A few breaths later, Heavenly Revelation Emperor slowly rose, took a step, and disappeared.
When it reappeared, it had arrived at a portal.
Heavenly Revelation Emperor waved his right hand, and the Imperial Seal flew out. As a beam of light shone, the gate slowly opened.
Upon entering the gate, Heavenly Revelation Emperor arrived at a place filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers.
This place is the Rules Secret Realm controlled by the Tianqi royal family. This secret realm was established by the founding emperor of the Heavenly Revelation Empire based on the Land of Rules.
Deep within the Rules Secret Realm, a hundred people were sitting around a stone platform. Judging from the aura emanating from these people, the weakest among them was at the Mythic Realm, and there were even some King Realm experts.
Your son pays respects to Your Majesty.
At this moment, a young man bowed in greeting.
This person is none other than the eldest son of Heavenly Revelation Emperor, the current Crown Prince of the Heavenly Revelation Empire, and a powerful expert at the King Realm.
"How is the repair of the passageway progressing?" Heavenly Revelation Emperor asked.
"Reporting to Father Emperor, the passage has been 70% repaired."
"Is it possible to let people in?"
"Those below the Legendary Realm can enter, but if those at the Legendary Realm or Mythic Realm enter, there's a high probability it will cause spatial chaos."
The crown prince shook his head. "As for the King Realm, we can't even get into it yet."
Upon hearing this, Heavenly Revelation Emperor frowned deeply, "How much longer will it take to fully repair?"
"Well... Your Majesty, I can't be sure either. Ninety percent of the passage was destroyed before, and it's already quite good that seventy percent has been repaired over the years."
"But the further along the process, the more difficult it becomes to repair."
The crown prince said helplessly, "They had only fixed the simplest parts, but they still had no clue how to fix the difficult parts."
"With the help of a King Rank array master, I estimate that we should be able to repair it to 90% or even 100% within ten years," the Crown Prince said after thinking for a moment.
Heavenly Revelation Emperor remained silent; how could he not know that the assistance of a King Rank array master could expedite the repair of the passage?
The problem is that the Heavenly Revelation Empire doesn't have any King Rank array masters at all, while the Heavenly Spirit Empire does, but they certainly won't lend them any.
"Speed up the repairs. If you're lacking any resources, feel free to take them yourself," Heavenly Revelation Emperor said. He refused to believe that four hundred years wouldn't be enough to repair this passage.
"Your subject understands," the Crown Prince hurriedly replied.
"It's a pity this passage was destroyed by our ancestors, otherwise I wouldn't be trapped in the King Realm."
Heavenly Revelation Emperor sighed.
"Father, is there really an opportunity to break through to the Sovereign Realm in this place that the passage connects to?" the Crown Prince asked curiously.
"Yes, when the founding emperor established the Heavenly Revelation Empire and reached the King Realm Ninth Grade, he entered the passage and left."
"Later, Emperor Taizong ascended the throne, and for reasons unknown, he directly destroyed this passage. Moreover, the emperors of both the Heavenly Star Empire and the Heavenly Spirit Empire did the same."
Heavenly Revelation Emperor said, "It's a pity that Emperor Taizong destroyed a lot of information. I only learned about this by chance and guessed that there is an opportunity to break through to the Sovereign Realm behind this passage."
Although it was just a guess, he trusted his intuition.
"Father, shouldn't there still be some remaining information about the other two great empires?" the Crown Prince asked.
"I tested those two, but they knew nothing about it; otherwise, the Heavenly Spirit Empire would have repaired the passage long ago," Heavenly Revelation Emperor said.
The Crown Prince nodded. The current Heavenly Spirit Emperor was much older than his father, and only had about a hundred years left to live.
If the Heavenly Spirit Emperor knew that the passage within the Rules Secret Realm led to the opportunity to break through to the Sovereign Realm, he certainly wouldn't miss it.
"Alright, you may continue repairing the passage here. Once the passage is repaired, I will leave the Empire, and you will succeed to the throne," Heavenly Revelation Emperor said with a smile, directly making a promise.
"Your subject will certainly not fail Your Majesty's expectations," the Crown Prince said earnestly.
He was quite happy to accept the pie.
His father, the emperor, is only about a hundred years old. If he doesn't leave the empire, he will remain the crown prince for another four hundred years.
That's four hundred years!
If anything were to happen to him, or if his younger brothers were to suddenly rise to prominence, he could lose his chance to succeed to the throne.
Therefore, he devoted himself wholeheartedly to repairing the passage, wishing it could be repaired immediately so that his father could leave quickly and he could ascend the throne.
Heavenly Revelation Emperor glanced at the Crown Prince and naturally understood what the other was thinking.
However, he used this idea of the other party to do things for him.
As for the throne, he was naturally reluctant to give it up, but once he broke through to the Sovereign Realm and returned to the Heavenly Revelation Empire, what use would it be for the other party to ascend the throne?
Heavenly Revelation Emperor patted the crown prince on the shoulder as encouragement before leaving the Rules Secret Realm.
After Heavenly Revelation Emperor left, the Crown Prince became excited and urged everyone to speed up the repair of the passage.
Time passed in this way, and nothing major happened on the Myriad Spirits Continent, which remained the same as before.
Players are also working hard to cultivate and improve their realm. Currently, some players have already broken through to the Silver Realm, and the number is increasing.
Although they can't compete for first place on the leaderboard, they can still fight for second.
Half a month passed quickly, and December was finally over.
The date is January 1st, 3216 of the Sin Abyss Calendar.
In Land of Rules.
[Leaderboard results are being tallied...]
[Congratulations to the player who ranked first on all fourteen leaderboards! Please select your reward type.]
As the notification sound rang, Lin An showed no reaction; he remained in a state of sudden enlightenment.
After more than ten days of cultivation, his cultivation level improved rapidly, and he has now reached the King Realm Third Grade.
Another ten days passed, and Lin An's aura surged, followed by a surge of power of rules around him. His cultivation level broke through again, reaching the King Realm Fourth Grade.
At this moment, Lin An also snapped out of his state of enlightenment.
"The effects of the Spirit Enlightenment Pill have ended, but the gains have been quite good."
Lin An nodded in satisfaction. In just about twenty days, he had gone from the King Realm First Grade to the King Realm Fourth Grade. This was practically the same as having cheated.
" The Spirit Enlightenment Pill is effective, but if I weren't in Land of Rules, and without the Tenfold Cultivation Card, I could only break through to the King Realm Second Grade at most."
Breaking through to the King Realm Second Grade in twenty days was already extremely fast, let alone now that he has directly broken through to the King Realm Fourth Grade.
"Now I need to focus on cultivation. I have a little over two months left. I'll try to break through to the King Realm Seventh Grade before leaving the Land of Rules."
A thought flashed through Lin An's mind, and at the same time, he noticed the ranking rewards.
"It's January already. In eight more months, the Sin Abyss World Blue Star."
"Eight months should be enough for me to break through to the King Realm Ninth Grade, right?"
Thinking about it, Lin An also began to calculate the rewards on the leaderboard.
[Settlement successful. You have gained 28 million attribute points.]
Lin An wasn't particularly happy about having so many attribute points, since his seven puppet squads were still helping him farm attribute points, earning him over ten million attribute points every day.
After receiving the reward, Lin An turned his attention to his attribute panel.