The ground around the entrance still bore the bloodstains and fragments of Dao Principles left behind when the male cultivator was slain, though they had long since lost their vitality.
Bai Ye landed on the ground, his gaze sweeping over the bloodstains as his Divine Sense silently spread out, tracing the blood and fragments of Dao Principles back to their source.
The male cultivator had died only recently. Fragments of his soul had yet to completely dissipate, wrapped in midair by the chaotic laws of the Boundary Sea and the Dao Principles of the Secret Realm. They were like a guttering candle in the wind, liable to be snuffed out at any moment.
He did not linger. Raising his hand, he pressed down lightly toward the spatial entrance.
The might of an Immortal Emperor Late Stage erupted with a boom, transforming into an invisible giant hand that gently brushed over the runes at the entrance.
The originally tenacious sealing runes quickly dimmed and dissolved before Bai Ye's might, like ice and snow melting beneath the sun. The spatial entrance slowly expanded, revealing the hazy spiritual energy and blurred outline of a palace within.
Bai Ye stepped into the spatial entrance first, with the female cultivator following close behind.
The moment they entered the Secret Realm, an overwhelming surge of dense, almost tangible spiritual energy rushed into their faces. The laws here were complete and stable, utterly different from the shattered desolation outside.
Within the Secret Realm, the green mountains and clear waters remained as before, while pavilions and towers were scattered in orderly fashion. A simple, ancient palace stood at the center. Faint golden light lingered above its roof, radiating the pure aura of Immortal Emperor Dao Principles. It was clearly the Inheritance Land of that Immortal Emperor.
Bai Ye