Secret Realm, mountaintop.
Xu Xuan stood alone.
Three days had passed since that false nature had been invited out, and the entire Secret Realm had grown increasingly spacious, clear, and unobstructed.
Xu Xuan wore a solemn expression as he pondered in silence.
How could he connect this Secret Realm to the Grotto-Heaven?
He had chosen witchcraft, using a process akin to a sacrificial rite to send the nature and life of those who had received his registers into the Grotto-Heaven.
The first thing to do now was to proclaim the master of this Secret Realm-the Formless Lord.
No elaborate ceremony was necessary, nor did he need to set up a formation. He only needed to imagine such a being descending, imagine its gaze falling here, and formless ghost gods would fill this Secret Realm.
Wind and thunder suddenly rose.
Once a registered Purple Mansion cultivator entered this Secret Realm, the sacrificial rite would trigger on its own, allowing them to pay respects within the Grotto-Heaven.
As for concealment, with the [Shadow-Moon Pool], even after they entered the Grotto-Heaven, an identical projection would remain in the Secret Realm as a precaution. Unless a Golden Core came in person and carefully examined someone who had entered the Grotto-Heaven, merely looking through the vision of the Origin Net would reveal nothing amiss!
"Come in."
His spirit sense passed through the Secret Realm and reached the outside. A gust of wind and sand swept inside.
It was Xu Fayan.
This disciple of his had encountered the Immortal Heaven earliest and had some idea of its mysteries, making him the perfect person to try entering first.
Xu Xuan had considered this carefully. There were now five Purple Mansion cultivators in the Sect. Summoning them all specifically to this Secret Realm would inevitably attract attention, especially