Published: February 25, 2025
As the crowd followed the sound and looked down, they saw two elderly figures with an otherworldly aura standing cheerfully atop a cliff halfway up the mountain.
"Elder De, Uncle Ancestor!" Tan Yun's pupils constricted.
The two old men were indeed the current Dantai Xuanzhong's second ancestor and Elder De.
Shen Subing hurriedly maneuvered the Spirit Vessel, flying down to the cliff. She disembarked from the Spirit Vessel, facing Dantai Long, and respectfully said, "Junior pays respects to senior."
"Subing, no need for such courtesy." Dantai Long smiled kindly, "Xuanzhong has already informed me, letting me temporarily oversee the Meritorious Lineage, and you are the respected one of the Meritorious Lineage. From now on, feel free to give any orders."
"Junior thanks you for your generous favor, how could I dare to give orders to you!" Shen Subing smiled gently, then looked towards Dantai Zhongde, "Elder De, what brings you here?"
"What's wrong? Am I not welcome?" Dantai Zhongde teased before saying, "The sovereign ordered me to bring you thirty thousand Spirit Artifact Halls for the disciples to cultivate in, and also commanded me to bring some master artifact masters to help your disciples set up prohibitions to prevent others from spying during their training!"
"That's great! Thank you, Elder De!" Shen Subing said happily.
At this moment, Tan Yun descended from the Spirit Vessel and bowed to Dantai Long, "I pay my respects to Uncle Ancestor!"
"Good, good, good!" Dantai Long stroked his white beard, glanced at Huangfu Yu on the Spirit Vessel, then turned to Tan Yun, "Xuanzhong has informed me of your performance in the Danmai Secret Realm. You did not disappoint me; well done!"
It was clear that Dantai Long recognized Huangfu Yu as Dantai Xian'er.
On the Spirit Vessel, Huangfu Yu furrowed his brow and thought, "When did Tan Yun start calling me Uncle Ancestor?"
At that moment, Dantai Long flipped his right hand and handed a token inscribed with the characters "Meritorious" to Shen Subing, "Meritorious Chief, this is the token to open the Secret Realm Gate. You can personally open the Meritorious Secret Realm and lead the disciples inside!"
"Okay." After taking the token, Shen Subing shot a strand of spiritual power into the token, and instantly, a Secret Realm Gate with a diameter of three hundred zhang manifested above the cliff halfway up the mountain, with winds swirling and clouds billowing.
"Whoosh!"
Immediately, after Shen Subing and Tan Yun boarded the Spirit Vessel, they maneuvered the Spirit Vessel grandly into the Secret Realm Gate.
Dantai Long and Dantai Zhongde followed closely behind, and once they entered the Meritorious Secret Realm, the Secret Realm Gate vanished into thin air.
From then on, the thirty-three secret realms available for the trial of the disciples of the Immortal Sect turned into thirty-two!
The structure of the Immortal Sect underwent a significant change, transforming from the contest of the nine meridians to a situation of ten meridians standing firm!
As the Spirit Vessel entered the Meritorious Secret Realm, it revealed a breathtaking scene of vast, naturally occurring Immortal Mountain ranges!
Amidst the swirling clouds and pervading spiritual energy, one could faintly see lush green spirit mountains piercing the clouds!
In the sky, countless first and second-tier spirit cranes, as well as numerous flying beasts, upon seeing the Spirit Vessel, seemed startled and trembled as they flew away...
Among the mountain ranges, adorable, furry demon beasts and some strangely shaped ones raised their heads cautiously, gazing at the unexpected visitors from the Spirit Vessel with terrified expressions!
"Little ones, don't worry, we won't harm you. You can all leave!" Shen Subing said softly, and the lower-tier demon beasts immediately retreated cautiously, then scattered at once!
Then, under Dantai Long's guidance, the Spirit Vessel flew for a hundred thousand miles, and a shocking sight appeared before Tan Yun and the others!