Within the Heavenly Palace Secret Realm, spatial fluctuations in the outside world continued to surge. The passage between the secret realm itself and the Tidal Spirit Sea had been torn fully open into a stable breach.
This violent spatial tremor not only awakened the senses of every dormant creature within the secret realm, but also slowly roused a group of Heavenly Palace Disciples who had sealed away their lifespans with secret arts from their long slumber.
They had been the last batch of core disciples to retreat into the secret realm on the eve of the Heavenly Palace's destruction, and were also the only remaining elite sparks of the Heavenly Palace lineage within the vast territory of the Tidal Spirit Sea.
Over the millions of years, every opening of the secret realm had awakened them from their sealed sleep. Yet their companions had grown fewer each time. Now, fewer than a dozen remained alive.
An aged disciple with a withered face and snow-white hair and beard gazed at the constantly surging spatial glow and sighed hoarsely. "The secret realm has opened once again... I just wonder whether these broken bodies of ours can survive this round."
Though they had used the red-grade spiritual material Blood Jade Stone to seal their bodily essence and lock away their lifespans, they had never reached the Emperor Realm. Their lifespans had limits from the start.
After awakening and sleeping several times over millions of years, their origins had been repeatedly depleted. Most of them were now at the end of their strength, with scarcely any lifespan left.
A violent, piercing voice suddenly exploded from the side, its killing intent cold and biting. "Even if we cannot last much longer, we absolutely cannot let those dogs from the Source Realm have it easy! Any Taiyi