"Hm?"
While cultivating and intercepting Immortal Substance, Chen Fei suddenly looked up at the sky in puzzlement.
Through the fine perception granted by his immense fortune, Chen Fei discovered that the entire secret realm's hostility toward him had abruptly deepened considerably.
Immense fortune could grant guidance in the unseen, making cultivation and treasure hunting seem divinely aided. All of this came from the Heavenly Dao of the Xuan Yu Realm.
This Fire Spirit Secret Realm would not offer Chen Fei unseen guidance, much less bolster his cultivation. However, Chen Fei had not killed many Fire Spirits so far, so ordinarily, the secret realm would not bear much malice toward him.
Yet at this moment, Chen Fei sensed the Secret Realm Heavenly Dao's malice toward him deepening.
Chen Fei withdrew his gaze from the heavens and looked at the Immortal Substance seeping down through the Nine Prisons Heaven Slaying Vein, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face.
Immortal Realm Fire Spirits could draw Immortal Substance from the Secret Realm Origin almost without limit to replenish themselves.
Because this Immortal Substance was used to replenish the Fire Spirits, and the Fire Spirits themselves were beings born and nurtured by the secret realm, it seemed that the Fire Spirits consumed the Immortal Substance, but in the end, the energy had merely changed form.
In other words, in the end, that Immortal Substance would still return to the Secret Realm Origin, and the Secret Realm Origin would suffer little loss.
But now, this Immortal Substance was not falling upon the Fire Spirits. Instead, Chen Fei was intercepting it midway through various methods.
Once it fell into Chen Fei's hands, he used a portion for cultivation and stored the overwhelming majority within the Void Return Realm.
To the Secret Realm Origin, this Immortal Substance had