"Yes!"
The Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor did not deny it.
"Back then, a powerful member of the Nine Nether Clan once broke through to the ninth level of the Secret Realm without shattering their soul. Unfortunately, the Nine Nether Pavilion Master is already dead..."
The Nine Nether Pavilion Master had been bound to the platform of the Saint Emperor Palace by Nie Yun using Disguise Qi. He had long since died after failing to Seize Body. Could he really go to the Demonfolk World and ask the few elders of the Nine Nether Pavilion?
"Right, where is the Nine Nether Clan's Nine Nether Scepter? Give it to me!" Nie Yun asked.
"It's with me!" With a flick of his wrist, the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor produced a scepter before everyone.
The scepter was only about three feet long, pitch-black from end to end, its material unknown. At its tip was a hideous ghostly face, eerie and unfathomable, constantly emitting an aura from the netherworld.
Taking the scepter, Nie Yun discovered that its lower end was shaped like bamboo joints, somewhat resembling a latch key. It was exceedingly strange.
Now that the Nine Nether Scepter was in hand, could he use it to deceive the Nine Nether Clan's elders into revealing the secret of breaking through the ninth level of the Secret Realm?
Nie Yun toyed with the Nine Nether Scepter in his palm and fell into thought.
"Sect Master, there's actually no need to seek out the Nine Nether Clan anymore. Even if you find them, it will be useless. If it were useful, the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor certainly would not have used the method of breaking and rebuilding to advance!"
Seeming to have guessed what he was thinking, Old Drunkard spoke.
"That's true!" Hearing the reminder, Nie Yun