As for Ye Ping'an, he temporarily took on the title of Master of the Hundred Crafts Workshop after becoming a Five Directions Guardian Envoy, handling pill refinement and artifact forging. Though it was not as prestigious as the Five Directions Guardian Envoy, within the Unity Alliance, he drew even more attention than Jin Jue Ming and the other two Quasi-Emperors. Jin Jue Ming, Jin Chang Geng, and Jue Zilian became the assistants to the Five Directions Guardian Envoys, also known as Deputy Guardian Envoys. Whenever the Five Directions Guardian Envoys were occupied with secluded cultivation, they could step forward to handle affairs.
In the 18,787,678th year, you finally received messages from both Xuanwu Zi and Gu Xian. From them, you learned that neither had experienced the strange sensations you felt after breaking through.
In the 18,797,148th year, after your breakthrough, you once again attempted to subdue Deceiving Heaven, the Black Robe Supreme Treasure, but still failed. The artifact spirit was even more stubborn than you had imagined. However, you had no need to damage it as Futuo Demon Emperor had done, and it posed no great threat to you.
After this experiment, before exchanging it away, you estimated that your next attempt would have to wait until your faction made a major breakthrough.
However, judging from Ye Xing's information, people in the Three Pure Heavens had already begun inquiring into how to contact whoever had taken Deceiving Heaven. Though they acted discreetly, it was most likely the work of the Hundred Skeletons Demon Buddha.
For the time being, you had no intention of returning this supreme demonic treasure or exchanging treasures with Demonic Cultivators. Thus, you neither had Ye Xing expose those people's identities nor intended to contact them anytime soon...
In the 18,843,139th year, you saw Yu Yantong again