Helplessly, everyone could only retreat to the Fifth Region to search for Sub-Saint Beasts there.


    "Sub-Saint Beasts in the Fifth Region are few and far between," Long Qiu said, familiar with the local situation. "Those who have cultivated to the Sub-Saint Beast realm are able to enter the Sixth Region under the protection of Holy Beasts."


    Su Yang frowned, finding theplexity of the Demon Beast world surprising.


    Just as Long Qiu had said, Su Yang and his crew spent a long time in the Fifth Region without capturing several Sub-Saint Beasts.


    This was mainly because they were Saints, able to sense a wide area.


    As for the situation of other Sub-Saints, it was even tougher to say if they could find a Sub-Saint Beast.


    "Without training in the Sixth Region, the strength of Saints cannot improve. Without capturing Sub-Saint Beasts, the power of the Nine Realms also cannot improve!" Ye the Sword Saint said solemnly, "I feel that this deadlock of the Nine Realms seems impossible to unravel? Are we only to rely on the resources of the Nine Realms for cultivation? What''s the point of that? The resources of the Nine Realms can hardly produce even a Saint, let alone further advancement?"


    The others were silent, actually. Knowing the situation of the Saint Venerable, everyone felt a touch of desperation.


    They thought being Saints meant they could walk unchallenged. But little did they expect, even as Saints, there were so many things beyond their control.


    Su Yang recalled the words Ye Xingjun had said to them, that with their strength, they could barely survive in the Endless Starry Sky.


    Now, Su Yang finally understood what "barely survive" truly meant.


    The Saint realm was fine in the first five regions, but entering the Sixth Region was a different matter altogether.


    In this Endless Starry Sky, truly too much unknown and terror lie hidden!


    In the end, Su Yang and his crew dared not venture into the Sixth Region to hunt Holy Beasts. With Beast Tamers dealing with the Nine Realms, they could resist no longer. If they provoked the Saint Venerable again, the Nine Realms would be doomed even without the Beast Tamers'' intervention!


    Returning to the Nine Realms, they recounted the matters of the Sixth Region to the other Saints, and everyone abandoned the idea of training in the Sixth Region.


    Next, they continued exploring within the World Melting Furnace, hoping to find some opportunity there.


    As for Su Yang, once he returned, he went into seclusion directly.


    This time, Su Yang brought out the Heavenly Destiny Treasure Book, hidden away for so long.


    He had already advanced to the realm of Saints, so could he open another page of the Heavenly Destiny Treasure Book now?


    Once he brought out the Heavenly Destiny Treasure Book, Su Yang clearly felt that its aura became thicker.


    He opened the Heavenly Destiny Treasure Book, finding the fourth page already essible. Moreover, to his delight, the fifth page was also essible.


    This meant, advancing to the Saint realm once, he had opened both pages.


    Upon reflection, this seemed normal enough. Advancing to the Saint realm, he first crossed over the Land Immortal Realm. Essentially, this time he crossed two realms, so opening two pages was understandable.


    Reading through these two pages from start to finish, Su Yang was astounded.


    The pages were notrge, yet contained vast amounts of content—something beyond imagination.


    Moreover, crucially, these pages not only recorded many Secret Techniques but also various secrets. They included methods for Saints to advance into Saint Venerable.


    After reading these two pages, Su Yang''s spirit was rejuvenated.


    Previously, they couldn''t find a method to advance, leading to their gloominess. Now, with the method found, it''s time for practice.


    After emerging, Su Yang summoned all the Saints together.


    "Everyone, I have found a method to advance to Saint Venerable," Su Yang dered boldly.


    The Saints were all stunned, looking at Su Yang with full disbelief, wondering if they were hallucinating.


    Advancing to Saint was so difficult, and advancing to Saint Venerable was even more so, wasn''t it?


    Seeing their expressions, Su Yang smiled lightly, "Actually, advancing to Saint Venerable is not an especially difficult task. It differs from advancing from Sub-Saint to Saint, as advancing from Sub-Saint involves crossing a major realm. Sub-Saint belongs to Yellow Level, while Saint belongs to Dark Level. Yellow Level and Dark Level are twopletely different major realms, crossing them is the hardest part. But Saint and Saint Venerable belong to two minor realms within the Dark Level, akin to moving from the Foundation Establishment Realm to the Qi Refining Realm in our cultivation. The difficulty is not great."


    The crowd was bewildered, surprised there was such a thing? If so, then indeed it wasn''t such a difficult matter.


    "So how to cross it?" the crowd asked.


    "It''s still about power umtion!" Su Yang said, "As long as we umte enough power, that''s all we need to do."


    "umting power?" Saint Yuqing asked curiously, "I''ve been in the Saint Realm for one hundred and seventy thousand years, umted power for over one hundred thousand years, yet haven''t crossed a single step. This power umtion, can it really suffice?"


    "I''m not talking about umting power with the Nine Realms'' Spiritual Energy!" Su Yang said softly, "The reason Saints are stronger than Sub-Saints is that our power attributes have changed. The Spiritual Energy of the Nine Realms can only provide us with Yellow Level power and cannot provide Dark Level power. umting more Yellow Level power won''t aid your current realm. Only by umting Dark Level power can you progress further!"


    "Then how to umte Dark Level power?" the crowd asked puzzled.


    "First, we must absorb Dark Level Spiritual Energy," Su Yang said.


    "Dark Level Spiritual Energy?" the crowd exchanged looks, confused by what this meant.


    "What is Dark Level Spiritual Energy?" Saint Yuqing asked curiously, since these were things they''d never heard of.


    "Simply put, it''s the Spiritual Energy of the Middle World," Su Yang said, "In the universe, worlds are categorized into three tiers. The Nine Realms are part of countless Small Worlds, the next realm up includes millions of Middle Worlds, followed by the Three Thousand Great Worlds. Why can''t Small Worlds produce Saints? Because Small Worlds only hold Yellow Level Spiritual Energy, their congenital deficiency. Middle Worlds possess Dark Level Spiritual Energy, the energy conducive for Saints to cultivate!"


    The crowd was left wide-eyed, such news was something they had never heard before. The Nine Realms, just one among countless Small Worlds? Such matters were hard to imagine for anyone!


    Though everyone had previously said the Nine Realms were just a speck of dust in the universe, when they truly learned the Nine Realms were a mere speck of dust, they still struggled to ept it.