I gain ten years' worth of cultivation every day, and even geniuses will only see my doorstep!

With each word he spoke, the expression on the person's face changed!

Liao Chen's palm strike paused slightly, the fairy's flute playing went off-key, the ghostly figure of the Yin Bone Elder became disoriented, and Xiang Tian's pupils shrank sharply as he looked at the dark red halberd with suspicion.

What Qin Yuan said was almost identical to the secrets they knew or sensed! How did he know? Did he have prior intelligence, or was his divine sense so acute?

Taking advantage of the moment when they were shaken, Qin Yuan's figure blurred, and he actually squeezed out through a tiny gap covered by Fairy Miaoyin's sound waves, instantly rushing out of the main hall!

"Chase!" Xiang Tian roared, taking the lead in the pursuit. Liao Chen and the others immediately followed.

However, after leaving the main hall, Qin Yuan did not flee towards the core area. Instead, he rushed towards a dilapidated side hall shrouded in a faint gray mist not far away. The side hall looked like it was about to collapse, but there was a layer of flickering light membrane at the entrance.

"He wants to enter the 'Remnant Palace of Time'!" the old man with the skeletal frame exclaimed in shock. "The flow of time there is abnormal, and there are chaotic laws remnants from ancient times—it's fraught with danger!"

"We can't let him in!" Fairy Miaoyin exclaimed urgently. If Qin Yuan were to sneak in and use the time difference to digest the treasure, the consequences would be unimaginable.

But Qin Yuan was incredibly fast, reaching the entrance of the side hall in the blink of an eye, and crashed headfirst into the light membrane. The light membrane fluctuated violently, seemingly trying to bounce him away, but a flash of dark golden light appeared on Qin Yuan's body, and the spiritual power of the "Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique" erupted, forcibly squeezing through it, his figure disappearing into the gray mist.

Xiang Tian and the others chased to the front of the hall, but were blocked by the light membrane. Xiang Tian thrust his spear into the light membrane, which rippled violently but did not break. Instead, it rebounded with a chaotic force, causing his blood and qi to churn.

"Damn it!" Xiang Tian's face turned ashen.

Liao Chen carefully observed the light membrane and said in a deep voice, "The entrance barrier of this Time Remnant Palace is quite strong and contains chaotic spacetime power. Forcibly attacking it may cause unpredictable changes."

Judging from its fluctuations... it can maintain a stable period of about three days, after which it will either dissipate on its own or become more dangerous.

"Three days?" Fairy Miaoyin frowned. "So, he can only hide inside for a maximum of three days?"

The old man with the skeletal bones had his green eyes gleaming: "Three days... is enough for him to do a lot. Especially since he took the 'Chaotic Primordial Energy' and the 'Tribulation Lightning Immortal Fruit' from the center. If he digests them..."

Xiang Tian gritted his teeth: "Then we'll wait! Three days later, once this barrier disappears, the four of us will guard this place. As soon as he emerges, we'll act immediately! We'll extract his soul, refine his spirit, and reclaim the treasure!"

Liao Chen clasped his hands together and sighed softly, "This is the only way. Fellow Daoist Xiang, this matter arose because of your obstruction. I hope you will not act impulsively and cause further trouble."

Xiang Tian snorted, offering no rebuttal, but the killing intent in his eyes intensified.

The four reached a consensus and each found a spot around the side hall. While remaining vigilant, they also focused their attention on trying to obtain the other lesser treasures in the hall that Qin Yuan had not yet taken.

They all felt as if a stone was lodged in their hearts, especially when they thought about how Qin Yuan had exposed their hidden goals, which made them feel even more frustrated, and resentment towards Xiang Tian quietly began to grow.

Inside the side hall, gray mist swirled, the light was dim, and the space seemed somewhat distorted.

As Qin Yuan stepped inside, he immediately felt a strange power enveloping his entire body, as if the passage of time became sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and occasionally some blurry, broken light and shadow that did not belong to this era flashed around him.

The dilapidated pillars, collapsed incense burner, and dusty prayer cushions reveal the former purpose of this place.

He quickly searched the hall, confirming there were no other living creatures or dangerous restrictions, before finally letting out a slight sigh of relief. He found a relatively intact corner and set up several layers of simple warning and defensive barriers.

"Three days..." Qin Yuan sat down cross-legged, his eyes gleaming. He didn't intend to sit idly waiting. In this place where time flowed abnormally fast, three days might be enough to buy him more time.

He first immersed his consciousness into the system. The recent looting, especially the four treasures within the central light shield, had caused his energy points to surge!

[Energy Points +120000 (Chaotic Primal Energy)]

[Energy Points +95000 (Taiyi Refined Gold)]

[Energy Points +88000 (Seven Apertures Divine Herb)]

[Energy Points +110000 (Thunderbolt Immortal Fruit)]

[Other miscellaneous rare and precious materials converted to a cumulative total of +67000]

This single trip to the core area brought him nearly 500,000 energy points! Combined with his previous accumulation, the total number of system energy points has now surpassed 600,000!

"That's enough," Qin Yuan thought with certainty. Such a massive amount of energy was sufficient to support his next plan.

He took out a precious fruit he had picked up along the way. This fruit had a great effect on consolidating and improving his current peak fifth-stage Nascent Soul realm, especially after experiencing the demonic tribulation. It could even attract a trace of real tribulation lightning power to further temper his Nascent Soul and physical body.

He then looked at the "Primordial Chaos Energy". This was the primordial energy that remained from the beginning of the world. It was of paramount benefit to cultivation at any stage, able to solidify the foundation, enhance potential, and even assist techniques like the "Nine Deaths Nascent Soul Technique" that required extreme energy tempering to achieve deeper breakthroughs.

"First, absorb the precious fruit to consolidate our current realm and temper our bodies with lightning. Then, use the chaotic primordial energy as a guide to break through to the sixth stage of the Nine Deaths Nascent Soul Technique! And then, in one fell swoop, break through to the ninth stage directly!" Qin Yuan quickly decided on the plan.

Without further hesitation, he consumed the Tribulation Lightning Immortal Fruit.

The precious fruit melted instantly upon entering the mouth, transforming into a violent yet pure purple thunderous liquid that surged into every part of the body!

In an instant, fine purple electric snakes appeared on Qin Yuan's body, crackling and popping, and his whole body seemed to transform into a ball of lightning!

The terrifying power of the tribulation lightning raged within his body, frantically tempering every inch of his flesh, meridians, and bones, finally converging in his dantian and striking the dark golden fifth-stage nascent soul!

The nascent soul trembled violently, and the dark red demonic patterns and silver starlight on its surface shone brightly, actively absorbing the power of the tribulation lightning. Its color became even deeper and more restrained, and faint purple lightning patterns began to form...

Meanwhile, outside the side hall, Liao Chen, Miao Yin, Yin Gu, and Xiang Tian each guarded their own side, their expressions grim.

The faint rumble of thunder emanating from within the hall, along with the increasingly profound and terrifying aura, made them realize that Qin Yuan was undergoing an astonishing transformation during these three days.

"We can't let him break through smoothly!" Xiang Tian gripped his spear tightly, his eyes dark.

Liao Chen gazed at the increasingly strong fluctuations in the side hall's barrier, chanted a Buddhist prayer, and a hint of solemnity appeared in his eyes.

Three days is neither a long nor a short time.

For Qin Yuan, who was racing against time inside the side hall, for the four geniuses who were anxiously waiting outside the hall, and for the city lords of various cities who were still fighting and vying for power in other parts of the secret realm, these three days would be of paramount importance.

During these three days, in addition to the terrifying aura that kept accumulating in the dilapidated side hall, there seemed to be another, extremely subtle, pulse that seemed to originate from the depths of the secret realm itself in this core area.