After leaving the ancient tower, Taishi headed deeper into the Imperial Palace, his steps steady.
A few breaths later, he crossed the spatial barrier and entered a secret realm.
It was a strange little world, steeped in ancient energy. Many buildings stood within it, their style unlike anything of the present day, bearing the savage aura of prehistory. The vitality of heaven and earth was exceptionally active here.
This secret realm had been passed down from the Primordial Era. It had almost perfectly recreated the world as it had been then. Practicing here was like returning to that age, and it was dozens of times better than the Lingyang Realm of today.
Inside an ancient hall, a young man sat cross-legged. He wore black robes, his black hair falling over his shoulders, and his cultivation had only just reached the Earth Baleful Realm.
Sensing movement, the young man in black slowly opened his eyes. He looked at Taishi as he entered the hall, a trace of barely perceptible melancholy in his gaze.
For the past few years, he had been cultivating in seclusion within the Lingyang Realm, but his progress had been far from ideal. When he had crossed through time and space to arrive here, he had chosen this body, which had little talent for martial cultivation.
He was in the most blessed cultivation secret realm in the Shenzhou Vast Land, and he was practicing a supreme Emperor Scripture. Yet it was only recently that he had barely reached the Earth Baleful Realm.
It had dealt him a serious blow. The Exquisite Jade Wall had offered him little help, either. He had thought it might contain the Exquisite Great Emperor's techniques.
If things continued this way, reaching the realm of an unparalleled powerhouse would be out of the question.