322: Chapter 322 The Kunyuan Secret Realm Opens, Seize the Opportunity to Form Nascent Soul!

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At the border of the Qingcang Kingdom and the Taiqing Sect, the Kunyuan Mountain Range.

This place was shrouded in dark mist year-round, and not a single blade of grass grew.

Today, however, bursts of strange spiritual light shone from among the mountains. Space warped, and the faint outline of an ancient portal emerged in the mist.

The Kunyuan Secret Realm opened once every hundred years.

Around the abyss, dense camps of Cultivators had already been established.

However, compared to a hundred years ago, today's lineup seemed somewhat shabby.

Most Disciples from the various sects were relatively weak, their overall quality a tier below what it had been one or two hundred years ago. Even prodigies with extremely high talent were pitifully rare...

It was evident that the talents of each sect were dwindling, leaving a gap between generations.

With the Spiritual Qi of the continent declining and many provinces turning into wastelands, life had not been easy for the four nations of the Human Race over the past few decades.

It had only allowed the four nations to catch their breath slightly.

Thus, the Spirit Medicine and precious materials within the Kunyuan Secret Realm had become the life-saving straw that all forces had to fight for.

*Buzz!*

The Void Realm shook.

In the eastern sky, a purple-gold flying boat tore through the air.

At the bow of the flying boat, True Monarch Ziyang stood in a purple robe. His face was withered, and his bearing and demeanor were far inferior to what they once were, a result of the battle several decades ago.

That battle had damaged the Shangqing Sect's Foundation, and he himself had suffered a decline in mental and physical energy.

He originally had over two hundred years of lifespan remaining, but now his Aura was decadent, and his spirit was severely depleted. It was likely he did not have many good days left.

Behind him stood True Monarch Tongming, True Monarch Fang Yi, and over three hundred Disciples of the Shangqing Sect, whose talent and Aptitude were uneven.

The Shangqing Sect was no longer what it used to be; this time, they simply could not bear to send too many geniuses to risk their lives.

"Fellow Daoist Ziyang, are your old bones not dead yet?"

A voice full of sarcasm came from the north.

True Monarch Qingxuan stepped through the Void Realm, with True Monarch Zhaohuo and True Monarch Qinglie following behind him.

The Taiqing Sect now ruled over the six domains of the Wei State, and their arrogance was at its peak. Their Disciples all wore haughty expressions, looking down on others.

True Monarch Ziyang's gaze turned cold as he stared at Qingxuan. "Since your Taiqing Sect hasn't died out yet, how would this old man dare to take a step ahead?"

"Hmph, stubborn to the end."

True Monarch Zhaohuo chuckled. "In the battle of the Liang Kingdom back then, six of your Shangqing Sect's Nascent Souls fell. Your strength is far inferior to what it was. How dare you come to snatch the opportunities of the Kunyuan Secret Realm?"

"Aren't you afraid that the few of us will join forces to slay you here?"

"You are welcome to try."

True Monarch Tongming took a step forward, and the sea of clouds instantly churned restlessly!

The atmosphere instantly became extremely tense.

"Fellow Daoists, why be angry?"

To the west, clouds surged as True Monarch Wenxuan and True Monarch Qingxiao appeared with the Disciples of the Yiqi Dao Sect, walking over gracefully.

With a bitter smile on his face, True Monarch Wenxuan tried to smooth things over, saying, "Resources on the continent are scarce now. We are all just trying to find a way for our Disciples to survive, not wishing for our legacies to be severed."

"The Secret Realm is about to open. Why don't you all save your energy and let the juniors rely on their own abilities?"

"The Yiqi Dao Sect?"

True Monarch Qingxuan glanced at Wenxuan and sneered, "A pack of stray dogs driven out of the North Sea by the Yao Race, occupying a few patches of wasteland to establish the Xuanzhen Kingdom."

"Having fallen to such a state, you still want to stand on equal footing with us?"

True Monarch Qingxiao was furious, his hand gripping his sword hilt. "Qingxuan, do not push people too far!"

"What if I do push you?"

True Monarch Qingxuan's pressure erupted violently, pressing straight toward Qingxiao.

Right at this moment, Sword Qi crisscrossed from the south.

Two Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the Zhengqi Sect in the Xiaoyu State came riding their swords. True Monarch Zhengyi and True Monarch Jianling landed in the midst of everyone, blocking Qingxuan's pressure with their Sword Qi.

"Fellow Daoists, the legacies of our various paths have suffered severe losses, and the Yao Beast groups are making a comeback. Why must we continue to squabble?"

"If we keep fighting, putting aside whether the Yao Race will wipe out our legacies..."

"The entire continent might be destroyed by us. Are you not afraid that the earth veins will be ruined and the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi will completely dry up?"

Hearing this, the True Monarchs all dispersed their Auras and took a step back.

The Nascent Souls of the four nations gathered, keeping each other in check.

True Monarch Ziyang looked at this scene, his heart filled with desolation.

Once upon a time, his Shangqing Sect ruled over the nine provinces, so glorious. Now, they had to engage in a dog-eat-dog fight over a Secret Realm with these defeated remnants.

"Is there any movement from the three domains of the Yao Race today?" True Monarch Ziyang asked Tongming via voice transmission.

"Replying to Senior Brother, there are no unusual movements in either the Tianyuan Domain or the Flood Dragon Domain. As for the Myriad Demon Domain, it has been sealed for over a decade and has shown no movement," True Monarch Tongming replied.

"Those beasts are smart. If they dare to lay a finger on the Kunyuan Secret Realm, this old man will risk his life to drag that feathered beast, White Crane, down with me!"

As they spoke, the spiritual light atop the Kunyuan Mountain Range suddenly flared up intensely.

"Rumble!"

The spatial rift was completely torn open, whipping up a storm in the sea of clouds, like a portal leading to heaven, slowly revealing itself in the storm!

The Kunyuan Secret Realm had opened.

"Enter!"

True Monarch Qingxuan shouted, and the Disciples of the Taiqing Sect were the first to turn into streams of light, rushing toward the spatial channel in the sky.

"Disciples of Shangqing, enter!" True Monarch Ziyang refused to be left behind.

Disciples of the four nations swarmed into the Secret Realm like crossing carp.

The Nascent Soul old monsters hovered in the void, watching the Disciples of each side enter, while remaining on guard against each other to prevent any underhanded attacks.

Just as the various forces were scrambling and the situation was tense to the extreme...

The world suddenly fell silent.

At this moment, all sounds—the wind, human voices, and the sound of spiritual energy slicing through the air—were forcibly erased by a dao rhyme...

True Monarch Ziyang's heart skipped a beat, and he abruptly turned his head to look west.

True Monarch Qingxuan, True Monarch Wenxuan, True Monarch Zhengyi... all the Nascent Soul old monsters present stopped what they were doing and turned their heads in shock.

Their gazes were locked tightly on the central-western part of the continent...

That direction was the Myriad Demon Domain!

*Thud!*

A dull, thunderous boom traversed tens of millions of miles, exploding directly in everyone's ears as the sound of the Grand Dao filled the heavens and earth!

Above the Myriad Demon Domain, the originally clear sky was instantly torn apart.

Endless purple-gold lightning surged wildly from the void, turning into a sea of lightning that blotted out the sky. Within the sea of lightning, there was nothing but the most pure essence of life and death!

Immediately following that, a vast, boundless, and incomparably domineering will soared into the sky from the Myriad Demon Domain, crashing straight into that sea of lightning.

"Swallowing ten thousand Qi to generate lightning, with an immortal will, I shall forge my immortal Foundation!"

A low, violent roar traveled along the pathways of the Heaven and Earth Grand Dao, echoing across the entire Xuanling continent...

Furthermore, the phantom of a giant bear proudly flickered between heaven and earth!

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