Lost

An old rival, possibly even one who could ruin their hopes of entering the Purple Firmament Dao Lord's Seated Transcendence Land…

On one side was a Secret Realm that might contain countless treasures.

Even a fool would know which to choose. Xu Shen slightly lowered his eyelids, focusing his eyes and mind, not bothering to look at the Dole Ghost King again to avoid annoyance. In his heart, he secretly pondered that since the Dole Ghost King had bad luck and couldn't enter, as long as he obtained more benefits inside, and if he was lucky enough to get the Purple Firmament Dao Lord's Multitreasures Heavenly Wheel, even forgiving this old rival wouldn't be a problem.

After all, the other party couldn't enter, but he had the opportunity. Thinking this way, his mood improved greatly in comparison.

The Dole Ghost King acted decisively, ignoring the Ghost City and directly taking Imperial Concubine De away from the Nether Acacia Ghost Tomb to wait outside.

Only Imperial Concubine De still had a complex expression, biting her lip, looking unwilling.

The Dole Ghost King patted her shoulder and said softly, "Rong Er, don't be unwilling. Those Titled Dao Lord-level figures are all incredibly talented and unmatched for a time. Even if we don't know why he underwent Seated Transcendence here, his tomb must be full of dangers. Entering it is a near-death experience. Even if I, as your father, could really enter, I might not be able to retreat unscathed. They're thinking too simply…"

"Father, I'm not regretting this," Imperial Concubine De pursed her lips, her expression complex. "I saw that little thief before. He jumped into the Abyss and is probably already one step ahead of us…"

"Hmm? Rong Er, could it be that you've really taken a liking to that little thief?" The Dole Ghost King was a little surprised, then shook his head and sighed, "According to you, that little thief is only at the Qi Nurturing stage. In a Titled Dao Lord's tomb, he doesn't even count as cannon fodder. He's probably already dead."

Imperial Concubine De pursed her lips and didn't speak, feeling that her father was right. Foundation Establishment cultivators were cannon fodder there, let alone Qi Nurturing. However, thinking about everything before, Imperial Concubine De always felt that this hateful little thief wouldn't die so easily…

At the edge of the Abyss, the cultivators under the Ten Thousand Eternity Commerce and the disciples of the Boundless Dao Academy had all arrived.

Looking around, the lowest cultivation level was Foundation Establishment, and there wasn't a single Qi Nurturing cultivator. The Ten Thousand Eternity Commerce side didn't show anything, but the disciples of the Boundless Dao Academy, judging by the marks embroidered on their clothes, had twenty-eight Inner Disciples and three True Disciples.

These three True Disciples were all Three Origins cultivators, only one major realm lower than the elders Xu Shen and Bai Yunfei.

After everyone arrived, one person from the Boundless Dao Academy walked out, carrying a Ghost Soldier bound tightly with spiritual light chains all over its body, and casually threw it into the Abyss.

Instantly, on the cylindrical stone wall, rosy light bloomed, and a peaceful yet vast aura of righteousness, like ripples, floated gently and ethereally. Just the aura alone made people feel much calmer.

However, the Ghost Soldier, gently swept by the soft rosy light, instantly exploded into dust. The vigorous ghost energy hadn't even had time to erupt before it was annihilated in the soft rosy light.

"As expected of a Titled Dao Lord's tomb, this scattered rosy light is vast, righteous, and clear, with gentleness within strength. Yin and evil things that fall into it, even Ghost Kings, would probably die instantly. The Dole Ghost King was really lucky to escape…" Treasurer Qian said with a trace of horror on his face, sighing.

"Hmph, the Dole little ghost did tell the truth." Xu Shen stood aside with a sneer. Throwing down a Ghost Soldier to test was his idea…

"Alright, let's not waste time, let's go down. This rosy light has no effect on us." Treasurer Qian took a step forward, taking the lead and jumping down.

However, who would have thought that Treasurer Qian had only fallen a few zhang when the soft rosy light emanated from the stone wall again, holding him up. Treasurer Qian's spiritual light bloomed all over his body, surging torrentially, but it couldn't affect the soft rosy light at all.

This was so awkward…

Treasurer Qian flew back up, his face not looking too good.

"This is probably a contingency left by that person. No wonder this entrance is completely unconcealed. Those of us at the Divine Sea stage can't enter unless a strong person personally takes action to forcibly break open this entrance."

"Forcibly breaking it open might not necessarily allow us to enter. That person's Seated Transcendence Land has a ninety-nine percent chance of evolving into a Secret Realm. If there really is a contingency, forcibly breaking open the entrance will cause the Secret Realm to hide into the void, never to be seen again." Bai Yunfei's face was also very unsightly…

"Everyone, try together." Xu Shen said in a low voice with a gloomy face, ordering the disciples of the Boundless Dao Academy to go together. He also jumped down, obviously distrusting Treasurer Qian and fearing being tricked…

Unfortunately, after Xu Shen jumped down, he was held up by the rosy light like Treasurer Qian, unable to go down at all. The three Three Origins cultivators were also held up. Only Foundation Establishment cultivators were ignored by the rosy light, allowing them to fall down.

A group of Foundation Establishment cultivators fell into the Abyss and disappeared. The remaining people stood at the edge of the Abyss, their faces very unsightly…

At the entrance of the Nether Acacia Ghost Tomb, the Dole Ghost King's eyes were bright, using all his eyesight to see the situation on the Abyss side clearly, as if he were there himself. Seeing this situation, he couldn't help but laugh gloatingly.

Thinking that he couldn't enter but had obtained three High-Grade Spiritual Items for nothing, and that Xu Shen couldn't enter either and wouldn't get anything, he couldn't help but feel great…

Inside the Secret Realm, Qin Yang was unaware that at least thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators had already entered. He was still carefully studying the map, matching it with everything in the Secret Realm.

The previous discovery of the Banyan Tree Demon, confirming its presence there, was thanks to the high-definition map. The human skin tattoo map obtained by the Ten Thousand Eternity Commerce could never be so clear.

Whether it's clear or not might not be very useful to experts, but for him, it could be the difference between life and death.

There was a clear route map, but unfortunately, many places along the way were extremely dangerous, so Qin Yang could only try to avoid them as much as possible.

After traversing mountains and ridges, he arrived at a swamp, where Qin Yang stopped, frowning slightly as he looked at it.

The swamp seemed ordinary, but it was shrouded in a thin mist, with miasma breeding within. Just standing at the edge and taking a sniff gave him a slight feeling of dizziness.

Straining his eyes to look, he couldn't see any signs of life inside. The sparse aquatic plants were all filled with a deathly stillness.

Based on his previous experience, this kind of place was definitely extremely dangerous, either the swamp itself was incredibly dangerous, or there was something terrifying inside.

Qin Yang bypassed the swamp, going around it from the side.

Half a day later, he finally bypassed the range of the swamp, but when he looked up, Qin Yang's face froze.

The few trees on the left, the faintly visible traces, and even the distribution of aquatic plants and puddles in the swamp were exactly the same as what he had seen before.

He had actually returned to the starting point!

Qin Yang silently observed the map in his mind, then looked at the swamp in front of him, and a sudden realization dawned on him.