You're just a single demon beast? I have a whole army of beast tamers!

After walking for a while, the view suddenly opened up before them.

As the gray fog dissipated, a massive blue stone palace appeared before us.

The palace gates had long since collapsed, revealing the dark interior.

In front of the hall is a gravel plaza, with half of an animal-shaped statue remaining in the center, its original appearance obscured.

Shen Liuli stopped and took out a cyan token from her sleeve.

The token was neither gold nor jade, but resembled a piece of living wood with distinct patterns on its surface.

She bit her fingertip again and placed a drop of pale blue blood on the center of the token.

As the blood droplet fell, the token emitted a "hum," and a hazy blue light spread out, enveloping the entire square.

"This secret realm can only be opened by the essence blood of the Wood Spirit clan."

Shen Liuli's face paled slightly. "The Ten Thousand Demons Sect is hunting me down partly because of the old feud with the Shen family, and partly because of this essence blood."

"When the Shen family was wiped out, I was the only one left with the Wood Spirit bloodline."

Qin Shou didn't speak, but simply raised his hand and cast a spell.

The laws of heaven spread silently, enveloping the entire square and the main hall in a thin, barely perceptible mist.

Even if there are any unusual phenomena when the secret realm opens, the outside world will not be able to sense them.

"Can it cover it up?" Shen Liuli asked.

"It can cover it up for a while."

Qin Shou said, "As long as we don't cause too much of a commotion, it will take the people from the Ten Thousand Demons Sect at least several hours to find us here."

Shen Liuli nodded and pressed the token against the empty space at the palace gate.

The half-collapsed palace door slid open with a rumble, and the originally dark palace was suddenly illuminated by hundreds of beams of emerald light.

The light wasn't dazzling; it was like countless tiny animal eyes opening at the same time.

The two stepped into the hall.

The hall was extremely spacious, with forty-nine stone pillars arranged on both sides, their surfaces carved with strange animal patterns, which were emitting a faint green light at the moment.

At the deepest part, there is a grayish-blue stone door about ten feet tall, with five rings carved on it, each containing a rune representing one of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

"This is the first level."

Shen Liuli asked softly, "Can you wield the power of the five laws?"

Qin Shou did not answer, but slowly walked to the center of the main hall.

He raised his left hand, spread his five fingers, and five rays of light of different colors flowed from his fingertips.

Gold like a knife, green like vines, shimmering water, blazing fire, and heavy earthy yellow.

As soon as the five laws were revealed, the entire hall seemed to tremble slightly.

On the two stone pillars, five pillars suddenly lit up, their bodies writhing with animal patterns and emitting low roars.

With a thought, Qin Shou unleashed five laws that struck the five stone pillars.

Golden light entered the stone pillar carved with a white tiger, green light fell into the azure dragon, water light was cast towards the black tortoise, firelight flew into the vermilion bird, and earthy yellow light fell on a stone pillar in the center carved with qilin.

The five pillars lit up simultaneously, and the five beams of light converged at the top of the hall, transforming into a five-colored ball of light that spun around and crashed straight into the gray stone door.

"boom!"

The five rings on the stone gate lit up in turn, and the gate slowly receded, revealing a deeper passageway.

Almost simultaneously, the remaining animal patterns on the stone pillars on both sides seemed to be provoked, and phantom images emerged one after another, baring their fangs and claws as they pounced on the Qin beast.

Qin Shou neither retreated nor dodged. He clenched his right hand, and the Law of Thunder transformed into hundreds of silver snakes that exploded above his head, scattering the illusory figures in one blow.

"Let's go." He took the lead and rushed towards the stone gate.

Shen Liuli followed closely behind.

Passing through the stone gate, you enter an even more ancient hall.

The hall was empty except for a three-zhang-tall blue stone tablet suspended at the far end.

The stone tablet was densely covered with immortal script, and the three large characters at the top were as if carved by a knife and axe: "Immortal Sect of Ten Thousand Beasts".

"As expected." Shen Liuli looked up at the three words, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes. "This is the ruins of an ancient beast-taming sect."

Qin Shou approached and swept his divine sense across the stone tablet.

This time, however, the immortal script only trembled slightly, and then seemed to be blocked by something, with no more information flowing out.

He frowned and tried to activate the stone tablet using the Five Elements theory, but it remained unmoved.

"What?" Shen Liuli asked.

"This stone tablet is protected by a curse."

Qin Shou took a step back and examined it carefully. "It cannot be read by divine sense alone."

Those immortal characters appear to be engraved on the surface, but in reality, each line is locked by a layer of laws.

If the code is not solved in the correct order, only blank text will be displayed.

"My father tried it."

Shen Liuli recalled, "Back then, he brought two True Immortal Elders into the hall, but they got stuck here. He said that this stone tablet was like a living thing, and if one's cultivation was insufficient, touching it would be useless."

"Cultivation level is not the key."

Qin Shou shook his head. "The key is the types and order of the laws."

If one were to forcibly break it open with superior cultivation, the stone tablet would likely shatter first.

Shen Liuli was taken aback.

She stepped forward and gently touched the stone tablet.

The immortal scripture did indeed light up briefly before quickly dimming, as if testing her bloodline.

"What does it say?" she asked.

"The top line reads, 'Based on the Five Elements, guided by the animal.'"

Qin Shou said, "What's locked up below is the true inheritance. It must be unlocked layer by layer."

He said no more, activated the colorful sphere, and his eyes were covered with a very faint colored light.

The immortal script on the stone tablet became three-dimensional in his eyes, with each stroke extending into countless tiny lines, intertwined like vines.

Qin Shou deduced the solution by following the patterns one by one, and it took him two full hours to find the solution to the first lock.

"The five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—are arranged in a generating cycle."

He gave a low shout and unleashed the Five Elements Laws in sequence.

The stone tablet trembled with a "hum," and the top few lines of immortal script suddenly lit up, transforming into a beam of azure light that entered Qin Beast's sea of ​​consciousness.

That was a general outline of beast taming, only reaching the level of True Immortal.

"It's done?" Shen Liuli was overjoyed.

"Only the first layer has been solved."

Qin Shou's brows remained furrowed. "There are at least five more floors ahead."

The order of the rules is different for each level.

The further you go, the more obscure the rules become.

At this rate, it won't be solved in less than ten days to half a month.

"Then there's no rush."

Shen Liuli said, "It's just us here now; those people outside can't get in for the time being."

Qin Shou nodded, then simply sat down cross-legged, no longer distracted. He possessed the colorful sphere, and with his comprehension enhanced by ten thousand times, he estimated it wouldn't take that long.

He had Shen Liuli hold the child and stand guard at the palace entrance, while he repeatedly activated the colorful sphere, deducing the inscription section by section.

In the first quarter of an hour, he unlocked the second layer and obtained part of the pill formula from a first-grade immortal alchemist.

Fifteen minutes later, the third layer broke open, this time revealing the completion of the "Complete Book of the Immortal Lord of Ten Thousand Beasts," which guides one from the Golden Immortal realm all the way to the Taiyi realm.

An hour later, the fourth layer broke open, and several methods related to the construction of the Immortal Spirit Power Pool fell into the sea of ​​consciousness.

But when they reached the fifth floor, the Qin beast stopped.

This layer involves four laws: lightning, speed, soul, and sword.

He had mastered the laws of thunder and was still able to sustain it.

He has only reached the beginner level in both speed and swordsmanship, and can barely activate them.

He has only just begun to grasp the laws of the soul, and the slightest mistake could backfire.

Qin Shou tried several times, but only managed to unravel half of the puzzle each time.

His face was slightly pale, and he had already depleted 50% of his immortal spiritual power.

"Don't be reckless." Shen Liuli, who had a clear view from the side, said, "This stone tablet isn't going anywhere. You can complete it later when your understanding of the laws is deeper."