Secret Realm Opens, Gate Barrier

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

At the same time, three incomparably grand and lingering bell chimes rang out from within the ruins.

They resounded through heaven and earth, echoing endlessly across the empty Everlasting Heaven like celestial music.

After the bell chimes faded, the gate outside the ruins opened on its own!

From afar, immortal light filled the gateway, making it impossible to see the scene within, yet it exerted an endless pull on everyone.

"The Everlasting Heaven Secret Realm has truly opened!"

"The inheritance of the Everlasting Heaven Venerable has truly appeared!"

The gathered prodigies shouted excitedly.

The next moment, someone soared into the air, turning into a streak of light as they rushed toward the ruins.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! For a time, everyone surged forward, scrambling to be first.

It was as though being a second too slow would make them miss the opportunity left behind by the Everlasting Heaven Venerable.

The Everlasting Heaven Secret Realm, the inheritance of the Everlasting Heaven Venerable... This is my best chance to rise against the odds... I must obtain it!!

Wang Teng reminded himself fiercely in his heart.

Then, he too headed toward the Everlasting Heaven Secret Realm.

"My Ancestor Dragon Lineage was born noble. I must seize the Venerable's inheritance and make my lineage shake the Azure Firmament!" Long Aotian muttered to himself, golden light flickering in his eyes.

He strode toward the ruins.

"Ling Shuang, we should go too!"

Jiang Xuan looked at the Everlasting Heaven Secret Realm ahead, which resembled a heavenly palace, and spoke softly to Leng Lingshuang.

"Mhm, let's go!" Leng Lingshuang nodded.

The two of them then followed the crowd toward the ruins.

"As expected of the ruins left behind by the legendary Everlasting Heaven Venerable. They're so vast and magnificent—this is truly astonishing!"

Outside the ruins, the prodigies gathered once more, and someone could not help shouting excitedly.

The Everlasting Heaven Secret Realm towered before them, radiating endless immortal light.

It was incomparably dazzling, while vast Dao rhythms and the rich fragrance of Undying Medicine filled the entire space, making it seem like a palace inhabited by immortals and leaving everyone deeply shaken.

When everyone arrived before the ruins, the immortal light within them seemed to grow even more radiant, as though welcoming them.

Yet when the prodigies reached the entrance, not a single one dared to enter first.

As for why?

One look ahead gave them the answer.

As far as the eye could see, bones carpeted the ground, piled everywhere and emitting a chilling white gleam.

The sight brought a bone-piercing coldness that made their backs turn icy. For a moment, everyone was frightened into halting where they stood.

Those bones all gave off a faint crystalline radiance, proving that their owners had been at least Saint Realm experts in life.

But now, they had become withered skeletons, scattered in all directions across the ground, stirring thread after thread of fear in those who saw them.

"So many powerful experts actually perished here!"

"It seems the rumors were true. Many powerful experts once set foot in Everlasting Heaven, yet not one of them left this place alive."

"This is too terrifying. Will we eventually meet the same end as them?"

The prodigies stopped in their tracks, and some even began thinking of retreating at once.

It was not because they were cowardly.

Rather, so many who had come before them had lost their lives here.

That truly filled them with boundless terror.

"A heaven-sent opportunity is right before our eyes. Go on, enter!"

After a long stretch of silence, someone suddenly shouted.

It was a young man in black robes, at the Dragon Transformation Third Heaven, with an extraordinary bearing. No one knew which faction he came from.

"You make it sound easy. If you have the ability, go in yourself!"

Clearly, the prodigies did not buy what he was selling and coldly rebuked him.

"Heh, a bunch of cowards. No wonder you're fated to miss out on opportunities!"

The black-robed youth sneered at them and stepped forward, walking straight toward the gate before the field of bones.

He held his head high, incomparably confident and high-spirited.

Seeing that no danger arose, his steps grew quicker and quicker.

"Heh, since none of you dare enter, the opportunity belongs to me!"

When he reached the gate, the black-robed youth even turned back and mocked them again.

Then he took a step forward, intending to pass through the gate and enter the ruins.

But at that moment—

A sudden change occurred!

Just as the black-robed youth was about to step through the gate, it suddenly erupted with an incomparably blazing light that stabbed at everyone's eyes.

The youth exploded into a cloud of blood with a bang!

Hiss...

Witnessing such a brutal scene, everyone involuntarily sucked in a cold breath, their bodies trembling.

"Though the gate is open, there is a barrier over it that is difficult to break."

Someone said gravely.

"What do we do, then? Are we supposed to watch the opportunity before us and not enter?"

Someone asked.

"I'll try. I refuse to believe I can't break a mere barrier!"

At that moment, Wang Teng spoke.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, he stepped forward and threw a fierce punch at the gate.

In an instant, astonishing fist light wrapped in powerful blood and qi crashed down upon the gate.

Boom!!

The gate shuddered beneath the punch, and the white barrier appeared, but only faint ripples spread across it.

It soon returned to normal, with no sign of shattering whatsoever.

Instead, Wang Teng was instantly blasted away by the force rebounding from the gate. He fell to the ground, his face pale.

"What a hard barrier!!"

Wang Teng's eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

He was a Sixth Heaven of the Dragon Transformation Realm expert. With a single punch, he could unleash combat power at least comparable to the Dragon Transformation Realm Eighth Heaven.

Yet even such a punch had only caused the barrier to ripple ever so slightly.

"Could it be that we truly can't get in? Can we only stand outside the Venerable's ruins and watch?"

Seeing that even Wang Teng could not shake the gate's barrier in the slightest, everyone felt somewhat dejected.

Had this trip truly been for nothing?

But this was far too unwilling a feeling!

Even if they could not seize the opportunity, they should at least enter and see what kind of scene lay within, shouldn't they?

"If Wang Teng can't do it, I probably can't either... At present, perhaps only those two can break the barrier..."

Long Aotian muttered as he looked toward Jiang Xuan and Leng Lingshuang behind the crowd.

Though he was arrogant, he truly had no way to deal with the gate's barrier at this moment.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang Xuan and that woman in red are the only ones who can break the barrier!"

For a time, everyone looked toward Jiang Xuan and Leng Lingshuang, their eyes filled with anticipation.