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Chapter 1058: Frequent Secret Realm Opportunities, Return to the Ancestral Hall
Chapter 1058: Frequent Secret Realm Opportunities, Return to the Ancestral Hall
Chapter 1058: Frequent Secret Realm Opportunities, Return to the Ancestral Hall
Editor: Henyee Translations
“Indeed, there are never any gifts between heaven and earth. Some rise while others fall, but this time, it has been unusually quiet,” Qin Shenwu spoke gravely.
Originally, he hadn’t taken these matters to heart, especially since the Haoran Sect, with its strength, often came out ahead in the competition for opportunities. However, as news of more and more secret realms appeared, he began to sense something was amiss.
Over the years, he had been collecting information about these various secret realms.
“Five hundred years ago, a secret realm appeared in an ordinary snowy mountain in the Northern Territory. A cultivator from a small sect there accidentally entered and obtained a mysterious fruit, jumping three realms directly to Void Returning.”
“Three hundred years ago, a high-level secret realm appeared directly above a sect in the Southern Territory. Divine light descended, causing all disciples and elders of that sect to break through overnight.”
“Two hundred years ago, a lone cultivator found a dragon palace in a lake in the Eastern Territory. He consumed a dragon pill and achieved Dao Integration in a month. Upon investigation, it was actually a secret realm.”
Qin Shenwu relayed the information about the secret realms he had collected over the years.
Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan listened intently and also felt that something was amiss.
Is this still the cultivation world they knew?
“Do you feel there’s something suspicious about all these secret realms?” Qin Shenwu suddenly asked, seeing the furrowed brows of Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan.
“Indeed, the opportunities mentioned in these secret realms seem to come without the dangers usually associated with them, almost like picking them up for free,” Jiang Chengxuan nodded, articulating his thoughts.
Hearing this, Qin Shenwu agreed profoundly, and the other two women also nodded in agreement.
“Correct, opportunities come with dangers, that’s common sense in the cultivation world, almost a rule set by the heavens. Now, it seems as if these rules no longer apply.”
“Not everyone can ascend overnight without any effort, although it’s not unheard of,” Qin Shenwu continued.
Just as Jiang Chengxuan and others had experienced in the Immortal cave abode before, opportunities came behind dangers.
Secret realms could form either from an overflow of earthly energies, blessing all beings when manifesting, or from a great power leaving behind a legacy to find a fated person.
However, the scenarios described by Qin Shenwu did not fit these conditions.
Firstly, the accumulation of earthly energies takes a long time, often millions of years, like energy tides or the coming of purple qi, which are rare even in a lifetime.
Secondly, a great power’s legacy always involves tests, but the opportunities Qin Shenwu spoke of were simply there for the taking, which doesn’t fit either.
A great power’s legacy wouldn’t be so easily obtained without prerequisites or challenges, and even if there were no tests set, acquiring such a legacy would still have barriers. However, in the cases mentioned earlier, no such barriers were reported.
The will of heaven and earth, though not sentient, would not squander its energies like a prodigal. If that were the case, the Floodgate Realm wouldn’t have survived to this day.
Its spiritual energy resources would have been depleted by cultivators millennia ago, and they would have left this world.
“It seems like something big is about to happen in the Floodgate Realm, and these secret realms are just a prelude,” they concluded after sorting through their thoughts.
These seemingly mundane events now appeared extraordinarily eerie.
Almost certainly, something within the Floodgate Realm was becoming unusual, something significant was about to occur, and it would sweep across the entire realm.
The atmosphere in the Grand Hall of Shenwu became increasingly tense.
Although Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan had achieved the Great Dao Jun and had a great chance of ascending to immortality, they were not yet beyond this world. If a catastrophe were to erupt, they would not be spared.
Moreover, as the head of the Haoran Sect, Jiang Chengxuan couldn’t just abandon his foundation and seek refuge alone.
“Perhaps, I should consult the ancient ancestors,” Jiang Chengxuan said after a moment.
The peculiar events inevitably reminded them of the great calamity that once made the entire Floodgate Realm feel threatened, which originated from the Haoran Sect’s Ancestral Hall.
“Indeed! Chengxuan, you are now a Daolord. With the authority of the sect master, you should be able to gain more insight from the ancient ancestors,” Qin Shenwu agreed.
The Ancestral Hall was accessible only to the sect master of the Haoran Sect, who could seek guidance and communicate with the immortal ancestors, a tradition that had always been followed.
“Alright, then, I will leave for a while.”
“Anran, there’s no need for you to worry about these matters, just focus on your cultivation,” Jiang Chengxuan said to Jiang Anran, reassuring her before he and Shen Ruyan, without further hesitation, transformed into streaks of light and departed from the Shenwu Peak.
Haoran Sect, Ancestral Hall.
This imposing hall, also the oldest building within the Haoran Sect, had evolved from a small temple to a structure as grand as a carved mountain peak, witnessing countless ascensions of immortals over the ages, a place of supreme sanctity.
Shen Ruyan, having left the Thunder Valley for a millennium, decided to visit it again, intending also to share the matters they had discussed with her master, Yun Yizhen.
At this moment, Jiang Chengxuan stood alone in front of the Haoran Sect’s Ancestral Hall. His perception of everything had drastically changed since his last visit here. To him, the Ancestral Hall now felt like an endless tower stretching into the immortal realms, filled with a profoundly mysterious and majestic aura.
Clearly, the Ancestral Hall was not as straightforward as it appeared; it must contain methods left by immortals. However, subsequent sect masters, having not reached the Great Dao Jun level, might have forgotten its true significance.
With his aura completely concealed, Jiang Chengxuan stepped into the Ancestral Hall. He was greeted by a pathway paved with jade, surrounded by walls adorned with carvings of past sect masters. At the end of the path stood statues of immortals, grandly capturing the essence of past ancestors in their celestial forms.
As he moved deeper, Jiang Chengxuan’s perception grew increasingly intense. As the current sect master of the Haoran Sect, he had a significant karmic connection with the ancestral immortals.
Inexplicably, Jiang Chengxuan felt that the ancestors in the immortal realm were already aware of his arrival.
However, his current realm was not yet capable of overcoming the celestial rules’ constraints to communicate directly with the immortals; some rituals were still necessary.