After leaving the Imperial Study, Li Chen changed into an ordinary outfit.
Following the system's directions, he searched for a Wild Secret Realm outside the Imperial Capital.
A secret realm was, in essence, a heaven-sent opportunity.
Wild Secret Realms spawned at random locations in the wilderness. Since most of the resources they produced were very low-grade, none of the major powers bothered with them.
Ordinary Wilderness Secret Realms could spawn resources for the two lower cultivation realms: the meridian opening realm and the origin condensation realm.
Mid-level secret realms were mostly controlled by the major powers and the authorities of the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty.
Only outstanding disciples of those sects or exceptional students of the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty's Battle Academy were qualified to enter.
They were used to cultivate talent for their own factions.
Most mid-level secret realms spawned at fixed locations.
Controlling a mid-level secret realm meant a faction could cultivate a steady stream of talented people.
As for high-level secret realms, they were also known as Gates of Apocalypse and could be considered heaven-sent catastrophes.
They even contained magical treasures, cultivation methods, immortal pills, and other things from the upper realm.
Whenever a high-level secret realm descended, strange phenomena appeared throughout heaven and earth.
Countless powerful cultivators would then be drawn over, setting off a clash of dragons and tigers.
Knowing the system's usual damn approach to its procedures, Li Chen figured it must have judged him to have reached the mid meridian opening realm.
That was why it had sent him to find a Wild Secret Realm, the lowest grade of secret realm.
He also had to follow its instructions exactly. Going to a higher-grade one definitely wouldn't count.
Li Chen had experience with this, so there was no need to waste time.
Following the system's directional