I only reached the Foundation Establishment stage at eighty years old, and then the system appeared.

The five humans and their pet fought their way through countless hardships and dangers, finally arriving before a screen of light. They looked at each other, their spirits dampened by the previous battles, and none of them dared to step into this unknown place.

In the end, Yang Hongbo said, "I'll go in first. If there are no problems, I'll have Tianlang come out and tell you!"

After saying that, he led Tianlang and resolutely stepped into the light screen. Soon, Yang Hongbo poked his head out from inside the screen: "Come in quickly, damn it, this is a huge explosion, a super huge explosion!"

After saying that, he pulled his head back, and the remaining four people hurriedly rushed into the light screen.

When everyone's feet touched solid ground, they found themselves standing on a mountain peak tens of thousands of meters high, with the light screen behind them. Here, they could feel the rich spiritual energy, which stimulated every cell to breathe as hard as possible, absorbing spiritual energy and exhaling impurities.

In an instant, all five people and their pet automatically advanced their cultivation levels. They progressed from the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm to the middle stage, from the middle stage to the late stage, and from the late stage to the peak stage. Yang Hongbo and Tianlang, on the other hand, did not even need to consume the pills required to advance to the Divine Transformation realm; they directly advanced to the Divine Transformation realm.

This space is isolated from the outside world, so there is no tribulation lightning for those at the Nascent Soul stage right now, but perhaps there will be one after we go outside.

After everyone had calmed down after their promotion, they turned their attention to their surroundings. The mountain was dotted with countless magnificent pavilions and towers, and the mist formed from spiritual energy swirled around the mountainside, making it seem like a fairyland.

They walked towards the main hall ahead and entered. The hall was very empty, except for a cultivator sitting cross-legged at the far end, but he was already lifeless.

On the large table in front of this cultivator, five jade boxes floated. Each of the five jade boxes was engraved with text: one contained pills, one contained spiritual herbs and medicines, one contained spiritual treasures, one contained array talismans, and one contained spiritual veins.

Everyone looked at Yang Hongbo and told him to take it first. Just as Yang Hongbo was about to take the jade box engraved with the words "spiritual vein", an old man suddenly appeared in front of him.

He smiled at everyone and said, "Tens of thousands of years have passed. I never thought that it would take tens of thousands of years for someone to find this secret place. Young man, how is the outside world now?"

Yang Hongbo respectfully replied, "Senior, this is the desolate northern region of the Human Emperor Continent. The highest level of cultivators here is only the Nascent Soul stage."

"The place with the most abundant spiritual energy right now is in the middle of the Human Emperor Continent. It is billions of miles away from here. We don't know what the highest realm is there, because we only know that after the Nascent Soul stage comes the Deity Transformation stage, and then the Void Returning stage. We don't know anything beyond that."

"I can tell you, after the Returning to Emptiness realm comes the Void Realm, then the Sky Realm, then the Great Ascension Realm, and finally the Tribulation Transcending Realm. After transcending the tribulation, one can ascend to immortality and live as long as heaven and earth!"

"I am the spirit of this secret realm. The cultivator who passed away before you is my master—the Whale Master."

"My master was a very low-key person during his lifetime. Only some powerful cultivators knew his name. Unfortunately, he failed and died when he tried to break through to the Immortal Realm. Before he died, he set up this cave leading to the secret realm, and set up formations and demonic beasts to guard it."

"These formations all possess the power of the Void Returning Realm, but judging from yourselves, after tens of thousands of years of erosion, their power has been reduced to less than one-hundredth!"

"The cultivation levels of those demonic beast guards are all suppressed to the early Nascent Soul stage, with the stronger ones only approaching the mid-stage. Judging from your condition, dealing with them should be relatively easy!"

"This secret realm spans thousands of miles and was originally inhabited by many people and demonic beasts, but the master drove them all out of the secret realm before his death."

"After tens of thousands of years of development, this place can be described as a fairyland. The five jade boxes in front of you contain the master's main treasures during his lifetime, including pills ranging from the fifth to the seventh rank, as well as spiritual herbs and medicines, spiritual treasures, and array talismans. However, there are only five seventh-rank spiritual veins, ten sixth-rank veins, and one hundred fifth-rank veins."

"If you five divide these things among yourselves, reaching the Void Realm in the future will be a piece of cake."

Upon hearing this, Yang Hongbo and Tianlang knelt down before the Venerable Zuojing: "Thank you for your generosity, Venerable Zuojing. We have no way to repay you, so we wish to kneel before you with the respect due to a teacher!"

After speaking, Yang Hongbo performed the three kowtows and nine bows to the Whale Master, then took out a steaming cup of hot tea from his own space and placed it on the table.

After doing all that, Yang Hongbo said to everyone, "Alright, now it's time for us to open the treasure box! Come on, everyone line up and share the fruit!"

Everyone burst into laughter and immediately surrounded them, opening the five jade boxes one by one.

Apart from Yang Hongbo, the other four people were staring at him with gleam in their eyes. Yang Hongbo had no choice but to cough twice: "Gentlemen, there are so many treasures here. Even if we divide them equally, we'll be full. Forget about me taking the lion's share earlier; we'll just split it equally!"

Immediately, all four of them beamed with joy and immediately began dividing the spoils: one piece for you, one piece for me, and another piece for him.

After the spoils were divided, Yang Hongbo asked them, "Would you all like to explore this secret realm further?"

(New titles for each realm: Transformation into Deity is Celestial Venerable; Return to Emptiness is Divine Venerable; Penetrating Emptiness is Sovereign; Netherworld is Holy Emperor; Mahayana is Emperor; Transcending Tribulation is Emperor Venerable.)

"Master Yang, it will take us at least several thousand years to digest all these treasures, so we shouldn't linger here any longer. Let's all hurry home!"

"Wait a moment, I'll ask this senior!"

"Senior, since you are the spirit of this secret realm, it means that this secret realm can be worn on one's person. Is there any chance for me to become the master of this secret realm?"

"Haha, I've been waiting for you to ask this question! To gain my approval, you need to pass a trial, which requires at least the strength of the Void Returning Realm. Are you confident you can pass it?"

Yang Hongbo checked his system and found that his points had reached an unprecedented 1.4 trillion, with the seventh-tier spiritual vein alone providing 500 billion points.

Once the system points reach 100 billion, the system will unlock the intermediate lottery. One trillion points unlocks the advanced lottery. An intermediate lottery requires 1 billion points, while an advanced lottery requires 10 billion points.

The highest prize in the advanced lottery could be a puppet at the Void Realm, so Yang Hongbo said to the artifact spirit, "Senior, could you wait a moment? I need to think about it!"

"Can!"

So Yang Hongbo sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes, and actually focused his mind on the lottery space.

"System, give me forty high-level lottery draws!"

The VIP prize wheel immediately started spinning rapidly.

When the lottery ended, the prizes were dazzling. There were three Void Realm puppets, 500 billion top-grade spirit stones, two Chaos Treasures, one for killing and one for defense, one eighth-order trapping array, one illusion array, and one killing array, five Sumeru Rings with super-large space, four thousand-year cultivation cards, and then eighteen "Thank you for your patronage" messages.

Yang Hongbo opened his eyes and said to the artifact spirit, "Senior, this junior has decided to participate in the trial."

The spirit laughed heartily and waved its hand, teleporting the other four people, except for Yang Hongbo and Tianlang, out of the secret realm. Yang Hongbo and Tianlang also appeared in a space.

A voice appeared in Yang Hongbo's mind: "Kid, the first trial is a Void Return Realm demon beast. Enjoy it! Hahaha!"