Half a month later, cultivators outside once again sensed ripples emanating from the Kunxu Secret Realm, and several of the Secret Realm's main exits appeared in succession.
At the natural rate at which these spatial passages formed, it should have taken about a day for them to fully take shape and connect.
However, with a supreme figure of the present age like the Dark Underworld Venerable on the scene, propelled by his artifact-manipulation method, the time needed for these spatial routes to connect was shortened to three hours.
Once the spatial power within them had stabilized, the first to emerge from the Secret Realm were the Core Formation Cultivators from the third layer of space.
For this trip to the northern lands, the Yang Clan had dispatched four people at this realm: three from Yangyuan Peak and one from Tiangong Peak.
The newly advanced Core Formation Cultivator of Yangyuan Peak, Zhao Che, served as the leader. The other three were Dai Wei, Yuan Cheng, and Yao Santu.
Zhao Che was responsible for planning and directing the entire expedition into the Secret Realm. Dai Wei and Yuan Cheng, the two senior members from the same peak, provided the main combat strength and cooperated with him, while Yao Santu was responsible for retrieving the stele using the Spirit-Forging Technique.
Though the combat prowess and talent of these four were not particularly outstanding, they were steady and reliable. Coupled with the prestige the Yang Clan had accumulated within the Canglan Righteous Path over the years, they successfully recovered that fragment of the Divine Path Stele without incident.
And precisely because none of the four were exceptionally gifted prodigies of the Yang Clan, they had not drawn the trouble of the heavenly lightning tribulation. Instead, several descendants of prominent Central Region families in the