The wild beasts from outside challenged the wild beasts guarding the secret realm. Their battles were quite orderly: not only were they one-on-one, but the victor never killed the loser. This left Ling Tian and the others rather puzzled.
They soon guessed that the wild beasts were challenging one another for the right to cultivate in front of the secret realm. That made sense. The secret realm had once contained Law Power of various attributes, which held an endless allure for any wild beast.
"It seems these wild beasts are challenging one another to earn the right to cultivate in front of the secret realm," Ling Tian said. He mused, "Those wild beasts certainly wouldn't give up such a valuable resource. But they don't kill the beasts who lose the challenges; they only need to defeat them. That must be an order from the Lord of the Universe."
Wild beasts were still wild beasts, and the ones they faced were rivals who could threaten them in the future. Without some kind of constraint, they wouldn't spare their opponents. It went without saying who could impose such a constraint on these wild beasts—the Lord of the Universe.
"The Lord of the Universe was probably worried that if the wild beasts slaughtered one another, eventually none would be left to guard this secret realm. That's why he imposed this restriction," Qiong Rou said. Then she recalled something, and her expression grew slightly grave. "Besides, this will spur the wild beasts to cultivate harder, ultimately making the ones guarding the secret realm stronger. That means we cultivators will face an even greater challenge if we want to enter."
"But I doubt he expected that the challenges between the wild beasts would give us an opportunity, too," Ling Tian said, the corner of his