Shopkeeper Yang's longsword met the attack head-on. Their weapons collided, then swiftly sprang apart.
Both men staggered several steps backward.
Shopkeeper Yang was astonished. He had not expected the Azure Sky Demon King to be this powerful.
It felt as though he had already reached the realm of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
"Yang Tian, after all these years, not only have you made no progress, you've actually regressed considerably. What a piece of trash," the Azure Sky Demon King sneered.
Shopkeeper Yang did not fly into a rage because of those words. Gripping his longsword, he charged forward again, and the two resumed their battle.
While the fighting here raged fiercely, seven mysterious men arrived at Phoenix Grove.
At their head was a relatively young man dressed in black and crimson robes. He was handsome, with bright, piercing eyes. A white folding fan hung at his waist, and he led six subordinates behind him.
"This is the place." The man stopped at Phoenix Grove and spoke to his men.
He then looked up at the countless Elixir Birds around them. "Go collect the Elixir Birds' tears now."
"These Elixir Birds are intelligent. If you want to obtain their tears, tell them something funny, not something sad," the man added as a reminder.
"Yes, Young Master." His subordinates scattered and began gathering Phoenix Tears.
Before long, they had collected quite a few Phoenix Tears. Carrying them with them, they headed toward Thousand Fiends Hall.
Uchiha Shin had already entered Thousand Fiends Hall with the Phoenix Tears. Thousand Fiends Hall was vast. After searching the front courtyard thoroughly without finding the Innate Fate Wheel, he continued farther inside and discovered a mechanism within a grand hall in the rear courtyard.
After entering the secret chamber and walking for some distance, Uchiha