182: Chapter 182 The Center of the Soul Stone Secret Realm

"Ran away?"

The joy on Xuanming's face flashed and vanished. His Divine Sense turned into a great net, searching inch by inch beneath the sand dunes.

The plan to lie in wait had clearly failed!

He couldn't figure out how that woman had escaped!

Chu Feng, who was still Undergoing Tribulation, suddenly opened his eyes.

The next instant, his figure, and even the spreading river of blood, abruptly disappeared from the spot.

The tribulation cloud in the sky sluggishly struck a bolt of empty lightning.

Xiao Tian poked his head out of the tribulation cloud, looking bewildered. Seeing the yellow sand filling the sky below and not a trace of that blood-red color, he was stunned.

The next instant, the tribulation cloud, carrying Xiao Tian, also vanished.

Xuanming watched, dumbfounded. After a long while, he laughed, stroking his chin and clicking his tongue in wonder.

"I was worried that Chu Feng was making a Golden Core Breakthrough and that the Heart Demon Tribulation would be hard to break. Who would have thought—I was overthinking it. Father had actually set an anchor in Chu Feng's heart long ago."

Chen Xuanfeng squinted at him. "What does that mean?"

Xuanming shrugged. "It means that even if Chu Feng's Heart Demon enters his body, as long as Father is still around, he will still be Chu Feng."

Su Xin frowned. "What does this have to do with Brother Chu Feng suddenly disappearing?"

Xuanming raised an eyebrow. "Of course it does. Didn't Father want that woman? Chu Feng sensed that she ran away, so he went to catch her. He's not even letting Undergoing Tribulation stop him from catching someone. Tsk, tsk, tsk... That woman is in for a miserable time."

Yin Moon was indeed in a miserable state.

To avoid the army of armored desiccated corpses, she had been sleeping under the sand dunes, protected by a strange token.

She only needed to wait for the Cultivators who had broken into the Singing Sand Ridge to die out, and for the army of armored desiccated corpses to fall back into a deep slumber, before she could continue toward the center of the Soul Stone Secret Realm.

Who would have known she would encounter Chu Feng Undergoing Tribulation, and that he would find the power of the Lightning Tribulation insufficient, leading to him enhancing it?

The Lightning Tribulation, provoked by Xiao Tian's intrusion, increased in power several times over, becoming comparable to a Nascent Soul Lightning Tribulation, sweeping across the entire Singing Sand Ridge.

Not even Yin Moon, beneath the sand dunes, was spared.

As a Demonic Cultivator who feared Lightning Tribulation above all else, facing a tribulation far beyond her own strength—and at a time when she had just undergone Possession and her body and Soul had not yet fully merged—was disastrous.

Yin Moon felt at that moment as if her Divine Soul was about to leave her body.

She couldn't care less about her Revered Master's repeated warnings: "You must not use the token to teleport directly into the center of the Soul Stone Secret Realm!"

Yin Moon teleported directly into the center of the Soul Stone Secret Realm to avoid the Lightning Tribulation.

Little did she know, just as she thought she was safe, the next instant, a river of blood engulfed her.

And then, the Lightning Tribulation descended once more!

Rolling in the river of blood, Yin Moon relied on the token to borrow the power of the Secret Realm, struggling to resist the Lightning Tribulation.

Those Cultivators who had been teleported to the center of the Soul Stone Secret Realm for no reason did not have such luck.

As soon as they arrived, they were met with the Lightning Tribulation crashing down on them. Those who were unlucky and weak turned directly into fly ash, becoming a blood soul shadow in the river of blood.

Xuanming and his group were also teleported into the center of the Secret Realm half an hour later.

Seeing the familiar Lightning Tribulation, they knew what was going on.

Glancing at the other Cultivators trapped within the range of the Lightning Tribulation, Chen Xuanfeng immediately pushed Jin Fugui tens of miles away. A purple-gold longsword flew out from his Dantian, hovering by his sides, and then he shouted.

"Save them!"

Zhong Ziqi caught onto Zhong Jiang's good luck and was thrown out of the range of the Lightning Tribulation by Su Xin's spirit devouring vine.

Among those saved were Su Yixiao of the Tiger Roar Sect and his Junior Brother, Li Changan of the Li family, and even Disciples of the Hundred Insect Sect...

Chen Xuanfeng and his group acted fast enough, but they couldn't save everyone.

Before the next wave of Lightning Tribulation fell, Chen Xuanfeng and his group retreated outside the range of the Lightning Tribulation.

Sweeping with his Divine Sense, he exclaimed, "Whoa, there are actually over sixty people."

Counting those who had died, everyone who had entered the Soul Stone Secret Realm had been suddenly teleported to this godforsaken place.

Interesting.

Has this ever happened before?

"Where is this?"

"I don't know. I've never heard our elders mention that the Soul Stone Secret Realm would teleport us somewhere halfway through."

"This place isn't on the map either."

"Strange..."

Xuanming's eyes flickered slightly. It seemed this Soul Stone Secret Realm had quite a few secrets.

He did not join the others' discussion and instead sent a voice transmission directly to Chu Feng. "Little Six, keep the woman Father wants alive."

Chu Feng didn't react, but Xuanming clearly saw that the Wind Beast Blood Soul Shadow, which already possessed a true form, silently swallowed Yin Moon into its belly.

This was the best protection!

The Lightning Tribulation lasted for a full week.

During this week, the others did nothing but watch Chu Feng Undergoing Tribulation.

There was no helping it; passing through the membrane behind them would lead them directly out of this place, and the path forward was blocked by Chu Feng.

No one wanted to leave; they all wanted to see what good things were in this place that wasn't shown on the map.

However, just as the Lightning Tribulation was ending and the thunderclouds were about to disperse, a massive phantom of a heaven-shattering hammer appeared above the tribulation clouds.

"Boom!"

The tribulation cloud was forcefully shattered by the heaven-shattering hammer!

The air froze for a breath.

The next instant...

"Rumble!"

The tribulation cloud condensed once again, and it was actually several times more terrifying than before.

"This, this..."

Xiao Tian stood beneath the tribulation cloud, his aura climbing steadily.

"Is he going to Undergo Tribulation too?"

"If you're going to Undergo Tribulation, can't you go outside to do it?!"

"Exactly, exactly! Move out of the way!"

Of course, Xiao Tian wouldn't move out of the way.

He punched toward the tribulation cloud.

"Rumble!"

Zhong Ziqi's face turned as black as ink. "Don't wait anymore. Zhong Jiang, let's go!"

Zhong Jiang cast a worried glance at Xiao Tian before turning to follow him.

Following the departure of the two, the others also deliberated and chose to leave.

The Soul Stone Secret Realm was only open for one month, and they had already wasted ten days. If they waited for Xiao Tian to finish his Golden Core Lightning Tribulation, how much time would be left for them to search for soul stones?

Who knew if this suddenly appeared new place really had soul stones? Wasting time here wasn't worth it.

After everyone had left one by one, only Li Changan remained, refusing to leave.

Xuanming glanced at him, and Li Changan gave a fawning smile.

"Alright, Little Eighth Brother, everyone is gone."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Tian immediately restrained his aura.

The tribulation cloud in the sky viciously struck a bolt of Lightning Tribulation down onto Xiao Tian's head before finally dissipating.

Xiao Tian walked toward his brothers as if nothing had happened. "Brother Xuanming, your strategy of subduing the enemy without fighting is brilliant!"

Li Changan widened his eyes in surprise; he seemed to have learned something incredible.

He was also a sensible person and immediately swore an oath.

This seemed to be a tradition of their Li family.

Xuanming smiled, noncommittal.

"Little Six, let that woman out. I have some questions I want to ask her."

Chu Feng had heard Xuanming call him Little Six before, but hearing it again still felt strange.

"I should... not be ranked sixth."

Xuanming chuckled. "I know. As long as it is for now, that's fine. Who told the other brothers not to show up yet? You can't blame me for not ranking them."

"If they want to blame someone, let them blame Father!"

"Anyway, Father is wealthy and generous enough to compensate them."

Chu Feng looked dazed; Xuanming's words seemed to have a hidden meaning.

The brothers hadn't shown up, don't blame him, blame Father, Father can compensate.

Chu Feng suddenly smiled, his red robes making him look as handsome as a painting.

"Here! The person, for you."

"Thanks."