No matter what, Zhu Hao had been willing to sell him two Heavenly Palace Secret Realm slots at a relatively reasonable price earlier. Lin Yi would remember this favor.
After chatting alone with Zhu Hao for a while longer, the two left the tent together and began inspecting the surrounding blockade lines.
As time passed, the fluctuations from the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm's emergence grew increasingly intense. The void trembled more and more frequently, while the mirage-like phantom of the secret realm became ever clearer.
Sensing that familiar fluctuation, Lin Yi made a guess.
In a few more hours, the secret realm's entrance would likely stabilize completely. Living beings below the Emperor Realm would then be able to pass through smoothly without worrying about being devoured by spatial turbulence.
Come to think of it, this scene was quite similar to the opening of the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm he had witnessed within the Reincarnation Secret Realm. The only difference was that the small world where one could once stand, littered with ancient ruins, had long since vanished without a trace.
Within this Tidal Spirit Sea, living beings below the Emperor Realm simply could not endure for long without treasures such as spirit boats that could shield them from the spirit sea tides.
During the patrol, Lin Yi noticed quite a few independent cultivators who had not obtained secret realm slots. Riding small spirit boats that could barely remain afloat amid the Tidal Spirit Sea's turbulence, they wandered around outside the grand formation in twos and threes.
They stared fervently at the secret realm's phantom, their eyes filled with greed and wishful hope. Clearly, they intended to exploit the spatial chaos before the secret realm opened, find flaws in the formation, and sneak inside early in hopes of seizing opportunities.
However,