A blaze of excitement flared within Lu Chen.
"As long as I can subdue the realm nexus, I can claim this entire secret realm for myself!"
He hesitated no longer. At once, he circulated his magical power, transforming it into an invisible pull that lunged at the realm nexus, which resembled a cocoon of glazed light.
Yet the tiny thing did not budge in the slightest.
It even completely ignored Lu Chen's probing.
"As expected, it won't be that simple..."
Although Lu Chen had previously consulted some records related to secret realms,
such secret realms were open only to families of the newly elevated class and above. There was hardly any useful information online, much less methods for subduing a realm nexus.
Besides, Yu Feng had not revealed much either.
As a result, although he had successfully entered, he was utterly at a loss as to how to subdue the realm nexus.
In truth, within secret realms like this, most challengers came only to gather heavenly treasures and earthly materials.
People like Lu Chen, who set their sights on the realm nexus the moment they entered, were exceedingly rare.
After all, subduing such a thing depended almost entirely on fate.
Unless one's personal strength was overwhelming enough to crush everything and forcibly cow it with thunderous means,
there was simply nothing to be done.
"What should I do?"
Lu Chen sat down cross-legged and pondered a solution.
The realm nexus continuously circled the wondrous treasure, swooping up and down.
It was as though it were deliberately teasing him.
As for that lotus-shaped wondrous treasure, a closer look revealed thirty-six stamens growing from its lotus pedestal.
Thirty-five had already bloomed, leaving only the last one still tightly budded.
Clearly, the wondrous treasure had not fully matured yet, but it was close!