Qin Feng had smugly believed his concealment was flawless when he eavesdropped on the trio’s entire plan from the shadows. But when it came to the utilization of spiritual consciousness among peers, who could possibly surpass Lu Yang?1

After entering the first level, Meng Jingzhou had calculated the distance from the entrance to the heavenly stairway using the map, determining that the fastest possible journey would still take a full day.0

The first layer was a circular space. Since the rules stated that essence souls were obtained by slaughtering demon beasts, everyone’s initial reaction would be to fan out from the entrance, gradually exploring the first level, hunting and killing demon beasts. No one would think of checking the situation at the heavenly stairway first.0

Upon figuring out the first level’s rules, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou came up with the idea of constructing a chest at the heavenly stairway entrance to...0