In the blink of an eye, Yang Yan crossed the Inner Sea, entering the territory of the South Continent.

His speed was so fast, no one could have predicted it.

Upon entering the South Continent, other cultivators would usually take a moment to familiarize themselves with the environment.

Yang Yan did not; he took a step to cross ten thousand miles, almost reaching the mid-layer region of the South Continent!

It was only upon reaching here that his speed slowed down!

"The demon beasts here should know about the Demon divine Hall," he thought.

The outer layer was populated by weak demon clans, and they might not know the news of the Demon divine Hall!

So, Yang Yan directly used the Space Dao to perform the Innate Dao Skill, Near and Far.

He crossed the outer layer of the South Continent and arrived at the mid-layer of the South Continent!

While traversing through the forest, his eyes couldn't help but scan the surroundings.

*"The trees and spirit grass within the South Continent were more abundant than anywhere else,"* he thought.

This time, Yang Yan frowned slightly; he had already delved deep into the South Continent yet hadn't seen any demon beasts.

He could only release his Divine Sense to search for demon beasts.

"Demon divine Hall!"

Yang Yan needed to know the location of the Demon divine Hall first in order to find it.

If he ran around aimlessly, naturally, he wouldn't find the Demon divine Hall!

Instead, he would waste Profound Qi and time.

*"Hmm? Found it!"* Yang Yan's Divine Sense suddenly retracted.

He moved his steps, traversing a thousand meters in distance.

In an instant, he appeared in front of a demon beast that was lying down in a cave, asleep.

This demon beast had a gigantic head, and its body was as large as a small mountain.

The air it exhaled from its nostrils could blow down a large tree.

Yang Yan stood before it, but it was unaware.

It continued sleeping, eyes closed!

"Big Head, wake up!" Yang Yan said coldly.

The sound entered the ears of the sleeping demon beast, vibrating its eardrums and startling the demon beast awake.

The demon beast stood up suddenly, waking up and shaking its head in confusion, not knowing what had happened.

"Look here!" Yang Yan spoke again.

The demon beast listened, looking towards the source of the voice, and it gazed down at Yang Yan.

Its previously calm eyes began to stare intently at Yang Yan.

A fierce killing intent emanated from them!

"Human Clan!" It spoke in human words.

As it spoke, it raised its foot to stomp on Yang Yan.

Without asking questions, only slaughter!

Yang Yan opened his mouth, releasing a stream of Profound Qi.

The Profound Qi was extremely sharp, piercing through the demon beast's paw in the blink of an eye.

Blood sprayed out, causing the demon beast to howl in pain.

Its anger and killing intent towards Yang Yan grew even stronger!

"Ignorant beast!

In that case!

I will just slay you directly, absorb your Beast Soul, and discover the images and memories within your Beast Soul!"

Swoosh!

Yang Yan controlled the Profound Qi he released, stabbing it again through the demon beast's head.

He slew the howling demon beast on the spot!

His brow opened, and he breathed in.

A diminutive demon beast's soul was absorbed into his Sea of Consciousness.

In an instant, Yang Yan devoured it and saw many images.

Most of the images were scenes of this demon beast devouring and preying upon other demon beasts.

Only near the end did he see the whereabouts of the Demon divine Hall!

The Demon divine Hall was deep in the Southern Domain of the South Continent; it was the Holy Land of the demon clans!

"Found it!" Yang Yan's destination was precisely there.

He wanted to obtain something called the Demon God Pearl in the Demon divine Hall!

And from this demon beast's memories, Yang Yan learned that the Demon God Pearl was born from the statue of the Demon God.

It appeared only once every hundred years, producing ten beads!

The Demon God Pearl was extremely peculiar; upon consumption, it not only enabled demon beasts to evolve their bloodlines but also helped them develop innate divine abilities!

However, obtaining these ten Demon God Pearls was extremely difficult!

Every century, when the Demon divine Hall opened, Demon Emperors and Demon Kings from the Southern Domain of the South Continent would gather at the Demon divine Hall.

They competed to seize those ten Demon God Pearls!

*"The time for the Demon divine Hall to open is near!"* Yang Yan thought.

This task, if given to other cultivators participating in the Heaven Ascending Qualification Battle, would be extremely difficult!

Because to seize the Demon God Pearls, one had to face the Demon Emperors and Demon Kings of the Southern Domain's demon clans!

They at least had cultivation comparable to the pinnacle of the King Realm among the human cultivators, with some demon clans even surpassing the King Realm!

The cultivators sent to complete the task all had cultivation in the Immortal Realm.

Fighting against the top-tier demon clan experts was like crossing a major realm, and it wasn't just one top-tier demon clan expert!

The odds of victory were nearly zero!

*Having learned everything, Yang Yan's gaze turned sharp.*

"They want me dead!" he thought in his heart.

Had he not been much stronger than his peers in the same realm, he wouldn't be able to complete this task either!

One might say!

The sects above the heavens and those from the Central Continent were targeting him!

They wanted him dead!

"Why?"

According to his understanding of the heavenly forces, the forces of the human world were the weakest.

Logically speaking, given that the human world had produced a genius with extraordinary talent like him,

They should have unanimously promoted him to be the leader, guiding the sects of the human world to become stronger!

Yet, they united to suppress him!

*"Is it really the case of 'the tall tree in the forest gets the wind'?"* Yang Yan pondered.

The more they suppressed him, the less likely Yang Yan would allow them to succeed!

"A group of ignorant cultivators, no different from beasts!

Thinking they can deal with me!

Wishful thinking!"

Going to the Demon divine Hall to seize the Demon God Pearls?

"Fifteen days are definitely not enough!"

The century opening of the Demon divine Hall was indeed imminent!

But far more than fifteen days away!

It meant that if he waited for the Demon divine Hall to open and then attempted to seize the Demon God Pearls,

the Heaven Ascending Qualification Battle would already have ended!

He would also lose the chance to ascend to the heavens!

"The Demon divine Hall opens once every century; it has been countless times.

The Demon Emperors and Demon Kings surely have surplus Demon God Pearls!"

He had to find another way!

"Just snatch them directly from the oldest Demon Emperors and Demon Kings!"

The younger Demon Emperors and Demon Kings!

Even if they once successfully seized a Demon God Pearl, obtaining one,

they wouldn't leave it unused!

Only those who participated in multiple openings of the Demon divine Hall and seized Demon God Pearls.

They were the ones who would have surplus Demon God Pearls on hand!

Furthermore, finding them would be the safest bet!

"I will tread a different path, or perhaps find another!"

From the grasp of ancient Demon Emperors and Kings, seizing Demon God Pearls,

would require expenditure of power and cultivation.

If he disguised himself as a demon beast, entering the demon clans, into the territory controlled by ancient Demon Emperors,

then wait for the ancient Demon Emperors and Kings to leave for the Demon divine Hall.

Then he could secretly enter the dwellings of ancient Demon Emperors and Kings,

and conduct a search!

*"It's also feasible!"* Yang Yan felt assured in his heart.

As for waiting at the Demon divine Hall for the opening, that was a last resort.

First, he would transform and visit a region occupied by an ancient Demon Emperor!

"Anyway, with the Demon divine Hall yet to open, there's waiting to be done even when it's reached."

He might as well try other methods first!

Yang Yan executed the Dao Illusion Technique, transforming himself into a giant bear!

Based on the memories he consumed from the demon beast, a stick of incense's worth of time later, he entered a region occupied by a rather aged ancient Demon Emperor within the demon clan!

This area, within a hundred thousand miles, belonged entirely to the ancient Demon Emperor.

And this ancient demon clan's Demon Emperor was a demon beast known as the Human-Faced Huo Rong!

"Not many demon beasts, but neatly ordered, comparable to a human clan's royal capital!" Yang Yan walked through the city, observing the coming and going of demon beasts, his thoughts constantly turning.

Passing through numerous demon beasts, he moved towards where the Human-Faced Huo Rong resided.

It was a stretch of continuous mountains!

As he quietly proceeded, a massive flying demon beast carried a palace in the sky, flying towards the mountains.

Suddenly, a colorful bird flew down from the back of this massive flying demon beast.

The bird flapped its wings, blocking the path of the giant bear that Yang Yan had transformed into.

"Where do you come from, demon beast?" it asked in beast language.

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