On a lofty peak.
Fang Qing gazed at the dazzling, multicolored curtain of light ahead and could only sigh at the mountain before him. "A Fourth-Order restriction? This is troublesome..."
After securing the benefits in the Void-Step Hall, he had rushed to the next location marked on the All-Heaven Star Palace Scroll.
But the restriction here was still remarkably intact, and even Qin Ruxue had no good way past it.
"After all, no cultivator at Foundation Establishment Perfection has ever attacked this place... I'll have to wait another sixty years."
Most restrictions inside the secret realm were arrays nested within arrays, connected to the formation that protected the realm itself.
But this secret realm had already developed a crack. It could no longer remain hidden and would constantly bear the pressure of the void storms in the Great Void.
Thus, the crack would widen, and the restrictions would grow weaker.
One day, the entire secret realm would collapse and be swallowed by the void. Its treasures would then drift into the turbulent void currents. Perhaps, by chance, one would fall into the present world someday and be found by some lucky soul, becoming a legend told for generations...
"Forget it. I'll look elsewhere... or gather some materials?"
"I wonder what that daughter of fortune has found?"
Fang Qing took out a jade pendant with a hint of anticipation. His expression suddenly changed. "It stopped working?"
This was a measure he had planted on Zhan Hongxiu years ago, one that had let him locate her easily.
After a moment of surprise, excitement stirred in him. "As expected of a Destiny Child. Has she stumbled upon another great opportunity?"
"No wonder I suddenly felt a stirring in my heart and thought of her..."
"Still... though she's undone my tracking measure, her aura