Leisure Cloud Mountain Villa, Floating Pavilion.
"That move of yours, Alliance Leader... brilliant! Truly brilliant!"
[White Crane] lavished praise on the inspiration behind the second challenge.
Only now did he understand why the exchange had three challenges, yet [Heart Demon] had only revealed the first to them to prepare in advance.
[Heart Demon] had calculated everything from the start.
If they still could not beat Lu Ze with an illusion realm even after comprehensively restricting the types allowed, then continuing to pour effort into illusion realms would be a waste.
Secret realms and illusion realms might differ by only a single word, but in truth, they were as far apart as heaven and earth.
First, Lu Ze's wildly imaginative creations in his illusion realms, such as flesh-and-blood characters and bizarre, dazzling worlds, could not easily be reproduced in a secret realm.
Second, Lu Ze's greatest source of support, the Fragment of the Heavenly Dao, would be unable to interfere in matters involving a secret realm.
And the reason was perfectly reasonable—
The person setting the challenge was not a cultivator, but an ordinary person.
Ordinary people could not enter illusion realms, so requesting a secret realm was perfectly reasonable, wasn't it?
"Elder [Blood Crow]... how are the auction arrangements coming along?"
[Heart Demon] showed no reaction to [White Crane]'s flattery and turned to another elder.
"Rest assured, Alliance Leader. Boss Qian and I are old friends... he had everything in the Great Qian Dynasty arranged last night."
[Blood Crow] spoke with utmost respect.
He could not help admiring [Heart Demon]'s arrangements.
Shifting the challenge to secret realms was already a masterstroke.
But [Heart Demon] had an even more ruthless follow-up.
Only people within the Great Qian Dynasty would be allowed to participate!
Even if the Spirit Cloud Sect wanted to