384: Chapter 384 Conflict Among Myriad Races!

Brilliant rays of light shot straight into the firmament, dyeing the entire world in ten thousand zhang of golden radiance.

Above the portal, billions of profound Dao patterns gathered, intertwined, and flowed from the Void Realm, like surging galaxies and spiraling Dragons and Phoenixes, ultimately condensing into an illusory Dao figure that loomed over the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths!

That Dao figure sat cross-legged upon the River of Time, stepping on Chaos, holding the sun and moon in its hands. Though its form was blurry, it carried the supreme Heavenly Dao majesty from the dawn of creation—like an ancient deity looking down upon all living beings in the world!

A grand, majestic, cold, and unquestionable voice, like a decree of the Heavenly Dao, slowly emanated from the Dao figure. It held no ripple of emotion, yet it clearly resonated within the depths of the Soul of every living being inside and outside the Secret Realm. Regardless of race, cultivation, or strength, no one could avoid it, and no one could block it:

"Shangqing Secret Realm, the Ten Thousand Races contend!"

"Those under one hundred years of bone age may all enter!"

"Seize Opportunity, verify your own Dao!"

"If you do not enter by the deadline, the portal will be closed forever!"

"Those who attempt to overstep the rules—"

The voice suddenly paused.

Boom!

A seemingly subtle, pale golden ripple, like a warning, gently emanated from the Secret Realm portal, spreading silently in all directions!

Outside, an ancient beast from the Northern Dragon Continent's ice plains, unable to suppress its greed—not the Polar Insect Mother, but another supreme Earth Immortal existence that had slumbered for eons—saw the alluring aura of the Secret Realm and attempted to use its tyrannical cultivation to probe inside with a wisp of Divine Thought to spy on the Secret Realm's Opportunity.

But the moment that wisp of Divine Thought touched the pale golden ripple—

This ancient beast could not even let out a scream. Its Divine Thought was instantly crushed into powder, and along with its mountain-sized body, a small half of its head turned into the purest Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in an instant, dissipating into nothingness without leaving a trace!

Its massive body, having lost the support of its Divine Soul, collapsed with a boom. The earth shook violently, ice shards flew across the sky, and the vitality within its body was severed instantly—it had completely perished!

"—Obliterated in body and Soul!"

The cold voice sounded again, completing the last four words. The words were wrapped in an extremely dense killing Dao rhythm, like a verdict from the Heavenly Dao, shocking the heavens and the earth!

The world was deathly silent! You could hear a pin drop!

All the awakened ancient existences—the Ancient Dragon Clan descendants of the South Sea, the Abyss Demon Lord, the Polar Insect Mother, and even the blurry figures in the Chaos Forbidden Zone of the Middle Earth—felt the terrifying aura around them suddenly stagnate.

The thought of forcibly breaking into the Secret Realm that had just risen was forcibly suppressed back into the depths of their hearts by this bloody warning, and they dared not make any further move!

The rules and thunderous punishment displayed by the Secret Realm were clear—this place was a battlefield of Opportunity for the younger generation. Only those "under one hundred years of bone age" could enter to compete!

The eyes of the ancient existences flickered violently, churning with shock, anger, unwillingness, and greed, but they were filled even more with extreme dread of the unfathomable power of the Shangqing Secret Realm!

They could clearly perceive that this pale golden warning ripple was by no means a full-force strike from the Secret Realm—if they truly angered the Secret Realm, even if they had slumbered for eons, they would likely not escape the fate of being obliterated in body and Soul!

They stared fixedly at the Secret Realm portal, which was wreathed in rays of light and endless Dao rhythm, their eyes full of unwillingness. They then suddenly scanned the young Human Race and Yao Race Cultivators below who had just been "spat out" by the Secret Realm and were still in shock, as well as the young Geniuses of various races who had swarmed over after hearing the news from further away—deep in their eyes, a trace of gloom and calculation quietly sprouted.

After an extremely brief silence, a monstrous frenzy swept across the entire Taichu Continent!

"Under one hundred years old? Hahaha! Heaven helps me! It is only right that our race's Prodigy makes a name for themselves in the Taichu Continent and takes control of the Origin Opportunity!"

"Pass the clan order immediately! With the highest priority, summon all our clan's Geniuses and talents under one hundred years old to rush to the Shangqing Secret Realm immediately! Those who are late will be executed!"

"The Human Race and Yao Race just took a step forward, and they dare to attempt to monopolize the Origin? The real competition only starts now!"

"The Taiqing Origin, Opportunity is ordained by Heaven, and the capable shall possess it! Our clan's Prodigy will definitely come out on top and reach the pinnacle of the Dao realm!"

Boom!!!

The armies of various races were instantly agitated. Countless rays of light carrying messages, like stars in the sky, shot frantically in all directions toward their ancestral lands.

Urgent orders, along with Divine Thoughts and runes, spread to every corner of the Taichu Continent!

More young figures galloped from the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths—some stepping on Immortal Rank Flying Swords, some riding exotic beasts, some controlling demonic artifacts. Their auras were incomparably tyrannical, their eyes burning like fire, fixedly locked onto the radiant Secret Realm portal, their eyes filled with an extreme thirst for Opportunity and a supreme pursuit of the Dao!

The Human Race and Yao Race camps felt a heavy pressure like Mount Tai descending upon them, making them unable to breathe!

They had lost the first-mover advantage to monopolize the Secret Realm—now what they had to face was not just each other, but a terrifying competition involving the younger generation of all the ancient and powerful races of the entire Taichu Continent!

Among them, there was no lack of heaven-defying Geniuses who had slumbered for eons with extraordinary talents, and no lack of peerless Prodigies bearing ancient Bloodlines and inheriting supreme Dao legacies!

Elder Jiang and the Xuantian Sect Ancestor exchanged a glance, seeing resolution and determination in each other's eyes, without a shred of retreat!

Elder Jiang took a deep breath, and the Human Race's righteous Qi around him surged, shooting straight into the clouds.

His voice exploded like a clap of thunder, shaking the surroundings, spreading to every inch of the Secret Realm entrance, and clearly reaching the ears of every Human Race Cultivator:

"Children of the Human Race!"

"The rules of the Shangqing Secret Realm have been set. This is a grand battlefield for our younger generation, and it is also an excellent Opportunity for our Human Race to show our might in the Taichu Continent!"

"The Origin Opportunity is before us, with the Ten Thousand Races eyeing us like tigers. We must be determined to forge ahead and strive to be the first!"

"Raise the might of our Human Race, and stir the Soul of our Human Race!"

"Those under one hundred years of bone age, prepare yourselves—follow me into the Secret Realm, seize Opportunity, and verify the Great Dao!"

Just as Elder Jiang's deafening words fell, the righteous Qi of the young Human Race Cultivators surged to the heavens and shook the earth, while the Demonic Qi of the Yao Race Prodigies surged and shook the eight wildernesses. Just as both sides gathered their Battle Intent, full of expectations, and were about to step into the radiant Shangqing Secret Realm portal—

An anomaly suddenly occurred!

Hum—!!!

A hum far heavier and more majestic than any before exploded from the depths of the Shangqing Secret Realm portal, shaking the surrounding Void Realm into layers of wrinkles!

The towering Secret Realm portal suddenly erupted with ten thousand zhang of golden light, and a terrifyingly extreme suction force swept out, covering the sky and earth.

This force did not target the ancient existences eyeing them from the outside, but instead, like holding the most precise Heavenly Dao ruler, it locked onto the iron rule of "under one hundred years of bone age"—without a single deviation, without a single omission!

The first to bear the brunt were the tens of thousands of figures outside the Secret Realm entrance who had just been "spat out" by the Secret Realm and were still unsteady on their feet—

All the young Human Race and Yao Race Cultivators who met the bone age requirement were firmly locked by this force, with no way to avoid it!

"What is going on?! My body... is completely out of control!"

"This force is the Secret Realm's guidance! But why is it so tyrannical?!"

Before the exclamations had dissipated, nearly ten thousand young Cultivators under one hundred years old, led by Prodigies such as the Human Race's Jiang Wang and the Dragon Clan's Ao Zhan, regardless of whether they were human or Yao, simultaneously lit up with a lustrous golden guidance light around their bodies!

This light was of the same Origin and sect as the Dao rhythm of the Shangqing Secret Realm portal. It was gentle yet carried an unquestionable supreme rule. As soon as it appeared, it tightly enveloped their bodies—their Divine Souls were all pulled, and there was simply no way to break free!

The next moment—the golden light intensified!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...

One figure after another rolled back like a meteor shower, like streaming light breaking through the realm.

Nearly ten thousand young Cultivators, whether willing or not, whether fully prepared or not, and some even maintaining the posture of drawing swords or forming seals, ready to strike—were forcibly lifted by this force at the same instant, turning into a sky full of golden rainbows, and all plunged into the Shangqing Secret Realm portal!

They disappeared without a trace in an instant, leaving only wisps of Dao rhythm ripples gently swaying at the entrance, which vanished in a flash.

"Wang'er!"

"Young Lord!"

"Senior Brother!"

A heart-wrenching cry suddenly rose from the outside!

Elder Jiang's hair and beard stood on end, his righteous Qi surged to the extreme, his palm wind condensed like a mountain, and he reached out to pull back that familiar golden light.

The Xuantian Sect Ancestor's natal Immortal Rank Flying Sword unsheathed in response, the sword rainbow tearing through the sky, stabbing straight at the Secret Realm portal, the ancient Dao patterns on the sword body flashing frantically.

The three great Yao Venerables simultaneously activated their natal Divine Abilities, their Demonic Qi surging like waves, covering the sky and sun, wanting to block that incomparable guidance force—

But everything was in vain!

This guidance light carried the supreme rules of the Secret Realm. As soon as their power touched it, it was like a mud ox entering the sea, silently dissolved and melted away—it could not even stir up a ripple.

Several top powerhouses standing at the Peak of the Taichu Continent stood frozen in mid-air, their auras violently churning, their eyes filled with monstrous shock, anger, and bone-deep powerlessness—

They could only watch helplessly as the Prodigies in their clans and sects were forcibly taken into the Secret Realm, unable to intervene in the slightest.

This sudden and earth-shattering change caused the originally noisy and boiling armies of the various races outside to fall into instant silence.

Countless gazes were fixed on the Secret Realm portal wreathed in rays of light, filled with extreme shock and terror, forgetting even to breathe steadily.

But—this was only the beginning of this upheaval that swept across the heavens and the earth!

It was as if this tyrannical guidance force had triggered some ancient grand formation covering the entire Taichu Continent, or perhaps the Shangqing Secret Realm's own will had completely awakened, sending out an irresistible summons that spanned the heavens and the earth—

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!...

Countless golden guidance lights suddenly lit up from every corner of the Taichu Continent without warning—the brilliant golden light pierced through the clouds, tore through the mist, and shot straight into the firmament!

In the East Spirit Continent, at the Peak of the Liuyun Immortal Mountain where thousands of Peaks were green, two young Sword Cultivators were fighting in an inseparable battle. Their Sword Qi crisscrossed three thousand li, the sword hum shook the Nine Heavens, and the sky full of sword shadows intertwined into a web. The cold light threatened their lives, and it looked like they were about to decide life and death—

Two golden guidance lights suddenly descended from the sky, ignoring their surging, biting Sword Qi, and firmly enveloped the two of them!

In the shock and bewilderment in each other's eyes, the two figures instantly faded and disappeared.

Leaving only two Flying Swords that were still humming and clashing, hanging alone in mid-air, finally losing their power of attraction, falling dejectedly into the sea of clouds of the Immortal Mountain, splashing layers of ripples.

In the West Imperial Continent, inside the Golden Temple surrounded by yellow sand, the temple was towering and magnificent, surrounded by divine radiance.

A Saint wearing purple-gold priest robes was standing on a nine-story altar presiding over a grand sacrifice. Thousands of believers were prostrating on the ground, incense smoke rising into the sky, and divine sounds echoing around the beams—

The ancient runes beneath the altar suddenly lit up on their own, intertwining with the golden light descending from the sky—firmly wrapping the Saint!