Nether God Mountain

"Teleportation Array? Or the entrance to some secret realm?"

A strong sense of unease welled up in Song Wen's heart.

The feeling of weightlessness quickly disappeared, and Song Wen found himself in a small square.

Black mist filled the square.

Song Wen scanned the area with his Divine Sense and discovered that the black mist was actually ghost mist, originating from the Misty Ghost Domain Mist.

The ghostly fog in the square wasn't thick, but when he looked up, he noticed that it became increasingly dense as he increased his altitude.

His Divine Sense probed horizontally, and he could perceive a radius of two miles.

However, when exploring high altitudes, they can only perceive a distance of about one kilometer.

Not far from the square, there is a barren mountain, hidden in the ghostly mist.

Besides Song Wen, there were dozens of other people in the square.

Two zhang away from Song Wen stood a female cultivator.

The female cultivator was about twenty years old, with Qi Refining Sixth Layer of Qi Refining. Her fairly pretty face was filled with panic.

"Where am I? How did I get here?"

"What are these black mists? Why are they getting into my body?"

As the ghostly mist invaded her body, the female cultivator's face gradually turned painful.

She looked at Song Wen with a panicked and helpless expression.

"Senior, save me, please... save me..."

A large amount of ghostly energy entered her body, and the female cultivator could no longer stand. Her legs gave way, and she knelt on the ground.

She looked up at Song Wen, her eyes filled with a longing for life.

However, what she received was Song Wen's indifferent turn of the head.

Song Wen's gaze swept over her without lingering or showing any pity.

His attention was drawn to the commotion in the center of the square.

"Where is this place?" Xing Liren asked in surprise.

Standing next to him was Xing Yixuan.

Xing Yixuan had once captured a second-tier peak-stage Nether Fox on the outskirts of the Misty Ghost Domain, so she naturally had a way to resist the ghost mist.

She wore a diamond-shaped jade pendant around her neck, which emitted a faint white light, helping her to ward off the ghostly mist.

Xing Liren noticed the changes in Xing Yixuan and he condensed a pale golden Great Lu.

Song Wen had seen this pale golden Great Lu before, which could resist the ghostly mist. Tai He had used a similar Law Technique back in the Nether God Temple.

On the Heavenly Origin Continent, cultivators knew almost nothing about the Misty Ghost Domain. Even Tai He, a Nascent Soul Cultivator, was helpless when faced with the invasion of the ghost mist.

But in the Sea of Disorder, the situation is quite different.

Since the Sea of Disorder is adjacent to the Misty Ghost Domain, it seems that many cultivators know how to resist the ghost mist.

On the plaza, more than ten cultivators successively emitted fluctuations of Spiritual Qi, each displaying their unique abilities to prevent the ghostly mist from getting close.

Suddenly, two figures appeared beside Xing Liren and Xing Yixuan.

"Don't panic, this is Nether God Mountain, a High Antiquity secret realm," one of them said.

Upon seeing the speaker's face, Xing Liren's expression brightened with joy.

"Father, what are you doing here?"

After speaking, Xing Liren noticed another person, bowed, and clasped his hands in greeting.

"Li Ren greets Ancestor Wen Yao."

Two of the three Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Xing Family, and the two with the highest cultivation levels, have actually come here together.

Xing Gaohan said, "This secret realm was opened jointly by Wen Yao and me, so it's natural that we would appear here."

Xing Liren's expression froze. "Did the two of you open this secret realm?"

A sense of panic welled up inside him.

On Treasure Peak, Xing Liren clearly saw that the black array that teleported them here originated from a valley.

That valley is less than fifty miles from Treasure Peak.

This distance is within the range of Nascent Soul Cultivator's Divine Sense perception.

This means that Xing Gaohan and Xing Wenyao were fully aware of everything that had happened on Treasure Peak.

Xing Liren's heart sank. Had the two of them seen through his deal with the Jing Family?

Xing Gaohan seemed to see through Xing Liren's thoughts, and he said coldly.

"We'll settle the score for the stupid things you've done after this trip."

Xing Liren's face turned pale instantly. He lowered his head and said in a trembling voice.

"Father, I know I was wrong. I was blinded by greed and, for my own selfish desires, caused the Lineage's secret to be leaked, bringing shame upon you."

Xing Gaohan shook his head. "Your mistake wasn't spreading the <Soul-Concentrating Spike>, but rather your poor planning, which led to the leak. We cultivators are willing to use any means necessary for strength and cultivation. What does sacrificing a little Lineage interest matter?"

"Back then, when you and your mother were plotting this in her palace, the spy I sent to your mother's palace overheard everything. You were far too careless."

"It's all good, though. I had Xing Wenyao leak this matter to Xing Yixuan, so she could compete with you for the Heavenly Spirit Pill. By using her battle with Jing Lie, we can cover up the commotion when the secret realm opens and reduce outside suspicion about the Nethergod Mountain Secret Realm."

"The Nethergod Mountain Secret Realm opens once every three hundred years. This is the fifth time our Xing Family has entered this secret realm. The <Soul-Concentrating Spike> originated from this. The existence of the Nethergod Mountain Secret Realm has always been a secret of our Xing Family, known to very few outsiders."

"But, nothing stays hidden forever!"

At this point, Xing Gaohan paused, turning his head to look at a corner of the square.

"You agree, don't you, patriarch of the Jing Family, Jing Wuming?"

The gray-robed old man who had been following Jing Lie laughed loudly.

"As expected, nothing could be hidden from Brother Xing. Brother Xing is quite the schemer. By holding a Spell Arts Tournament, he killed two birds with one stone. Not only did he refine the Heavenly Spirit Pill and the Holy Spirit Pill, but he also diverted the attention of many cultivators in the Sea of Disorder. Then, he instigated a battle between two Golden Core cultivators, all to cover up the strange phenomenon of the secret realm opening."

Xing Gaohan's expression was icy, and the murderous intent in his eyes was undisguised.

"Jing Wuming, you dare to enter the secret realm alone? Aren't you afraid that Wen Yao and I will join forces and kill you here? Or do you think that you alone can defeat the two of us?"

Jing Wuming remained calm. "I am alone, so naturally I am no match for the two of you. But who said there are only three Nascent Soul Cultivator like us in this secret realm?"

Xing Gaohan scanned the entire square with his Divine Sense and asked suspiciously.

"Are there other Nascent Soul Cultivator here?"

Jing Wuming called out loudly, "Yinshuo, stop hiding, come out!"

"Hehehe... Since the patriarch of the Jing Family has extended such a warm invitation, then I have no choice but to show myself."

The ghostly mist above suddenly surged, and a figure slowly descended.

The newcomer's face was ashen, devoid of any color, like that of a dead man.

Two blood-red lights flickered in the deep-set eye sockets, like two burning will-o'-the-wisps.

His body was shriveled and withered, like a dead, decaying tree, devoid of any vitality.

Xing Gaohan's face was icy cold as he spoke in a chilling voice.

"Old Monster Yinshuo, what are you doing here?"

After saying that, he turned to look at Jing Wuming and said sternly.

"Was it you who revealed the Nethergod Mountain Secret Realm to Yinshuo?"

Jing Wuming, "Brother Xing, you've misunderstood me. I simply happened to notice Yinshuo lurking outside Treasure Peak before the secret realm opened."

Xing Gaohan stared coldly at Yinshuo, his voice filled with chill and anger.

"Yinshuo, you lured my daughter into cultivating a flawed Devil Cultivation Method, subjecting her to the agony of becoming a corpse; her death was probably also something you meticulously planned, wasn't it? And yet you dare to show yourself before me."