Infinite Professions

Chapter 190 - 95: Profound Void

Thus, within Hidden Sword Mountain.

Escape lights crisscrossed, rising and falling, searching back and forth inside and outside the mountain.

"Is there really another entrance to this Ancient Secret Realm?"

"Who knows? Let’s search anyway."

"The entrance to that Nascent Soul Cave Mansion is held by major factions. We who cannot compete can only try our luck elsewhere."

"Though that’s true, there’s still hope. Recently, I heard a Spirit Fish emerged from another entrance, with a dragon’s head and a fish’s body. It’s a true species, surely blessed by the secret realm’s fortunes."

"Unfortunately, this fish is cunning and possesses divine techniques. Even the actions of a Core Formation Cultivator couldn’t capture it. If a new path opens, we might be able to enter."

Many escape lights moved horizontally and vertically, seeking a path.

However, more chose to gather at one place, openly or hiddenly, confronting one another.

It is the entrance to the Ancient Secret Realm.

A hundred years ago, Hidden Sword Mountain was rumored to have an Ancient Cultivator Cave Mansion, sparking warfare among five major Core Formation Sects, ultimately leading to the downfall of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain and a life-and-death struggle between the Righteous and Demonic Sects.

At that time, the five sects explored and obtained some Tier Six Spiritual Objects, as well as the legacy of a Nascent Soul Cultivator. Hidden Sword Mountain and the Ancient Cultivator Cave Mansion were then abandoned, no longer attracting attention.

But who knew, the so-called Ancient Cultivator Cave Mansion was just a facade. The Nascent Soul Cultivator was actually a treasure seeker searching for the Ancient Great Cultivator’s legacy within Hidden Sword Mountain, eventually dying of old age without results, aware there was treasure but unable to find the mysterious gate.

Today, fate has been stirred, and only now has this Ancient Secret Realm manifested, precisely at the abode of said Nascent Soul Cultivator, truly a curious twist of fate.

"This is the fixed destiny of cause and effect!"

"That Ancient Great Cultivator left this secret realm to choose a successor, who must be both virtuous and gifted to inherit their mantle and claim their treasures."

"Although the Nascent Soul knew of the Ancient Cultivator Cave Mansion and sought it, their fortune was insufficient, their virtue average, fate decreeing they had no connection to the site, so they died outside the secret realm without seeing its door."

"Now the secret realm has emerged, surely an ordained person has entered, triggering the layout of the Ancient Great Cultivator, allowing this Ancient Secret Realm to see daylight again."

"Ordained person, what ordained person?"

"Naturally, it’s the Three Heroes and Two Talents!"

"Three Heroes and Two Talents, Celestial Destiny Demon Breaker. Now the Three Heroes have surfaced: East Sea Taihua Mountain, North Sea Profound Celestial Sect, and South Sea Golden Turtle Island, with each of the Three Righteous Sects having one person. So the two talents should logically appear in the inland."

"This Ancient Secret Realm’s emergence should be triggered by one or both talents, whether singly or together."

"Hmph, these demons eye the place covetously, their intentions extending beyond the treasures of the secret realm. Fellow Daoists, keep a close watch on them, not allowing all those demons and evil cultivators to get their way!"

The former Nascent Soul residence, now the entrance to the secret realm.

Various arrays and barriers blocked entry.

The crowd watched outside, with predatory eyes.

Righteous and evil, immortal and demon, the dynamics have changed since those days.

Mystic Sect Orthodox Sect, Heterodox Sect, and evil demon cultivators, gathered yet distinct.

"Three Heroes and Two Talents, hmph, what do I care about Three Heroes and Two Talents?"

"Who knows if the Demon Heaven Tribulation is true or not!"

"Even if it’s true, what of it? I’ll be bones turned to dust in a few hundred years."

"What do I care if floods rage after I’m gone? The tough reality is grabbing the secret realm’s opportunities now."

"Taking advantage of the rampant magical calamity, those old monsters overseas are entangled and can’t act. We must seize a fortune here to pave our future."

Each side watched the secret realm coldly, all with keen eyes, but with different thoughts.

At that moment, a Cyan Flood Dragon descended, becoming a faction outside the secret realm, observing the situation.

"This Cyan Flood Dragon..."

"Could it be someone from Qingcheng Mountain in the South Sea?"

"Brother Linghu!"

As the Cyan Flood Dragon landed, spirit lights approached, revealing several Righteous Cultivators from the South Sea.

"Brother Chen, Brother Zhang!"

Linghu Xing saw them and rose to greet them.

"Brother Linghu has come too."

"In a shattered nest, no egg remains intact. Facing this crisis of magical calamity, Qingcheng as the Mystic Sect Orthodox Sect bears undeniable responsibility."

Linghu Xing greeted them briefly, then looked around at the factions with predatory stares, involuntarily frowning: "East Sea, North Sea, South Sea, and West Sea, all are here."

"Indeed!"

They sighed, speaking solemnly: "No need to mention those West Sea demons. Many Heterodox Sects seem to be colluding with them, plotting to seize the secret realm’s fortune, even planning harm..."

The words weren’t finished, but the meaning was clear.

The Overseas Cultivation Realm is divided into three factions: one righteous, led by the Mystic Sect and Buddhist Sect’s orthodoxies; one evil, with the West Sea Demon Sect at the pinnacle; and one heterodox, surviving in the gaps across the four seas.

Now, amidst the magical calamity’s tumult, righteous and evil factions clash, but the Heterodox Sect suffers the most.

Because Heterodox Sect isn’t divided by righteousness or evil, but by its heritage and roots.

Righteous Sect Orthodoxy, passed down from immortals and buddhas, not only has Upper Realm patriarchs but can transcend tribulation and ascend, achieving Daoist Immortal status, thus being Righteous Sect Orthodoxy.

Similarly, the Evil Dao Demon Sect is from the Demon God lineage, possessing Upper Realm patriarchs and deep historical heritage, otherwise it couldn’t contend with the Righteous Dao.

Only the Heterodox Sect has an awkward position, lacking ancient roots and missing immortal or demon patriarchs, inferior to both sect orthodoxies, despised by the Mystic Sect and overlooked by the Demon Dao.

Now with magical calamity’s chaos, righteousness and evil clash; the Heterodox Sect becomes collateral damage, prey to the Demon Sect, while the Mystic Sect guards against them. Originally surviving in gaps, they now tread a more precarious path.