73: A mysterious immortal? Jiang Hao: I love fighting the most!

Seeing that Jiang Hao and the other were a bit nervous, Mo Chenxuan took a step back to show he meant no harm.

"Actually, if you weren't a bit special, I wouldn't have appeared!"

"Don't worry about your companions and those who fell into this place before. Whether they break through that dream or not, they will be thrown out after seven days."

The man didn't seem to care about their skeptical expressions and continued:

"As for the dream they entered, it's just a little toy I made to pass the time because I was bored!"

A little toy?

Gu Siyuan's mouth twitched.

If that looping dream isn't broken quickly, it will gradually alter one's cognition and personality.

And even if they do get out, after seven days, can those Martial Artists still be considered alive?

Perhaps their entire being would have been completely changed!

The owner of this Secret Realm even playfully placed the exit at the starting point.

It was entirely to satisfy his own twisted sense of humor, wasn't it?

Jiang Hao looked at the massive pavilion at the very top of the main peak.

"Senior, have people entered this place before? What were those black shadow monsters from earlier?"

A flash of embarrassment appeared on Mo Chenxuan's face, but it vanished quickly.

"This Grotto-Heaven was originally a place for my Yuhua Immortal Sect to preserve Origin Qi and test potential successors."

"But after drifting in the Chaos Void for a bit too long, many of the facilities have now stopped functioning."

"This Grotto-Heaven no longer serves the purpose of selecting a successor."

Stopped functioning?

Jiang Hao asked curiously:

"Then what about the rewards? There must be some Cultivation Techniques and Materials left over, right?"

Mo Chenxuan didn't answer and looked toward the mountain peaks:

"Those black monsters are nothing more than some leftover pollution."

"If you, Fellow Daoist, weren't so special—mastering a portion of Chaos Law before even reaching the Deva Realm..."

"...I wouldn't have told you any of this."

Jiang Hao nodded. "So, the reason I didn't enter the dream is also because you gave me a back door?"

Mo Chenxuan shook his head. "It's not that I gave you a back door; it's that the dream couldn't read any of your information, so it had no choice but to kick you out!"

"And that's why I woke up. After all... I once walked the path of Chaos Law as well!"

Mo Chenxuan looked at the pavilion on the mountain top, his expression somewhat sorrowful:

"After I woke up, I checked those people's memories. Your world is a very beautiful one!"

Could you please stop talking in riddles?

"Senior, can you tell me about your previous world? If you can't, then never mind."

Mo Chenxuan was taken aback; he hadn't expected this young man with the potential of a Heavenly Venerate to care about such things.

With a wave of his hand, he sent Gu Siyuan to the side of the few people who had just broken through the dream.

He smiled at Jiang Hao and said, "He is too weak. Hearing any detailed information about my world would cause him to be affected by pollution!"

"But you, possessing Chaos Law, can ignore it and even isolate your perception."

Jiang Hao immediately wrapped his body in Chaos Power, signaling that he was ready.

"My world, well, it's similar to the cultivation worlds you know, though like you, we practiced using Origin Power."

"My Yuhua Immortal Sect was one of the Holy Lands with a Legacy of over a hundred thousand years. In the entire world, more than twenty Experts who reached the Heavenly Venerate Realm governed everything."

"Until one day, a powerful passing existence cast its gaze upon us."

"There was no malice, just a casual glance."

"We were defeated!"

"Over twenty Heavenly Venerates mutated on the spot, severely affected by pollution."

"Subsequently, the pollution across the entire world gradually worsened, and the path of cultivation was corrupted! As all cultivators advanced in their Realms, their bodies continuously underwent mutations."

"Before my main body committed suicide, he cut off this relatively clean wisp of consciousness, hoping I could take a few exceptional seeds to find a White World."

"However, those seeds had long been polluted, and a rebellion even broke out."

"As for my world, it has likely been completely alienated!"

"Every object in the Grotto-Heaven carries a trace of pollution. Long-term contact causes alienation, so I threw everything that could be taken away into the Void Realm."

After hearing this, a thought immediately popped into Jiang Hao's head:

"Eldritch Cultivation!"

Looking up at the pavilion, Jiang Hao became increasingly suspicious that the so-called seeds were inside that pristine pavilion!

After all, in this wretched place, except for that pavilion which looked impossibly new, the rest of the buildings could only be described as ruins.

"That pavilion is a Seal-type secret treasure, but it has already been polluted. It would be useless to you."

Jiang Hao showed a humble smile:

"I just want to help Senior deal with those poor souls."

"Otherwise, Senior wouldn't have appeared here and told me so much, right?"

"Mhm, you guessed correctly."

"I cannot approach the pavilion. The pollution there would instantly unbalance the malice that I can only suppress through slumber."

"The age selection criteria were set by my main body and a Grand Elder who reached the Heavenly Venerate Realm. I cannot change it alone."

"Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a hassle!"

Mo Chenxuan was a bit helpless, wondering how his main body had chosen people.

"If Fellow Daoist can take action to terminate that child's nightmare, I can gift you a wisp of Chaos Law preserved within this Grotto-Heaven!"

Hearing the reward, Jiang Hao immediately perked up:

"What is the opponent's strength? Is it easy to kill?"

Mo Chenxuan gave Jiang Hao a strange look and replied:

"According to your terms, at most Rank 8! However, due to the pollution, its vitality is very strong. It can only be completely killed by destroying its spirit!"

Jiang Hao showed a standard eight-tooth smile. Destroying the spirit? That was what he was best at!

This dungeon run had offered him no experience at all; the seven hangers-on all got to have tense and exciting dream adventures.

While he, because he was too powerful, could only scavenge through trash in the ruins.

"Don't worry, Senior. What I love most is fighting!"

Mo Chenxuan silently floated into the distance, prepared to see how a Prodigy of this world fought.

After all, he had never seen someone with such a powerful Foundation!

"Swoosh!"

A saber light flared up, and a tri-colored Saber Qi instantly struck the pavilion.

Slashing an opening.

"Crackle!"

Even though it was a Secret Realm with extremely stable space, it still slashed out streaks of black fissures!

"Roar!!!"

A jade-colored skeleton entwined with black shadows rushed toward Jiang Hao, wrapped in Origin Power, and threw a punch.

"Boom!!!"

A violent explosion rang out.

The entire mountain peak began to shake as if an earthquake were occurring.

The already dilapidated houses collapsed instantly.

"That's it?"

As the dust settled, Jiang Hao extended his left hand and steadily caught the strike.

The skeleton seemed unable to believe it and was just about to roar.

A charged golden fist struck.

Peerless Space-Shattering Fist!

"Crack!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The skeleton was sent flying, smashing through countless small hills along the way, and was finally knocked right off the main peak!

Its skull cracked, and the black shadows on its body became restless.

Just as it was about to flee, a massive Saber Qi slashed down, with black Chaos Power flowing over the saber light.

The black shadows were directly evaporated by this strike!

Just as the out-of-control skeleton was falling through the clouds...

...a hand made of flesh and blood, covered in eyes and mouths and constantly expanding, grabbed the skeleton.

Jiang Hao looked nauseated at the figure standing on a carpet of flesh and blood.

Its head was like a half-melted candle, and tiny tentacles waved in the air from its mangled brain.

The figure absorbed the skeleton into its body and then instantly expanded.

A massive monster composed of flesh and blood appeared.

Countless limbs flailed.

Its featureless head looked toward Jiang Hao.

Wherever the monster walked, the carpet of flesh and blood continued to expand.

On mushroom-like tissues, densely packed eyes stared at Jiang Hao.

The gravel on the ground also began to fleshy-ize, and mouths started growing out of them.

They emitted ear-piercing screams.

"Human! Die!!!"