Cultivation: I Have a Skill Level Panel

Great Qian Dynasty, Bai Feng City.

The city teemed with a constant flow of people.

People came and went. On street corners and alley entrances, one could see some Low Tier Spiritual Martial Realm Cultivators setting up stalls to sell all sorts of fresh medicinal herbs, Spirit Fruits, and some so-called ’treasures’.

Gu Yun, concealing his aura, moved through the streets. All around him, people at the stalls were hawking their wares loudly.

The sound of their shouts was endless, creating a lively scene.

"Get it cheap, can’t go wrong!"

"A genuine hundred-year-old Spirit Medicine, the Cyan Bamboo Fruit! Its medicinal power is potent enough to let a Spiritual Martial cultivator break through! Come take a look! Don’t just walk on by—you can’t afford to miss this!"

"Come and take a look! A Celestial Meteorite, unbelievably heavy! Even a Top Grade Magical Artifact can’t leave a scratch on it! The ultimate material for Artifact Refining!"

As Gu Yun walked, with his discerning eye, he could naturally tell that more than ninety percent of the goods were fakes.

If some poor soul actually believed them and spent a fortune on a purchase, they’d be thoroughly ripped off by these stall owners!

"Hey! Did you hear? A terrifying battle broke out outside the Supreme Secret Realm in the Fanjing Mountain Range over a thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine!"

"I heard that battle was between two figures from the Hidden Dragon List, fighting fiercely over the Spirit Medicine!"

"Hiss—they were actually True Martial Powerhouses from the Hidden Dragon List!"

A crowd of passersby at the stalls exclaimed in shock.

The Hidden Dragon List.

It was a list for the younger generation, ranked below the Eastern Profound Domain’s True Martial List.

Unlike the True Martial List, which was based purely on strength and limited to the one hundred strongest True Martial Realm experts in the Eastern Profound Domain, the Hidden Dragon List was reserved for cultivators under one hundred years old. Only young True Martial Realm cultivators with superior strength and talent could earn a place on it.

It was ranked and published by the ancient and mysterious Celestial Secret Pavilion of the Eastern Profound Domain.

Therefore, the list’s credibility and prestige were extremely high.

Hearing this, Gu Yun couldn’t help but feel a flicker of surprise.

’The Supreme Secret Realm, huh...’

From what he knew, the Supreme Secret Realm was an incredibly mysterious Heaven and Earth Secret Realm that had suddenly appeared in the Fanjing Mountain Range several decades ago.

Decades ago, it had appeared abruptly. Its emergence immediately attracted the attention of the entire Eastern Profound Domain’s Cultivation Realm, and powerhouses from the vast majority of the Domain’s Sects swarmed to it.

Among them, even a Tongxuan True Monarch had made an appearance.

When that Tongxuan True Monarch tried to enter the Secret Realm, he was instantly repelled. This enraged the mighty Tongxuan Realm expert, who unleashed an attack powerful enough to shake the very heavens.

He tried to force his way in, only to be severely wounded by an even more mysterious and majestic power, after which he fled for his life.

From that point on, everyone in the Domain knew that the Supreme Secret Realm restricted entry to any powerhouse at or above the Tongxuan Realm.

With no truly great powerhouses able to enter, the Spiritual Martial and True Martial Realm cultivators were overjoyed. They flocked inside to explore, harvesting all kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, inheritances from past experts, ancient Elixirs, and powerful Spiritual Artifacts, which drove the Domain’s cultivators into a complete frenzy.

There was a cultivator who had been stuck at the Spiritual Martial Realm Ninth Layer Peak for decades, unable to advance a single step—someone who was practically on their deathbed.

After entering the realm, he was lucky enough to find an Elixir. With it, he instantly shattered his bottleneck and broke through to the True Martial Realm, adding two hundred years to his lifespan. For someone who was on the verge of death, this sudden addition of two centuries of life restored his youthful appearance and turned him into the patriarch of a small clan, becoming the object of immense envy for all the lesser cultivators still struggling in the Spiritual Martial Realm.

There were also some ordinary, unknown young cultivators who entered, received some kind of inheritance, and from then on, it was as if their lives were on cheat mode. They broke through rapidly, their combat power became immense, and they ascended the Hidden Dragon List, becoming known throughout the world!

All sorts of inspirational stories of defying fate and changing one’s destiny spread,

attracting even more cultivators to flock to the realm.

Unfortunately, the Supreme Secret Realm had opened only a handful of times, and its openings were completely random. In the past, it had only opened twice.

But just recently,

another change occurred at the Supreme Secret Realm in the Fanjing Mountain Range. A massive pillar of light suddenly shot up from the entrance area, its dazzling radiance illuminating the heavens and earth, once again drawing countless cultivators from across the Domain to gather there.

The interior of the Supreme Secret Realm was incredibly vast. Even though it had opened twice before, many areas remained unexplored and untouched. This made it immensely attractive to cultivators of the True Martial and Spiritual Martial Realms.

Thinking of the Supreme Secret Realm, Gu Yun’s figure suddenly vanished. When he reappeared, he was already high above Bai Feng City, amidst the clouds. Then, he transformed into a streak of lightning and shot off at extreme speed toward the Fanjing Mountain Range and the Supreme Secret Realm!

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「Three days later.」

Gu Yun arrived at the Fanjing Mountain Range. He discreetly streaked through the forests and mountains below. As he got deeper and drew closer to the distant, heaven-reaching pillar of light that marked the Secret Realm’s entrance, he saw many groups of Escape Lights flitting across the sky. At the same time, some cultivators in the forests below with poor judgment tried to ambush and kill him, only to be instantly blasted to smithereens by Gu Yun, their ashes scattered to the winds.

As Gu Yun drew ever closer to the Supreme Secret Realm,

a familiar name from a battle raging up ahead suddenly caught his ear.

"Xiao Chen, die!"

A furious roar like a clap of thunder resounded through the heavens and earth, shaking the entire region.

Not far from the Supreme Secret Realm, a young cultivator in white robes with a vicious look in his eyes suddenly erupted with the vast and powerful True Yuan of the Fifth Layer. An incredibly tyrannical aura radiated from his entire body.

He thrust out a palm, and in an instant, the surrounding space churned into a boundless, surging tide. Vast True Essence Power converged, forming a hundred-zhang-wide Palm Seal that seemed to carry the weight of tens of thousands of tons of seawater.

The Palm Seal, seemingly possessing the majestic power to topple mountains and rivers, hurtled violently toward a determined-looking figure not far away, who was dressed in a black Profound Robe and had sword-like brows and star-like eyes.

The sheer, overwhelming momentum of the attack pressing down from above terrified the nearby Spiritual Martial Realm Cultivators. It felt as if the attack was aimed at them, and an inexplicable terror gripped their hearts, causing them to retreat hastily into the distance.

And at this very moment, Xiao Chen, who was directly facing this giant palm that carried the weight of tens of thousands of tons and the power to topple mountains and rivers, showed no change in his expression. His sharp eyes seemed to hold a blazing sun. An astonishing glint of fire flashed within them, as if it could burn through the heavens.

Facing the enemy’s attack, Xiao Chen showed no intention of dodging.

Instead, Xiao Chen’s True Yuan of the True Martial Fourth Layer erupted. An extremely scorching flame rose from the void, and the surrounding area was engulfed in a sea of fire. Under the terrifyingly high temperature, the very air began to distort.

Then, he threw a punch. The terrifying flames around him instantly condensed into a hundred-zhang-wide Fiery Flame Fist. The vast sea of flames looked as if it would incinerate the very void.

The terrifying flames burned through the sky. The hundred-zhang-wide Fiery Flame Fist shot upward like a meteor defying gravity, searing through layers of space as it fearlessly smashed toward the Palm Seal descending from above!

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