Three days passed in the flick of a finger.
Inside and outside Heavenly Evolution Ancient City, people thronged like mountains and seas, and ten thousand sects had gathered. Immortal clouds wreathed the heavens, divine beasts cried out, and sacred radiance shone everywhere. A feverish atmosphere, suppressed to its utmost limit, enveloped every inch of space.
Today was the day the Heavenly Evolution Secret Realm opened.
Within the secret realm were not only Heavenly Evolution Sacred Fruits, but also Dao resonances, divine weapons, inheritances, and spirit medicines left behind by Great Emperors of High Antiquity. It was a supreme fortuitous opportunity that came to the Azure Mysterious Domain only once in ten thousand years.
Countless heavenly prodigies, elders, ancestors, and reclusive masters had long been waiting outside the secret realm's entrance, their gazes burning and their breathing rapid.
At the very front of the crowd, a white-robed figure stood quietly.
Chu Xuan.
He stood tall and straight, his expression indifferent. Not the slightest fluctuation of Spiritual Qi surrounded him, yet he seemed the center of heaven and earth, with the myriad Daos bowing before him. Merely standing there, he silenced the entire space and made every powerhouse instinctively hold their breath.
Zhao Shanhai stood behind him with utmost reverence, not even daring to raise his head.
Over these three days, Chu Xuan had already become a legend throughout Heavenly Evolution Ancient City.
One finger defeated heavenly prodigies, one word annihilated a sect, and his presence alone subdued a Saint. The Sacred Lord had personally knelt to welcome him.
Such an existence could no longer be described as a mere "powerhouse," but was a true-supreme god.
"Mr. Chu, the secret realm is about to open," Zhao Shanhai said quietly. "This secret realm is fraught with danger. Inside, there are not only ancient restrictions and ferocious beasts, but also old monsters from all the major top-tier powers stationed there..."
Chu Xuan nodded lightly, his tone calm and unruffled. "No matter."
In his eyes, so-called dangers were nothing but dust.
So-called heavenly prodigies were nothing but ants.
So-called Great Emperor inheritances were nothing but the most insignificant scraps from his hundred thousand years of signing in.
Just then.
Rumble-!!
Heaven and earth shook, and the ancient city rumbled.
At the secret realm's entrance, the void tore apart with a thunderous crash, and an immense golden gate of light slowly emerged. Within the gate, currents of Chaos Qi surged, Dao tones resounded, and an ancient, boundless presence swept toward them.
The Heavenly Evolution Secret Realm had opened!
"It's open! The secret realm is finally open!"
"Charge! The Heavenly Evolution Sacred Fruit is mine!"
"The Great Emperor's inheritance-I will have it!"
Countless cultivators roared as they surged toward the gate of light like a tide.
The Xuanyuan Aristocratic Clan, the Primordial Jiang Clan, the Ice and Snow Goddess Palace, the Myriad Demon Domain, the Confucian Sacred Land... the heavenly prodigies and elders of all the major powers moved at once, their presences soaring into the sky and their fighting spirit boiling.
Top heavenly prodigies such as Bing Yao, Jin Lie, Yan Hui, Mo Chen, and Man Xiong took the lead, turning into streaks of light as they charged into the secret realm.
They all knew that the sooner they entered, the greater the head start they could secure.
"Mr. Chu, shall we go in too?" Zhao Shanhai asked nervously.
Chu Xuan gave a slight nod, lifted his foot lightly, and took a step.
There was no speed, no light, no extraordinary phenomenon.
Yet in the next instant, his figure had already appeared before the secret realm's gate of light.
It was as though space beneath his feet submitted of its own accord.
[Ding! The host has stepped into the Heavenly Evolution Secret Realm, triggering Supreme Sign-In!] [Ding! Sign-in successful!] [Ding! Obtained: Chaos Emperor Heart!] [Ding! Obtained: Myriad Law-Impervious Physique (perfection)!] [Ding! Obtained: Secret Realm Omniscience Authority!] [Ding! Obtained: Heavenly Evolution Sacred Fruit ×9!] [Ding! Obtained: Emperor formation of High Antiquity-Myriad Emperors Worship the God Formation (complete)!]
A string of system notifications rang out in Chu Xuan's mind.
Chu Xuan's expression remained indifferent, without the slightest ripple.
In the outside world, these things would have been enough to drive the Saints of all heavens into a frenzy of competition, but to him, they were merely ordinary rewards from his daily sign-ins.
He stepped into the secret realm.
Hum-!
A vast, boundless surge of Spiritual Qi swept toward him, so dense that it had turned liquid. A single breath of it would have been enough for an ordinary cultivator to break through an entire major realm.