Mingzhi didn't waste time. She instantly set out with Yotan.
She knew it wouldn't take much time since Stella had a mini-realm in the Lust Garden Lower Realm, after which, they only needed to travel to another Lower Realm, which would not take much time considering their speed. They would arrive at their destination within a few hours.
However, they didn't know exactly where the little girl was hidden, and the underground auction was a moving type auction, so they needed to find her whereabouts regardless of whether they wanted to rescue her now or two weeks later during the auction.
Meanwhile, Davis continued mingling with his women.
Evelynn reminded him that she was going to absorb annihilative heavenly poison and that she needed his help. Davis agreed.
He talked to Myria about the progress on their cultivation manual and later agreed to a date to exchange pointers and increase their insights. He agreed to a similar thing to Ellia. Myria also agreed to help her create her own life-attributed cultivation manual that would help her enter the Empyrean Stage.
He also agreed to have Zephya become an Empyrean Spirit. That was going to bring an annihilative heavenly tribulation, but it was no longer a problem since Andiron had also entered the Empyrean Beast Stage, and his soul essence in that tribulation formation could hide Zephya's tribulation somewhat better.
There was also Everlight's heavenly tribulation.
He felt it was about time she entered the Empyrean Beast Stage and found her final species technique, and also evolved a lot of other beasts. She could even evolve spirits, so he was going to request her to evolve Iesha. There were also a lot of others to evolve, like the Azure Trees and many others, so he figured Everlight needed enough energy and power to accommodate all of them.
As for Nadia, she requested more time to enter the Nether Dimension since she had her children to take care of. He was speechless at how motherly she was.
However, her magical beast cultivation only required her to eat and sleep, so she wasn't falling behind.
Finally, for Panqa and Lanqua, he addressed that he was going to negotiate with the Starlight Jade Wolf Lower Realm to obtain their Empyrean Grade Cultivation Manual, but they said that there was no hurry and they wanted to go to the secret realm with him.
Davis was moved.
That meant they were going to wait nearly nine years for him, waiting for one of the Covenant's rules to expire.
He then looked at Schleya, who insisted that she would practice using her own Blood Pledge Worldheart Manual and only needed other blood-attributed cultivation manuals to use as a reference to improve on her own manual. He agreed to get all blood-attributed Immortal Emperor Grade and Empyrean Grade Cultivation Manuals that he could get his hands on.
Sophie said she would look after the realm, the children, and maybe engage in forging if she had free time other than going to visit Yilla, as she said she would.
After he had gotten their schedule, Davis nodded, wondering if he should reveal the uniqueness of the Exalt Stage and the Primarch Stage. There was a significant amount of karmic burden that came with this information, but still not enough to affect their rate of passing the heavenly tribulation since they were all powerful due to consuming the Gilded Realm Ascendant Pills, giving them a huge advantage when it came to heavenly tribulations.
However, karmic burden just didn't mean an increase of prowess in heavenly tribulation. He knew it could also change their fate in a bad way, especially him acting as a source of passive fate changing.
Therefore, he decided to keep the information to a few people.
He asked the others to leave.
Only Evelynn, Myria, Ellia, Tia, and Sophie stayed.
"-that's the gist of it. Apparently, there are a few more requirements, but Venerable Knight Lussandra didn't reveal them."
Davis finished explaining, causing the others to blink.
They had thought that there was more to the next stage after the Empyrean Stage than it meets the eye. However, for two more vessels to exist within the Exalt Stage and to know that they could only be obtained through relentless sessions of law comprehension lasting through thousands, if not millions of years, made them feel quite lost.
They were young.
Even the eldest among them was Myria, who had lived around fifty thousand years old.
Naturally, they wanted to approach the realm of Omega Exalts, but how could they bother spending so much time?
To comprehend Law Intents that were at the Exalt Stage while still being an Empyrean was extremely difficult, and to comprehend laws even above the Exalt Stage while still being an Empyrean should be practically impossible. They couldn't understand how they could reach that realm.
Davis's lips curled lightly, "The Venerable Knights have approached that realm, calling themselves Absolute Primarch, which is comparable to Omega Exalts. They have comprehended law intents that are above the Exalt Stage, and that's why they don't care much if I prosper in the Lower Realms or not, as long as I don't bring a calamity. They were not able to defeat me because of the layer limit limiting their powers and their ability to control the heaven and energy to bring their laws to match with their comprehension, but they are confident that they can defeat me in the Upper Realms with ease."
"Good thing we concealed the poison treasure then," Evelynn commented, pointing to the Hell Poison Gem's Forged Treasure.
"Yeah, they wouldn't see that coming." Davis chuckled as he eyed her.
His first wife was really amazing. She went to save an arachnid clan but came back with a powerful treasure.
Naturally, it couldn't compare to Fallen Heaven, but it could be used explosively.
On the other hand, he lamented that if he used Fallen Heaven explosively, it would be game over for him. Fallen Heaven feared the same, so it never complained about not being used enough.
As for the black-white stone, the treasure that was supposedly forged from the Tablet of Life and Death also grew as it used his soul to feed on. However, he didn't know if it would even surpass the Empyrean Grade, so there was no use relying on it to make plans or any sort of defensive measures against Exalts and Primarchs.
Tia sighed in an exaggerated manner, "They wouldn't see that coming unless that Paragon Magical Beast wants to war with the Celestial Transcendent Galaxy and demands that they return the treasure. Unfortunately, I can't divine such a huge event with my current cultivation level. I would explode when the backlash hits before I could even decipher what I divined."
Everyone raised their brows at Tia's courage. To even think about divining about characters in the Exalt Stage or even above was pretty much suicide at their cultivation base.
"Don't worry about it."
Davis advised as he waved his hand, "If the Celestial Transcendent or others found out, then we'll deal with them as they come. It's just a poison treasure. If they went as far as to corner us in this layer, it's not like we can't unleash it here- we just need a mindless Level Nine Empyrean Stage slave unleashing it for us. They should be able to withstand that poison for a few seconds at the very least. Then, whether they survive or not, they will be kicked out along with the poison treasure, and no one can obtain it for century millenniums."
"True." Tia giggled, "But wanting a Level Nine Empyrean Stage mindless slave- now that's a difficult task."
"Well, if I put my mind to it, then we can obtain not just one but many."
Davis chuckled, "Just not have been a fan of depriving the Will of others unless they have done something to deserve that kind of treatment."
"The Divine Emperor of Death is too merciful~"
Tia heaved a disappointed sigh as though lamenting that he wasn't too evil, causing the others to laugh.