In the dim, unfathomable depths, light was born in darkness.
The magnificent vista faintly revealed within the Great Void startled every Purple Mansion True Person present.
The ruler of the Xianyu Kingdom had fallen in his pursuit of the Dao, and the manifestations over the land had yet to fully dissipate. Almost none of the Purple Mansion cultivators attending the ceremony had departed, so the scene before them appeared clear as day to all.
"Look!"
"This... is a secret realm! A hidden little secret realm!"
An uproar swept through the crowd, but the Spirit God that appeared next left everyone dumbstruck.
"No... could it be a grotto-heaven?"
"Perhaps the impact of the manifestations from that ruler's fall shook the Great Void and exposed a grotto-heaven!"
Some twenty-odd True Persons were present. Their Spirit Senses intertwined, and in a few brief exchanges, they guessed something very close to the truth.
Lin Xi Yu had not even had time to emerge from her emotions over the Great True Person's fall in pursuit of the Dao before the upheaval unfolded before her eyes.
The change came in an instant. A True Person rushed out of the crowd and cast out a token. A Spirit God a hundred zhang tall rose from the ground, its arms bracing the heavens as it firmly supported that expanse of pure white.
This was none other than Lu Xinghuai, Prince Jing of the Zheng Kingdom's royal family.
He had waited a long time for this moment. Now, he cast out the token without haste or panic. Before coming, he had received his orders before the emperor, who had granted him a guardian Spirit God to employ at his discretion.
The Spirit God tore open one corner of the secret realm, but that was not enough. Opening the place