"Fellow Daoist Chen, you wield the power of a Divine Being, making you an ideal candidate to explore the Secret Realm. Is it so strange that I came to you?"
Yudie answered Chen Lin.
She continued, "Stop dithering like an old woman. The Ascension Trial is imminent, and this Secret Realm's appearance is a warm-up. If you fail to gain anything from it, you'll be at a disadvantage during the trial."
"A warm-up?"
Chen Lin's eyes flickered.
"You mean this sort of thing happens before every Ascension Trial, Seventh Princess?"
Princess Yudie glanced at Chen Lin.
A trace of understanding crossed her face.
"It seems your relationship with Bai Yujing isn't as close as I imagined. You don't even know something like this."
Chen Lin said nothing.
Seeing this,
Princess Yudie pursed her lips.
"Fine. Since I've already come to you, I might as well enlighten you. The Ascension Trial actually didn't begin after the Exquisite Sect's destruction. It existed before that and is connected to entering the Holy Land."
"What Holy Land?"
Chen Lin immediately pressed her.
"You don't need to know that. Actually, I'm not very clear on it myself. Although our Divine Kingdom has existed since ancient times and witnessed the Exquisite Sect's destruction, we were also heavily affected. The hidden secrets passed down to us were lost long ago."
"In any case."
"As long as you enter the Holy Land, you can obtain tremendous benefits. Now it has become the only way to escape the Creation Tome's seal. Even if you don't want to fight for it, you have to."
At this mention,
Chen Lin's heart stirred.
He probed, "The Creation Tome doesn't exist, does it? I heard that what sealed this world was the Exquisite Sect's Exquisite Treasure Tree, not some so-called Creation Tome."
"It's