With so many rare treasures in the secret realm, they naturally refused to give up. Once their wounds had healed, they gathered all the Nascent Soul Realm elders of the two sects and discussed entering again. They also expended enormous resources to establish a passage in each sect. Somehow, however, word leaked out and reached the Supreme Mystery Sect and the Pure Land Sect, which each came knocking, intent on claiming a share of the spoils. If the Wangliang Sect and the Ten-Step Academy refused, they would likely have to fight those two sects outside the secret realm before they could even enter. Besides, at the time, the Wangliang Sect and the Ten-Step Academy had only three cultivators at the Nascent Soul Late Stage between them; the others were all at the early or middle stages. With that strength, they had little confidence in venturing inside. The secret realm contained seven fourth-rank demon beasts. Although the Wangliang Sect's peculiar poisons could suppress them to some degree, victory was far from certain. Adding the several old Nascent Soul monsters of the Supreme Mystery Sect and the Pure Land Sect would give them a better chance.
After weighing all these factors, they agreed that the four sects would enter together. Yet after a fierce battle inside, the result was far from satisfactory. Demon beasts generally possessed much greater fighting strength than cultivators of the same level. Although the humans had more Nascent Soul Cultivators, once their opponents revealed their true forms, the two sides were evenly matched.
In the end, both sides made concessions. The demon beasts in the secret realm thought little of the spiritual energy on the Desolate Moon Continent, which was considerably thinner than that within the realm. That was precisely why so many ancient medicinal herbs could grow