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    Once the n was decided, it was executed with thunderous momentum.


    Following Nan Ningjiang''s order, everyone got to work.


    The reconnaissance targeting that secretive valley abruptly intensified, and the blockade was pushed forward. At the same time, the mountain region waspletely locked down, ensuring that Tang Jie wouldn''t run out from behind them while they were in the mountains and escape.


    In the middle of all this action, an elite unit gradually took form.


    The leader was none other than King Canis He Changan.


    For such an important matter, there was no reason for him to not take the lead.


    This was also Tang Jie''s first time seeing He Changan.


    He was arge man with slightly sunken eyes. He didn''t have any sort of intimidating aura, appearing more like a well-behaved farmer. If not for Master Xuan Zhong standing next to him and trying his best to not breathe too loudly, Tang Jie might not have even been sure that this was King Canis.


    In terms of cultivation level, Master Xuan Zhong and He Changan were no different, both at the peak of Soul Transformation. But in terms of strength, He Changan could defeat countless Master Xuan Zhongs. A Chief was an expression of strength, representing the apex of a realm. The gap could be likened to Wang Juemie when he had yet to enter the Celestial Heart Realm and Tang Jie as a Mortal Shedding Realm cultivator.


    Master Xuan Zhong and Nan Ningjiang nked He Changan.


    On Master Xuan Zhong''s side were the three Heart Demon True Persons—Elders Gold and Silver and Li Song—as well as Huang Yue, Ming Yezhen, Xu Mingyue, True Person Liang, and Ling Tianqi. On Nan Ningjiang''s side were Third Hawk Zhou Fanghua, the Seventh Hawk, the Ninth Hawk, the Tenth Hawk, two generals of the Bloodbath Hall, and fifty Bloodbath Hall elites.


    There was also another party consisting of the Beast Refining Gate''s Ao Chihu and "Qian Yingchen". They were mobilizing almost their entire force.


    At this time, Nan Ningjiang was speaking with Xi Canhen. "Little Twelve, this expedition is very important. If we seed, we might be able to find a treasure for the Beast Refining Gate that can make up for the loss of the Beast Garden. But we have to be on guard against Tang Jie. You and Eleventh Brother will stay here, and there will also be Fang An and several other True Persons. You will also have two hundred Bloodbath disciples, five hundred servant warriors, and eight hundred Goldtes at yourmand. I don''t need you to capture Tang Jie, only ensure that he doesn''t escape the mountains while we''re gone!"


    Xi Canhen emerged from the void, revealing his young face.


    He gave Nan Ningjiang a toothy smile. "Rx, Big Brother. Tang Jie won''t be escaping the mountains."


    Nan Ningjiang saw that Xi Canhen was serious and nodded.


    The strike Xi Canhen had made during the world shift truly had removed many of Nan Ningjiang''s suspicions.


    But for some reason, he still had many misgivings about Xi Canhen.


    Whenever he saw Xi Canhen, he would feel ufortable. It was like how one couldn''t ept having an assassin standing behind oneself, because it meant that one''s safety was threatened.


    Thus, he chose to keep Xi Canhen outside. At this critical moment, he didn''t want any idents.


    "Good," Nan Ningjiang said, patting him on the shoulder.


    At this moment, shouting came from the distance. "Hey, hey! Where are you all going? Why aren''t you bringing me?"


    Everyone turned to the voice and saw Jin Yutang rushing over, followed by his old steward, sixteen guards, and arge group of his n''s warriors.


    Upon seeing Jin Yutang appear, Ao Chihu''s square face darkened, and he sternly said, "How did he find out?"


    The exploration of the secret ground was an important matter, so when Ao Chihu learned about it, he immediately ordered that Jin Yutang not be informed. He didn''t want an idiot like Jin Yutang to participate in such an important mission.


    But to his surprise, Jin Yutang had still managed to find out.


    Ao Chihu looked around, but everyone shook their heads.


    On the side, Tang Jie inwardly smiled.


    Jin Yutang had overe over, grumbling as he did, "A mighty fine job you''ve done, Ao Chihu, going on a treasure hunt without calling me! Are you trying to take all the merit for yourself?"


    Ao Chihu was so angry that he wanted to throw up blood, but he could only smile and say, "Young Master Jin, what ever do you mean? We have yet to confirm that there is any treasure in the secret ground, so we''re going first to do some scouting. If there''s nothing there, wouldn''t you have gone for no reason?"


    "Don''t try that on me!" Jin Yutang shouted. "If you weren''t sure, would you be bringing so many people? I don''t care! I''ming along."


    Ao Chihu knew that once this guy got interested, not even nine dragons could pull him away. He could only bitterly smile and say, "But I''m not the one who decides these matters."


    He nced at the nearby He Changan.


    He hoped that He Changan would refuse.


    But to his surprise, He Changan nced at the old steward for a while before saying, "Having more allies is a good thing."


    Oh no!


    Ao Chihu despaired.


    In the end, He Changan had been in high positions for too long. He thought that he could control Jin Yutang and prevent him from causing trouble, so what he cared about were the capable experts around Jin Yutang.


    But Ao Chihu knew what sort of damage an idiot could really do once they got started.


    The most frightening thing wasn''t his martial strength, but his sudden strange ideas and his terrifying habit of acting without thinking.


    But he couldn''t say this to He Changan, only reluctantly nod as he prayed to the heavens that Jin Yutang wouldn''t cause any trouble.


    As for splitting the merit with Jin Yutang, he didn''t care at all. You could boast all you wanted, but nobody in the Beast Refining Gate would believe that this guy could do anything proper.


    If he didn''t weigh them down, that would be his greatest achievement!


    Looking at Ao Chihu''s despairing expression, Tang Jie said, "Why don''t… I protect Young Master Jin?"


    "Then I will leave it to you, Young Master Qian!" Ao Chihu gave Tang Jie a grateful look.


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    A secluded valley.


    It had actually only existed in this world for half a year, havinge into being with thest world shift.


    It was nked by heaven-soaring mountains on both sides, with steep and perilous cliffs, but the valley itself was lush with grass, and the scenery seemed pretty good.


    A white fox sauntered out of the valley, its cunning eyes roving around. Suddenly, it rushed out, streams of wind wreathing its paws as it flew over the grass and disappeared.


    It didn''t realize that a group of people nearby had been watching it.


    "That white fox had a red string tied around its foot. It was our people who tied it there. Three days ago, it was only an ordinary fox, but now, it''s middle-grade Spirit Sensing," Nan Ningjiang said.


    Looking away from the white fox, He Changan examined the valley, his in face expressionless. "If that''s the case, what are we waiting for? Into the valley!"


    The party marched into the valley, with the Beast Morphers of the Beast Refining Gate leading the way.


    The valley was veryrge.


    As they ventured deeper, the valley broadened.


    In front of them was a sea of flowers, numerous wild flowers of unknown varieties blooming and spreading their aromas into the air. This sea of flowers extended off into the horizon, leading into the depths of the valley.


    In order to make the advance easier, everyone hovered in the air, slowly flying over the sea of flowers. They didn''t dare to fly too high, but there was no problem with this sort of low-altitude flight.


    As they were flying, a dark figure erupted out of the sea flowers and struck a Beast Morpher. The Beast Morpher instantly howled in pain.


    "What happened?" Jin Yutang had been admiring the flowers, so he hadn''t seen what had happened.


    "It''s nothing, just a snake," Tang Jie replied.


    They were stationed in the Beast Refining Gate''s rear, so he had been able to clearly see that the attacker was a Flower Snake. It only took one bite before that Beast Morpher tore it off.


    But a momentter, the Beast Morpher''s leg began to swell monstrously.


    The warrior immediately cried out for help.


    Ao Chihu''s eyes shed as he rushed over and took out a pill that he stuffed into the warrior''s mouth.


    He wasn''t worried about the warrior''s life. He just wanted to see how formidable the snake venom was.


    He saw the leg continuing to swell, and as the poison attacked, even the warrior''s face began to swell, his veins bulging out as if there was something wriggling underneath.


    "Master Ao, save me!" the warrior screamed.


    But Ao Chihu ignored him, taking several steps back in the air as if it was solid ground.


    "Aaagh!" The warrior screamed, and then threw his head back and vomited poisoned blood before falling into the sea of flowers.


    A momentter, arge number of red ants swarmed the warrior, instantly devouring him.


    They cared nothing for the poison, and amid creepy gnawing sounds, they quickly cleaned up the body, leaving behind only the skeleton. A few momentster, the skeleton began to cken, such was the ferocity of the poison.


    Ao Chihu gasped and turned to shout, "Be careful! There''s something weird about this ce!"


    "''Weird''?" Tang Jie and He Changan nodded in unison and said the same words: "''Weird'' is to be expected!"


    All the ces in the world with treasures didn''t operate onmon sense.


    Strange encounters like this meant that there was something special about this ce.


    He Changan raised his head and said, "Continue and don''t dawdle."


    The pace elerated.


    The valley was shockingly big, and they just kept flying and flying with no end.


    The farther in they went, the more numerous the dangers were.


    It was venomous snakes at first, and thenrge numbers of venomous insects.


    These unknown insects were the size of a fist, possessing sharp mandibles and glowing with a blue light.


    One of the Beast Morphers was stung by an insect and quickly dissolved into ooze. Not even Ao Chihu''s best antidote was able to save him.


    This had everyone shivering in fear, and they all applied barriers as they flew.


    The aroma of flowers thickened, and everyone gradually began to realize that they were gradually losing their sense of direction in this sea of flowers.


    "Godking…" Nan Ningjiang called out.


    "I know." He Changan looked up at the sky. "There should be a formation here that can disorder time and space."


    "''A formation that can disorder time and space''?" Nan Ningjiang was shocked. "How could it be a formation?"


    He could understand the Great Mountain having intelligence and a will, but how could the Great Mountainy down a formation?


    Could this have nothing to do with the Great Mountain and have been done by somebody else?


    Could it have been Tang Jie?


    As Nan Ningjiang reeled in shock, He Changan said, "A formation that has existed for a very long time, carrying an ancient and timeworn aura."


    What?


    Nan Ningjiang was stunned.


    He Changan hadpletely rejected the idea that this was part of Tang Jie''s plot.


    He Changan added, "There''s no need to worry. It''s existed for too long, and its foundations are in ruin. It only has a few powers left, one of which is to disorder space. So long as we walk in one direction, we will break out of this formation. Have I said anything incorrect? Master Ling, Lady Xu?"


    Formation Master Ling Tianqi chuckled and said, "As expected of Godking He, possessing such a deep understanding of formations. Correct—this ce should be home to some ancient great formation, but it has existed for so long that it has been rendered mostly ineffective."


    "Could there be some hidden realm within the Great Mountain?" Everyone grew excited at these words.


    The Rosecloud Domain was an extremely developed world, and whether it was the ruins of Remote Antiquity, High Antiquity, or Near Antiquity, they had all been dug out by greedy people until nothing was left. This forced everyone to mark out their own areas and create blessednds and paradises, and it was why Godhead Pce was so desperate to find the Martial Lord''s hidden realm.


    Everyone was rather taken aback by the news that there might be a hidden realm here.


    "How could that be?" Nan Ningjiang said. "Hasn''t the pce investigated this ce before? But they didn''t find anything."


    "Rather than an expedition, that was an imprisonment, so what exactly could they have found?" He Changan replied. "As for this time, it was probably because of the world shift."


    ''The world shift''?


    This term made everyone shiver.


    That sudden transformation of the mountains half a year ago had caused Godhead Pce topletely lose its chance to capture Tang Jie, and it also made them realize the power of the world and the terror of the Great Mountain. It was so bad that it was a very long time until they were willing to think back to that battle again.


    But today, He Changan had brought it up again as an answer to their question.


    "Could it be that… the hidden realm was underground, but the world shift brought it up?" Ming Yezhen murmured.


    "Maybe the Great Mountain''s shift was also rted to this?" another person wondered.


    "This is really interesting. Weren''t we looking for Tang Jie for the sake of getting a hidden realm? But it turned out there was one right under our eyes," Xu Mingyue coldly chuckled.


    Everyone fell silent.


    Yes, who could have imagined that there was this kind of secret hidden in the Spirit Mountains?


    But when they thought about how all those Godhead Pce Titans and countless True Persons had been unable to expose this secret that had now revealed itself to them, everyone got excited.


    This was an unparalleled opportunity!


    "What are we waiting for? Charge!" someone roared.


    The attacks from the sea of flowers couldn''t hold back human greed, and everyone flew forward.


    Just as He Changan had said, this ancient formation was on the verge of dissolution, so all it could do was disorient them and blur their sense of time.


    And while the poison of these venomous insects was vicious, their attacks were mediocre.


    Their barriers neutralized the vast majority of them, and only a few Beast Morphers who didn''t know how to cast barriers were ambushed and in.


    In truth, if other cultivators had been willing to protect them, many of the Beast Morphers could have survived. But Beast Morphers were cannon fodder meant to open the way, so nobody was going to risk themselves for them.


    Life had now be worthless, as before them was endless desire and riches.


    Finally, after flying for some time, they emerged from the formation.


    The sea of flowers disappeared, and what stood before them was an immense pce.


    Yes, a pce!


    A massive pceplex half-buried in the earth!


    The years had covered the underground pce in dust, but there was no hiding its ancient vastness.


    The copsed gates, shattered pirs, and gaping walls all exuded age.


    Intricate and beautiful carvings covered every inch of the pce, and the shattered pirs gleamed gold.


    "Startrace Stone, Violet Radiance Gold, Azureswell Jade… Good heavens!" Some of the more well-traveled people cried out in surprise. "These are all rare materials!"


    This entire underground pceplex was made of rare materials, some of which they had seen and some of which werepletely new to them.


    Someone forgot everything in their excitement and rushed to pry a piece of Startrace Stone from the pce wall.


    He Changan''s eyes shone with a divine light, but he said nothing.


    But Nan Ningjiang realized that something was wrong and shouted, "Watch out!"


    A momentter, that person exploded into countless chunks of meat.


    He Changan snorted, "Seeking death."


    There was already a great formation around the pce, so how could the pce itself have no defensive measures? And the deeper areas would only be more important. Since the perimeter formation had yet topletely fail, the inner formations could only be in better condition.


    That person had tried to dismantle a wall without even testing it… Wasn''t this an attack? It would be strange if it were not met with a counterattack.


    What could this be if not seeking death?


    Not even ncing at the remains, He Changan looked to a certain part of the pce.


    There was a small building there. It had been built into a cliff, leaving only its front door exposed.


    There was a ck jade dragon head hung on the door, and white liquid was gushing from it, falling down into a small pool below. This pool had no outflow, but no matter how much liquid fell, the pool never seemed to fill.


    A roon was drinking from the pool.


    Its body soon began to shine.


    It wasn''t particrly bright, but it caused a stir among the cultivators.


    "It''s be a fiend!"


    The little roon had be a fiend.


    "That dragon head… it''s that dragon head." A Beast Refining Gate disciple excitedly pointed at the ck jade dragon head and said, "The water gushing from it can turn wild beasts into fiends." He rushed over to try and take it.


    "Halt!" Ao Chihu called out. "Did you forget how that other person died just now?"


    The excited Beast Refining Gate disciple came to his senses, but he still greedily stared at the dragon head.


    "It''s not the dragon head," Tang Jie abruptly said.


    Everyone looked at him.


    "Brother Qian, what do you mean?" Ao Chihu asked.


    Tang Jie ignored him, continuing to examine the pce.


    After a while, he said, "Pissing requires using the private parts, but are they the only thing involved?"


    It was a crude analogy, but the reasoning was simple enough for everyone to understand.


    It was clear that this liquid was not the dragon head''s power, but the power of the entire pce.


    "Then what is it?" someone asked.


    "A loop," Ling Tianqi replied.


    This old man who had spent many years researching formations had a glow in his eyes. "A loop, nourishment, energy, a well-spring… It''s like the blood in the body. As it flows, it provides the formation energy, sustaining the formation''s operation and the existence of this pce!"


    "You''re saying… this liquid that can turn wild beasts into fiends is only the material used to maintain the formation?" someone said in disbelief.


    "Correct!" Ling Tianqi bellowed. "Forget about this dogshit liquid, and maybe even this entire pce. Do you still not understand? The true treasure is inside the pce. It''s a divine treasure, or maybe even a Dao armament!"


    Everyone was stunned.


    Nan Ningjiang muttered, "Just what is this ce?"


    What sort of ce could deserve such extravagance?


    Even Immortal Realms weren''t this impressive.


    He Changan stared at that immense underground pce for a long time before finally squeezing out, "The Court of Myriad Domains… This is a fragment of the Court of Myriad Domains!"