The secret realm within the stone, origin jade fruit (please send monthly votes, please send monthly votes)

Beneath the tranquil lake, waves of cold drifted upward, making the bottom of the pool feel even more secluded and bone-chilling.

A pale blue spiritual barrier kept the vast waters at bay.

Four figures stood within the barrier, completely unaffected by the water.

Others might not have noticed anything, but Ye Jingcheng saw python markings on the stone as well. They were actually somewhat similar to those on the Grotto-Heaven Stone Spirit.

Although the stone might have been made of a different material, Stone Spirits and grotto-heaven spaces were profoundly mysterious to begin with. Even Turtle Ancestor had a grotto-heaven within his shell, so Ye Jingcheng naturally could not tell whether this was one.

Upon closer inspection, however, the markings showed no movement. The surrounding spiritual energy did not flow into the stone, nor did any vitality emanate from it.

Even if it had been a Stone Spirit, that might have been a thing of the past.

Ye Jingcheng's gaze burned with eagerness. He naturally hoped this was a grotto-heaven. Even if it could not grow, like Jade Heaven, it would at least still be a grotto-heaven.

Soon, however, Ye Jingcheng gave a helpless smile. There seemed to be an array beside the stone, pinning it firmly in place.

Ye Jingcheng reached out to lift it, but it did not budge. He then had the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor try, yet the stone remained immovable.

"It must have been refined into a fixed secret realm!" the Earth Dragon Demon Emperor said, seemingly knowing something about it.

Upon hearing that it was a secret realm, Ye Jingcheng's interest immediately waned considerably. He began channeling his true essence into the patterned stone.

As his true essence surged into it, the spiritual markings grew increasingly bright, like a stone of the radiant moon