Chapter 410: The Secret Realm’s Legacy—Not for You!

During the over nine years in the secret realm, Ye Feng spent less than a few months turning the mother insect into the queen of nearly a hundred thousand highly poisonous demon bees. Aside from a few queen bees from certain tribes that stayed hidden, she essentially unified all the poisonous demon bees in this forest.

With the help of the queen, Ye Feng also succeeded in killing a queen ant of the God-Slayer Ants and had Xiao Lan modify her. It took several more months for that queen ant to command over four hundred thousand ant soldiers. Originally, there were millions of God-Slayer Ants in this forest, but those at the level of Supreme Gods or above numbered less than fifty tribes, with only four hundred thousand ant soldiers in total.

For Ye Feng, this was an almost invincible backing. With over five hundred thousand insect soldiers, he could even make a name for himself in the divine realm.

Amidst these insect hordes, even powerhouses at the level of Ancestral Gods had to avoid confrontation, while those at the level of Imperial Gods could only think of escaping.

Of course, while accomplishing these things, Ye Feng also began his plan to earn points.

Under the onslaught of his five hundred thousand insect soldiers, Ye Feng turned over 90% of the late-stage Supreme God-level magical beasts into crystal cores and corpses. After eliminating those, he turned his attention to the peak-stage Supreme God-level magical beasts. Eventually, he even extended his reach to the early-stage Imperial God-level magical beasts.

After killing nearly half of the early-stage Imperial God-level magical beasts, the Ancestral God of those beasts could no longer stand by and stepped in to mediate.

After some bargaining, it agreed to provide Ye Feng with ten crystal cores of peak-stage Imperial God-level magical beasts in exchange for him stopping the killings.

With these ten crystal cores, Ye Feng finally stopped, allowing the magical beasts in the forest to breathe a sigh of relief. However, this also caused all the magical beasts to flee secretly as soon as they sensed Ye Feng’s presence.

Ye Feng didn’t care about that. In total, he had obtained over 100,000 crystal cores of early-stage Imperial God-level magical beasts, over 200,000 crystal cores of peak-stage Supreme God-level magical beasts, and over 200,000 crystal cores of late-stage Supreme God-level magical beasts—enough to exchange for over 12 trillion points. In his view, this was more than sufficient to obtain the secret realm’s legacy.

Moreover, one crystal core of peak-stage Imperial God-level magical beasts could be exchanged for 100 billion points, and he had ten such cores…

That day was the last day the secret realm was open. Ye Feng arrived at the exchange platform, refreshed and energetic.

“It’s been over nine years since we last met. You must have accumulated quite a few crystal cores by now, right?” the short man said with a smile upon seeing Ye Feng.

“Tell me—how many points are needed for the secret realm’s legacy?” Ye Feng asked directly.

“It’s useless telling you; you can never achieve it!” The short man was stunned for a moment before shaking his head with a laugh.
“Tell me anyway. It’s the last day today, and I don’t want to leave with regrets!” Ye Feng said with a smile.
“If you can earn one trillion points per year on average, then in ten years you’ll meet the requirement,” the short man replied. “This goal was designed to be unattainable for anyone. There are nearly a million magical beasts of all levels, from the initial stage to the peak of the Supreme God, in total. Even if someone like you killed all the Supreme God-level magical beasts in the forest, it would still be impossible to meet this requirement.”
“So, one quadrillion?” Ye Feng laughed. He wanted this answer to prevent the other party from changing their mind after he revealed the crystal core, so he asked them to state it first.
“Mm,” the short man nodded with a smile. “With your strength, you might be able to obtain the top-ranked item after nine years of accumulation, but the Secret Realm inheritance is out of reach.”
Ye Feng smiled and took out a ring, handing it to the short man. “Take a look at this!”
The short man took the ring from Ye Feng, somewhat puzzled, and poured his mental energy into it. Instantly, he was shocked. “This is… a Crystal Core of a Royal God at the initial stage… There are a hundred thousand of them???”
“That’s right!” Ye Feng waited patiently for the short man’s response. “With my level, one Crystal Core of a Royal God at the initial stage is worth one billion points. One hundred thousand of them equal one quadrillion points. Correct?”
“This…” The short man’s expression turned grim. “How is that possible? How can you do that with your level?”
“I’ve tamed two Bug Queen mothers, both at the peak of the Supreme God level, with over five hundred thousand Bug Warriors under them. It’s easy for me to kill dozens of groups of Royal God-level magical beasts each time…”
“This…” The short man didn’t know what to say for a long time.
“You just said the inheritance only requires one quadrillion points. Should I meet the requirement now?” Ye Feng pointed at the ring in the short man’s hand. He wasn’t worried that the other party would play any tricks. With an army of magical beasts, even a God Ancestor-level powerhouse wouldn’t scare him. That’s why he dared to extort ten Crystal Cores of the peak Emperor God level from that God Ancestor.

“Your conditions do meet the requirements…” The short man could tell there was a hint of threat in Ye Feng’s gaze. The reason he had told himself he had an army of magical beasts was also to intimidate him. Now, he had no choice but to tell the truth. “But I really can’t give you this inheritance of the secret realm…”
“That won’t do. The rules were set by you yourselves—how can they be changed?” Ye Feng showed no sign of giving up easily.
“Actually, these rules were set by my master. I’m just responsible for guarding the treasures and enforcing the rules…” The short man finally revealed everything. He knew this young man wouldn’t give up so easily. “This one trillion is a score number that my master came up with after considering all possible scenarios—it’s meant as an incentive for those who aren’t part of his bloodline. For those who are part of his bloodline, it’s much easier.”
Ye Feng listened patiently to his explanation.
“This secret realm can only be passed on to the descendants of the master… Even if you really get the inheritance ball, you still won’t be able to inherit it…” the short man explained.
“So what you’re saying is, after all these ten years of effort, I’ll end up with nothing?” A fierce look flashed in Ye Feng’s eyes. Though his strength was far inferior to the other man’s, it still made the short man tremble.
“As for a solution to this problem, I do have a proposal…” the short man hurriedly said.
“Go ahead and tell me. If it’s unreasonable, I won’t accept it!” Ye Feng snorted coldly.
“It’s like this… You might not know that secret realms are also ranked.” The short man flattered him. “My master’s secret realm is a low-level Ancestral Divine Secret Realm, because my master was a beginner-level Ancestral God before he perished.”
Ye Feng raised his eyebrows, wondering why he suddenly brought this up.
“But my master obtained a map to a top-tier Ancestral Divine Secret Realm during his lifetime. The master of that realm was a peak-level Ancestral God, just one step away from becoming a Sage. The treasures there are probably ten times or even a hundred times more valuable than those here.” After saying that, the short man looked at Ye Feng, waiting for his response.
“You’re saying you want to trade a worthless map for the entire secret realm?” Ye Feng’s face showed disdain, but he was actually quite interested.
“That’s not what I mean. With that map, wouldn’t it be easy for you to get those treasures?” the short man said carefully.
“That’s nonsense. If your master had that map, why didn’t he take all the treasures there?” Ye Feng asked.

“The reason why the master didn’t take the treasure is that this secret realm rejects those at the level of ancestral gods from entering, and there’s a restriction in place that will destroy it automatically if an ancestral god at the peak reaches it,” explained the short man. “The master also said that this map is actually the greatest treasure he left behind.”
“What does this mean for me now?” Ye Feng still didn’t believe it.
“Because this legacy of the secret realm also carries the master’s bloodline inheritance, and that inheritance must come first,” the short man said helplessly. “If I had another way, I wouldn’t choose to give you the map. With your point value reaching one quadrillion, according to the rules set earlier, I can only give you something of equal value. This map is priceless in the divine realm; perhaps it’s your chance.”
“Without the key to the secret realm, how am I supposed to open it?” Ye Feng finally began to believe it a bit.
“This secret realm opens automatically, once every hundred thousand years. You’ll know when you reach the divine realm,” the short man said with a smile. “As far as I know, it will open again in about two hundred years.”
“But your master might not be the first to get this map. What if someone else went in and took everything already?” Ye Feng raised his concerns. “No matter how you look at it, this deal still isn’t in my favor. After all, this legacy of the secret realm is right in front of me now, which is far more valuable than one that opens in over two hundred years.”
“What do you want then?” The short man frowned. With Ye Feng’s words, he was at a loss.
“Here’s what I suggest: if you agree to a few additional conditions, I’ll accept your offer,” Ye Feng said with a smile.
“What are they?” The short man could only listen now.
“I want to take my insectoid magical beast army out!” Ye Feng stared intently at the short man and continued, “Actually, even if you refuse, I still have a way to take them out.”
“What else?” The short man didn’t respond immediately and looked up at Ye Feng.
“Besides these crystal cores I’ve given you, I have some others that I want to take out,” Ye Feng said. He thought that if the other party refused, he would have to put the rings containing the crystal cores in the Liuluan Hall. With the interference of the virtual treasures, the other party wouldn’t be able to take them back by force.
“You still have crystal cores?” The short man was surprised.
“Yes, they’re worth over twenty trillion points, plus ten imperial-grade peak crystal cores,” Ye Feng told the truth.

“What? A peak Imperial-grade crystal core?” The short man thought he had heard wrong. He stared at Ye Feng in surprise, then lowered his head after a while. “Just these two requests? If I refuse, you must have a way to get the crystal core out, right?”
“That’s right!” Ye Feng nodded.
“Alright then, I agree. I won’t make things difficult for you.” The short man nodded heavily.
“Where’s the map?” Ye Feng stretched out his hand.
The short man took out a transparent stone. “Insert your mental energy into it, and you’ll be able to see it.”
Hearing this, Ye Feng sent a bit of his mental energy into it and saw an extremely complex map. Only after seeing the large golden characters at the top of the map did he withdraw his mental energy. “It’s real. Happy trading!”
With that, Ye Feng turned to leave. Just as he reached the exit, he was called back by the short man. “Hey, kid, what grade is that treasure that can make you disappear from this secret realm?”
“Sorry, I can’t tell you. It would bring me trouble,” Ye Feng said with a shake of his head and a smile. “I also have a question. Since your master is only at the early stage of an Ancestral God, why is there a magical beast at that stage in this secret realm?”
“That’s my master’s pet…” The short man shook his head with a wry smile. “It’s a stubborn guy. It could leave this secret realm and become the leader of any area it wants, but it chooses to stay and guard this realm…”