When the Celestial Sound Saintess left, she left behind two orbs of light, clearly as rewards for Xia Feng and Qi Wan’Er.

Normally, only the first person to reach the summit would receive a reward, but Xia Feng and Qi Wan’Er had almost simultaneously reached the tenth step. The Celestial Sound Saintess, being particularly interested in Xia Feng due to the Great Dao of Purple Thunder, hesitated for a moment before giving a double reward.

The two of them approached the orbs and touched them lightly. The two Divine Artifacts instantly recognized their new masters, and simultaneously, a Divine Technique appeared in Xia Feng and Qi Wan’Er’s minds.

Xia Feng received the Dragon’s Chanting Zither, while Qi Wan’Er got the Phoenix Cry Flute. The Sound Technique Divine Technique for the duet was called Dragon and Phoenix Chanting, and according to the technique’s records, the destructive power when the two are played together is terrifying.

Xia Feng fiddled with the miniaturized Dragon’s Chanting Zither in his hand, very curious about this ensemble attack.

Although he had previously seen many women perform combined attacks through arrays, he had not yet witnessed an orthodox multi-person attack technique.

If he could fully master this ensemble attack, he might be able to develop more combined attack techniques from it.

Thinking of this, Xia Feng became more interested, casting a subtle glance at the spot where the Celestial Sound Saintess had disappeared, uncertain whether entering the Dream Realm Pearl here would be discovered by her.

Beside him, Qi Wan’Er seemed quite fond of the Phoenix Cry Flute, playing with it for quite a while after receiving it.

Later, seeing Xia Feng’s expression as he gazed inquisitively at the thunderclouds overhead, she put away the Phoenix Cry Flute and casually asked, "Husband seems very curious about the Celestial Sound Saintess? It seems you’re quite interested in her."

Seeing a hint of jealousy on her face, Xia Feng couldn’t help but wrap his arm around her shoulders, "What are you thinking?"

"Do you think I am the kind of person who loves whomever I meet? Having you sisters with me is already more than satisfactory; why would I be interested in anyone else?"

Qi Wan’Er couldn’t help but smile, leaning against Xia Feng softly said, "I naturally trust my husband, but you seemed a bit too focused on the Celestial Sound Saintess, so I asked."

Xia Feng chuckled, rubbing her hair, "A soulless shell—isn’t it just some curiosity about the thunderclouds."

"It seems that the top of the Celestial Sound Ladder no longer has the time-accelerating effect; time flows at the same rate as the outside world."

"Although we’ve spent a day on the Celestial Sound Ladder, only an hour has passed outside."

His tone carried a tinge of regret. They needed to stay here for nearly three days until all the trial takers finished, to proceed to the second phase of the test together.

Qi Wan’Er, leaning on Xia Feng, curiously asked, "What are you thinking, husband?"

Xia Feng, leading her to a quiet spot, sat down, "I was just thinking, if we had stopped on the tenth step, we would have had an additional thirty days."

Though he spoke vaguely, Qi Wan’Er quickly understood that if they hadn’t exited the Celestial Sound Ladder, the additional time wouldn’t just be thirty days, but three million years.

Thinking of this, Qi Wan’Er even wanted to go back into the Celestial Sound Ladder.

But they were already out and had taken first place rewards; going back was impossible.

They exchanged glances, then sat cross-legged on the spot and entered the Dream Realm Pearl to start refining the two Sound Attack Divine Artifacts.

Though not as powerful as Ancient Divine Artifacts, these two Sound Attack Divine Artifacts were also beloved by the Celestial Sound Divine Emperor in the past and proved extremely formidable.

The Celestial Sound Elf jumped back and forth between the Dragon’s Chanting Zither and the Phoenix Cry Flute, seemingly very fond of these two instruments.

Xia Feng waved it away and began attentively studying the newly acquired Dragon’s Chanting Zither.

His understanding of the guqin was shallow, only a beginner’s grasp, requiring additional time to learn how to play this stringed instrument properly.

Meanwhile, Qi Wan’Er’s understanding of the flute was much stronger than Xia Feng’s. She had already started refining the Phoenix Cry Flute almost immediately after acquiring Dragon and Phoenix Chanting.

In the Dream Realm Pearl, ten thousand years passed, and a day passed outside. Xia Feng and Qi Wan’Er had fully grasped the essence of Dragon and Phoenix Chanting and thoroughly refined the two artifacts.

With a slight blush on her face, Qi Wan’Er leaned next to Xia Feng, saying, "I never imagined that ensemble sound attack could be so powerful."

"But this owes much to these two artifacts; with any other instruments, the effect might not match what’s depicted in the technique."

Xia Feng nodded in agreement, "About two days remain outside; we can carefully re-experience what we gained on the Celestial Sound Ladder."

"Before, in the rush to climb the Celestial Sound Ladder, many Great Dao Rules were only superficially comprehended and still need time to fully master and consolidate."

Qi Wan’Er naturally agreed with Xia Feng’s approach. Their understanding of the Great Dao of Celestial Sound on the Celestial Sound Ladder advanced rapidly, but their foundation was shaky, needing more time to hone themselves, to better ascend to the True God Realm and subsequently cultivate towards the Main God.

Another hundred thousand years passed in the Dream Realm Pearl. Worried about missing the second test, Xia Feng exited the Dream Realm Pearl three hours before the deadline.

By now, many geniuses had gathered at the top of the Celestial Sound Ladder. They formed small groups of three or five, looking at Xia Feng and Qi Wan’Er with vigilance.

Yet no one dared to take action, fearing that violating rules here would render their hard-earned climb up the Celestial Sound Ladder useless.

None of the geniuses who reached this point were fools, content to watch the others from a distance without anyone daring to approach Xia Feng and Qi Wan’Er.

Even Mo Rongying only gave them a meaningful glance before joining with the geniuses of the Demon Sound Sect.

Xia Feng surveyed the trial takers who had ascended, none of whom were from the Celestial Sound Orthodoxy, feeling both frustrated and disappointed.

"The new generation of the Celestial Sound Sect is just too weak in foundation and talent; they can’t even ascend such a simple Celestial Sound Ladder."

His rude words caused the geniuses’ faces to twitch slightly. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

If they weren’t avoiding conflict with Xia Feng, his single remark would have been enough to provoke an attack from all the geniuses.

Simple?

Perhaps to Xia Feng, this trial was indeed simple, but to these geniuses, they had exerted immense effort to grasp ten new Great Dao of Music within thirty days.

After all, not everyone can be Xia Feng, nor does everyone have a treasure as cheat-like as the Dream Realm Pearl.