On the eastern beach of Wind Thunder Island.
Above an array at the center of the beach, dozens of cultivators waved small array flags in their hands, frantically pouring the Mana within their bodies into the flags before them.
Through the array flags, this Mana gathered high in the air into a massive formation spanning dozens of yards, radiating waves of powerful spiritual light.
"Activate the grand array!"
After a long while, as the spiritual light atop the formation grew ever stronger and gradually stabilized, a Golden Core Cultivator leading the group suddenly shouted. The people in midair immediately began waving their array flags swiftly.
The enormous formation in the air then began spinning at high speed. Streams of white light emerged from it and shot forth through the air.
After leaving the formation, those white lights quickly transformed into human figures in midair. They were all cultivators who had entered the secret realm from this place a month ago in search of opportunities.
The first dozen or so cultivators to emerge were mostly at the Foundation Establishment Realm. Every one of them wore a trace of joy on their faces, clearly having gained something in the secret realm.
Because their cultivation was low, after obtaining spiritual items and opportunities, they had feared running into powerful Golden Core Cultivators and losing their lives. They had therefore quickly sought safe places to conceal themselves.
Only now, after safely escaping the secret realm, did they slowly let out the breath they had been holding.
For them, risking their lives to enter the secret realm in search of treasure had been for the sake of an opportunity. To gain something and retreat with their bodies whole was already the best possible outcome.
After handing over their Teleportation Tokens, these first cultivators to emerge