Hearing Yang Xuanlang say this, Yang Xuanzhou immediately understood.
The Kunxu Secret Realm was a remnant from the era of ancient cultivators. In the Canglan Continent of that age, the native world and the Void Realm had not yet been so strictly divided, and Void-Treading cultivators could descend into the world.
By that reckoning, the originally complete five-tier partition had been meant to distinguish cultivators of the six realms.
Because of its inverted-cone structure, the higher a cultivator's realm, the broader and more expansive the Secret Realm space they occupied. Small cultivators like them, whose cultivation was only at Qi Gathering, would fall all the way through the gridwork of those funnel-like partitions into the lowest Secret Realm space.
"It truly is an interesting layout. I just wonder whether these Secret Realm spaces of differing tiers have any differences beyond their size."
After pondering it for a moment, Yang Xuanzhou shared this information with the five Snow Clan cultivators.
When they learned that the other cultivators in this space, like themselves, were only at the Qi Gathering Realm, the young Snow Clan cultivators, who had been somewhat uneasy, relaxed considerably.
At least this way, in their future exploration of the Secret Realm, they would not face opponents who crushed them in cultivation.
The five Snow Clan Qi Gathering cultivators exchanged glances. Then, the Perfected Cultivator among them with the highest cultivation stepped forward and saluted Yang Xuanzhou. "Young master Xuanzhou, according to Snow Dragon Ancestor's instructions, we shall have to trouble you to lead the way in our actions within the Secret Realm."
"You are too courteous, Fellow Daoist. This hardly counts as trouble. To receive all of your trust is also an honor for me, Yang Xuanzhou."
Yang Xuanzhou returned the salute. Then, wasting no further time, he led