91: A secret realm?

Inside the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Shangguan Xinglan had searched for more than half a month, sweeping the area with her Divine Thought, yet she found nothing.

However, the Yao Beasts and Essence Spirits in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains suffered, living in constant fear.

They were terrified that this God Realm Expert might exterminate them if she was in a bad mood.

Unlike other Divine Continents, the Tianji Divine Continent, led by the Xuantian Sect and supported by various other Sects and noble families, was still under the control of the Human Race.

Therefore, the strongest Demons, monsters, ghosts, and ghouls openly present in the Tianji Divine Continent were only of the Imperial Realm.

Those above the Venerable Realm would not come here, fearing being surrounded and killed by Human Race Experts.

As for those below the Venerable Realm, most were controlled by Human Race Experts across various locations and used as training grounds for low-level Human Race Cultivators.

The Hundred Thousand Great Mountains was one such location!

Because of this, even though Shangguan Xinglan recklessly swept the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains with her Divine Thought, she did not provoke any God Realm Expert from the side of the Demons, monsters, ghosts, and ghouls to attack.

Shangguan Xinglan sighed softly, "I hope he really goes to the Xuantian Sect!"

Having said that, her figure crossed space and vanished above the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Only after sensing that the powerful aura had completely disappeared did the Yao Beasts and Essence Spirits in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains slightly relax.

Who would willingly embrace death when they could live?

Not long after Shangguan Xinglan left, Chu Yuan's figure suddenly appeared in the cave.

He had missed her by just one step!

The corner of Chu Yuan's mouth lifted slightly, his eyes filled with amusement, clearly indicating he was in a good mood.

Six days had passed.

He had finally refined the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame.

Now, he was an existence who controlled a spiritual flame.

Moreover, spiritual flames could grow by devouring each other's Origin.

After Chu Yuan copied another Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame for it to devour, its power increased several times, making it another one of Chu Yuan's offensive methods.

In his estimation, the Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame could now pose a threat to Sixth Rank existences.

Seventh Rank... it wasn't impossible!

Furthermore, what surprised Chu Yuan was that he had only acted out of curiosity at the time, yet he had tested out another conclusion:

Once a copied item was refined and became his exclusive property, it could then be used as the source item for further copying.

Of course, the resulting copied item was still exclusively his.

And this exclusivity could not be revoked.

For example, if he copied the light-chasing sword, the newly copied light-chasing sword would also be in a state of recognition, and the recognition could not be revoked.

He only knew this after testing it.

The copied Chi Xiao Spiritual Flame was in a recognized state, and the two flames grew stronger by devouring each other.

He also copied a light-chasing sword and tried to revoke its recognition, but he couldn't do it.

Chu Yuan adjusted his mood and turned to walk out of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

More accurately, he headed west toward the location of the Xuantian Sect...

"Still haven't found him?"

Ye Qingyi looked at the information returned by You Lian and the others, her face inevitably showing disappointment.

"Little Brother, where exactly did you go?"

She murmured, but a hint of dark red unintentionally appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"That woman is truly powerful!"

"It seems going to the Tianji Divine Continent is temporarily impossible."

"I just hope Little Brother will be alright!"

Her voice gradually weakened, quickly dissipating into the air...

Inside the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.

Chu Yuan concealed his aura and rapidly ran through the mountains.

His speed was extremely fast, like a wisp of breeze, leaving no trace along the way.

Occasionally encountering a Yao Beast suitable for consumption, he would stop and collect some ingredients.

The same was true for Essence Spirits.

So-called Essence Spirits were existences like mountains, rocks, plants, and trees in the world that absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, thereby developing sentience and being able to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Of course, they could also absorb the vital essence of other living beings to Cultivate, and it was even faster!

Due to their unique nature, when Essence Spirits came into the world, their strength was at least Second Rank.

Some Essence Spirits could walk as soon as they developed sentience, no longer staying in one place.

Other Essence Spirits needed to transform after reaching Third Rank before they could leave their birthplace.

Regarding transformation, Essence Spirits differed from Yao Beasts.

Yao Beasts needed to reach Fifth Rank to transform, while Essence Spirits only needed Third Rank to transform.

Of course, regardless of whether it was Third Rank or Fifth Rank, they all needed to Undergo Transformation Tribulation when they transformed.

Only by passing it could they transform!

Besides these two races, the beast-shaped ghosts within the Ghost Race also needed to Undergo Transformation Tribulation to transform.

However, the Ghost Race feared lightning; even if they could transform, they would not Undergo Tribulation.

After all, that wouldn't be Undergoing Tribulation; it would be courting death!

Of course, whether one was willing to face it or not, in this world, anyone who wished to become stronger had to face the Lightning Tribulation.

When the cultivation of the Human Race reached Spirit Soul Realm Perfection, or the strength of the Demons, monsters, ghosts, and ghouls reached Sixth Rank Imperial Realm Perfection, they needed to face the Lightning Tribulation if they wished to Breakthrough.

Only by passing the Lightning Tribulation could they step into a higher Realm; otherwise, they could only perish beneath the Lightning Tribulation.

Alternatively, they could desperately suppress their Realm, cease to Cultivate, and avoid a Breakthrough.

Because of this, there were not many Seventh Rank and above experts in the Ghost Race; instead, the most numerous were Sixth Rank Ghost Imperial Realm existences.

This also made the Ghost Race the race with the fewest Seventh Rank and above experts among the four races of Demons, monsters, ghosts, and ghouls.

Enough digression.

Ever since Chu Yuan mastered the Ice Soul Sword Dance and coincidentally learned about the situation in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains from a passing Cultivator, his actions, though cautious, became much more reckless.

In just two months of traveling through the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, he had exchanged blows with two Yao Sovereigns and one Monster Sovereign, slaying them all with his sword.

The strongest Yao Sovereign among them had reached the Late Stage of the Sixth Rank Imperial Realm.

However, due to underestimating Chu Yuan, he suffered a major loss right at the start, and after fewer than a hundred moves, he was slain by Chu Yuan.

Furthermore, more than twenty King Realm existences died by his sword.

Chu Yuan had no interest in slaying those of lower Ranks.

Unless it was a Yao Beast with extremely delicious meat, Chu Yuan would usually bypass it directly.

In two months, Chu Yuan's cultivation also Advanced a small Rank, reaching the Spirit Crystal Realm Late Stage.

It could be said that those Imperial Realm existences were entirely used by him to hone his strength.

On this day, Chu Yuan was running through the mountains when he suddenly heard a burst of conversation.

"Hurry up! The Xuanhong Secret Realm is about to open. It won't be good if we arrive late."

"No rush, if we calculate the time, there's still about half a month left. We have time!"

"It's better to be early than late!"

"That's true!"

Hearing these voices, Chu Yuan raised his eyes and glanced at the sky.

He saw two streaks of light already flying far away, quickly disappearing from his sight.

"A Secret Realm?"

Chu Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression inevitably showing some hesitation, "Should I go take a look?"

A Secret Realm!

That was a place where countless Prodigies of the same Realm fought for treasures and Opportunities; it was very dangerous!

But similarly, there were many treasures in such places. If he could obtain one or two...

Such as the Spirit Skill he desperately needed, or other precious treasures!

Chu Yuan hesitated for a moment, but ultimately couldn't resist the temptation.

"Judging by the aura of those two just now, they are only in the Spirit Crystal Realm. This Secret Realm shouldn't be too Advanced. Maybe I can go check it out!"

He murmured softly, then chased after the direction the two people had left in.

But after chasing for only a moment, he suddenly remembered something and slowly stopped.