Chapter 386: The Secret Realm Unlocked

Ye Feng settled the bill at the restaurant front desk and strode away, ignoring those who kept probing him with their mental powers from time to time.
Once his body reached the strength of a lower-grade divine artifact, it took the energy of an entire medium-grade divine crystal to fill the four crystal cores in his dantian. Under normal circumstances, the energy of one medium-grade divine crystal would be enough for a heaven god-level warrior to fill their entire dantian.
The formation of vortices in his mental sea also meant Ye Feng no longer needed to spend time deliberately storing mental energy. He had originally planned to enter the fourth layer of the Training Realm to check his progress, but found that the fourth layer was sealed due to the virtual realm above it, preventing him from accessing it. With no choice, he decided to leave the Training Realm early—since the third layer posed no challenge to him anymore. Yi Fan and the others remained in the Training Realm to continue striving.
Ye Feng took out the green jade from his ring—the key to the secret realm he had bought by chance. “After preparing for so long, it’s time to go take a look!”
After securing the key, Ye Feng headed straight out of the city. His actions immediately attracted a lot of attention. To travel to another city, one could use teleportation or a teleportation array, but flying out of the city meant there must be something important outside. Especially for a powerful warrior like Ye Feng, his movements were closely monitored by many.
To the north of Night City lay the vast Night Forest, stretching for thousands of miles. Legend has it that there once was a magical beast at the true god level in this forest. After killing many half-god level warriors from Night City, it finally angered the true powerful beings on the Demon Realm Continent.
Several true god level warriors joined forces to hunt it down. After three days and nights of fierce battles with the numerous magical beasts in the forest, with no sunlight or moonlight, they finally killed the beast and slaughtered nearly half of the magical beasts in the entire Night Forest. Because of this, dark clouds covered Night City for a hundred years—caused by the souls of the slain beasts, and thus the name Night City came into being.
Ye Feng wasn’t sure if this was true, but he could sense that the area gave off a gloomy atmosphere.
He continued deeper until he found a small clearing in the forest before stopping. Looking around, he said, “This place will do!”

With that, he took out the key to the secret realm from his ring once again and infused it with powerful energy from his palm. Opening the secret realm was actually quite simple—as long as there were enough keys and sufficient energy input, the door leading to the realm could be opened. Generally, for family-hereditary secret realms, there was only one key, and this was the kind Ye Feng had purchased since he was young.

After the energy was infused, powerful spatial fluctuations began to emerge. Ye Feng stepped back a few paces to observe the changes before him. The spatial fluctuations grew stronger, with more frequent vibrations, until a black hole appeared in space, at which point the vibrations ceased. The black hole, initially the size of a fist, gradually expanded until its diameter reached about two meters before stopping further growth. Once the hole stabilized, Ye Feng stepped through it and disappeared from the detection range of those powerful beings.

“After waiting so long, this guy has finally opened this secret realm. Let’s go and join in the fun!” said a woman in a white dress, holding a small white dog as her skirt fluttered in the wind.

“Dao Feng, back then you ruined my plans within the Black Witch Clan. Today, I’ll ruin your plans in this secret realm!” said a young man in black robes, his face filled with hostility.

“Dao Feng has opened a secret realm!” said a semi-divine being, picking up a communicator and speaking to someone else.

Ye Feng stepped into the black hole, only to find himself in complete darkness. A beam of white light came from afar, enveloping him. In just a moment, the light disappeared, and clarity returned. Before him was a lush forest, similar to the environment before he opened the secret realm. The plants and trees here were much more abundant, and the energy level around him was comparable to that within his own body.

He had no idea how many people were now coveting this secret realm he had opened. The black hole connecting to it remained open, showing no signs of closing.

“This is a training realm I use to train my descendants. I know you’re not one of my descendants, so the difficulty level has been increased somewhat. Still, you still have a chance to obtain some treasures,” came a faint voice from above.

Ye Feng immediately realized that the white light that had enveloped him earlier must have been a method to determine whether he was one of its descendants. Thus, the voice confirmed that it knew he was not its descendant.

“Your cultivation level is at the peak of the divine realm. So, the task assigned to you is quite simple: kill a magical beast at the peak of the true god realm to earn one point, kill a magical beast in the early stage of the heavenly god realm to earn ten points, one in the middle stage to earn one hundred points, one in the late stage to earn one thousand points, and one at the peak of the heavenly god realm to earn ten thousand points. And so on…”
“You can exchange these points for treasures with me. Ten points for a lower-grade divine artifact, a hundred points for a mid-grade divine artifact, one thousand points for a high-grade divine artifact, and ten thousand points for an ultimate divine artifact. If it’s a divine artifact with additional attributes, the price will be even higher. Of course, you can also exchange for other items—anything I have can be obtained using points.”
“Whatever method is used, as long as it results in death, right?” Ye Feng was worried that if he found a loophole, the other party might refuse to honor the deal.
“Any method can be used. However, the points must be exchanged for crystal cores from divine beasts. The person who holds the crystal core will be the one who can redeem the points,” the voice continued. “Don’t try to use the crystal core from your own ring as a substitute. I’ve left marks on all the magical beasts here, and each one’s corresponding crystal core is recorded. If someone tries to use a hidden crystal core to replace it, I’ll have no choice but to kill them.”
“I’m the only one here, aren’t I?” Ye Feng said with a smirk.
“If it’s one of my descendants, the entrance to this secret realm will close immediately after they enter, preventing anyone else from coming in,” the voice explained. “If it’s not one of my descendants, the entrance will remain open until a total of one hundred people have entered, after which it will disappear.”
Ye Feng looked back but saw no exit. It seemed the master of this secret realm had planned this in advance.
“This secret realm will remain open for ten years. Once inside, there’s no way to leave unless the ten years are up, when an exit will appear. If you die inside, it means true death.”
Although the voice didn’t say it outright—“You can plunder resources from each other during these ten years. Let’s see how many will survive after ten years!”—Ye Feng understood exactly what it meant.
Just after the rules were explained, a spatial disturbance was heard not far behind Ye Feng. He looked in that direction and saw a woman in white holding a small white dog, standing there frozen for a while before starting to look around.

“The Third Demon Emperor?” Ye Feng hesitated slightly as he uttered this title; it was the first time he had seen her in women’s clothing. Yet he had to admit that the “Third Demon Emperor” was indeed a beautiful woman with a rather unique aura.

“Blade!” The Third Demon Emperor quickly spotted Ye Feng and rushed toward him. “Didn’t I say last time not to call me the Third Demon Emperor? I’m not some so-called Third Demon Emperor at all. My name is Honglian!”

The little white dog in her arms glanced at Ye Feng with caution, seemingly sensing the danger emanating from him.

“Xiaobai seems so energetic when looking at you—your strength must have improved again, right?” Honglian said with a smile.

“A little,” Ye Feng nodded.

“Half a year ago, during your battle with that Ink Whale, I thought you had died. But here you are, unharmed.” Honglian was clearly delighted.

“Mm, I thought I would die too!” Ye Feng said with self-mockery.

“The Ink Whale has few rivals in this Heavenly Realm. It’s only natural you suffered losses for fighting him without understanding the situation.” Honglian kept talking nonstop. “Even Xiaobai might not be his match!”

Their conversation was interrupted by a spatial disturbance. A young man in black robes entered. He glanced at Ye Feng and then walked aside without saying a word.

Normally, even if they didn’t know each other, the other party should at least say hello. Besides, who in the entire Demon Realm continent didn’t know the name Blade? Which of the powerful beings at the semi-divine level or above hadn’t seen Ye Feng’s portrait? Yet this being at the true god level treated the two of them as if they didn’t exist.

Of course, Ye Feng didn’t care about such things. He found it a bit strange but didn’t take it to heart.

Soon after, a fourth person, then a fifth… kept coming in.

By the end, people were arriving in groups. In less than two and a half hours, the quota of 100 people was finally filled.

In the forest where Ye Feng had opened the secret realm earlier, the original black entrance began to slowly shrink. A group of divine and semi-divine level warriors watched this scene with disappointment.

“We can’t get in anymore. There must be a limit on the number of people!” said a divine level warrior who was pushed back after trying to enter, looking helpless.

The black entrance disappeared under everyone’s gaze.

Once the number was complete, the voice from the void sounded again, “100 people have arrived. Let me restate the rules now…”

Those who had been exchanging pleasantries fell silent, patiently listening to the explanation from within the void. Ye Feng also stayed, worried that he might miss something, and he didn’t want others to know that he had already heard it all before…