Chapter 142 Intercepting in the Secret Realm, the Holy Son Gets Something for Nothing

The army marched eastward, with cities along the way surrendering at the mere sight of them.

Those Eastern Region sects that were originally watching from the sidelines, upon hearing that Baihua Haoyu had been crippled in a single move, did not even dare to entertain thoughts of resistance.

They hurriedly brought gifts and left their cities to welcome the army, fearing that if they were a step late, they would be trampled flat by the Xuan Armor Army.

Two days later, the 50,000-strong army arrived at the entrance of the Hundred Flower Holy Realm.

In front, clouds and mist swirled, and the mountains and plains were covered in seven-colored immortal flowers.

A huge pink barrier shrouded the entire valley, and complex flower path runes flowed on the barrier, emitting a rich aura of life.

This was the top-tier secret realm that opened once every hundred years in the Eastern Region — the Hundred Flower Holy Realm, which hid the foundation of the Baihua Dynasty's 100,000-year destiny.

At this moment, the entrance was already crowded with people.

The prodigies of the various major sects in the Eastern Region were gathered here, all eager and ready to go, their eyes full of anticipation.

However, everyone consciously stood on both sides, leaving the central position for the Baihua Dynasty's team.

A golden flower carriage pulled by twelve seven-colored divine deer slowly approached.

Sitting on the carriage was a young man dressed in white brocade robes.

He had a face like jade, red lips and white teeth, and was surrounded by faint golden petals.

He played with an ever-blooming golden lotus in his hand, his nose held high in the air, carrying an air of "I am the greatest in the world."

"Move aside! Move aside! His Highness the Holy Son has arrived!"

A few lackeys cleared the path in front, arrogantly pushing the surrounding cultivators.

The crowd instantly quieted down, and everyone respectfully lowered their heads, not daring to meet the man's gaze.

This person was the Son of Destiny of the Baihua Dynasty — Crown Prince Baihua Chen.

Although he had not yet been officially ascended, he had long been established as the crown prince and was recognized by the entire Eastern Region as the future lord.

Crown Prince Baihua Chen slowly stepped down from the flower carriage, swept a glance at the surrounding cultivators, and his tone carried heavy disdain: "A bunch of rabble, daring to covet the opportunities in my Hundred Flower Holy Realm? Let me tell you, this time when the holy realm opens, all the treasures belong to this Holy Son. If you know what's good for you, get lost quickly, or don't blame this Holy Son for being impolite."

The Great Elder beside him hurriedly echoed: "His Highness the Holy Son is right! The Hundred Flower Holy Realm is our Dynasty's exclusive secret realm, and the town-domain supreme treasure, the ten thousand flowers thousand threads spiritual root, is even more of a destiny opportunity decreed by the Heavenly Dao for His Highness the Holy Son! Even if others go in, they can only pick up some leftovers, and they might even lose their lives."

"Hahaha! That's right!" Crown Prince Baihua Chen threw his head back and laughed wildly, "The ten thousand flowers thousand threads spiritual root belongs to me and no one else! Once I absorb the spiritual root and break through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal, the first thing I will do is destroy that local tyrant of the Southern Region, Emperor Cao Xukun, take back the Southern Region, and unify the Immortal World!"

The prodigies behind him praised him one after another: "His Highness the Holy Son is mighty! With you here, Emperor Cao Xukun will definitely die!"

"The day the spiritual root recognizes its master is the day our Baihua Dynasty dominates the Immortal World!"

"That wild cultivator from the mortal world, Emperor Cao Xukun, isn't even fit to carry His Highness the Holy Son's shoes!"

On a hillside not far away, General Black Tiger curled his lip as he listened and cursed in a low voice: "Damn! Another keyboard warrior! We haven't even entered the secret realm yet, and he's already bragging. If he doesn't get anything later, let's see where he puts his face."

Su Yaoer said softly: "The ten thousand flowers thousand threads spiritual root is the town-domain treasure of the Baihua Dynasty, connected to the dynasty's destiny, and is also the source of the Baihua Empress's life cultivation. If we can get it, the Baihua Dynasty's destiny will be lost by more than half, and it will be much easier for us to take the Eastern Region."

Emperor Cao Xukun nodded, and just then, the system's prompt sounded in his mind.

[Ding! Detected top-tier destiny opportunity!]

[Core of the Hundred Flower Holy Realm: ten thousand flowers thousand threads spiritual root + complete "Baihua Immortal Canon", it is the exclusive destiny opportunity for the Holy Son of Baihua, carrying 100,000 years of flower path destiny of the Eastern Region!]

[Intercepting it can plunder half of the Eastern Region's flower path destiny, completely disintegrating the foundation of the Baihua Dynasty!]

[The secret realm will open in one joss stick's time, please act quickly, Host!]

Emperor Cao Xukun's lips curled into a faint smile: "Don't worry, he won't be able to get it. This spiritual root and inheritance are destined to be mine."

He turned his head and instructed General Black Tiger: "You take the army and wait here, do not act rashly. I will go in for a trip and will be back soon."

"Be careful, Your Majesty!" General Black Tiger nodded hurriedly.

As his voice fell, Emperor Cao Xukun's figure flickered, turning into a stream of light, silently merging into the pink barrier.

His body was surrounded by the power of chaos, and all the flower path restrictions and detection arrays were like decorations in front of him, not even causing a ripple.

At this time, the barrier at the entrance of the Holy Realm finally opened slowly.

Crown Prince Baihua Chen rushed in first, shouting: "Everyone follow me! Whoever dares to snatch opportunities from this Holy Son, kill them without mercy!"

Hundreds of prodigies followed closely behind, rushing into the secret realm in a swarm.

Once they entered the secret realm, everyone was dumbfounded.

Inside, there were deadly flower toxins and illusions everywhere, and countless powerful flower demons guarding the place.

Many prodigies with weaker cultivation bases were eroded by the flower toxins as soon as they entered, falling to the ground and rolling in pain.

The remaining people did not dare to be careless, cautiously pushing forward, killing each other to snatch resources, and falling into chaos.

Crown Prince Baihua Chen, relying on his mid-stage Golden Immortal cultivation and the treasures bestowed by the royal family, charged through, slaughtering many flower demons and rival prodigies, and said triumphantly: "Do you see? This is the strength of a Son of Destiny! All the treasures should belong to me!"

But what he didn't know was that Emperor Cao Xukun had already bypassed all the checkpoints and flower demons, arriving directly at the core of the secret realm in the deepest part.

In the center of a clear lake, there grew a huge spiritual root that was a hundred zhang tall.

The spiritual root was emerald green, covered with billions of tiny white flowers, emitting a rich aura of life, and the spiritual energy of the entire secret realm was provided by it.

It was exactly the Baihua Dynasty's town-domain supreme treasure — the ten thousand flowers thousand threads spiritual root!

On a stone platform next to the spiritual root, there lay a pink ancient book, which was the eternal inheritance, the "Baihua Immortal Canon".

Emperor Cao Xukun walked slowly to the lakeside and reached out a hand.

The ten thousand flowers thousand threads spiritual root automatically flew out from the lake, turned into a green light, and landed in his palm.

At the same time, the "Baihua Immortal Canon" also rose into the air, turning into countless pink characters and surging into his mind.

[Ding! Successfully intercepted the core opportunity of the Holy Son of Baihua!]

[Obtained: ten thousand flowers thousand threads spiritual root! Complete "Baihua Immortal Canon"!]

[Plundered half of the Eastern Region's flower path destiny! Host's flower path attainment reached the peak of the Immortal World!]

[Unlocked exclusive divine ability: Ten Thousand Flowers Thousand Threads Binding! Can trap and kill all cultivators below the Great Luo Golden Immortal level!]

A massive amount of flower path knowledge and divine ability techniques were instantly mastered, and a faint pink halo appeared around Emperor Cao Xukun, with countless petals automatically flying around him, as if he were the true master of the flower path.

With a casual wave of his hand, the ten thousand flowers thousand threads spiritual root merged into his body, complementing the shennong cauldron, and the powers of the medicine path and flower path fused perfectly, with his cultivation also showing a slight improvement.

After finishing all this, Emperor Cao Xukun did not stay long, his figure flickered, and he silently left the secret realm.

At this time, Crown Prince Baihua Chen finally brought people to the core area.

When he saw the empty lake and stone platform, he was completely dumbfounded.

"Where is the spiritual root? Where is my ten thousand flowers thousand threads spiritual root?"

He rushed over like a madman, rummaging through the entire core area, but couldn't even find a shadow of the spiritual root.

The "Baihua Immortal Canon" had also vanished into thin air, leaving only a bare stone platform.

"Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!" Crown Prince Baihua Chen roared hysterically, "The spiritual root is mine! It was bestowed upon me by the Heavenly Dao! How could it be gone!"

The prodigies who followed him in were also confused, looking at each other.

"What's going on? The spiritual root is gone?"

"Could it have been taken by someone in advance?"

"That's impossible! The barrier has been fine all along, no one could have entered in advance!"

Crown Prince Baihua Chen was trembling with anger, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out.

He pointed at everyone and roared: "It's you! It must be you who stole my spiritual root! Hand it over! Otherwise, I will kill you!"

He lost his reason and attacked the surrounding prodigies.

The core area instantly fell into chaos, and they began to kill each other.

Half an hour later, the secret realm closed.

Everyone walked out dejectedly, one by one bruised and injured.

Crown Prince Baihua Chen was even more disheveled, his hair messy, his clothes torn, his eyes hollow, like a madman who had lost his soul.

"His Highness the Holy Son, did you get the spiritual root?" The Great Elder hurriedly went up to meet him and asked anxiously.

Crown Prince Baihua Chen raised his head, looking into the distance with venomous eyes, and said word by word: "The spiritual root is gone. It must be Emperor Cao Xukun! It must be that local tyrant of the Southern Region who did it! I want to kill him! I want to tear him to pieces!"

The news spread like it had grown wings, rapidly across the entire Eastern Region.

The Hundred Flower Holy Realm opened, and the town-domain supreme treasure, the ten thousand flowers thousand threads spiritual root, and the "Baihua Immortal Canon" vanished!

The Son of Destiny, Crown Prince Baihua Chen, returned empty-handed and mentally deranged!

The entire Eastern Region was completely shaken!

Countless forces were in a panic, and the destiny of the Baihua Dynasty began to decline visibly to the naked eye.

Meanwhile, Emperor Cao Xukun had already returned to the army.

Looking at the panicked people of the Baihua Dynasty in the distance, Emperor Cao Xukun's lips curled into a cold sneer: "Pass down the order, the whole army accelerate, directly towards Baihua City!"

"As you command!"

The 50,000 Xuan Armor Army roared in unison, stepping with firm strides, marching mightily towards Baihua City.

A bigger storm was about to unfold in Baihua City.