「White Jade City.」
"Your Majesty, we’ve confirmed that the Secret Realm on the border is connected to the Purple Void Imperial Dynasty from ten thousand years ago!"
Grandmaster Lu Yuan reported the latest news.
A large-scale Secret Realm had appeared on the border between the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty and the Celestial Wind Imperial Dynasty. The Court naturally arranged for people to investigate it.
Small-scale Secret Realms don’t offer many opportunities. They are typically remnants left behind by Sects from ten thousand years ago, or sometimes they form naturally. They aren’t particularly rare and can usually only be harvested once. Large-scale Secret Realms, however, are different. Their origins are never simple, and they may have existed for a much longer time.
Sometimes, they are like the Little Worlds within Taiyin Heaven, only manifesting at specific times. They hide numerous legacies and may even involve secrets from ten thousand years ago.
Their origins might be even more ancient, with ties to antiquity, making them all the more mysterious.
"The Purple Void Imperial Dynasty!"
Old Emperor Yang Yu repeated the name as he listened to Grandmaster Lu Yuan’s report.
He hadn’t expected this newly emerged Secret Realm to be connected to the Purple Void Imperial Dynasty—the last Imperial Dynasty of ten thousand years ago, and the final one of the recent ancient era.
Of course, it was also known as a Divine Dynasty. Its Emperor was a being beyond the Martial Saint Realm who had shattered the Human-God Boundary. Even the ministers of the Divine Dynasty included masters who had broken this boundary. It was truly an Imperial Dynasty at its peak.
Then, ten thousand years ago, this powerful entity suddenly vanished. At the same time, the Taiyu Divine Continent became incredibly unsuitable for cultivation, and no one has been able to break through to a realm above that of a Martial Saint.
Countless people have searched for what truly happened back then, but all they can find are fragmented records. The truth remains shrouded in secrecy.
The Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty, founded over five hundred years ago, has also been searching for these secrets. Some traces can be found in the Secret Realms that have emerged, but the information that can be gathered is scarce.
Now that such a large-scale Secret Realm has appeared, the Great Zhou Imperial Family naturally won’t let this opportunity pass.
’Divine Acupoints as ministers, the Divine Sea as dukes, the Divine Body as the emperor... what a powerful Imperial Dynasty that was!’
Yang Yu reflected with great emotion.
As the Emperor of the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty, he too had dreamed of transforming Great Zhou into an entity like the Purple Void Imperial Dynasty.
An Imperial Dynasty could last for all eternity, and its Emperor would be a being capable of suppressing ages, his might shaking the world. All powers, including the Holy Lands, would have to submit to the Imperial Dynasty. This was a dream every emperor wished to achieve.
In the current Taiyu Divine Continent, most Holy Lands have not existed for more than ten thousand years. It seemed some great event occurred a myriad of years ago, burying most secrets deep within the annals of history.
Previously, when Taiyin Heaven manifested, numerous Holy Lands flocked to it. The Merak Sacred Land even approached the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty, using the Cyan Yuan Sect as a proxy to enter, all in search of the secrets that might lie within.
After all, Taiyin Heaven had existed for a much longer time.
Of course, they were also after its legacies, the opportunity to break through to the Martial Saint Realm, and the rumored Star Sky Teleportation Array.
Some have found traces suggesting that in the recent ancient era, ten thousand years ago, the great masters who broke the Human-God Boundary left. This was when the Taiyu Divine Continent suddenly became unsuitable for cultivation. These masters supposedly united to construct a Star Sky Teleportation Array, spanning the cosmos, to leave the Taiyu Divine Continent and travel to a place more suitable for cultivation.
This theory has never been confirmed, but the major Holy Lands have not given up on finding this Star Sky Teleportation Array, as it represents a chance to break through beyond the Martial Saint Realm.
Over the past ten thousand years, countless figures of the Celestial Pride Level have been born in the Taiyu Divine Continent. Yet, they all ended up trapped in the Martial Saint Realm, unable to shatter the Human-God Boundary. Despite their unwillingness, they ultimately died of old age.
Therefore, many have set their sights on the Star Sky Teleportation Array, as it represents a way out—the most likely path to a breakthrough.
"This appears to be a Secret Realm created by the Purple Void Imperial Dynasty long ago. It has accumulated a vast amount of Cultivation Resources. Some speculate it was a Spirit Plant Field, but we will need to investigate deeper to know for sure."
"The major Holy Lands have already sent people to enter this Secret Realm in search of opportunities, and perhaps to find the legendary Star Sky Teleportation Array."
Grandmaster Lu Yuan continued. Since becoming the Grandmaster of the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty, he had learned an increasing number of secrets, and only then did he realize how complex this world truly was.
In truth, it wasn’t just the major Holy Lands searching for opportunities like the Star Sky Teleportation Array; the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty was searching as well. The Royal Library contained many Ancient Texts that recorded these matters, which was why Grandmaster Lu Yuan knew about things like the Purple Void Imperial Dynasty and the Star Sky Teleportation Array.
"The people from the Holy Lands are always quick to react. They participate every time a large-scale Secret Realm emerges."
"This time, it has appeared in the borderlands between two Imperial Dynasties. To be precise, it’s not within the territory of any single Imperial Dynasty, so we can expect even more Holy Lands to show up."
The Old Emperor frowned slightly.
The major Holy Lands have an agreement among themselves. Under normal circumstances, they only seek opportunities in locations that fall within their own spheres of influence. This is an accord between the various Holy Lands and Imperial Dynasties.
Take the Merak Sacred Land, for example. In order to enter Taiyin Heaven, they took the Cyan Yuan Sect as one of their Affiliated Forces. Of course, the public story was that the Cyan Yuan Sect was returning to its ancestral roots, giving them a legitimate reason to enter Taiyin Heaven.
However, the borderlands don’t fall within any major power’s sphere of influence. This means that all Holy Lands and Imperial Dynasties can take part.
Especially since this involves the Purple Void Imperial Dynasty—the last great Imperial Dynasty from ten thousand years ago. Anything related to it is bound to attract even more attention.
Some have speculated that the legendary Star Sky Teleportation Array might have been constructed under the leadership of the Purple Void Imperial Dynasty. After its successful completion, the entire Purple Void Imperial Dynasty, along with other powerful forces, used it to travel to a world more suitable for cultivation.
Otherwise, how could such a mighty Imperial Dynasty simply vanish? It’s illogical.
Thus, any connection to the Purple Void Imperial Dynasty is sure to attract a crowd.
Even some distant Holy Lands and Imperial Dynasties, upon learning that a Secret Realm related to the Purple Void Imperial Dynasty has emerged, will arrange for people to come and seek their fortune within it.
"However, even if all the major Holy Lands participate, we and the Celestial Wind Imperial Dynasty will still have a significant advantage. We were the first to send people in to search for opportunities, and we have already had a considerable harvest."
"The Cultivation Resources we previously gave as compensation to the various Sects—we’ve already recovered far more than that from the Secret Realm!"
"If there are other opportunities deeper inside, we should be able to secure a good number of them as well."
"However, we will need Your Majesty to dispatch several more Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters into the Secret Realm. Otherwise, when facing the major Holy Lands, we won’t have much of an advantage!"