If the Secret Realm of the Northern Territory, the final precious resources, were taken away by the Innates from other realms of Xuanzhou...

For the Innates of the entire Northern Territory, it would undoubtedly be a rather disgraceful matter.

In terms of overall strength, the other realms of Xuanzhou are indeed stronger than the relatively barren Northern Territory.

Upon hearing this, the Red Cloud Fairy pondered and did not answer.

This time, she also heard that even the top forces from the Southeast Two Realms sent outstanding Innates from their sects to come.

Now, even the Red Cloud Fairy no longer has the confidence she initially had.

...

Inside the Secret Realm.

After refining a Tier Three Fierce Beast Core last night, and then refining a freshly acquired Middle Grade Innate Pill, Lu Ye felt his strength rise once again.

He was now around the Middle Stage of the Innate Eighth Layer.

The next day, Lu Ye didn't encounter any well-meaning people looking to rob him.

The Secret Realm's space was exceptionally large. Along the way, Lu Ye only encountered one hurried Innate Fifth Layer rushing in a certain direction.

Seeing this, Lu Ye was curious and directly used his body technique to follow behind.

After a short while, the two arrived in front of a dilapidated ruin of a grand hall, surrounded by figures constantly arriving, clearly Innates from all directions.

Among the crowd, Lu Ye saw the figure of Tian Qing.

Tian Qing quickly came over and whispered, "Young Master Chen."

Lu Ye asked, "What are they all doing here?"

Tian Qing, being an experienced Innate, knew quite a bit about the Black Valley Secret Realm.

Hearing this, he quickly explained, "According to rumors, inside the Black Valley Secret Realm, there is the inheritance of the Celestial Saint Sect. This should be the rumored old site of the Celestial Saint Sect."

Celestial Saint Sect...

In Lu Ye's mind, he found information about this sect.

It existed tens of thousands of years ago, even earlier than the Five Poison Sect ten thousand years ago, but was heard to later provoke a powerful enemy.

The sect was destroyed in an instant.

In a critical situation, the sect's secluded ancestor emerged, trying to turn the tide... but unfortunately, according to records, was punched into a corpse by the invaders.

Since then, the Celestial Saint Sect faded from history over time.

"The body technique of the Celestial Saint Sect is renowned across Xuanzhou and famed across the continent, yet there has been no news of its reappearance until now," Tian Qing whispered, "Most of the people here are treasure hunters. The ruins of the Celestial Saint Sect contain many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures."

Hearing this, Lu Ye understood.

"Young Master Chen, you go ahead. I'll just linger around outside," Tian Qing was very aware of his capabilities.

As an Innate Second Layer, in the Secret Realm, taking the leftover scraps that higher-tier Innates discarded was about as good as it got.

If he truly competed with them for treasures, he wouldn't even know how he died.

Moreover, following Lu Ye would undoubtedly be a burden on him and instead drag Lu Ye down when seizing treasures.

Thus, Tian Qing proactively suggested they part ways.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Ye said, "Very well, pay attention to your safety. I'll go in first to take a look."

It had been a long time since Lu Ye had drawn a reward in the form of a Martial Technique.

At this stage, the Perfection Level of the Falling Leaves Body Technique could still be used temporarily.

But ultimately, it was limited by its grade—only Profound Tier Upper Grade.

Once he stepped into the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm, the body technique would instead become Lu Ye's weak point.

Since he had come to the ruins of the Celestial Saint Sect, he naturally had to go in and explore.

"By the way, Young Master Chen, this time the Secret Realm opened, and someone has already listed ten who have the best chance to contend for the Ten Great Spirit Pools and temper at the Peak Innate Realm. It's best not to conflict with them," Tian Qing kindly advised.

"Oh? Which ten?" Lu Ye showed a hint of interest.

Tian Qing's expression grew solemn, "The Five Poison Divine Sect's Saint Son Innate Ninth Layer Early Stage, the Three Yin Sect Saint Son Innate Ninth Layer Early Stage, the Myriad Laws Sect's Sect Leader's true disciple Xiao Yun Peak of Innate Eighth Layer, Southern Xuanzhou's Yin Bochen Innate Ninth Layer Middle Stage..."

Listening to Tian Qing list ten names in one breath, Lu Ye was somewhat surprised. No wonder the Myriad Laws Sect is recognized as the first in the Northern Territory for millennia.

Aside from the Myriad Laws Sect's true disciple, neither the Cyan Thunder Sect nor the Red Cloud Sect had such outstanding disciples.

The figure considered likely to occupy the Ten Great Spirit Pools from the two sects was surprisingly an Elder of Innate Eighth or Ninth Layer from each of their respective sects.

Moreover, even the Southeast Two Realms unexpectedly had an Innate Ninth Layer arrive.

...

The stretch of dilapidated grand halls resembled a massive maze.

Moreover, it was filled with all sorts of hidden illusion arrays, killing arrays, and trapping arrays!

For a while, many unwary Innates fell into these arrays, concealing their figures.

Lu Ye was no exception and triggered a hidden trapping array shortly after.

The path of arrays is rather niche, and to this day, the number of Array Masters is far fewer than Pill Masters.

Many, upon entering an array, immediately find themselves lost, attempting to break the array with brute force only to find it futile.

Lu Ye was the same, having no knowledge at all of arrays.

But Lu Ye knew that to get out of a trapping array, the simplest way was to find the location of its eye.

Thus, after being pulled into the trapping array, Lu Ye did not rush to act but calmly observed the surrounding scenes.

"Right, Xiao Ling is a sentient Spirit Medicine. I wonder if it has a special sense for this kind of array..."

Recalling some rumors, Lu Ye pondered for a moment and directly summoned Xiao Ling from the Myriad Dao Pavilion.

"This is a trapping array. Do you have any way to identify the correct path?"

Trapping array?

Xiao Ling was initially a bit confused—what is a trapping array?

But upon hearing about finding a path, it immediately understood and, after jumping down, started hopping forward.

Following the transformed little dog, Lu Ye turned left and right...

Moments later, the broken scenes inside the grand hall once again appeared before him.

"Indeed, the concealment of the trapping array cannot hide from this Spiritual Object born of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi."

Thereafter, all arrays along the path were easily avoided by Lu Ye.

Soon, they reached the deep interior of the dilapidated grand hall, where vegetation was dense, and towering trees broke through the dome, nearly blocking out the sunlight.

Two long-dormant puppets, seemingly awoken, charged left and right towards Lu Ye as he entered the area.

These were two puppets comparable to the Innate Sixth Layer, with a combined combat power nearly at the Innate Seventh Layer.

Since puppets feel no pain, they bypass one of the weaknesses of Martial Arts Cultivators.

But in front of Lu Ye, the two puppets had only just surrounded him when they were blasted back.

Then, Lu Ye quickly seized the opportunity to forge ahead and leave the place.

The reason for not damaging the obstructing puppets was to ideally create some trouble for other Innates who would follow through the arrays.

Having traversed that area, what lay before Lu Ye was unexpectedly an illusionary array!

Only by passing through this array could he reach the next stage.

An illusionary array, which hadn't been seen before, appeared for the first time this time.

However, with Xiao Ling in hand, Lu Ye wasn't the least bit panicked about arrays at this moment.

Upon entering the array, Lu Ye immediately began following Xiao Ling forward.

Suddenly, in front of Lu Ye, amidst the pink mist, illusory figures rapidly flashed, appearing to be people he knew.

The first to appear was Jiang Qingge.

"Is it an illusion array that projects the acquaintances of the person who enters?"

Even though pink mist gradually emerged around, seemingly capable of bewildering one's mind, Lu Ye's eyes remained sufficiently clear.

With the Myriad Dao Pavilion residing deeply in his mind, steadfastly anchoring his spirit, it was virtually impossible for the illusion to completely confuse him.

"Lu Ye..."

Jiang Qingge was still dressed in her familiar white dress, her brows and eyes like the moon, flawless except for her inability to cultivate.

However, just as Jiang Qingge bit her lip and called his name, Lu Ye decisively struck with his sword.

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