In a dark alley in Immortal Demon City, space twisted.
A pitch-black figure emerged.
"Su Changge, the Returning Ruins Secret Realm will be your burial ground. If you must blame something, blame yourself for blocking the path of our Great Qin Ancient Dynasty's Prince!"
Immediately afterward, the Black-Clothed Man gathered his origin spirit qi into a Light Sword and slashed viciously at his own dantian!
His aura fell from the Great Power Realm to the Venerable Realm. He was severing part of his own cultivation so he could enter the Returning Ruins Secret Realm.
Afterward, he would swallow a specially prepared pill to restore his cultivation.
Then, he would sweep through everything in the secret realm!
"Su Changge, your time to die has come."
With that, he covered his face again and flew toward the enormous vortex passage.
The Returning Ruins Secret Realm.
This was a mysterious, ancient world.
Mountains a hundred thousand feet tall towered within it, their ridges rising in overlapping ranks.
Ancient trees reached into the heavens, piercing straight through the clouds.
The occasional roars of Fierce Beasts made hearts tremble all the more.
The spiritual qi in this world was far denser than outside. Cultivating here would yield twice the results with half the effort.
The many Heavenly Prides had only just entered the Returning Ruins Secret Realm when waves of earth-shaking beast roars rang out.
Rumble-!!
A sound like the earth quaking and mountains shaking erupted.
Not far ahead, billowing clouds of dust churned as countless densely packed black silhouettes surged toward the Heavenly Prides like a tide.
Most terrifying of all, as those black silhouettes continued advancing, everyone could clearly see the towering killing intent radiating from their bodies. Their eyes were blood-red, making them look extraordinarily savage and bloodthirsty.
"It... it's a beast tide!?"
"Damn it! How did we run into a beast tide as soon as we came in!"
The Heavenly Prides who witnessed this scene paled drastically. Killing intent already permeated this world, and the Fierce Beasts living within it were steeped in murderous energy.
They were truly unlucky to encounter a beast tide the moment they entered!
"There's no time! Quick! Break out!"
A fierce battle erupted almost instantly.
Although these Fierce Beasts lacked clear minds, their powerful bodies could easily tear cultivators apart!
"A rabble like you dares act so arrogantly."
Roar!
An earth-shaking beast roar rang out, followed immediately by a burst of dazzling divine light.
Within the blazing divine light, the phantom of a Golden Lion threw back its head and roared at the sky.
The golden radiance surrounding Shi Xiaocang shook heaven and earth, and his erupting aura stirred up a sonic tide like a towering wave!
Rumble!!
Even the spiritual qi and laws in the air burst apart layer upon layer beneath this power!
The terrifying tide swept outward, instantly sending countless Fierce Beasts flying and annihilating both their bodies and spirits!
Some Fierce Beasts with weaker cultivation were shaken directly into minced flesh!
"Die!"
Shi Xiaocang raised his hand into a claw and pressed down from above, pressing down through the air!
Whoosh-!!
Dense golden light gathered continuously, finally forming a claw imprint that blotted out the sky. Following Shi Xiaocang's motion, it crashed down, crashed down!
In an instant, the earth shattered, blood flew, and severed limbs scattered everywhere!
The terrifying blow tore an opening straight through the once-vast tide of Fierce Beasts!
"Lord Shi Xiaocang has opened a bloody path for us! Fight your way out!"
"Kill!"
The Demon Race prodigies following Shi Xiaocang circulated their spiritual qi and fought their way toward the distance.
Rumble!
Li Han gathered a ball of white flame between his hands, its heat seemingly enough to burn through space.
With a mere raise of his hand, the terrifying flames surged skyward. Dozens of Fierce Beasts before him were instantly ignited, and fire blazed into the sky!
Immediately afterward, they turned to ash and dispersed layer by layer!
Under his leadership, the many Returning Unity Sect disciples also moved away into the distance.
Sword light rose around Limitless Pride Heaven, and thousands upon thousands of streaks of sword light appeared in the air. Those terrifying sword lights formed a Sword Domain.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Sword qi thundered within the Sword Domain, and the Fierce Beasts inside perished instantly as though they were made of paper!
As the Azure Cloud Sect's Cloud Laurel Fairy formed seals with her delicate fingers, strands of spiritual qi spread toward her from heaven and earth, lending her an incomparably sacred air.
She gently swept out her slender, jade-like hand.
Boom!!
Brilliant divine radiance bloomed like a moon lotus.
It transformed into dazzling storms of flower shadows that swept toward the Fierce Beasts!
Destructive beams instantly pierced the Fierce Beasts' hearts, utterly shredding their life force. Countless Fierce Beasts collapsed to the ground, their souls extinguished!
Yet ever more tides of ferocious beasts kept coming, and the disciples of the various factions continued suffering casualties.
All that could be said was that their luck was poor: they had been transported into an extremely dangerous place right from the start.
Meanwhile.
By contrast, the Returning Origin Holy Land group led by Su Changge was enjoying considerable ease.
"Tsk, tsk. Those earth-shaking beast roars... they must have run into a tide of ferocious beasts, right?"
"Luckily, I have a map of the Returning Ruins Secret Realm. Its helpful reminder told me it was best to enter a little later."
"Otherwise, I'd have had to waste a whole lot of time wiping out the Fierce Beasts there."
A faint smile hung on Su Changge's lips. How wonderful it was to have a God's-Eye View!
The map laid everything out clearly. Wherever opportunities lay, he could see them at a glance.
At this moment, they were in a dense forest of giant trees.
By rights, the light here should have been extremely dim.
Yet it was the complete opposite. Specks of fluorescence shone like a brilliant river of stars, dazzling to behold.
That was because many wondrous plants grew here. Even some enormous mushrooms were emitting a faint fluorescent glow.
"Lord Divine Son, look!"
Yun Xinyan suddenly pointed ahead in surprise.
Patches of grass emitting blue light came into view.
What made them seem wondrous was that the grass was actually absorbing spiritual qi.
"Heavens! So much Dragon Spirit Grass!"
"From the looks of it, it's well over a thousand years old!"
"Pick it, quick! These are superb cultivation resources!"
Joy shone on the faces of the Returning Origin Holy Land disciples.
Even those Saint Sons and Saint Daughters looked admiring.
Previously, they had harbored some complaints, wanting to seek opportunities on their own.
This secret realm was fraught with danger, yet following the Divine Son had been extraordinarily comfortable all along, and they had encountered so much Dragon Spirit Grass in no time.
It really was sweet!
The map said there was true dragon essence blood in Hidden Dragon Valley.
If I can obtain it, my body will be strengthened once again.
Su Changge wore a faint smile. According to the Returning Ruins Map's directions, Hidden Dragon Valley lay not far beyond this forest.
Even a legendary Dragon Clan Strong One had passed away in meditation there.
The Dragon Spirit Grass growing here had formed from the dragon qi spilling out of that place.
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