The Three-Eyed Crow moved the patrolling demons away and then looked at Yang Feilong.
Yang Feilong looked at Wulan Guonu and the others, handing each of them a token. "This token has a secret pattern I carved. Activate it, and you will be able to pass through the seal I created from the Demon Realm to the miniature world!"
"What about you?" everyone asked Yang Feilong and the Saintess.
Yang Feilong's gaze fell upon Wulan Xiuwei.
"Husband, I want to go with you..." Wulan Xiuwei's face was tinged with disappointment.
"Don't be so dejected. Perhaps I can also return through the demon passage," Yang Feilong said with a smile. "If I can't go back, I will find a way. Wait for me at the Witch Gu tribe! Of course, you can also return to Blue Sea City."
"En!" Wulan Xiuwei nodded.
In fact, Yang Feilong had a feeling that he might not be able to pass. Before, the Three-Eyed Crow had tried, and no demon whose cultivation had reached the Golden Core realm could enter the demon passage!
Of course, if demons couldn't pass, it didn't mean Yang Feilong couldn't!
Just like this demon passage, it could be passed through on the Earth side. But Yang Feilong knew that the reason it could be passed through on that side was because the laws there were not the laws of the spirit world, but the laws of Earth. This was quite different from the laws of the Demon Realm!
Moreover, when he had originally set up the seal from the miniature world to the Demon Realm, he had only descended a short distance before feeling a terrifying repulsive force!
Following this, Yang Feilong first let Wulan Guonu and the other three enter the demon passage one by one. There were no problems.
"Husband." Wulan Xiuwei hugged Yang Feilong and kissed him.
Yang Feilong naturally responded, and after a long while, he let go, patted Wulan Xiuwei's shoulder, and smiled, "You go first."
"En! If you can't go back through this demon passage, you must be careful! My sisters and I will wait for you!" Wulan Xiuwei's eyes reddened as she looked at Yang Feilong.
"Don't worry, I will definitely return safely!" Yang Feilong smiled to reassure Wulan Xiuwei. "And tell them not to try to find me through the demon passage, nor to go to the spirit world, because I worry that other demon passages are also unsafe and similar incidents might occur."
"En! Husband, I'll go first then."
"Go!" Yang Feilong waved his hand with a smile.
Following this, Wulan Xiuwei left through the demon passage. Of course, she also had the token given to her by Yang Feilong, which could allow her to pass through the seal.
Afterward, Yang Feilong took a deep breath and stepped into the demon passage. However, as soon as one leg entered, he was repelled by a massive repulsive force.
"As expected, it won't work?" Yang Feilong sighed. He had been mentally prepared, but he still felt a pang of regret when it actually happened.
"Master, this passage has only been open for too short a time. At most, only cultivators at the peak of the Innate realm can pass through. However, in the territory of the Spiritual Ape Commander, there is also a demon passage. That demon passage has been open for several years longer than this one, and it is said that Golden Core realm cultivators can enter and exit without any hindrance!" Just then, the Three-Eyed Crow spoke.
"The Spiritual Ape Commander's territory!" Yang Feilong's eyes flashed slightly. "My previous decision was correct."
The Spiritual Ape Commander was an existence whose cultivation had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul realm.
His current cultivation was not even a match for cultivators in the early Nascent Soul realm. To deal with an existence at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm would be akin to seeking his own death!
Unless his cultivation broke through to the Nascent Soul realm, or even to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm!
But if he broke through, and the demon passage could only be used by those at the Golden Core realm?
If he didn't break through, how could he approach the Spiritual Ape Commander's territory?
Thinking about this, Yang Feilong felt a headache. This matter was simply unsolvable!
"I won't break through for now, because even if I do, I still won't be able to defeat the Spiritual Ape Commander, that peak Nascent Soul realm existence!" Yang Feilong thought to himself.
Afterward, Yang Feilong and the Three-Eyed Crow returned to his residence. He did not wake the woolly baboon and the golden-maned lion, but instead began cultivating the second level of the Soul Controlling Art. If the Soul Controlling Art did not break through to the second level, once those two Nascent Soul realm demons woke up, it was likely that all the demons he had controlled would break free!
If they joined forces, he might have to break through to the Nascent Soul realm!
Otherwise, in the Demon Realm, with his strength suppressed to some extent, he truly wouldn't be able to contend with the combined forces of those three demons!
In fact, if he hadn't ambushed the Three-Eyed Crow, in a fair fight, it would have been very difficult to subdue it. Once the fight dragged on for too long, the Three-Eyed Crow would call for reinforcements, and he would still have to break through his cultivation!
Of course, for Yang Feilong, breaking through his cultivation was very simple, a mere thought. After all, if he wasn't suppressing his cultivation, he would already be at the Nascent Soul realm!
Time flew by, and three days passed.
Yang Feilong had also cultivated the Soul Controlling Art to the peak of the second level. At this time, Yang Feilong had also healed the two Nascent Soul realm demons, the golden-maned lion and the woolly baboon.
Initially, Yang Feilong thought that after cultivating the Soul Controlling Art to the peak of the second level and healing the golden-maned lion and the woolly baboon, he should be able to easily control these three Nascent Soul realm demons, plus the two peak Golden Core realm and two peak Innate realm demons.
But he found that he had underestimated the situation.
His soul suddenly felt immense pressure, as if he were carrying a mountain!
"This won't do. Next, I must quickly cultivate the Soul Controlling Art to the third level and break through my demonic soul realm to the eighth rank of Transcendent!" Yang Feilong frowned. "Otherwise, if it takes too long, the Golden Core and Innate realm demons might not break free, but the three Nascent Soul realm demons might!"
His soul realm had only recently broken through, and breaking through again would be very difficult. Although the Soul Controlling Art had also just broken through, his current soul realm level was already quite high, and he could cultivate the Soul Controlling Art to the sixth level at most!
It was only the third level now, far from his limit!
"Continue cultivating the Soul Controlling Art!" Yang Feilong gritted his teeth.
Then, Yang Feilong spent seven days cultivating the Soul Controlling Art to the peak of the third level. Yang Feilong did not stop cultivating, because to successfully pass through the demon passage in the Spiritual Ape Lord's territory back to Earth, he would likely need to control many more Nascent Soul realm demons. The higher the level of the Soul Controlling Art, the more demons he could control, and the smoother his path would be!
Ideally, he should cultivate the Soul Controlling Art to the sixth level!
Then, Yang Feilong spent another half a month cultivating the Soul Controlling Art to the peak of the fourth level.
"That's about enough!" Yang Feilong thought to himself.
Cultivating the Soul Controlling Art to the fourth level allowed him to control four demons with soul realms up to the seventh rank of Transcendent.
Even weaker demons could be forcefully controlled using the Soul Controlling Art, rather than having to heavily injure and incapacitate them first, as was the case with the Nascent Soul realm demons before.
Of course, Yang Feilong did not intend to stop cultivating the Soul Controlling Art. If he could break through to the fifth level before reaching the Spiritual Ape Lord's territory, that would be even better!
Why not wait to break through to the fifth level before leaving? It would take too long. The longer he stayed in the Demon Realm, the more suffocating it felt, because he had to spend time expelling the demonic energy that invaded his body, which almost prevented his cultivation from progressing!
Moreover, the Spiritual Ape Lord's request for human tributes had a time limit. There was less than a month left until that time, and they had to set off, otherwise, the Spiritual Ape Lord would become enraged.
Before heading to the Spiritual Ape Lord's territory, Yang Feilong learned through communication with the Three-Eyed Crow that the Spiritual Ape Lord did not necessarily require a large number of humans. If the quantity was large, it would be great. Of course, if the quantity was small, but the strength was considerable, that would also be good. If they could summon humans at the Golden Core or Nascent Soul realm, even just one would be enough!
Of course, the reason why humans were needed was not explained by the Spiritual Ape Lord, and the Three-Eyed Crow and the others naturally dared not ask!
Yang Feilong analyzed it carefully, but could not deduce the specific reason.