394: Chapter 394 The Secret Realm Opens, the Fish Takes the Bait!

Early the next morning, in the northern part of Daluo Heaven, north of the Taixuan Mountain Range.

This was originally a desolate void zone, rarely visited by people because of its thin Spiritual Qi and being covered year-round by snow, ice, and spatial turbulence.

At this moment, however, it was already bustling with noise. The escape lights of various Magic Treasures were like a meteor shower, blotting out the sky and illuminating the void with a kaleidoscope of colors.

Countless Loose Cultivators and Elders and Disciples from small and medium-sized Sects who had received the news converged frantically from all directions like sharks smelling blood.

At the focus of the crowd's gaze, a massive spatial rift, ten thousand miles long and a hundred zhang wide, lay terrifyingly across the sky and earth like a scar on the heavens.

The edges of the rift flickered with ancient golden defensive runes that radiated the pressure of a Golden Immortal.

A visible, rainbow-colored, dense Immortal Qi, mixed with the fragrance of top-grade immortal medicine that could make one feel comfortable and loosen their Bottlenecks with just a single sniff, was continuously drifting out from the depths of the rift, causing the eyes of countless surrounding Cultivators to turn red with a frantic longing.

The Yuding Secret Realm had officially opened!

However, facing such a world-startling Opportunity, no one dared to step forward rashly.

Because around that spatial rift, hundreds of experts from the Taiyi Immortal Sect and Taixuan Immortal Sect stood like two great mountains, maintaining the so-called 'order.' On the surface, they struck a generous and inclusive pose, acting as paragons of the Immortal Dao, announcing that they would allow Profound Immortals and True Immortals from all forces to enter and explore to find their own Opportunities.

In reality, any Cultivator with even a bit of brains knew this was merely a fig leaf used by the two overlords to stop the public from talking.

A large number of elite Profound Immortal Elders and Core Disciples from the two Sects had already secretly assembled last night, making thorough preparations in the shadows.

They were only waiting to enter the Secret Realm, after which they would immediately begin a bloody 'clearing' operation, ruthlessly driving out or even directly killing those Loose Cultivators and small Sect Cultivators without backgrounds or strength to ensure those ten legendary 'golden soul pills' fell into their pockets without fail. Just as the various forces were forced by the might of the two great Immortal Sects to wait anxiously outside for permission to enter...

Swish—!

Suddenly, a streak of azure light pierced through the long sky with an extremely violent and arrogant posture.

This streak of light had no intention of slowing down, directly ignoring the cordon jointly established by the two great Immortal Sects and the Elders maintaining order.

Like a cannonball leaving the barrel, it brought with it a piercing sonic boom, grandly and overbearingly rushing straight toward a rift at the Secret Realm entrance that was emitting the fragrance of immortal medicine!

"Who is it? How dare you! You dare to ignore the rules and trespass past the cordon?"

An Early Stage Profound Immortal Elder of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, responsible for guarding the perimeter, was instantly enraged upon seeing this.

He felt his Sect's dignity had been challenged and was about to sacrifice his Magic Treasure to intercept the reckless streak of light.

However, when his Divine Sense swept over the azure light and clearly saw the youth in azure robes within—his face exceptionally handsome, a trace of wild arrogance in his smile, and his body radiating astonishing blood-Qi fluctuations—

The Elder's expression changed abruptly. As if he had seen some terrifying prehistoric beast, he forcefully swallowed the angry shout that had already reached his throat.

He even instinctively took half a step back and put away his Magic Treasure.

"That's... that's the Young Sect Master of the Qingyun Dao Sect, Lu Li? The only son of that god of slaughter, Lu Yuan?"

The sharp-eyed Cultivators in the surroundings also recognized the newcomer's identity, and a wave of uncontrollable clamor and gasps erupted from the crowd.

"My god! Why did he come alone? Where are those slaughterer Elders of the Qingyun Dao Sect? Did his father not personally come to protect his Dao?"

"He's truly looking for death! In a territory where the Taiyi and Taixuan Immortal Sects have deployed heavy troops, he still dares to be so high-profile and arrogant? Does he really think that because his father showed off his might at Qingyun Mountain, others wouldn't dare move against a junior like him in this Secret Realm?"

"I think he's just a newborn calf who doesn't fear the tiger. Once he goes in, I'm afraid things will bodes ill for him."

The crowd discussed animatedly, some shocked, others gloating over his misfortune.

At the very front of the crowd, closest to the rift entrance...

A young man wearing a black and gold robe, with a sinister yet handsome face and an air of pride and evil between his brows that was hard to hide.

And, standing at the very front of the Taixuan Immortal Sect camp, an exquisite female Cultivator in snow-white clothes with a graceful figure, her face covered by a thin veil, revealing only a pair of soul-stirring eyes like autumn waters.

When these two saw Lu Li's figure arrogantly rushing into the Secret Realm,

Almost simultaneously, they locked their sharp and calculating gazes onto Lu Li's back.

Across the void, they exchanged a meaningful look, subtle and undetectable to others.

"The fish has finally taken the bait. Moreover, he's even stupider than I imagined, actually daring to come alone."

The Chief True Disciple of the Taiyi Immortal Sect, Hua Yunfei, watched Lu Li's back disappear into the rift, a cruel and bloodthirsty sneer slowly curling on his lips.

His hands, hidden under his wide sleeves, trembled slightly with excitement, as if he could already see the scene of him performing a monumental feat and trampling this 'Young Immortal King' under his feet. As for that Holy Maiden of Taixuan, the number one beauty of Daluo Heaven, Fairy Linglong,

Her autumn-water eyes were like a well without ripples, her gaze terrifyingly calm.

It was as if she were looking at a prey that had already fallen into a trap and was destined to never escape, making its final death struggle.

"The hunt begins."

...

Buzz!

Accompanied by a strong sense of spatial vertigo, after passing through a spatial rift radiating Golden Immortal pressure, Lu Li only felt a flash of multicolored light before his eyes, and then his vision cleared.

He took a deep breath and found that he had not appeared in some dark and terrifying underground palace, but had arrived in a vast and vibrant primeval forest.

The scene here was completely different from the outside. Everywhere he looked, there were towering ancient trees ten thousand zhang high, requiring dozens of people to encircle them.

The tree crowns blotted out the sky, and sunlight could only filter through the gaps in the leaves to cast dappled shadows.

The Immortal Spiritual Qi here was so dense it was almost dripping, transforming into visible wisps of white mist drifting through the forest.

On the ground, rare or even extinct exotic flowers and herbs could be seen everywhere, emitting a refreshing medicinal fragrance.

"Wow, this is indeed a good place. This Immortal Master Yuding really knew how to enjoy himself."

Lu Li rubbed his hands together, his eyes shining as he looked at the precious Spiritual Plants around him.

He kept his father's instructions firmly in mind: "Father was right. Since I've seen such ownerless items, I must uphold the fine tradition of plucking every feather from a passing goose and strip the place bare!"

He was just about to bend down to dig up a Purple Cloud Immortal Reishi by his feet—a rare find in the outside world—and get to work.