Unveiling the Veil

Accompanied by Yi Yun and Lin Xin Tong, the Old Madam went to Jade Bamboo Peak.

As they boarded the flying boat, the Old Madam suddenly stopped and handed the jade slip containing the Empress Secret Realm Lin Xin Tong.

"Xin Tong, take a look..."

These words stirred something in everyone's hearts, and they stopped in their tracks.

Everyone looked at Lin Xin Tong.

The Empress Secret Realm!

The deal between the Lin family and the Shentu Family involved not only the location of the Empress Secret Realm, but also the Shentu Family's experiences within it, providing a general overview of what's Empress Secret Realm, as well as potential opportunities and dangers.

Only the Old Madam has read the jade slip. What it contains and whether it can cure Lin Xin Tong incurable Fatal Meridian remain a mystery.

If all this effort and thought goes wrong, only to have the Empress Secret Realm prove to be of no value to Lin Xin Tong, then it's all for nothing.

Lin Xin Tong took the jade slip and gently touched its smooth, warm edge.

Her expression remained calm, only her long eyelashes trembled slightly.

What exactly is inside the jade slip?

Could this be the chance to change my destiny?

Lin Xin Tong immersed her senses in the jade slip, reading its contents in silence for a long time, while those around her waited to see Lin Xin Tong expression.

Old man Su Jie clenched his hands together, clearly showing both nervousness and anticipation.

Without a doubt, the truly easy-to-obtain and most valuable items in this Empress Secret Realm have already been taken by the Shentu Family.

What remains are those extremely dangerous, even unattainable, things. This is what Shentu Nantian meant when he said that the Shentu Family had only explored a part of the Empress Secret Realm. As for the many more opportunities, the Shentu Family could only look on with envy.

After reading it, Lin Xin Tong didn't say anything. Instead, she returned the jade slip to the Old Madam. From her expression, one could not tell whether she was excited or frustrated.

"Show me!"

Su Jie couldn't hold back any longer. Although Su Jie was an outsider, the Old Madam absolutely trusted him and naturally didn't mind him reading the contents of the jade slip.

After reading it, Su Jie's expression turned somewhat strange. Yi Yun, watching from the side, was also curious; what exactly was in this jade slip?

The Old Madam saw through Yi Yun's thoughts and handed him the Yi Yun slip, saying, "Take a look too."

"I?"

Yi Yun was slightly taken aback. He hadn't expected that the Old Madam would specifically ask him to look at this jade slip first, even though he was just a junior.

Beside Yi Yun, the great-aunt was furious. As an elder, she hadn't even had a chance to see him yet, but Yi Yun had beaten her to it. Did the Old Madam think her status was lower than that of this brat Yi Yun?

"We were able to obtain this jade slip thanks to you. Although it was a glimmer of hope,... the hope wasn't very high."

The Old Madam shook her head slightly. After Yi Yun took the jade slip, he immersed his mind into it.

Thus, this mysterious place, left behind for so long, finally unveiled a corner of its veil before Yi Yun...

The first thing Yi Yun looked at was the location of the Empress Secret Realm. This was the most crucial point.

Upon seeing this, Yi Yun gasped in shock. The Empress Secret Realm was actually located near the God Burying Abyss!!

When Yi Yun first arrived in the Tianyuan Realm, he heard Su Jie say that the Tianyuan Realm was surrounded by the Undying Sea. This Undying Sea was infinitely vast, and the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi was thin and desolate, so no one could cross it.

Below the Tianyuan Realm, deep within the Undying Sea, lies a massive black whirlpool called the God Burying Abyss.

This God Burying Abyss possesses an unparalleled and terrifying suction force. Once sucked in, one will fall into an endless abyss from which there is no return; it is said that even immortals cannot return.

That's why it's called the God Burying Abyss.

This is the most terrifying place in the Tianyuan Realm; even powerful figures like Old Ancestor Shentu dare not enter it.

Nowadays, only a few extraordinary individuals, when their time is almost up, will consider entering the God Burying Abyss. Some of them want to see with their own eyes what exactly is God Burying Abyss.

Others clung to a one in a billion chance that the God Burying Abyss might offer some other opportunity to extend their already dwindling lifespans.

The Empress Secret Realm is not inside the God Burying Abyss; if it were, then no one could possibly go there.

It was located near the massive vortex of the God Burying Abyss, though some distance away. Even so, the main body of the secret realm was still enveloped by the terrifying suction of the God Burying Abyss, which shocked Yi Yun.

It's important to understand that the space surrounding the God Burying Abyss is extremely unstable. For such a vast secret realm to exist eternally under such terrifying suction and spatial distortion forces, what kind of extraordinary power would be required to accomplish this?

Without a doubt, the Empress Secret Realm was indeed left behind by the ancient, peerless empress.

It may not be the empress's tomb, but rather a place where she left behind a legacy.

In the history of martial arts, there are very few peerless Great Emperor of the level of Ancient Empress. Their lifespan is not clearly recorded in the classics, but there are some vague speculations.

They may have existed in the world for hundreds of thousands of years, after which they may have passed away peacefully, or they may have broken through the void and left the world where Tianyuan Realm is located.

Historically, there have almost never been two unparalleled Great Emperor living in the same era.

Therefore, even the most powerful emperors are destined for loneliness and solitude.

In the eyes of these extraordinary figures, the geniuses of their time could not be called geniuses at all. As a result, many of these great Great Emperor never had a true Personal Disciple who could inherit their mantle.

It's not that I don't want to accept it, it's that I can't find it.

None of the outstanding talents of their time could catch their eye.

They would rather have none than accept the wrong one. If Personal Disciple they take on cannot continue their legacy or bring their teachings to their peak, they would rather not take them on.

But...

A martial artist always wants to perpetuate the laws and traditions they have created throughout their life. Human life is finite, and mortals want to have children so that their bloodline can continue after they die. Martial artists are the same. If their lineage continues, it is as if they themselves are still alive.

After failing to find a suitable successor during their lifetime, these unparalleled emperors established a place for succession.

Within this land of heritage, opportunities abound, and those with the right affinity can receive the lifelong legacy left behind by these individuals!

Many powerful beings even go so far as to divine the secrets of heaven, searching in the last few years of their lives for the time and place in which their future successors might appear in the vast river of destiny.

Based on this, a secret realm for inheritance was created.

The value of the legacy of the peerless empress is self-evident. Moreover, it may contain treasures left behind by the empress. Once the legacy and treasures are revealed, it will be enough to cause a frenzy among the aristocratic families of the Tianyuan Realm.

However... the Shentu Family still handed over the location of the Empress Secret Realm to the Lin family.

The reason is that the Shentu Family tried everything they could, but failed to enter the core area of the secret realm, so they naturally missed out on the inheritance and treasures.

As for the opportunities on the periphery, the Shentu Family has already taken everything they could. So, the jade slip in Yi Yun's hand, though valuable, is only valuable if the Lin family can actually retrieve the items from the Empress Secret Realm.

That's much more difficult.

Since the Empress Secret Realm is a place of inheritance, it is naturally a stage for young people.

As a place of inheritance, its main purpose is to select a successor. The Ancient Empress would not have chosen a decrepit old man as her successor.

According to the records in the jade slip, after entering the Empress Secret Realm, there will be several passages to choose from. These passages will identify bone age, and different bone ages will allow access to different passages.

The Empress Secret Realm also contains treasures, which can be considered as gifts left to the world by the Ancient Empress. These treasures have no age restrictions, and people like Su Jie can compete for them, as these are all passages without age restrictions.

As for the remaining core pathways, there are bone age limitations.

Without a doubt, the treasures that anyone can compete for are actually the least valuable; the truly precious treasure is the Empress Inheritance, which can only be obtained by the younger generation!

It is only natural to reserve the best for one's chosen successor.

"Have you finished reading? That's about it..."

Everyone present read through the contents of the jade slip, which was eventually returned to Old Madam Lin's hands.

At this moment, Old Madam Lin's expression was anything but relaxed. "We old folks can also enter this Empress Secret Realm, but we'll be cut off from the core inheritance area. In other words, this exploration of the Empress Secret Realm will still depend on the younger generation of the Lineage."

"Originally, there was no limit to the number of people who could enter the secret realm. However, the jade slip given by the Shentu Family stated that the entrance to this Empress Secret Realm is near the God Burying Abyss! The suction force there is terrifying; ordinary juniors shouldn't even think about getting close, or their bodies would be torn to shreds!"

Old Madam Ancient Empress established a place of succession, her main purpose should have been to select a successor.

The true successor she would choose should be someone who is young, not highly skilled, but exceptionally talented.

But the entrance to the secret realm is so dangerous; how could a young person with insufficient cultivation possibly enter it on their own?

This led the Old Madam to suspect that when the Ancient Empress established the inheritance secret realm, the God Burying Abyss was not like this, but rather that some later changes transformed it into its current form.

Or perhaps, due to the shift in time and space, the entrance to the Empress Secret Realm has gradually moved to the vicinity of the entrance to the God Burying Abyss over the long years.

This made the Empress Secret Realm, which should have been presented to the world, extremely hidden and difficult to discover.

There's no point in dwelling on these reasons. The important thing is that because the Empress Secret Realm is located in the God Burying Abyss, the number of people allowed to enter is limited.

Because the younger generation of the Lin family had no way to get close to the God Burying Abyss on their own.

There must be a powerful figure from the Lin family to bring them in.

How easy is it to bring a fragile, living person safely to the vicinity of the God Burying Abyss? The Lin family simply doesn't have that ability.

"Tonight, let's discuss who will be selected to enter the Empress Secret Realm!"

...(To be continued~^~)