Xia Province was vast, with dozens of commanderies, yet Songmingzi specifically wanted him to go to Taiwu Commandery. There had to be a particular reason.
Songmingzi smiled faintly. "In my younger days, I traveled through the Wilds Great Plain."
"There, I discovered an elder secret realm."
"Unfortunately, that elder secret realm was completely broken and ruined, with nothing of value left."
"An elder secret realm?" Lu Mian asked in surprise.
He had heard about such secret realms.
It was said that in ancient times, when the cultivation system had first emerged, many beings who towered above all others had appeared.
Back then, the world had held many places rich in spiritual energy. Those beings had divided them up and claimed them, then simply separated them from the mortal world to keep outsiders from entering, creating individual secret realm worlds.
The Great Sun Palace, the most mysterious place in the Sunflame Ancestral Court, was said to exist within a secret realm world.
Spiritual energy was abundant within secret realm worlds, making them more suitable for cultivation than the outside world. There might even be opportunities left behind by their predecessors.
But Songmingzi had said the secret realm world he discovered was abandoned and shattered. What use would it be to Lu Mian?
"Senior Martial Uncle, could there still be some opportunity in the secret realm world you discovered?"
Lu Mian could not help asking.
"What opportunity could there be? It's nothing but a ruined secret realm."
"Before, I certainly wouldn't have sent you there."
"But things are different now. That ruined secret realm world has gained a glimmer of hope."
Songmingzi smiled.
"A glimmer of hope?"
Lu Mian still did not understand.
"It's simple."
"After the collapse of the heavens, countless origin seeds scattered across the world."
"These origin seeds are