49: Chapter 49 The Great Wilderness Secret Realm

The aesthetics of violence displayed by Su Yu were also noted by the elders. Instead of finding it absurd, they nodded one after another.

"Given this child's Comprehension Ability, forcing him to learn spells would indeed be a waste of natural talent."

"Using the vast True Essence of a Third-Grade Spiritual Root to nourish the physical body, supplemented by body cultivation techniques to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses—this is an extremely clever path for practical combat."

Amidst the objective evaluations of the elders, Su Yu relied on his flawless physical suppression to overcome all obstacles, securing a spot in the top ten with extreme stability.

Tie Zhan was the same; relying on that heavy Profound Iron Sword weighing several thousand catties and his honed muscles, he smashed his way into the top ten.

However, the true spotlight of the Grand Competition was not on these two body cultivators. In this year's Sect Grand Competition, all the brilliance was completely overshadowed by two people.

Earthly Spiritual Root, Chu Tiankuo. First-Grade Spirit Root, Lin Wan'er.

The terrifying foundation of the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment was vividly displayed during their duels.

When Lin Wan'er took the stage, she did not even summon a magic tool. She merely formed a simple water-element spell with one hand.

In an instant, the water vapor above the arena gathered frantically, even triggering resonance with the laws of heaven and earth within a radius of several miles.

The water droplets filling the sky transformed into indestructible icicles, pinning that mid-stage Foundation Establishment Stage Deacon Elder in place with an overwhelming posture, leaving him no room to resist.

And Chu Tiankuo's battle was even more exaggerated. He only used one sword strike.

That magnificent sword intent, perfectly aligned with the Heavenly Dao, directly severed the guardian elder's mid-grade defensive magic tool and blasted him off the arena. Early-stage Foundation Establishment Stage, crushing a mid-stage Foundation Establishment Stage!

The Grand Competition concluded. Chu Tiankuo took first place without any suspense, with Lin Wan'er following closely behind.

The Sect Master personally bestowed heavy treasures and announced on the spot that the two would be established as the next generation of Nascent Soul seeds for the Cangxuan Sect, with a status equivalent to that of an inner sect elder with real power.

Su Yu ranked seventh, and Tie Zhan eighth. This ranking was not particularly dazzling, but for Su Yu, his goal had been achieved.

The day after the Grand Competition ended, Su Yu took his top-ten token and walked into the Cangxuan Sect's Treasure Pavilion without any hesitation.

He bypassed the high-grade magic tools emitting astonishing spiritual power fluctuations and ignored the rare jade slips containing ancient spells, heading straight to the area in the side hall where materials from rare beasts were stored.

After presenting his token and deducting most of the remaining spirit stones he had, Su Yu exchanged them for three jade tripods sealed with extreme cold ice crystals.

Inside the tripods were the heart blood essences of three third-rank low-grade demonic beasts. This was his true goal for this trip.

Ten years passed quietly in the day-to-day tempering of his body with demonic blood.

The heart blood of a third-rank low-grade demonic beast was extremely violent. Even after being diluted by formations and neutralized by medicinal herbs, the impact on his physical body felt like having his tendons pulled and bones scraped.

Su Yu took ten full years to completely refine the blood essence in these three jade tripods. At forty years old, his cultivation had stopped very steadily at the peak of the mid-stage Foundation Establishment Stage.

The vast foundation of the Earth Foundation Establishment, combined with the Savage Dragon Tyrant Body Art, brought his physical strength to an extremely terrifying level. Even without circulating True Essence, relying solely on the power of his flesh and blood, he could withstand ordinary mid-grade spirit tools.

Within the inner sect, the spotlight of these ten years still belonged to those two people: Chu Tiankuo and Lin Wan'er.

The potential of the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment was fully realized under the tilt of resources. In ten years, they crossed the barriers between the early and mid-stages of the Foundation Establishment Stage without any obstacles, both stepping into the late-stage Foundation Establishment Stage.

They became the undisputed leaders among this generation of Cangxuan Sect disciples. And just in the second month after Su Yu finished his seclusion.

Deep in the Southern Wilderness cultivation world. An ancient and vast cyan spiritual light rose from a deathly silent wasteland without warning, piercing straight into the firmament.

The sea of clouds in the sky was torn apart. The spatial barrier emitted a deafening roar, like the thunder of the nine heavens, spreading across hundreds of thousands of miles.

The Taihuang Secret Realm had appeared ahead of schedule. This was a blessed land left behind by an ancient Nascent Soul mighty figure before their passing.

According to the patterns, it should have opened in thirty years. But the ancient restrictions had fallen into disrepair, and the formation patterns had disintegrated, causing the secret realm to appear early.

Inside, it not only grew rare flowers and plants and thousand-year spirit herbs that had long been extinct in the outside world, but it also concealed the supreme inheritance left by the Nascent Soul mighty figure.

Once the news broke, it was like pouring a ladle of cold water into a pot of boiling oil. The entire Southern Wilderness cultivation world was completely set ablaze.

The seven righteous sects, the six demonic lineages of the Southern Wilderness, as well as countless reclusive cultivation families and rogue geniuses, were like a pack of wolves that had smelled blood.

Countless flying magic tools and massive spirit beast mounts blotted out the sky, frantically converging toward the entrance of the secret realm.

In just a few days, tens of thousands of high-level cultivators had gathered on the wasteland at the entrance of the secret realm. The scene was vast, with murderous intent surging beneath the surface.

Inside the main hall of the main peak. The Sect Master sat high in the main seat. Standing below the steps were Chu Tiankuo and Lin Wan'er, along with dozens of geniuses who had been urgently summoned. The atmosphere in the main hall was extremely heavy and murderous.

"The Taihuang Secret Realm is set with ancient restrictions." The Sect Master's gaze swept over the crowd below, his voice steady, carrying a heart-palpitating gravity.

"Only cultivators with a bone age under fifty and cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Stage are allowed to enter."

"Once someone above the Foundation Establishment Stage or someone whose bone age exceeds the limit tries to force their way in, the restriction will immediately trigger a backlash, bringing down the Annihilation Divine Thunder to blast them into ashes on the spot."

And if any Nascent Soul mighty figure attempts to force their way in with great magical power... the core formation patterns of this secret realm will instantly self-destruct, leading to a complete collapse!

It would bury all the ancient opportunities and supreme inheritances inside into the spatial turbulence, and no one would get them!

This is the reason why the high-level officials of the major sects in the Southern Wilderness can only stare helplessly from the outside. In the face of absolute ancient laws, even those Nascent Soul old monsters who can summon wind and rain must obediently follow the rules, pinning their hopes on the geniuses of the younger generation.

The Sect Master flicked his finger, tossing an old jade slip into mid-air. The jade slip unfolded in the air, turning into a screen of light, making the general intelligence about the interior of the secret realm public.

"The outer perimeter of the secret realm has a large number of herb gardens and scattered magic tools, and the side halls contain many pills and cultivation techniques."

The Sect Master pointed to the phantom of a magnificent palace at the very core of the light screen. "But these are all just scraps."

"The main hall at the core of the secret realm holds the complete inheritance of that ancient mighty figure, pointing directly to the Nascent Soul Dao."

Speaking of this, the Sect Master's expression became extremely serious. "But the assessment of that ancient mighty figure is extremely harsh."

"Within the inheritance formation of the main hall, spiritual root aptitude is useless. Even if you are a Heavenly Spiritual Root, if you do not meet the conditions, don't even think about taking a single step inside."

"To obtain the inheritance, one must possess a state of mind, Comprehension Ability, and the fated fortune from the netherworld; none of these three can be missing."

Once these three restrictions were announced, Chu Tiankuo and Lin Wan'er, who were standing at the very front, felt an extreme fanaticism erupt in their eyes.

They were born favored by the Dao and had experienced constant opportunities since they were born, so they believed they did not lack fated fortune. As for Comprehension Ability, their Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment had already proven everything.

Standing in the back, Su Yu's expression did not change at all. State of mind, he had it. But as for Comprehension Ability, he only had average talent, which was just a little better than Mortal.

As for fated fortune, after adding points, he only had five points—a little bit of luck, but it definitely could not be called a genius favored by heaven and earth.

Su Yu was a rational person. These three extremely harsh assessment conditions directly sentenced his qualification to compete for the core inheritance to death.

In that meat grinder where all the top geniuses of the Southern Wilderness were gathered, he would only become a stepping stone for others to compete for the inheritance, throwing away his life for nothing.

In a very short time, Su Yu set the tone for this trip to the secret realm in his heart: give up on the core main hall. Do not compete with the peerless geniuses of the Southern Wilderness for that ethereal Nascent Soul inheritance.

Of course, the path of cultivation is all about the word "compete." Although Su Yu did not intend to compete for the inheritance, he had made up his mind to take all the other resources he could get his hands on!