Staying Alive Cautiously in the Celestial Realm and Becoming the Strongest

"Quick, get inside!"

In the moment the Defensive Array was destroyed, Sun Wenxuan let out a deep, guttural roar.

He alerted all the West Sea Sect Cultivators, prompting everyone to react immediately, leaping toward the Secret Realm portal that had appeared on the rock wall.

At this point, the door to the Secret Realm had fully materialized and was wide open on both sides.

Inside the door was a dazzlingly colorful vortex!

The first to rush into the door of the Secret Realm was none other than Li Mengyan.

Although she had always been silent, her reaction speed was extremely fast, and her actions were even more decisive.

In the blink of an eye, the whole person was "swallowed" into the colorful vortex.

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Yin Sulan soared with a trail of Sword Light following closely behind. Before entering the Secret Realm, she looked back at Wang Chen.

Wang Chen nodded, giving this Senior Sister a confirming look.

According to the experiences of Cultivators who had entered previously, passing through this portal would transport them to different locations within the Azure Drop Heaven Secret Realm at random.

Therefore, even if the two entered at the same time, they would not end up together.

Given the vastness of the Secret Realm, its layers of strong prohibitions, and the restrictions on how long one could stay,

the likelihood of Wang Chen and Yin Sulan encountering each other in the Secret Realm under normal circumstances was very low.

Yin Sulan was undoubtedly reminding Wang Chen not to forget their agreement!

The next moment, her figure disappeared into the vortex.

By this time, more than a dozen Cultivators from the West Sea Sect had plunged into the Secret Realm. Wang Chen, one step behind, was about to dart in when he suddenly heard the sound of something tearing through the air from behind.

Without thinking, he used the spell Shrinking Ground into Inches to dodge, and a cold, gleaming Flying Sword almost grazed past his shoulder.

Wang Chen swiftly turned his head and immediately saw the Sword Cultivator trying to ambush him from a hundred steps away.

The assailant clearly did not expect his sure-killing move to miss, his expression revealing a moment of shock.

Courting death!

A fierce gleam flashed in Wang Chen's eyes, "Thunder Come!"

As his hand formed the spell, a thick bolt of lightning suddenly descended from the sky, striking the top of the other's head.

The Nine Heavens Divine Thunder could strike both groups and individuals, its power concentrated in one lightning bolt, the destructive force terrifyingly strong.

The attacking Sword Cultivator was also of Purple Mansion cultivation level, but under the bombardment of the Divine Thunder, he couldn't even last the duration of a single breath. His Body Protection Magical Shield collapsed instantly, and the life-preserving Spiritual Light that appeared on his body had not fully activated before he was blasted to ash!

The surrounding Loose Cultivators were all terrified out of their wits, screaming as they scattered and retreated.

Wang Chen paid no heed to these fellows.

A mere few breaths of delay had passed, and only a few Cultivators from the West Sea Sect were left.

He turned and dashed, entering the Secret Realm portal!

The feeling of entering the Azure Drop Heaven Secret Realm was extremely peculiar, as if submerging into an endless sea with no reference points for orientation, utterly unable to control one's movements.

All that was visible was a vast expanse of white, which was soon streaked with colorful light zooming by.

It was as if he had entered a long tunnel of time!

Fortunately, the journey through was brief. In just a moment, Wang Chen saw a flash of light before his eyes.

His feet were already on solid ground.

Wang Chen instinctively took a deep breath.

He felt dizzy.

The concentration of Spiritual Energy in the Azure Drop Heaven Secret Realm far exceeded that of the Inner Sect's Cave Mansions in the West Sea Sect, causing Wang Chen to experience a case of 'Spiritual Energy intoxication.'

One must know that he was now a fifth-layer Purple Mansion Cultivator, and his 'tolerance' for Spiritual Energy was far from what it used to be.

It's even possible to get intoxicated, which shows just how high the concentration is!

Could it be that I've been transported inside a Spirit Vein?

Wang Chen felt dizzy for a moment before his senses recovered, and such a thought involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

However, his guess was wrong.

Wang Chen found that the place he was in at the moment looked very much like an enormous cave, and a hundred steps in front of him, there stood a giant tower as tall as a hundred zhang.

When his gaze fell on this giant tower, a profound ancient aura hit him in the face.

In Wang Chen's perception, this tower was not just a cold and lifeless object; it was like a sage that had lived through tens of thousands of years, whose aura was exceptionally profound, yet it still contained a trace of vivid living energy.

The spiritual energy filling the space around was exactly coming from this lively Spirit Mechanism!

Wang Chen noticed that there was a golden door at the base of the tower.

Hanging above the doorframe was an ancient bronze plaque inscribed with two True Seal characters, "Heaven-reaching."

Tower of Heaven-reaching!

This isn't right.

Before coming to Tai Wu Mountain with the team to explore the secret realm of Azure Drop Heaven, Wang Chen had learned quite a bit about the secret realm.

According to the experience summarized by predecessors, cultivators who enter the secret realm will be transported to different places.

Mountains, forests, swamps, plains, lakes, deserts...

Saying that Azure Drop Heaven secret realm is a mini world is no exaggeration, with all kinds of environmental terrains available, and what one can find inside all depends on personal destiny.

Wang Chen had not come across any records involving a giant tower.

Of course, it's also possible that others had the same experience as him, just that they concealed the secret, or they simply didn't make it out alive.

Wang Chen did not delve into this question, for now the Ancient Taoist Stele entrenched in his Sea of Consciousness has changed from its usual stability, like a wanderer returning to a long-missed homeland, it became exceedingly agitated and excited.

And it was "urging" Wang Chen to step forward!

The Ancient Taoist Stele was the treasure that the former owner's father obtained from the Azure Drop Heaven secret realm, which was later stored inside Wang Chen, so it's no surprise that it would have such a violent reaction upon arriving in the secret realm.

Wang Chen gave it some thought and decided to comply with the will of the Ancient Taoist Stele.

Strictly speaking, this treasure was his true Lifebound Magical Treasure.

It's just that he was temporarily unable to control it.

And the giant tower before him might actually help Wang Chen unlock some of the secrets of the Ancient Taoist Stele!

He strode forward to the front of the giant tower and placed his hand on the tower door.

The moment Wang Chen's palm skin touched the door, a flood of information rushed into his Sea of Consciousness like torrential surges!

The amount of information was so overwhelming that even Wang Chen's Divine Soul consciousness found it difficult to bear.

But at that moment, the Ancient Taoist Stele suddenly emitted thousands of rays of light, not only protecting Wang Chen's Sea of Consciousness but also absorbing the incoming stream of information, greatly easing his pressure.

This process lasted for an entire incense stick of time!

Although Wang Chen was more of an "onlooker," he received a great deal of useful information.

The full name of the tower before him was called the "Ancient Sky-reaching Tower," and it had a significant association with the Ancient Taoist Stele in Wang Chen's Sea of Consciousness; the latter was actually a part of the former!

The Ancient Taoist Stele is a boundary marker of the Tower of Heaven-reaching, or more precisely, a wayfinding marker.

As long as one possesses the Ancient Taoist Stele and meets the necessary conditions, they can lock onto and enter the Tower of Heaven-reaching at any time, anywhere.

Even if the Tower of Heaven-reaching is located in the depths of the Void!

Of course, the Tower of Heaven-reaching is now inside the secret realm of Azure Drop Heaven, and it was precisely because Wang Chen possessed the Ancient Taoist Stele that he was transported in front of this giant tower the moment he entered!

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