Having learned the rules of this lifespan penalty, Chen Yang understood at once. I knew it wouldn't be this simple. If challenges could be attempted without limit, then with enough people, they could force their way through these barriers by sheer numbers.
But once this lifespan-reduction penalty is in place, the limit on every cultivator's attempts is locked in place.
Though death within the illusion is not real, the loss of lifespan caused by it is utterly real.
If they remained in the dark and never learned that such a punishment mechanism existed, then among the cultivators from every faction who entered the Five Elements Secret Realm, a considerable number would inevitably die after exhausting their lifespans.
Chen Yang immediately relayed the matter to the four members of the Yang Clan through their soul-fire connection.
After learning of this strange punishment mechanism, the four of them could not help but feel their hearts sink.
If they could not promptly inform the other cultivators of this, there was a great chance that those people would lose their lives for nothing.
As Core Formation Realm cultivators, they certainly could not directly reveal this rule. They could only use indirect hints to warn the other cultivators.
However, this lifespan penalty only amounted to fifteen years across the first four attempts combined.
The cultivators entering the Secret Realm were all at least Core Formation Realm, and none of them were particularly old. A loss of fifteen years of lifespan would basically have no especially obvious effect on them.
"Right, we need to wait for Fellow Daoist Wu to come out!"
Yang Yuanzhao, who was in the Fire Dao Secret Realm, swiftly thought of Wu Xingqiu, the current Senior Disciple Brother of the Xi Yan Immortal Mansion.
Among the cultivators exploring the Secret Realm, he