Liang Yi had not anticipated that entering the Secret Realm this time would attract so many people.
The Taoist Sect, Ten Thousand Miles Mountain, Xuanzhou Immortal Dynasty, and the Blood Control Sect—all half of the eight Super Forces had arrived, making for a truly frightening assembly.
Although everyone's goals differed, when it came to exploring the Secret Realm, full cooperation was still necessary.
Three thousand li was but a blink away for an average person, and under the tunneling light, it took merely the time it takes for an incense stick to burn for everyone to see the mountains mentioned in the intelligence reports.
Treading on the Void, everyone stood atop the mountains, below the sea of clouds.
"I'll look for it, the foot of Crescent Moon Mountain, perhaps?"
Liang Yi's Divine Sense spread out completely, and the Big Cave Fetal Breath Lamp in his Sea of Consciousness glowed brightly, enhancing his Divine Sense to envelop hundreds of miles of mountains.
Feeling the ripple of Liang Yi's Divine Sense, both Zhou Zuixi and Liu Rouxin showed a flash of surprise in their eyes.
It should be noted that enveloping with Divine Sense for investigation was not as simple as direct probing with Divine Sense. For a Cultivator who was not specialized in Divine Soul, spreading their Divine Sense over a hundred miles radius upon stepping into the Sixth Realm was already an impressive feat, yet Liang Yi's reach was twice that of an average person!
Moreover, Liang Yi's Divine Sense had a special feeling to it; aside from the enhancement by his Sword Intent, there was also a grand and bright intention within, illuminating the ten directions!
"This is incredible..." Zhou Yuqing muttered to herself.
For a Sword Cultivator's Divine Sense to reach this extent, one could easily wield sword Qi across hundreds of miles. And if this isn't even his strong point and he's already this powerful, how profound must his Sword Dao cultivation be?
"Found it!"
In not too much time, Liang Yi opened his eyes; finding a mountain was not difficult with his Divine Sense fully spread.
However, following the direction of Liang Yi's pointing, the group didn't see any mountain that met the criteria.
But everyone quickly realized that it was all too common for a Secret Realm to have an Array concealing itself.
Indeed, through the perspective of Divine Sense investigation, everyone made out an extremely hidden and powerful Array where Liang Yi was pointing.
The spatial fluctuations of the Array were intense, having overlapped the Secret Realm with another normal mountain peak.
What lay within the Array was unclear to them at the moment, but with so many mountains around, it was evident that something was special about this particular Array.
There was no blocking function to the Array; it simply concealed the crescent-shaped mountain peak.
The ingenious part of this Array was in its principle of "Seeing is entering," where only those who discovered the existence of the Array could step into Crescent Moon Mountain.
For ordinary people or low-level Cultivators who could not sense this Array, even if they were in its midst, they would not enter the Secret Realm but would only see the ordinary mountain peak that overlapped with it.
The group easily broke through the Array and walked into Crescent Moon Mountain, arriving at the foot of the mountain.
A map of an Array, which was the entrance to the Secret Realm, was originally at the foot of the mountain on the stone wall. As long as someone obtained the Secret Realm Key and arrived here guided by the key, they could open the Array and enter the Secret Realm.
However, a very conspicuous crack was now engraved on the stone wall next to it, with swirl-like points of light revolving toward one spot, and everyone even felt a strong residual Spiritual Power lingering on this crack.
"It seems like the Devouring Spirit Sect, lacking the key, still decided to take the riskiest approach and gamble." Zhou Zuixi was not entirely unfamiliar with this vortex.
During his travels, when he encountered a secret realm without its key, he liked to try the most brute force method to attempt opening it.
Some relied on luck and succeeded, while others did not. The ones that had been opened looked just like this vortex in front of them.
Liang Yi, of course, would not resort to such a barbaric manner like the Devouring Spirit Sect to gain access.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Liang Yi directly took out the key he had acquired from the black market in Qingliang City from his backpack.
As if sensing the presence of the key, what was originally an unremarkable mural suddenly came to life. The Spiritual Power surrounding Liang Yi and the others started to be attracted by the array, flowing towards the core of the array.
An invisible pull quietly appeared, leading the key in Liang Yi's hand to slowly rise, like a droplet merging into the surface of a lake, and integrating into the center of the array.
A mountain breeze arose unexpectedly from where the key vanished, blowing everyone's hair into a flutter.
The lines of the array began to extend rapidly, and under the gazes of Liang Yi and the others, it spread across the entire mountain in just a few breaths. Light started emanating from the patterns on the lines, and even the entire mountain began to glow.
Feeling the drastic changes between the earth's tremors and the mountain's shake, Liang Yi raised his hand to signal, and everyone slowly retreated into the void, stopping only when they could see the entire mountain clearly.
The mountain, originally shaped like a crescent moon, began to transform into something completely different from its initial form. The light merged with the array on the mountain to become a slender and elongated beam of light piercing straight into the sky.
The beam connected to the heavens, and after the wind gradually ceased, the true appearance of the secret realm's entrance finally revealed itself before everyone. The counterfeit entrance had already been destroyed by the impact of Spiritual Power during the mountain's transformation.
"It seems we found the right place..." Liang Yi slightly tilted his head upward, looking at the towering pillar of light and murmured softly.
Even though the mountain's shape had dramatically changed, the arrays around it that served as a screen were unaffected, perfectly concealing the extraordinary phenomena of the entrance opening.
"This secret realm seems to be quite unusual." Liu Rouxin assessed the pillar of light up and down; it seemed different from any secret realm she had seen before.
"Is the secret realm inside the pillar of light? I can feel very strong spatial fluctuations coming from within, and they're constantly changing!" Yue Bai, obediently following beside Su Youyi, had keener senses and knew more about the pillar than the rest.
"I've never seen such a stance at a secret realm entrance." Zhou Zuixi, too, watched in amazement, encountering it for the first time.
Liang Yi sent a wisp of his Divine Sense into the pillar of light, and after a simple investigation found no danger, he slowly approached the light pillar and carefully reached in.
After inserting his hand without any sensation, he pondered for a moment before finally stepping forward into the pillar.
"Senior brother?" Su Youyi looked worriedly at Liang Yi, ready to act if anything unusual occurred.
"I'm fine. This is indeed just an entrance with a peculiar form, not much different from other secret realm entrances."
Liang Yi used his other hand to gesture to his junior sister, signaling that everyone could enter.
After he spoke, Liang Yi's figure completely disappeared into the light pillar.
Seeing Liang Yi go ahead with no apparent danger, everyone followed suit one after another, entering into the pillar of light.
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