Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 322: The Demonic Ape’s Remaining Thoughts
Deep within the Wind Valley, spiritual light rose, and a portal faintly appeared.

The next instant, four figures materialized above the Wind Valley: Chen Yongling, Qu Shize, Qiao Lian, and Jiang Chen.

"The portal to the secret realm has appeared; let's all join forces."

With a single step, Qiao Lian took the lead, activating the Qingfeng Tower, which unleashed streaks of azure light to suppress the raging winds within the Wind Valley, creating a path leading to the depths of the valley, and releasing a key.

The Qiao family focuses on cultivating good morals, which gives them a certain advantage in this regard.

Seeing this, Chen Yongling and Qu Shize exchanged a glance and then took action, each summoning a magical artifact to forcefully suppress the fierce wind, opening a passage through the depths of the Wind Valley, and activating the key to unlock the restrictions left deep within the Wind Valley.

After doing all this, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

It was at this moment that a dragon roared, and Jiang Chen transformed into a dragon, extending his claws and tearing through the wind wall in front of him, ignoring the raging wind, thus opening up a new passage.

Upon seeing this, the eyes of Chen Yongling and the other two shifted. They all needed to rely on spiritual artifacts to open a passage, but Jiang Chen did it with just his physical strength, which was truly remarkable.

"This physical body is truly powerful. Judging from its current strength, it may have actually forged a mid-grade Dao foundation."

As Chen Yongling's gaze swept over Jiang Chen, a feeling stirred within her.

The foundation of the Dao is difficult to establish, even for the lower grade, let alone the middle grade. In the Southern Jing Kingdom, the major families combined still have some Dao foundations, but these Dao foundations, including her own, are only of the lower grade. The truly middle grade Dao foundations are pitifully few.

In their royal family, there is only one person still alive who is at the mid-level Dao Foundation stage, and that is her elder brother, the emperor of the Southern Jing Dynasty.

"This dragon has indeed become quite powerful."

A thought crossed Chen Yongling's mind, and he withdrew his gaze.

As Jiang Chen dropped the key to the Qingmu family, the four layers of restrictions were completely opened, and the secret portal of the Hundred Fruit Garden truly manifested within the Wind Valley.

"The gates are open, but we don't know how much we'll gain this time."

They exchanged a glance, and the four Foundation Establishment cultivators simultaneously withdrew their attacks.

At the same time, after receiving the order, the Qi Refining cultivators, who were already prepared, all displayed their skills and rushed into the Wind Valley along the path opened up by the four Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"The Chen family, the Qu family, and the Qiao family are all established Dao Foundation forces in the Southern Jing Kingdom. Their foundations are truly remarkable. The people they sent are basically all at the Qi Refining Perfection stage. In this respect, my Taiping Sect is somewhat lacking."

As the dragon's body vanished and his consciousness returned to himself, Jiang Chen watched the figures of the Qi Refining cultivators from the three major forces, and various thoughts flashed through his mind.

In the former Southern Jing Kingdom, although there were four great Dao foundations in the family, the Qingmu family was ultimately a mountain Yue people and was naturally marginalized. Not only did they suffer heavy losses in the founding war, but they have also been subjected to invisible suppression by the dynasty in recent years.

Although the lineage is ancient, each generation has been weaker than the last. As a result, in this generation, only Qingmu Lei, a Dao Foundation cultivator, is in charge of the Qingmu family. The other three families may not have a long lineage, but they are quite remarkable and have become much stronger over the years.

Even in unfavorable circumstances, they can maintain the stability of their Dao foundation inheritance, with several Dao foundations existing in the world at the same time.

"lets go."

With a command, Jiang Chen, accompanied by Fu Ling Sanren and Shu Tianjiao, headed towards Feng Valley.

Having replaced the Aoki family and possessing the key, the Taiping Sect also has three slots to enter the secret realm.

Upon arriving at the entrance to the secret realm, Jiang Chen's gaze flickered as he sensed the aura emanating from within. "I wonder if I'll be ostracized."

With his mind in turmoil, Jiang Chen tentatively stepped into the portal of the secret realm. Although he had not yet condensed his Dao foundation, his soul had reached the second level, and he was unsure whether he would be excluded by the secret realm.

The next instant, a burst of silver light erupted, and Jiang Chen's figure was swallowed up.

Time passed, and after an unknown amount of time, Jiang Chen's figure appeared in the secret realm.

"Is this the secret realm? It seems to be a separate space, but it's not quite."

Jiang Chen dispersed his divine sense to sense the essence of the secret realm, but what he could see was still limited. Fortunately, he did not force it.

"The spiritual energy in this secret realm is indeed much richer than that in the outside world. I hope to have a good harvest."

With a sudden thought and a brief sensing, Jiang Chen chose a direction and entered the secret realm.

Just as the cultivators from the four major powers of the Southern Kingdom entered the secret realm, a dormant consciousness awakened in the deepest part of the realm.

"The secret realm is shaking; someone has opened it."

As the thought crossed his mind, a chilling aura rose, resembling a cloud of black mist. At that moment, crimson pupils emerged from the black mist, illuminating the darkness. Here was a huge grotto, barren of all vegetation. A massive demonic ape lay on the ground, a stone sword piercing its chest and pinning it to the earth.

"The secret realm has indeed opened? I should go out now, but before that, I need to find a suitable body. After so many years, my demonic ape body has long since decayed and is no longer usable."

"Damn Shi Daoren, he's a madman. He's willing to risk his life to take me down with him. If it weren't for my chance to awaken part of the Heart Monkey bloodline, I would have really died this time."

As consciousness returned, the demonic ape was filled with resentment as it recalled the shock and doubt of the past. However, since the enemy was already dead, it could not take revenge even if it wanted to.

"Never mind, let's find a suitable body to parasitize first."

Calming his mind, the demonic ape activated a secret technique, releasing his senses.

Although it did not control this secret realm, it had not been idle over the years. It had secretly eroded some of the realm's authority and cultivated many blood descendants with its own demon blood. Otherwise, it would not have been able to complete the revival of consciousness.

With a buzz, the ape's senses expanded, and it attempted to perceive the various conditions within the secret realm.

At a certain moment, as if sensing something, the demonic ape's consciousness trembled slightly.

"It seems to be a decent body, but the senses are too vague for me to be sure."

Turning his gaze to the outside world, the demonic ape's mind raced with various thoughts.

Although it was once quite powerful, now all that remains is a consciousness, and it's a stretch to call it a remnant soul. It can only do so much.

"Well, as long as it's in the secret realm, I can find it eventually with some time. If it really is a top-quality body, it will save me a lot of trouble."

With a sudden thought, the demonic ape activated its bloodline secret technique without further consideration.

At this moment, the many spirit monkeys that were originally scattered throughout the secret realm underwent subtle changes. As their blood boiled, they seemed to have heard a divine decree and were determined to capture all the humans who entered the secret realm.

(End of this chapter)