The Secret Realm Trial Ends

Today marks the reopening of the secret realm.

Outside the secret realm, the eighteen feudal lords and the patriarch of the Phoenix Clan were all guarding the entrance, waiting for their disciples to emerge from within.

"They're coming out! A disciple is coming out!"

An old ancestor shouted excitedly.

Although the treasures and points obtained by the disciples in the secret realm are important, the most important thing is to survive.

"He is a disciple of the Sword Continent."

An old ancestor slowly spoke.

After the disciples from the Sword Continent came out, the leader took out all the magic crystals they had seized and handed them over to the Phoenix Clan's ancestor to count.

"Ten Dao Integration Magic Crystals, one hundred Divine Nurturing Gods and Devils Crystals... totaling thirty-five thousand points."

"The Phoenix Ancestor said calmly."

The disciples of the Sword Continent showed no excitement whatsoever upon hearing this result.

As time passed, disciples from various warlords emerged one after another.

The scores of the other six vassal states outside the Desolate Continent were all between 35,000 and 40,000.

The various lords who emerged from the Desolate Continent all had scores of nearly 100,000.

Soon, disciples of the Blue Phoenix Clan emerged, Blue Phoenix Clan's patriarch immediately approached them, asking, "Where is Lan Yan?"

Lan Xin of the Blue Phoenix Clan said, "Ancestor, my eldest sister is about to Nirvana."

"What?"

The patriarch of the Blue Phoenix Clan's expression changed drastically upon hearing this. Although disciples who awakened the Phoenix Bloodline could Nirvana, the price was high, costing far more than what they could earn in the secret realm.

"What kind of Devil Master did you encounter?"

Seeing her ancestor's confidence, Lan Xin immediately replied, "Ancestor, my elder sister wasn't suppressed by the Devil Master, but was killed by that guy from the Profound Continent with a single sword strike."

"How is this possible?"

The patriarch of the Blue Phoenix Clan stared in astonishment at his descendant. Most cultivators in the Profound Continent were at the bottom of the class, so how could they have the ability to kill the prodigy of his Blue Phoenix Clan?

Before he could even finish his shock, the patriarch of the Thunderbird Clan exclaimed, "What happened to Lei Xiao?"

Lei Yun of the Thunderbird Clan shouted, "Ancestor, Ninth Brother was killed by a cultivator from the Profound Continent with a single sword strike. Before we came out, Lei Xiao specifically instructed us to announce this loudly so that Blue Phoenix and the Great Wind Clan could hear it."

The Thunderbird Ancestor's expression changed drastically; he had overheard the conversation between the Blue Phoenix Clan.

The Great Wind Clan, not far away, had the same reaction.

Just as the three clans were about to turn their attention to the Profound Continent descendants of Xuanzhou, the Phoenix Clan's ancestor asked, "Are you three still going to hand over the magic crystals?"

Upon hearing this, the disciples of the three families immediately handed over their magic crystals.

"The Blue Phoenix Clan has 80,000 points."

"Thunderbird Clan: 100,000 points."

"The Great Wind Clan has 85,000 points."

Upon hearing the number of points, the patriarchs of the three major forces nearly fainted and collapsed to the ground.

These points are simply not enough to get their Lineage into the top three.

"Damn Profound Continent cultivators!"

After the three patriarchs spoke in unison, they all turned their gazes to the cultivators of the Profound Continent Fire Phoenix Valley.

The two patriarchs of the Feng Lineage frowned as they sensed the fierce gaze. If these three families were to cause trouble together, they would have a hard time dealing with it. However, since Beixuan had already made the move, they were not afraid. At worst, they would just have to fight.

This is the Phoenix Ancestral Land, not the ancestral land of these three families. The ancestor would not allow the people below to fight too humiliatingly; what would become of the Phoenix Clan's reputation then?

Just then, the voice of the Phoenix Clan's ancestor rang out once more.

"The Azure Luan Clan, 120,000 points."

Upon hearing this, all eighteen warlords present were taken aback.

All eyes turned to Qing Li and her group.

The Fire Phoenix Clan, in particular, had been waiting for the Azure Fire Phoenix Clan Azure Luan Clan to submit to them, never expecting that the Azure Luan Clan would actually be able to overpower them this time.

Qing Li's lips curled up slightly; she hadn't expected to achieve such a good ranking this time.

After being soundly defeated by the True Crimson King and the Golden Flame King, they became more cautious and their plans became more sophisticated. After suppressing a King and Marquis, they obtained an extraordinary blood sacrifice artifact. With that artifact, they suppressed a second King and Marquis, which led to their astonishing achievements.

The Azure Luan Clan has now surpassed the Fire Phoenix Clan, ranking second among the seventeen teams.

Qing Li thought to herself: This time, a top-three finish is guaranteed.

Where are the cultivators from the Profound Continent?

Among the crowd, a cultivator murmured.

His voice wasn't loud, but since everyone outside the secret realm was silent, they all heard his words clearly.

The Thunderbird, Great Wind, and Blue Phoenix clans, whose attention had been drawn to the Azure Luan Clan, once again turned their gaze to the entrance of the secret realm.

Time passed second by second.

With only one day left before the secret realm closed, all sorts of speculations arose among the crowd.

"Could it be that all those Profound Continent cultivators were wiped out in the secret realm?"

"That possibility cannot be ruled out, after all, those Profound Continent cultivators don't seem very powerful."

"But they suppressed the prodigies of Blue Phoenix, Great Wind, and Thunderbird."

"They must have used some kind of treasure, otherwise how could someone from the Profound Continent possibly be compared to a disciple from our own Desolate Continent?"

"..."

Just as everyone was discussing this, a group of figures slowly emerged from the secret realm.

Unlike the somewhat disheveled disciples of the other seventeen forces, this group of people marched with great pride and high spirits, looking every bit the victorious triumph.

Especially the young man at the very front of the group, whose every move exuded an extraordinary aura.

Even the ancestor of the Phoenix Clan couldn't help but take another look at this young man, muttering, "How come this kid exudes the aura of the True Essence of the Great Dao?"

It quickly dismissed the idea. "I must have misjudged him. This kid is clearly just a junior cultivator at the Dao Integration; how could he possibly comprehend the True Essence of the Great Dao?"

"Ye Beixuan pays respects to the Ancestor."

Although Ye Beixuan heard what the Phoenix Ancestor said, he still bowed respectfully to him.

"Um."

The Phoenix Ancestor had a good impression of this humble and unassuming young man, and said calmly, "Bring out all the magic crystals you've collected this time."

"Promise."

Ye Beixuan's storage ring lit up, and soon a pile of magic crystals as tall as a small mountain appeared in everyone's sight.

The sheer number of magic crystals did not attract any attention or discussion.

Everyone fell silent after they finally saw the magic crystal at the very top of the pile.

Even the Phoenix Ancestor, who had personally selected the magic crystal, was taken aback.

It doubted its eyes and looked at it a few more times, sensing the aura of demonic and True Essence of the Buddhist Dao emanating from the magic crystal, and blurted out unconsciously.

"This... this Half-Saint magic crystal, from which Devil Master did you obtain it?"

These words caused an uproar throughout the room...