397: Second floor

As soon as these words were spoken, Grand Commandant Xu was stunned on the spot.

“This is the deepest intuition I had after exchanging blows with him.”

“Even if he might not be as good as Di Yi right now, it definitely won’t be long before he rivals Di Yi, or even defeats Di Yi.”

Xu Ruoyun spoke with deep conviction, his words ringing out as if he himself was the one who would defeat Di Yi.

“Is it that exaggerated?” Grand Commandant Xu still didn’t quite believe it.

In the outside world, the emergence of Di Yi alone had already shocked them enough; if another one appeared, where would the Three Great Empires of the Barren Ancient World put their face?

“It’s not exaggerated.”

Xu Ruoyun, however, said, “Our Three Great Empires are trapped in this cage, and although we possess the cultivation environment of the ancient era, we have been declining and decaying.”

“One day, our resources will be exhausted, and martial arts will wither.”

“But the outside world, after experiencing ups and downs, is ultimately the truly vast world, with complete rules of the Great Dao.”

“Doesn’t becoming a Great Emperor also require returning to the outside world?”

“I don’t find it strange that such a person can emerge from the outside world; on the contrary, it’s only natural.”

Grand Commandant Xu sighed softly. Although that was true, if that day were to come...

If the Three Great Empires had no young people to lead them, after the Barren Ancient World returned to the outside, they might be besieged by various forces from the outside and find it difficult to establish themselves.

Just then.

Grand Commandant Xu received a message from a royal Family expert in the Second Layer Heaven.

After reading the message, Grand Commandant Xu was stunned and dumbfounded on the spot.

“What’s wrong?”

Xu Ruoyun asked curiously.

“All the Array Formation Realm Eighth Level Kings of the Three Great Empires in the Second Layer Heaven have been killed by Hang Wang!” Grand Commandant Xu himself felt it was unbelievable and too horrifying when he said this.

Xu Ruoyun was stunned, then suddenly threw his head back and laughed loudly.

“Hahaha! As expected of brother-in-law!”

“With such strength, even an Array Formation Realm Ninth Level wouldn’t be able to kill brother-in-law, and would instead be counter-killed!”

Xu Ruoyun became smug.

Grand Commandant Xu, however, had a solemn expression and said, “There’s another matter.”

“Di Yi has entered the Second Layer Heaven.”

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Void Spirit Realm.

Chu Ying, who had just killed hundreds of Old Generation Kings, felt little joy, but rather a sense of crisis in the unseen.

It came from above—the Second Layer Heaven.

It seemed there was his fated enemy there.

“The entrance to the Second Layer Heaven is still open.”

The group of four arrived at the peak of the sky, discovering an entrance to the Second Layer Heaven there, a long passage.

“Breaking through the Second Layer Heaven, leaving the No Return Land, finding the true great secret Opportunity…”

A strange light flickered in Chu Ying’s eyes.

Xu Youruo sighed, “Second Layer Heaven, are you really going to the Second Layer Heaven? If you go there, the cultivation of those Old Generation Kings will not be suppressed at all. If you go, the risk will definitely be extremely high.”

“That’s right, Chu Dage, we can actually Cultivate in the First Layer Heaven for a while longer.” Qiu Lingsu and Yu Chuyue also spoke up to persuade him.

“No, I think the time is almost right.”

Chu Ying shook his head.

“Ling’er, Yue’er, you two stay in the First Layer Heaven and Cultivate there. I will go to the Second Layer Heaven by myself.”

Upon hearing this, Qiu Lingsu and Yu Chuyue immediately became unhappy.

“Chu Gege, what do you mean? Are you going to abandon Sister Ling’er and me?” Yu Chuyue bit her lip, hugging Chu Ying’s waist tightly, showing a resolute stance of not separating.

Chu Ying shook his head and said, “Xu Ruoyun encountered Di Yi before, and I feel that Di Yi has already entered the Second Layer Heaven.”

“He is also heading for the greatest Opportunity and secret in the No Return Land.”

Xu Youruo’s eyes flickered as she said, “You want to contend with Di Yi?”

Her voice contained a hint of absurdity and incomprehension.

It wasn’t that she didn’t believe Chu Ying, or thought Chu Ying couldn’t defeat Di Yi.

Rather, she thought that both Chu Ying and Di Yi, who might have already entered the Second Layer Heaven, had somewhat “absurd” ideas.

Once the secret of the No Return Land was found and unveiled, then the No Return Land, the Outer Region, and the Inner Region of the Barren Ancient World’s Three Great Empires would inevitably return completely to the outside world.

But how difficult was this? For thousands of years, no one in the Barren Ancient World’s Three Great Empires had found it.

Nor could anyone possibly shatter the Second Layer Heaven of the Void Spirit Realm.

Yet now Chu Ying was going to compete with Di Yi for the chance and Opportunity to find the secret.

This seemed somewhat incredible no matter how you looked at it.

“Correct.”

“If Di Yi can go, so can I.”

“Believe me.”

Once Chu Ying made his decision, the three girls could no longer say anything, because they couldn’t shake Chu Ying’s resolve, and could only choose to silently support him.

“I will also Cultivate here, waiting for you to break through the Second Layer Heaven and let the No Return Land return to the outside world.”

Xu Youruo gazed deeply at Chu Ying; she had long since tied her heart to Chu Ying.

“If I don’t return for a very long time, then I might have been expelled from the Void Spirit Realm.”

“Ling’er, Yue’er, you can keep track of the time, but I shouldn’t encounter any irresistible dangers.”

Chu Ying gave some instructions to the two girls, as his main body was in the Great Wilderness, and only Yu Chuyue and Qiu Lingsu were with him.

Xu Youruo was not.

Qiu Lingsu and Yu Chuyue felt slightly relieved. Even if Chu Ying encountered an unbeatable danger, at most he would only be expelled from the Void Spirit Realm.

His external body would be fine, at most suffering Soul damage.

But now with the undying divine spring and the leaves of the divine tree, treating injuries was simply not an issue.

“Alright.” The two responded with a nod, and told Chu Ying that once their cultivation broke through to the Array Formation Realm Third Level, they would directly leave the Void Spirit Realm and wait outside.

Half a day later.

Chu Ying entered the Second Layer Heaven through that passage entrance.

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Void Spirit Realm, Second Layer Heaven.

After Di Yi entered, he was quickly discovered by the Old Generation Kings of the Second Layer Heaven. Although the Ancient Emperors of the Three Great Empires had indeed issued orders back then.

However, many academies and families still held grudges against Di Yi; more or less, their descendants had completely died at Di Yi’s hands.

After all, Di Yi was killing in the outside world at that time, unlike Chu Ying who only killed within the Void Spirit Realm.

Therefore, not long after Di Yi was discovered, an Array Formation Realm Seventh Level King found Di Yi.

“You killed my grandson in the past; today, I will destroy your Soul!”

This Seventh Level King didn’t say much, his killing intent was cold and resolute.

Di Yi raised an eyebrow slightly; it seemed that an Array Formation Realm Seventh Level figure could make him pay a little attention.

But that was all.

After the Seventh Level King made his move, not only did he fail to kill Di Yi, but he was instead dealt with seriously by Di Yi.

Killed in one move!

After instantly killing this person, Di Yi did not entangle with the surrounding people. His goal was not here, but to find the secret within the Second Layer Heaven.

The greatest secret of the No Return Land was likely in the Second Layer Heaven of the Void Spirit Realm.

However, the impact of Di Yi entering the Second Layer Heaven and killing an Old Generation King was sequential, infuriating many academies of the Three Great Empires once again.

“What a Di Yi, truly arrogant to the extreme! He killed the Tianjiao of our Three Great Empires in the outside world in the past, and now he dares to come to the Second Layer Heaven to kill people!”

“This is simply outrageous! If this person is not killed, our Three Great Empires will lose all face!”