In a lush jungle.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two figures flashed through the mountain forest like lightning, silent as they raced ahead.
They were none other than Ye Han and Han Yuwan, who had left the secret chamber deep within the vast mountain...
They were cultivators, after all. How could they truly lose themselves in dual cultivation?
Besides, the longer they stayed here, the more they felt that leaving would only grow harder as time passed.
So they had decided to join forces and make their way out.
According to Han Yuwan, this layer was brimming with heaven and earth spiritual energy. Who knew how many years had passed since anyone last came here? She was the first cultivator from the Heaven's Mandate Continent to reach this place.
When she first arrived, there had been countless heavenly treasures here. Han Yuwan had spent these years gathering them, and more than half the reason she had advanced to the late stage of foundation establishment in such a short time was that she had collected enough of those treasures...
As for how she had cultivated and advanced so quickly, Ye Han did not ask, and Han Yuwan did not explain...
They shared the tacit understanding of cultivators. They were cultivators, not worldly mortals who had to let each other know every secret.
Cultivators did all sorts of things for the sake of cultivation. Too great a temptation was good for no one; there was no need to reveal all their secrets to each other.
But while Han Yuwan was cultivating, she had encountered Qin Shanzun.
Ye Han had seen Qin Shanzun once before. When the Heavenly Secret Hall first appeared on Treasure Mountain in the Upper Tomb Land, Qin Shanzun had rallied the Black Mountain Cult Leader and several demon kings. Together, they had