This is Swallowed Star, not Resident Evil.

Chapter 283 Lesser Mount Sumeru

After exchanging a few polite words with Qin Zhenzi, Ye Yang began to observe the 'Mysterious Immortal Realm' and the surrounding 'Mysterious Qi Sect's' mountain gates. He saw swirling mist in the deep valley, nine-colored rays of light cascading down from the peaks, clear and melodious tinkling of jade pendants from nearby crystal-clear lilies of the valley, and white deer strolling on auspicious clouds in the distance.

The Xuanqi Sect's mountain gate is indeed extraordinary.

"I observe a blue aura lingering between heaven and earth, which may slowly transform the inhabitants of this place, causing their bodies to gradually change and become more adapted to this environment, but it may also cause difficulties in reproduction—" Ye Yang asked with a smile.

"Indeed, this is the origin of the name 'Xuanxian Realm.' As the king of the fragments of the ancient immortal realm, the Xuanxian Realm left behind a 'Xuantian Heavenly Dao,' which fills the entire Xuanxian Realm with this special power," Qin Zhenzi nodded and said.

The unique environment here truly nurtures geniuses with exceptional potential.

However, correspondingly, they are also more deeply connected with the Heavenly Dao of this world, and it is likely that cultivating the immortal path of the heavens will be more difficult.

Ye Yang thought to himself.

With Qin Zhenzi's guidance throughout the process, he quickly completed the procedures and obtained an identity certificate from the Xuanqi Sect. Even the Heavenly Secrets and Fortune were forged for him, making it impossible for anyone below the Dao Venerable realm to see through them.

"Student Ye Yang, you may now depart for 'Little Mount Sumeru'. To have achieved such accomplishments at such a young age, your future is limitless." The Myriad Star Lord, who resides in the Lost Immortal Realm of the Immortal Alliance and is also one of the three ancestors of the Xuanqi Sect, specially received Ye Yang.

Even members of the ordinary Enlightenment Project would not be received by this Mysterious Star Lord if they came here.

Ye Yang was fortunate to meet this great figure for two reasons. Firstly, his progress was astonishing, which caught the attention of many in the Immortal Alliance's upper echelons.

Secondly, it was because this Lord Miaowu happened to be available.

"Thank you for your blessing, Star Lord. I will take my leave now." Ye Yang bowed respectfully and departed.

Qin Zhenzi, who came to escort Ye Yang, laughed:

"Fellow Daoist Minghong is truly fortunate. It seems that our ancestor has recently mastered some great supernatural power, thus ending his thousand-year seclusion. Otherwise, with all three of our sect's patriarchs in seclusion, it would have required gathering 36 immortals to set up the Heavenly Gang Number Evolution Array to fabricate normal heavenly secrets and fortunes for a rogue cultivator at the Fifth Tribulation stage. You would have had to wait a very long time."

"Haha, I was really lucky." Ye Yang nodded.

To enter the "Little Mount Sumeru" of this world for cultivation, certain conditions must be met.

Among them, the "heavenly secrets" and "fortune" unique to the indigenous people of this world are also indispensable.

As an outsider, Ye Yang could only obtain the so-called "heavenly secrets" and "fortune" by living in this world for hundreds or thousands of years, or by being reborn and starting anew.

But this is also random, and it's hard to control whether it's good or bad.

But how could a world of welfare be so inconvenient? The Xuanqi Sect naturally has the corresponding methods to forge such items, which can be guaranteed to be effective for 10 years and can fully meet the requirements for entering the 'Little Mount Sumeru' for cultivation!

"Fellow Daoist Minghong, speaking of which, not long ago there was another person from the 'Hidden Immortal Realm' named 'Sunflower Sparrow,' who is now on his way to Little Sumeru Mountain. Perhaps you know him?" Qin Zhenzi casually mentioned this when he thought of it.

"Sunflower Sparrow?" Ye Yang thought for a moment.

With his memory, he naturally recalled the list of the top 1000 students of the Enlightenment Project over the past century in an instant.

There is no information about this person named "Kui Que".

"The credits required to enter the Lost Immortal Realm through the Enlightenment Project are quite substantial. It's impossible for someone to have never even made it into the top 1000. Therefore, this is an entry into this instance world outside of the Enlightenment Project."

Ye Yang thought to himself, then shook his head at Qin Zhenzi: "I have never heard of this person. My hometown is full of talented people, so it is not surprising that someone I do not know has come to the Xuanxian Realm."

Qin Zhenzi only mentioned it casually, and since Ye Yang didn't know him, he didn't discuss it further.

After bidding farewell to Qin Zhenzi, Ye Yang descended the mountain and set off for the legendary "Little Mount Sumeru".

Legend has it that in the ancient immortal realm there was once a divine mountain, which was the center of the universe, surrounded by seven seas and four continents, and was called "Sumeru".

It is now also known as "Great Mount Sumeru".

With the shattering of the ancient immortal realm, Mount Sumeru also shattered, losing its position as the center of heaven and earth, and naturally losing many of its divine wonders.

The ancient immortal realm was incredibly beautiful, but extremes beget their opposites. After it shattered, many fragments of the immortal realm transformed into terrifying and ominous dangerous lands, some harboring the remains of some terrifying being, others teeming with countless remnant souls and vengeful ghosts. The same was true of the fragments of Mount Sumeru. Only one fragment of Mount Sumeru in the Xuanxian realm retained some of its past power and did not degenerate into a dangerous and treacherous land. It was a unique and precious cultivation ground.

Therefore, it became a secret realm and blessed land jointly developed and used by all the major forces in the entire Xuanxian Realm!

As the most powerful force in the Xuanxian Realm today, the Xuanqi Sect naturally occupies more than half of the spots, and these spots are allocated in the form of "heavenly secrets" and "fortune".

Therefore, challenges between geniuses are particularly popular in the Xuanxian Realm. Because if a challenge is successful, one can really seize the other's fortune. As long as enough fortune is accumulated, even if one is not from a powerful family, one will have the opportunity to enter the Lesser Sumeru Mountain to cultivate!

Of course, this is just a beautiful fantasy for countless independent cultivators and members of small factions. In reality, these people also know that their role is merely to serve as a whetstone on the path to the rise of geniuses from major factions.

But the few success stories in history have attracted these people to throw themselves into the fire like moths to a flame.

The reason is that cultivators in the Xuanxian Realm all share a consensus: anyone who can enter Mount Sumeru to cultivate, as long as they do not die or perish along the way, is considered to have one foot in the realm of "Immortal Venerable".

Ye Yang is the one who has a spot to enter Little Sumeru Mountain!

"Hmm? How could someone as unknown as you possess such incredible luck?"

As Ye Yang was flying across the Xuanxian Realm, he suddenly heard a voice from the valley below, a voice that was both shocked and joyful.

A young man in plain clothes, standing on a purple-gold gourd and carrying a six-zhang-long stone tablet, flew up quickly.

Despite his youthful appearance, this young man possessed an incredibly profound aura. If anyone else were present, they would surely exclaim, "He's actually a master on the verge of achieving the ninth tribulation?!"

Although the Xuanxian Realm has the name of the Immortal Realm, its status is far higher than that of countless lower realms—those worlds collectively referred to as the Spirit Realm and the Mortal Realm.

However, in the Xuanxian Realm, besides the immortals who have ascended to heaven, there are also a large number of their offspring, as well as the "chickens and dogs" in the saying "When one attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven"!

If an ascended immortal is willing, they can use the "Sleeve Universe Technique" to take away a large number of cultivators or even mortals.

Aside from increasing the risk of failing ascension and falling to other lower realms, there are no other costs.

Therefore, apart from a few immortals, the vast majority of beings in the Xuanxian Realm are still below the level of immortals.

Among them, the largest number of cultivators are those who have reached the early stage of the Tribulation Transcending Realm and have the longest lifespan. The next largest group is the Tribulation Immortals who avoid the Tribulation in various ways. The Tribulation Immortals in the Xuanxian Realm live a much more comfortable life than those in the lower realm.

With the help of the Xuan Tian Qing Ming Qi, there are countless ways to avoid calamity. Some powerful calamity immortals can even delay the heavenly calamity indefinitely, living for hundreds of thousands of years without aging or dying.

The young man who flew out of the valley below was an Eighth Tribulation Loose Immortal!

In theory, one only needs to overcome one more tribulation to reach the peak of the mid-stage immortal realm, and then the bitterness will be over, and one can enjoy a carefree life without any disasters or difficulties.

But it was this final tribulation that trapped countless rogue immortals. Therefore, it would not be surprising to encounter an eighth-tribulation rogue immortal, or even a super old tortoise that has lived for tens of millions of years. In order to avoid the tribulation, they came up with many methods and even lived much longer than ordinary immortals.

"Boy, judging from your aura, you're only around the fifth tribulation. If you know what's good for you, kneel down and admit defeat. Otherwise, you won't be able to handle the methods I'm about to unleash." The young man standing on the purple-gold gourd sneered and blocked Ye Yang's way.

However, Ye Yang merely glanced at him indifferently, showing no sign of panic or alarm.

"What's wrong with this kid?" The young man was taken aback.

In the Xuanxian Realm, the difference in cultivation level is a chasm - because once you reach a certain level, it is very easy to improve your cultivation level. No one will deliberately suppress it. The characteristics of the cultivation system in this world determine that there are no cultivation techniques or supernatural abilities that require a specific level of cultivation to practice.

On the contrary, the higher one's cultivation level, the easier it is to learn various spells and supernatural abilities.

Therefore, when you see a Fifth Tribulation Loose Immortal, they are truly a Fifth Tribulation Loose Immortal; their realm and cultivation level match, and there is no situation where they are pretending to be weak while actually being strong.

After all, even a master would find it annoying if someone suddenly popped up to challenge them from time to time.

"I am at the eighth tribulation level, while this kid is either a fifth tribulation loose immortal or a newly ascended immortal. Apart from his strange aura, he doesn't seem very strong at all—could he possess some powerful treasure?!"

Upon realizing this, the young man was startled and retreated hastily: "You despicable scoundrel, you are truly insidious, I almost fell for your trick."

As he spoke, the young man scrutinized Ye Yang repeatedly, trying to find something unusual about him, perhaps a powerful magical artifact.

However, Ye Yang merely frowned slightly, glanced at him with a strange look, and then turned and left.

The young man was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage: "Damn it! Are you underestimating your Daoist master?"

He stared intently at Ye Yang. The rich aura and fortune emanating from this man were truly enviable. As for whether he was not afraid of him because he had been given a powerful magic weapon by his elders, he would find out by trying.

This is equivalent to a strong man seeing a five-year-old child with a naked bottom running around with gold bars in a deserted place—even if the child seems very brave and not afraid of the strong man at all, behaving very strangely.

But could that burly man hold back?

The young man lightly touched the purple-gold gourd with his toes, and instantly a whirlwind blew out from it, silently turning everything in its path into dust.

"roll!!!"

Ye Yang suddenly turned around, and with a roar, a terrifying soul attack instantly entered the Niwan Palace of the young man in plain clothes.

The young man in plain clothes immediately rolled his eyes back and fell to the ground.

Ye Yang frowned and flashed away, easily avoiding the invisible whirlwind.

"Qin Zhenzi had warned me before that I would encounter some trouble on the way—but I didn't expect that the trouble would be so endless."

This is the third time Ye Yang has dealt with the guy who provoked him.

To save time, he flew at high speed with a swagger. He used his spacetime perception ability to probe large areas in advance to see if there were any powerful beings who could threaten him. Anyone who could threaten Ye Yang now would have to be at least a late-stage Immortal in this world.

The highest cultivation level I've encountered before was only an Eighth Tribulation Loose Immortal.

Ye Yang didn't care at all, but he didn't expect that these people would take the initiative to cause him trouble.

"Looks like I really was too flashy. I'd better stick to walking on the ground, even if it's slower—"

Left with no other choice, Ye Yang landed and continued on his journey.

This immediately slowed down our travel speed, but fortunately, we were already two-thirds of the way there.

The closer one gets to Mount Sumeru, the more powerful figures lurk everywhere, making it less safe. This is one of the reasons why Ye Yang chose to travel on foot at this time.

One month later.

"Master! It was that brat! He ambushed me when I wasn't paying attention, causing me to lose my second primordial spirit!" The white-haired youth pointed at the graceful figure in the distance and said hatefully.

"Oh?" The big-nosed old Taoist priest, whom the white-haired youth called "Master," squinted at the figure.

The old Taoist priest rubbed his big, red nose: "To be able to destroy your second primordial spirit, even if it was a sneak attack or relied on the power of a magic weapon, one's cultivation level shouldn't be so low."

As he spoke, he glanced at the white-haired youth.

This made the white-haired youth lower his head somewhat embarrassed, but he stubbornly said, "In short, this kid is strange. Master, you'll know once you try him out."

"Hmph." The old Taoist snorted coldly, "What a useless thing. You need this old man to go and demand justice for you? If you had any shame, you wouldn't have embarrassed me like this."

The white-haired youth's face flushed red.

Despite saying that, the old Taoist priest still took a big step forward, forced a smile on his face, and quickly approached the graceful figure.

The other party is most likely a prodigy from some powerful force. Although they seem unfamiliar and have no reputation, one should still greet them with a smile on the surface.

"They really are coming for me." In the distance, Ye Yang noticed one of the two approaching him rapidly and frowned.

He immediately used his movement technique to get away.

"Hmm? You've spotted me?" The old Taoist was quite surprised. To discover his whereabouts from thousands of miles away, this kid really has something.

But he is an existence who has reached the pinnacle of the immortal realm. How could such a novice kid possibly get rid of him?

The old Taoist priest uttered a low shout: "Shrinking Earth, Chasing Light!"

Suddenly, a mysterious power was activated, and after the old Taoist priest used this supernatural power, he covered an extremely long distance with each step, and it looked like he was about to catch up with the figure.

"I am somewhat well-known in the Xuanxian Realm. The geniuses of the major powers know it is me, so they certainly won't be afraid of me harming their lives."

"This kid left in such a hurry, he doesn't seem to know me at all. Could he be some lucky guy who suddenly appeared out of nowhere? Not from a powerful family, yet he's managed to seize a lot of opportunities—"

In the blink of an eye, the old Taoist priest had already begun to contemplate the passage of time.

Out of habit, he decided to stop the kid and ask him what was going on.

To avoid provoking some reclusive old monster who might create a formidable enemy out of thin air—

"Kid!"

The old Taoist priest, possessing the advantage of Taoist magic, took a step forward and blocked Ye Yang's path.

"Why are you running so fast? Do you even know who this old man is?"

The old Taoist priest scrutinized Ye Yang with a critical eye.