Secret Realm Evolution
A month later, Yunhua's cultivation was basically consolidated, and he and Yang Tianyou arrived at the Fierce Ghost Cave together.
Sensing the fluctuations in the Formation, Yang Tiankang, who had been stationed here for many years, flew over with several Yang Household Members.
After several years, the Sword Sha aura emanating from this Sixth Brother had become even stronger, and his cultivation had broken through to the peak of the Foundation Establishment Fourth Layer.
It gives the impression of a deadly Precious Sword dripping blood, ready to take lives without mercy.
Upon seeing Yang Tianyou, Yang Tiankang's face, which had become much colder, broke into a smile. "Nineteenth Younger Brother, Senior Yunhua!"
"Sixth Brother, you've managed this Fierce Ghost Cave very well, it's all very organized." Yang Tianyou glanced at the dozen or so Yang Household Members bustling about in the Fierce Ghost Cave and laughed heartily.
"It's not that I managed it well; it's the elders sent by the Lineage to assist me who did a good job. My role is limited to guarding this place; I usually just cultivate."
As they chatted, the group arrived at the summit of the Inner Domain, the core area of Fierce Ghost Cave. Not only was there a Third-Tier Lower-Grade Yin Vein, but below it were several Tier 2 evil veins, like Chains connecting the entire Fierce Ghost Cave.
"We need to stabilize the Spatial Passage first. Otherwise, if we set up the advancement Formation, the passage could easily collapse, and then I won't be able to save it!" Yunhua said.
Yang Tianyou nodded, and then the two arrived at the dark passageway above.
Entering the passage, they flew diagonally upwards and soon arrived at the exit not far from the Ice Crystal Pool.
"Let's do it here. Place a Void Crystal at each of the two exits and set up a Third-Tier Middle-Grade Two-Yi Rotation Formation. This will fix the Spatial Power within the passage and ensure its survival!"
"You handle it!" Yang Tianyou shrugged, leaving the entire matter to Yunhua.
The latter nodded slightly, then raised her hand, holding a translucent crystal in her palm.
A small piece of Third-Tier Upper-Grade Void Crystal is worth four to five hundred thousand Spirit Stones, and there's nowhere to buy it.
These items are usually strategic treasures of powerful forces, key to setting up spatial Formations, and are not easily leaked out.
The Void Crystal rose slowly, and as Yunhua made hand Mudra, his Law Power surged and transformed into a continuous Array Mark. After arranging and combining, it formed a small array diagram the size of a human head, dense and complex.
The array diagram was just the beginning. As Yunhua continued to move, smaller array diagrams formed one after another, and then they were combined to form a new large array diagram.
Through this gradual accumulation, an incredibly precise and complex Formation was slowly constructed.
Three hours later, the Formation at this exit was completed, and the two arrived at the other side.
It took another three hours for the Formation to be formed at both exits. Yunhua raised her delicate, jade-like fingers and gently touched them.
The void rippled like the surface of water, and the Spatial Power surged quietly, eventually forming a peculiar cycle within the cave, which was over a thousand feet deep.
The two Void Crystals, serving as the core of the Formation, absorbed Spatial Power, making the spatial barriers of the cave passage even more stable.
A day later, accompanied by a slight tremor, the Spatial Passage became completely stable.
Yunhua spent three days recuperating, while also organizing the experience he had accumulated from setting up the Formations.
Then she began to set up the formation for advancing to the Fierce Ghost Cave Secret Realm Formation.
This was a massive undertaking. The various resources of a million Spirit Stones had to be placed in suitable locations and then connected by Array Mark. Layer upon layer, it took more than half a month for this Third-Tier Middle-Grade Formation to finally be completed.
Buzz!--
Formation descended, dense, multicolored spiritual light surged from the ground, along with Yin Qi, Sha Qi, the aura of remnant souls, and the energy of the Earth Veins...
Strand by strand, thread by thread, it began to gradually diverge.
The Yin Qi gathered into a river, flowing down from the mountains of the Inner Domain and eventually flowing into a lake at the edge of the Outer Domain.
The Sha Qi settled and formed a rift valley tens of feet deep in the central area of Outer Domain.
The Earth Vein's energy is divided into nine channels, reaching in all directions, providing a continuous source of energy for advancement in the Secret Realm.
The remnant soul followed the natural passage formed by the Soul-Gathering Land, and under the guidance of the Formation, it directly entered the foot of the central peak in the Inner Domain. After being purified by the Yin Veins, it formed the incomparably precious Yin-Soul Liquid and Soul-Gathering Stone.
Thus, the world was in perfect order, and the entire Fierce Ghost Cave developed at a much faster pace than before. The dark brown stone walls at the top of the cave, which had been faintly visible, seemed even higher and more transparent.
In mid-air, three rivers emitting a faint glow gradually curled up, as if evolving into the moon.
At the same time, the Spiritual Qi in the Fierce Ghost Cave began to thicken, and several normal First-Tier Spirit Veins were slowly forming.
Once these Spirit Veins are fully formed, the Yang Household can once again invest resources to advance them, cultivate more clansmen, and cultivate more Spirit Fields.
"Judging from this trend, it will probably only take about twenty years for this Fierce Ghost Cave Secret Realm to be fully formed," Yunhua said with a broad smile after calculating with his fingers.
"I heard that Secret Realms are also classified into levels. I wonder what level the Fierce Ghost Cave Secret Realm will be after it is formed, medium level?" Yang Tianyou asked with some curiosity.
Yunhua lightly covered her red lips, then tapped his forehead, a hint of mischief on her fair, jade-like face. "What are you thinking? Even if the Fierce Ghost Cave Secret Realm were to form, it would only be a Yellow-Grade Secret Realm, the lowest level, and even among Yellow-Grade Secret Realms, it would only rank last..."
After listening to Yunhua's explanation, Yang Tianyou suddenly understood.
It turns out that this Heaven and Earth Secret Realm is divided into six grades: the Spirit Realm and the Mortal Realm. Only the four grades of Secret Realms —Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow—will appear.
Among them, the Heaven and Earth level Secret Realms generally only appear in the Great Thousand Worlds.
In the Middle Thousand Worlds, a world of the size of the Lu Wu Realm can only support Secret Realms of the Profound and Yellow ranks.
As for the higher-level Grotto Heaven and blessed lands, they can only be formed in the Thirty-Three Heavens Immortal Realm.
Legend has it that in the ancient and vast world, there were thirty-six Grotto Heaven and seventy-two blessed lands in the Three Realms, which were sought after and fought over by countless living beings in the world.
Even the worst of these Grotto Heaven, [East Sea Mountain], is comparable in size to the Great Thousand Worlds.
The top-tier Grotto Heaven are said to rival half of the Immortal Realm, excluding the Upper Nine Realms within the Immortal Realm.
After hearing this, Yang Tianyou was deeply moved and remained so for a long time.
The slight arrogance and pride that came with breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Late Stage and experiencing a leap in strength gradually subsided.
The path is long and arduous, Immortal Dao to immortality is boundless. He is far from being able to be proud, and even Yunhua is far inferior to him.
After setting up the Secret Realm Formation and bidding farewell to his Sixth Brother Yang Tiankang, Yang Tianyou and Yunhua returned to Purple Moon Mountain.
In the Lineage's Artifact Refining Valley, Yunhua and Yang Haoyu joined forces and spent more than a month upgrading the Formation on the Purple Moon Boat one by one.
In the blink of an eye, over two hundred thousand Spirit Stones from the Yang Household's treasure vault were spent.
However, looking at the Purple Moon Boat floating proudly before them, which, although not yet fully completed, had already revealed most of its magnificence, the Yang Household Members were filled with joy.