Yuantian Pidao

Chapter 362 The Secret Realm of Possession
The Hundred Fruit Garden, a hidden paradise, is teeming with life and flourishing with fruit. The turmoil of the past has long been smoothed over by time.

At a certain moment, the portal to the secret realm opened, and Jiang Chen's figure quietly appeared inside. With a third-order grand formation sealing it off, no one in the Hundred Fruit Garden could enter or leave except for him.

"According to Senior Yuan Gang, all the major forces in Yu Huan Continent have now lifted the mountain closure, and the previously confined spiritual energy is naturally spreading outward, which has begun to further promote the revival of spiritual energy in Yu Huan Continent."

"If we wait a while longer, when the major powers take action to unseal the previously sealed ley lines, the environment of Yu Huan Continent will undergo a real change. Even if it can't compare to its former peak, it won't be too far off."

As Jiang Chen carefully sensed the changes in the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm, various thoughts flashed through his mind.

The secret realm may seem to be self-contained, but in essence it is just a spatial fold, still a part of the greater world. Now that the environment has changed, the secret realm has naturally been affected as well, and because of its special nature, the changes are even faster than those in the outside world.

In other words, Nan Jing Kingdom is indeed quite remote, with no truly powerful forces around it. Otherwise, with these powerful forces lifting their mountain closures, the changes would be even greater.

"To define the celestial phenomena of a continent, to fix the earth's veins, to prevent spiritual energy from manifesting outwards, and to allow it to recuperate and thrive—such methods are truly enviable."

"Fortunately, I have now joined the Impermanence Sect. Although the road ahead is not smooth, there is still a clear path that I can eventually climb up."

Shaking his head, Jiang Chen stopped thinking about it and walked into the depths of the secret realm.

The Wuchang Sect spearheaded the task of fixing the ley lines of Yu Huan Continent and determining the celestial phenomena, in order to give the disturbed celestial phenomena and the shattered ley lines a chance to recover, so as to prevent Yu Huan Continent from truly declining. Now, five hundred years later, the results are evident.

The only drawback of this method is that it has been a hardship for the cultivators of Yu Huan Continent for the past five hundred years. Born at the wrong time, even those with exceptional talent will find it difficult to achieve great things, as their Dao foundation is already almost the ceiling.

Of course, this only refers to cultivators outside the sect. The lineages of those major powers remain stable, although they are not as good as before, with far fewer new blood and resources, but they are still much better than those outside the sect.

"This place is the core of the great formation. If I want to seize the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm, this place should be my first choice for breakthrough."

"Once we grasp the core of the grand formation and make the third-order grand formation our own, we can bring the entire secret realm under our control."

Returning to the cave where the demonic ape was sealed, Jiang Chen carefully examined it and was quite satisfied.

He would soon be leaving the Southern Kingdom for the Wuchang Sect. He originally planned to take all the spiritual fruits he could carry from the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm and leave the secret realm behind for the Taiping Sect to manage. Although this approach had many drawbacks, it was the only option available, since he was powerless to move the secret realm.

Unless he begs Yuan Gang Daoist to intervene, but even then, the outcome is uncertain, since the Teleportation Secret Realm involves many aspects and is not simply a matter of strength.

However, he has now changed his mind. If he could possess the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm, he might be able to take it away. You should know that the value of a secret realm is never low. Under normal circumstances, at least a Purple Mansion power can monopolize a secret realm.

If it weren't for the unusual circumstances and the absence of the Purple Mansion, the two secret realms within the Southern Realm would have been completely beyond the reach of the major Dao Foundation forces.

"I hope it will work out."

With a sudden thought, Jiang Chen summoned the Heart of the Secret Realm.

Compared to before, the Heart of the Secret Realm now radiates a pure and ethereal light, exuding a vibrant energy, as if it has come alive.

Looking at the Heart of the Secret Realm, Jiang Chen's expression turned serious. He sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and completely focused his consciousness into the Heart of the Secret Realm. At that moment, the Heart of the Secret Realm, which had been empty and devoid of anything, suddenly produced a wisp of energy, which then transformed into a blurry figure.

"Using the secret realm as a body, the feeling is truly subtle, quite different from that of the Mist Dragon."

"Although I have used magic to refine the Mist Dragon into a demonic form, it is still essentially a living being, while the secret realm is completely different."

As the spirit of the secret realm, Jiang Chen deeply felt the special nature of the secret realm. In that instant, he even gained some insight into the power of the void.

"Thunder comes."

Focusing his mind, Jiang Chen reached out and beckoned.

The next instant, a bolt of silver lightning came from the void, transforming into a silver snake that coiled around Jiang Chen's arm. This was the true form of the Mysterious Sound Shocking Thunder.

"Compared to the previous months when it was nurtured in the heart of this secret realm, the Mysterious Sound Soul-Shaking Thunder has grown somewhat stronger."

As he sensed the changes in the Mysterious Sound Shocking Thunder, various thoughts flashed through Jiang Chen's mind.

Initially, he sent the Mysterious Sound Soul-Shaking Thunder into the Heart of the Secret Realm in order to temporarily seal it and prevent it from dissipating. However, when he recovered from his injuries and ended his seclusion, he discovered that the Mysterious Sound Soul-Shaking Thunder had actually formed a subtle connection with the Heart of the Secret Realm and had taken root there.

The changes were so subtle that he couldn't quite understand them. However, for now, this wasn't a bad thing for him; it would actually help him master the Mysterious Sound Shocking Thunder.

"Success or failure depends on this one move."

Having gathered the Xuan Yin Shocking Thunder, Jiang Chen no longer hesitated and immediately began to activate the Mountain and River Body Seizing Secret Record.

With a whoosh, the secret technique was activated, and the power within the Heart of the Secret Realm immediately surged. The most obvious manifestation of this was in the outside world, where the Heart of the Secret Realm shone brightly, like a bright pearl rising slowly, scattering rays of blue light and coloring the entire grotto a sky blue hue.

With a crackling sound, a faint breaking sound rang out, and azure light poured out from the heart of the secret realm like flowing water, starting from the stone cave and beginning to color the entire secret realm.

"To be buried in the earth, to have one's spirit taken away by the gods."

In the void, the spiritual incarnation sat high and noticed the change. Jiang Chen immediately seized the opportunity to integrate the Heart of the Secret Realm into the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm, permeating his consciousness into the Hundred Fruit Garden, just like adding sand to water.

During this process, Jiang Chen's mind seemed to fall into darkness, with no light left, and was being devoured by an invisible maw.

Faced with this predicament, Jiang Chen initially felt pain and then became numb, as if he had lost normal perception. However, no matter how things changed, with the help of his main body and the soul of his main body as an anchor, Jiang Chen's avatar in the secret realm always maintained a sliver of clarity, preventing himself from being completely swallowed by the endless darkness, and always maintaining the operation of the Mountain and River Body-Seizing Secret Technique.

And so, time passed silently. As streaks of blue light poured out from the grotto, occupying half the sky of the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm, some subtle changes began to occur within the Hundred Fruit Garden Secret Realm, indescribable and inexplicable.

(End of this chapter)