82: Divine wilderness

The Star Palace had just retreated to its home in the Flowing Fire Desert, and before its members could even settle down, the bastards from the Asura Clan swarmed over like hyenas scenting blood, taking several bites.

Fortunately, the first thing Lin Xuan did upon his return was to have Chu Xinghe desperately reinforce the arrays; the Grand Chaos Heavenly Cycle Array was fully activated, and with over five million True Immortals continuously injecting immortal power, the thick light barrier was finally propped up again.

The Asura Clan's vanguard unit crashed into it several times, getting battered and leaving many corpses behind.

Discovering that this 'turtle shell' was even harder than before, they temporarily retreated a bit, switching to a siege, harassing them occasionally, clearly waiting for their main forces or some other opportunity.

Lin Xuan stood on the palace roof, looking at the dark Asura encampment outside, and spat, "Endless."

Just then, Su Yuan ran over with an excited expression: "Master! It's been deduced! The Divine Wilderness Realm! The Divine Wilderness Realm is about to open!"

"The Divine Wilderness Realm?" Lin Xuan was startled; the name sounded a bit unfamiliar.

"It's an extremely ancient and mysterious ruin!" Su Yuan spoke rapidly, "It's said to be a fragment that broke off from the ancient Divine Realm, drifting in the void fissures.

It only approaches the Immortal Realm once every long epoch, and its entrance appears randomly!

It's fraught with dangers, chaotic space, many strange restrictions and dead ends; even Golden Immortals might perish at any moment inside!"

"But at the same time, it's also full of immense opportunities!

It's said to contain ancient divine medicines, lost divine abilities and cultivation techniques, and possibly even fragments of divine artifacts!

Each time it opens, it attracts a frantic scramble from various forces!"

Bai Li also walked over, her expression grave as she added, "That's right.

The Divine Wilderness Realm is extremely special; the spatial laws within it are unstable, repelling overly powerful forces.

Too many people are also dangerous; usually, cultivators at the Golden Immortal level and above find it difficult to enter, or if they do, they will be greatly suppressed, or even trigger a spatial backlash.

Therefore, historically, various forces send their elite disciples to enter and contend for resources."

Lin Xuan's eyes lit up.

Danger? He didn't care.

Opportunity? And from the Divine Realm?

He absolutely had to get involved!

The Star Palace now had a solid foundation, but who would complain about having too many top-tier good things?

Moreover, this kind of place was perfect for his little brats to use as a training ground!

"Where is the entrance? When does it open?"

"According to the Heavenly Evolution Array Disk's calculations, it's in a mountain range on the northwestern edge of the Flowing Fire Desert, not far from us.

In at most three days, the spatial fluctuations will reach their peak, and the entrance will appear!" Su Yuan affirmed.

"Good!" Lin Xuan slapped his thigh, "Qing Yao, tally the people! Those below the peak of Heaven Immortal, pick two hundred of the most capable fighters, the most agile, and those best at self-preservation!

I'll personally lead the team to check it out!"

Soon, two hundred elite disciples of the Star Palace were assembled.

They were mostly late-stage or peak Heaven Immortal experts, including his disciples Leng Yuechan, Ye Chen, Mo Sha, You Ye, Linglong, and A Zi, and even the blue-robed youth transformed from the Immortal Kun came along.

Three days later, northwestern Flowing Fire Desert, Meteorite Mountain Range.

The space here was already extremely distorted, with visible multicolored spatial fissures like a spider web spreading across the sky, emitting an ear-splitting tearing sound.

An ancient, vast, and dangerously alluring aura emanated from the depths of the fissures.

Many forces had already arrived early, each occupying an area, wary of each other.

Upon seeing the Star Palace's mighty team of two hundred elite Heaven Immortals, especially feeling the undisguised Chaos pressure from Lin Xuan at the front of the team, their expressions all changed, and they instinctively made way for a sizable area.

Lin Xuan was too lazy to bother with those small fry; his gaze swept towards two other directions.

To the left, a bloody aura permeated.

Hundreds of elite Asura Clan members, dressed in uniform blood-red armor with cruel and violent eyes, stood silently.

Leading them was an exceptionally tall Asura Commander whose aura had reached the early Immortal Monarch stage, observing all parties with his emotionless eyes.

Their numbers were not large, about a hundred, but each exuded a solidified killing intent, clearly battle-hardened elites.

To the right, there was a group of cultivators dressed in various styles, but each exuded a cold aura and had flickering eyes.

There were about five hundred of them, and leading them was the old acquaintance, Immortal Monarch Xuan Gu!

He was accompanied by several trusted Immortal Monarchs, followed by various evil cultivators, demon lords he had gathered, and those in the original Immortal Alliance who, like him, harbored ill intentions.

At this moment, Xuan Gu was looking at Lin Xuan's side with a sinister gaze, a faint sneer playing on his lips.

When enemies meet, their eyes burn with hatred.

On the Star Palace's side, the disciples immediately glared at Xuan Gu's side, full of murderous intent.

In Xuan Gu's camp, some also glared back unwilling to be outdone, cursing obscenely.

"Bah! Old Dog Xuan Gu! A stray dog, still daring to show your face?" A short-tempered Star Palace disciple couldn't help but curse.

"Hmph! Lin Xuan's running dogs! Just relying on numbers and power!

Once we enter the Divine Wilderness Realm, let's see how this grandpa deals with you!" An evil cultivator from Xuan Gu's side retorted sharply.

"A bunch of cowardly rats! Colluding with Asuras, worse than pigs and dogs!" "Better than you guys who acknowledge demon lords as masters!"

The disciples on both sides cursed at each other from a distance, the atmosphere thick with tension, on the verge of a fight.

"Shut up!"

Just then, the Asura Commander and Xuan Gu almost simultaneously let out a cold shout, stopping their subordinates.

The Asura Commander was too lazy to watch these blood meals squabble; in his eyes, these were all tools for scouting and contending for opportunities, and fighting now was pure waste.

Xuan Gu, on the other hand, glanced warily at Lin Xuan and the two hundred elite disciples behind him, whose killing intent was no weaker than the Asuras', and then at the Asura Clan members who were watching like tigers not far away, forcibly suppressing his anger.

He knew that now was not the time to act.

Lin Xuan hadn't spoken a word the whole time, merely casting a faint glance at Xuan Gu and the Asura Commander, his gaze lingering on Xuan Gu for an extra moment.

He noticed that although the Old Dog Xuan Gu appeared quite respectful to the Asura Commander on the surface, deep in his eyes, a profound resentment and unwillingness were hidden.

Heh, as expected, he wasn't truly loyal.

The three forces, mutually restraining and wary of each other, formed a delicate balance.

Everyone stared intently at the place where the spatial fluctuations were most intense, awaiting the complete opening of the entrance.

The atmosphere was so oppressive it was suffocating.

Finally, the space ahead suddenly emitted a deafening roar!

A huge, irregular golden light gate slowly tore through the void and stabilized!

Inside the gate was a chaotic, twisted, and indistinct scene, and the ancient, vast aura instantly intensified tenfold!

The entrance! It opened!

Almost the instant the entrance stabilized!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The people from the three forces, as if by prior agreement, simultaneously transformed into streaks of light, rushing towards the golden light gate in a scramble!

"Go!" Lin Xuan shouted, taking the lead and charging into the light gate with the two hundred Star Palace disciples.

Xuan Gu and the Asura Commander also moved almost simultaneously, surging in with their respective forces.

The moment he entered the light gate, Lin Xuan felt a powerful spatial tearing force, and at the same time, an invisible law suppression descended, causing his Golden Immortal cultivation to slightly stagnate, suppressed by nearly thirty percent!

There was indeed something to it!

He looked back, taking one last cold glance at the direction where Xuan Gu had disappeared.

"We'll deal with the Old Dog Xuan Gu once we're inside."

With a flash of light, the people from the three forces completely vanished into the twisted golden light gate.