Seconds ticked by, and when the spiritual energy vortex inside the bronze doors finally stabilized.
The two bronze doors trembled violently, and the floating mountains around them were drawn closer by some inexplicable force.
All cultivators knew that the Secret Realm had opened. The small bronze door corresponded to the Small Secret Realm, with a purple spiritual energy vortex; the large bronze door corresponded to the Large Secret Realm, which was restricted to cultivators at the Core Formation stage or above, with a golden spiritual energy vortex.
This happened because the accumulated spiritual energy in the dragon vein below would open the passage between Cangyun Realm and the ancient battlefield every year. The spiritual energy vortex functioned like a teleportation array, and cultivators would be transported to the ancient battlefield simply by approaching it.
Although the Secret Realm had opened, no one moved.
Everyone was waiting for the Three Great Sacred Lands to appear.
Each year, the prodigies chosen by the Three Great Sacred Lands entered the Secret Realm first, as per the rules.
Finally, nine bell chimes echoed, and on the floating mountains, the clouds swirled, gradually revealing three massive ethereal figures.
In the western sky, a hundred-foot Buddha sat cross-legged, holding a lotus flower in a mudra gesture, with his huge hands supporting a hundred devout Buddhist cultivators.
In the eastern clouds, purple qi rose, and on the Taiji Daoist field where yin-yang fish swam, dozens of black and white-robed cultivators formed arrays, their robes shimmering with Daoist charm.
At the southernmost end, in the thousand-leaf lotus pond where ripples spread, three hundred green-robed female cultivators stood on lotus platforms, their celestial music echoing endlessly.
Cultivators from various sects, including those from the Ten Thousand Mountains, fell silent, not daring to speak out of turn.
The Three Great Sacred Lands—Cleansing Fire, True Martial, and Jade Pool—appeared in order.
Lu Changtian gazed at the majestic Taiji Daoist field with longing.
True Martial Sacred Land was the place he most wanted to visit.
If he could catch the eye of the True Persons within the Sacred Land, he would be able to learn there. True Martial cultivates the utmost balance between extreme yang and yin, and the principle of mutual generation of yin and yang is one of the great truths. These sects still rely on external methods to experience yin and yang, whereas True Martial has already reached the pinnacle and touched the essence.
“Through three hundred cycles of divination, I have finally seen the opening of the Central Continent’s Heavenly Gate!”
At the center of the Taiji Daoist field, an elderly man sitting cross-legged opened his eyes.
His left eye spun with the wheel of yin and yang, and the ultimate yin and yang transformed into two sword intents soaring to the heavens.
This man was Zhang Yibai, the leader of True Martial Sacred Land and widely recognized as the strongest sword cultivator in Cangyun Realm.
He stood up, stroked his beard, and smiled. “My fellow Daoist friends, you have been waiting long enough. I will not waste any more words.” His gaze shifted to Jade Pool and Cleansing Fire, “Real Person Yuyiao, Master Fenye, do you have anything else to say?”
“Amitabha, Fellow Daoist Zhang, recently there have been frequent grand calculations in Cangyun Realm. I wonder if… Fellow Daoist Zhang has foreseen something good in the Central Continent Secret Realm? Fellow Daoist Zhang, why don’t you share it with us? We are all here by fate.”
Master Fenye, the head of Cleansing Fire Sacred Land, stepped on a fire dragon, with a three-headed, six-armed Vajra figure appearing behind him, though he wore a benevolent expression.
Zhang Yibai’s face stiffened slightly.
Indeed, there were good things in the Central Continent Secret Realm this time.
But they were not revealed through his divinations. They were predictions made years ago.
Divining was a method that shortened one’s lifespan, how could it be used lightly?
“Master Fenye jests. The Central Continent Secret Realm is completely isolated from Cangyun Realm, and I am not capable of such precise predictions.”
Fenye clasped his hands and looked at Zhang Yibai silently before suddenly smiling and asking, “Then, Fellow Daoist Zhang, will you enter today or not?”
“I have reached a bottleneck in my cultivation and naturally need to seek a divine opportunity inside.”
“Amitabha, then this monk will also enter.” Fenye nodded in satisfaction.
Zhang Yibai’s face darkened, and he shook his whisk in frustration, cursing inwardly.
Then, a gentle and melodious female voice came from the Jade Pool.
“Since both Real Persons are entering the Large Secret Realm, this humble woman will join in the fun as well.”
A plain-clothed woman walked out from the Jade Pool Sacred Land’s field. A bluebird carried a branch over the sea of clouds, leaving a rainbow bridge in its wake. Real Person Yuyiao approached on the rainbow, her veil fluttering in the mountain wind, and an ancient bell hanging from her waist jingled softly.
The ancient script on the bronze doors glowed with blue light, illuminating her dress as if it were flowing moonlight.
When she landed on the end of the rainbow and stood alongside the other two leaders of the sacred lands, Fenye’s rosary beads suddenly heated up, and Zhang Yibai’s sword scabbard emitted a ringing sound.
Though no one could see her face under the veil,
no one doubted her beauty.
After all, she was the one who could make Master Fenye close his eyes and chant in tranquility.
“Mama, Real Person Yuyiao is so beautiful, strong and beautiful. If only I could go to the Jade Pool Sacred Land for training…” Yun Suxin, the young master of Spirit Intuition Valley, gazed at the peerless beauty of Real Person Yuyiao standing by the bronze doors, her eyes sparkling.
Yun Baiyu glanced at her daughter, her brows furrowing slightly, and sighed.
Fortunately, Yun Suxin did not meet the standards to enter the Jade Pool Sacred Land.
Otherwise, she would truly have been troubled—Jade Pool Sacred Land was not a place to be trifled with.
“Teacher?”
Seeing most of the cultivators’ attention focused on Real Person Yuyiao,
Li Qingran nervously turned to look at her teacher.
“Huh?” Chen Huaian lay lazily on the dragon throne in the Holy Pavilion, supporting his cheek with one hand.
When he saw his disciple looking back at him, his drowsy eyes opened slightly, but he couldn’t help yawning.
There was too much pomp and circumstance for this Central Continent Secret Realm.
Why couldn’t everyone just rush in once the bronze doors opened?
He wanted to see battles! See mutual slaughter! See rivers of blood!
Instead, a bunch of old men were pretending to be polite, taking turns to enter the Secret Realm, as if queuing up was necessary!
“Hehe, it’s okay~”
Seeing her teacher’s sleepy appearance, Li Qingran covered her mouth and giggled, turning away, and her ankle bells jingled again.
Indeed, her teacher was different.
Even Sect Leader Su and several elders were staring intently at Real Person Yuyiao.
Only her teacher seemed indifferent, not even looking at her, and was actually dozing off.
Real Person Yuyiao was indeed beautiful.
She was very tempting.
Unfortunately, Chen Huaian couldn’t appreciate veiled beauties.
He was a face snob, seeing only faces. Without seeing her face, everything else was wasted.
Plus, the grandeur of the Central Continent Secret Realm was similar to a leadership meeting, and his interest had already waned.
…
They didn’t know that.
The gaze hidden under Real Person Yuyiao’s veil flickered toward them, narrowing slightly.
She practiced the <Upper Clear Jade Transformation Divine Art>, and all living beings, regardless of whether they had wisdom or not, felt affection for her.
This attraction was so powerful that even Master Fenye had to exert effort to resist it.
Zhang Yibai’s dual swords, which had formed sword spirits, frequently emitted sounds.
Only this sword cultivator from the Sword Pavilion remained unaffected.
Moreover, this sword cultivator was a new face, never seen in the Sword Pavilion during previous Central Continent Secret Realms…
Who was he?!
Would he affect this Secret Realm?
Real Person Yuyiao suppressed her doubts and alertness, raised her hand, and knocked on the spiritual ring beside the bronze door.
A hundred birds sang clearly in the sky, and spiritual rain fell over the Secret Realm.
The Central Continent Secret Realm spanned a hundred miles, with spiritual energy concentration reaching a level comparable to a mid-level Gathering Array.
Most cultivators waited for this moment, immediately sitting down to cultivate. After all, the elites from the Sacred Lands and sects entered first, and getting anxious wouldn’t help. Some weaker ones didn’t plan to enter at all, coming merely to absorb spiritual energy.
“Central Continent Secret Realm has opened,” Real Person Yuyiao’s lips moved slightly, “Please, let the prodigies from the Sacred Lands enter the Small Secret Realm first!”
