Ancestral blood obtained, secret realm opened

Su Wenjian obtaining this drop of Reincarnation Dragon Centipede Ancestral Blood was naturally a cause for celebration.

However, Su Ming was more worried about his injuries.

“Grandfather, are you alright?” he asked with concern.

“Grandson, you don't need to worry. Your grandfather is doing just fine.” Su Wenjian walked up to Su Ming with a smile and patted his shoulder.

He then pressed the Reincarnation Dragon Centipede Ancestral Blood along with the heaven-destroying whip into Su Ming's hands.

After accepting these items, Su Ming quickly gestured to Luo Ningshuang, signaling for her to ask the Jade Pool Empress to check Su Wenjian's injuries.

“Rest assured, he's fine. With two top-tier Heavenly Dao Realm Magic Treasures in his hands, how could a mere corpse possibly shake him?”

After receiving the Jade Pool Empress's reply, Luo Ningshuang gestured to Su Ming to indicate that his grandfather was indeed fine.

Only after confirming that his grandfather was truly safe did Su Ming's heart finally settle.

He then informed everyone of the situation he had learned from Shen Ming.

“This place is actually that Centipede Nest?”

The three were quite surprised upon hearing this news.

“Grandson, your war pet has absorbed that Reincarnation Dragon Centipede which was given such high hopes; its talent has likely improved tremendously.”

With a sweep of his Divine Sense, Su Wenjian could sense that Shen Ming's current condition was completely different from before.

“If your war pet absorbs the Ancestral Blood in your hand, its strength will likely advance quite a bit more.”

The true blood of a Limitless Realm powerhouse—Shen Ming was conservatively estimated to leap directly to the Immortal Realm after absorbing it.

And Su Ming had intended to give this drop of Ancestral Blood to Shen Ming from the start.

However, Shen Ming spoke up for the first time: “Master's grandfather, can you help apply a Seal to this drop of Ancestral Blood? I don't want to break through my Realm too quickly, otherwise, I won't be able to help Master when we explore the Candle Dragon Secret Realm later.”

Shen Ming's current Realm was also the Samsara Realm, which was perfect for helping Su Ming upon entering the Candle Dragon Secret Realm.

If it broke through further, it might not necessarily be able to help Su Ming.

“You are quite thoughtful... Grandson, what is your opinion?”

Su Ming thought for a moment and chose to respect Shen Ming's opinion.

After obtaining Su Ming's consent, Su Wenjian then acted to place a Seal on both the Reincarnation Dragon Centipede Ancestral Blood and Shen Ming.

This Seal would ensure that after absorbing the Ancestral Blood, Shen Ming's Realm would not break through to the Void Realm.

And if it wanted to unseal the power of the Ancestral Blood, it would be very simple; it could be used as a trump card for Su Ming at a critical moment.

While Shen Ming was undergoing Fusion with the Ancestral Blood, Luo Ningshuang suddenly asked, “Su Ming, Grandfather, what is this Candle Dragon Secret Realm you are talking about?”

Under their explanation, Luo Ningshuang finally understood; she had been completely unaware of this Secret Realm's existence before.

As a member of the faction distanced from Fairy Yan, such matters were naturally out of her reach.

However, she herself didn't show much regret about it.

All she felt was concern for Su Ming.

“Since there are no more secrets here, I will first send you back to the Endless Fierce Domain to continue your training.”

As Su Wenjian spoke, he raised his hand to open a space channel and then brought them back to the Endless Fierce Domain.

However, Su Ming was also somewhat worried; the Endless Fierce Domain was closely linked to the Reincarnation Dragon Centipede Ancestral Land.

Now that the Reincarnation Dragon Centipede Ancestral Land had been affected, would the Endless Fierce Domain also be impacted?

Fortunately, their worries were unfounded; the Endless Fierce Domain remained exactly as it was.

During the subsequent training, Shen Ming, whose strength was now quite impressive, chose to actively join the battles to help share Su Ming's burdens.

This significantly eased the combat pressure on the two of them.

While Su Ming was vigorously grinding levels, Qian Youcai had also finished organizing the first batch of Death Soldiers to enter the Candle Dragon Secret Realm.

He attached his will to them and then led the group to the outside of the Candle Dragon Secret Realm.

“Oh? What a coincidence. You all came too.” Qian Youcai greeted several acquaintances he knew.

Among them was the master of the Eternal Pagoda, Ji Heng.

“Since we are all sending our Disciples in to explore, why don't we join forces? If we can successfully withdraw, how about our families share the information together?”

Facing such a proposal, the people present neither expressed agreement nor opposition.

Because it was still unclear what the situation was like inside.

If their own people went in, got information, and left smoothly, they wouldn't share it.

But conversely, if their side was completely wiped out, then they could talk about sharing information.

They were all thousand-year-old Cultivators; who didn't have a few schemes up their sleeve?

Amidst the friendly discussion, the Dragon Court Dragon Clan also arrived at the scene.

Seeing Qian Youcai and the others, the Dragon Court faction immediately showed looks of anger.

This should have been an Opportunity exclusive to their Dragon Court, but now they were forced to share it with these foreign races.

How could they possibly accept this?

But the Ancestor of the Dragon Court, Long Xin, had already agreed; no matter how much they opposed it, it was to no avail.

Arriving at the entrance of the Candle Dragon Secret Realm, the various Longevity Realm Cultivators chosen to step inside one after another brought out items related to the Dragon Clan.

Some relied on dragon blood, some on equipment forged from dragon scales, and others relied on war pets possessing a Dragon Clan Bloodline.

In short, there was a wide variety of all sorts of items.

However, many among them were kicked out of the game.

For example, one wearing Dragon Scale Armor.

Because the dragon scale content in his armor was insufficient, he was not recognized by the Secret Realm.

But these were only secondary; the truly fatal issue was that the wills they had attached to this first batch of exploration teams were completely unable to share senses.

Thus, some immediately took a backup plan, having the wills left on the bodies directly initiate Possession.

The result was that even after Possession, they still couldn't peer into anything within the Candle Dragon Secret Realm.

This isolation even prevented them from sensing the presence of other enemies.

In other words, within this Secret Realm, the wills of these Heavenly Dao Realm experts not only couldn't contact their main bodies, but if they wanted to display any lethality, they had to rely on the command of the host.

A dignified Heavenly Dao Realm being commanded by a Longevity Realm Death Soldier—what kind of situation was that?

Even if it was just a strand of their will, they would never allow such a thing to happen.

However, some people expressed that they didn't care, including Qian Youcai.

Whether they could ensure their people entering the Candle Dragon Secret Realm obtained enough information was the most critical point; other matters regarding face could be set aside for now.

You worry about your face, while I earn my profits.

It could only be said that before being a Peak Heavenly Dao Realm expert, a merchant was Qian Youcai's true identity.

At this moment, he was actively advising the Death Soldiers he had trained, letting them command his will to fight to ensure the progress of the exploration.

As time passed, one Soul Lamp after another shattered, and more and more Cultivators perished within the Candle Dragon Secret Realm.

This included the Dragon Clan of the Dragon Court.

Seven days later, only two survivors returned from the Secret Realm; they were both Death Soldiers trained by the Treasure Pavilion!