumbled, as if it were his Divine Phoenix Essence that was being wasted.

Cheng Xuan's gaze returned to the pagoda wall: "Fifteenth level! He's challenging quite fast! But what's the use of challenging fast now? — No matter how fast he challenges, he won't pass fifty levels!"