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Chapter 692: Chapter 692: Leaving the Secret Realm Chapter 692: Chapter 692: Leaving the Secret Realm (Chapter one was updated earlier, but there was an issue with the system at the starting point.

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Shi Hao remained cautious, although curious, he could not let his guard down, especially since there had been clashes between them before.

The old tree, now completely charred and withered, bore the passage of countless years.

It showed no hostility as it conversed with Shi Hao.

“Have you said enough?” Beside them, the Azure Flood Dragon sneered and glanced over, its gaze fixed on Shi Hao.

“Adults are speaking, little kids should go play elsewhere,” the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree said in a deep voice.

“Are you talking to me?” The Azure Flood Dragon’s body gleamed brilliantly, its scales metallic and shimmering, cold and bright; its eyes wide open, teeming with a fierce killing intent.

It had enough confidence in itself, for it had surpassed the Divine Fire Realm and was one of the most powerful divine spirits in this secret realm!

The Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree’s aura surged; it was no pushover.

The only reason it was anonymous in the secret realm was that it had remained sealed within a great formation, not emerging into the world.

“Crack!”
A black branch shot up, striking like a divine whip, shining with dark light and accompanied by lightning, with thunderclaps that were deafening.

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The Azure Flood Dragon changed color; it had never seen this tree before.

In this secret realm, it was one of the rulers, and even the strongest beings from the outside world could only be in the Divine Fire Realm at most.

“Roar…” It roared furiously, unleashing its full power.

Green characters burst forth, and its claws tore through the heavens to meet the striking branch.

“Pff!”
With a soft sound, the sharp claws of the Azure Flood Dragon were immediately bloodied and mangled before breaking off and falling, blood pouring out.

The Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree had merely struck casually but had managed to sever one of the Azure Flood Dragon’s limbs, shocking and then striking fear into it.

What kind of sacred entity was this, how did it get in, exceeding the limits allowed in this secret realm!

“Quack!”
The nearby Golden Toad was also scared, this old tree was too formidable, effortlessly wounding the Azure Flood Dragon.

What realm was it in?

Both the Azure Flood Dragon and the Golden Toad were sent flying backward, not daring to approach again.

Shi Hao also felt uneasy; this old tree was so powerful that if it had not been cursed and had just been resurrected, it could have easily killed him.

“Don’t be nervous, I mean no harm; let’s have a good talk,” said the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree.

Within the flashing symbol gate, the sight of the Primordials retreating in shock was plain to see, all falling back, with those unaware of the situation rushing forward to take their chances.

As a result, with two “pff” sounds, a purple Celestial Centipede’s Divine Fire was snuffed out, reduced to tatters, and one of the Primordials cried out before turning into a shower of light and flying towards the altar at the secret realm’s exit.

“I’ve sealed myself for so long, my power has only slowly begun to recover, and I didn’t control it well—I really didn’t mean to take their lives,” explained the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree.

The crowd was left speechless; their host seemed decisive and unforgiving—could he truly be merciful?

“I believe you,” Shi Hao said, nodding without contradiction.

It was rumored that such trees contained Heavenly Demonic Blood, capable of transforming into trees or into humanoid ghost gods, a terrifying breed and rarely found except in the depths of No-Man’s Land.

“Where were we?” the Ghost God Tree asked.

“We were discussing our fate; this armor…” Shi Hao reminded.

“Back then, I was just a Seed, born and falling into the crevices of the armor you now bear, with only a trace of consciousness,” said the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree.

These words made Shi Hao stunned repeatedly; how many tens of thousands of years had this old tree lived?

It was ancient!

To think, the armor was a relic from the Primeval Times, brought from No-Man’s Land by the Primordial Heaven Supreme—how many years had passed since then.

“Our Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree seeds take a long time to sprout; I accumulated energy over the lengthy years in the secret realm before I could take root and germinate,” the old tree explained, sharing that it had some consciousness when it was taken from the forbidden zone, albeit understanding little else.

It only inherited the Innate Divine Abilities of its kind, knowing very little about the conditions in the forbidden zone.

Back then, it was carried by the wind and landed as a seed in the crevices of the armor, detected by the Primordial Heaven Supreme who recognized its rarity and brought it back.

“That’s possible…” Shi Hao didn’t know what else to say.

“That is to say, I want to tell you that your armor once carried me; you are fated to bear it.

Ordinary people can’t wear it, but since you can, I won’t make things difficult for you.

Let bygones be bygones,” said the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree.

Shi Hao let out a breath, knowing that the opponent’s cultivation was stronger than his, it was best to let the matter rest.

“However, since fate has brought us together, you too must do me a favor.

I am quite interested in the aura of Immortal Dao contained in the river water inside that Pill Furnace.

Help me refine some of it and remove the curse.”
The demonic deity turned pale right there and then, as there were secrets hidden within the Pill Furnace, two Golden Papers included.

Shi Hao also felt troubled.

Just as he pondered for a moment, the old tree chuckled, saying, “Could it be that you’ve acquired another Golden Paper from the Thunder Emperor?”
With a sigh, Shi Hao felt he could not avoid it.

“You took one of my Golden Papers, now allowing me to see another can even the score,” said the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree.

It knew what was there, had entered in the long years that passed, but would be suppressed in realm, hardly able to shake the meditation mat, and now its gaze surged.

It could be a ghost or it could be a tree, thus eyes were manifested on its trunk.

“Alright,” Shi Hao thought for a while before agreeing.

The Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree could only be a friend, not an enemy, otherwise it would likely be very dangerous.

“I won’t take the scriptures for nothing.

I’ll send you good karma in the end,” said the old tree.

“What good karma?” Shi Hao was surprised.

“Leading you guys to safely leave and exit the secret realm,” the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree said with a smile.

It knew that this young man had killed quite a few competitors and wanted to leave the secret realm.

He was bound to encounter resistance at the exit.

“I never planned to leave,” Shi Hao muttered.

He had already discussed with the demonic deity, the secret realm was rich in resources, precious medicine everywhere, a sacred place for cultivation.

If they left, the danger would be great; the Sect Hierarchs at the exit certainly would not pass up the chance to search him, and his True Body would inevitably be exposed, making it hard to survive.

“You want to stay?” The Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree was surprised.

Shi Hao said, “With natural treasures everywhere, far surpassing the outer world, why leave?

Breaking through here, once my realm rises, who then can trouble me.”
“This place suppresses living beings, making it difficult to surpass the Divine Fire Realm, and every hundred years there will be a great calamity, cutting down those living beings who have exceeded the Divine Fire Realm due to accidents.

The rules and orders here are extremely fearsome.”
The old tree spoke, causing Shi Hao to pale.

To protect the secret realm from destruction, it was necessary to limit the realms of the beings here.

“Then you…”
“I’m alive because I was planted here by the Primordial Heaven Supreme, and I cheated the heavens to be sealed in the great array, coalesced with the relics of the lightning mastiff, escaping the rules.

Do you want to do the same?”
Lord Fifteen and Shi Hao looked at each other, both feeling heavy-hearted, their original plans about to fall through.

“However, with your talents, if you cling to that Dragon Mastiff, you could also survive, though miserably,” the old tree chuckled.

After all these years, it had thoroughly explored the secret realm.

Compared to superpowers like the Golden Toad and the Azure Flood Dragon, it was even more fearsome, an ancient antique.

Recently, the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree discovered an unstable spatial node within the secret realm that could be used to escape, to flee this cage.

For it, this place was like a prison.

“What a pity!” Shi Hao felt extreme regret.

He truly wanted to stay; where else could he find such a sacred site for cultivation.

“Hey, do you think I, an old man, am kind and easy to bully?” The Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree looked off into the distance, eyeing the crowd, and said, “Sneaking around here, scheming, acting as if I don’t exist?”
“Whoosh!”
A branch suddenly surged, sweeping across.

Instantly, the Azure Flood Dragon screamed, and another flood dragon arm fell, bringing with it a rain of blood.

Additionally, the Golden Toad’s belly was punctured with a large bloody hole, its soul nearly fleeing its body, escaping in complete terror.

“Such tender flood dragon meat,” Shi Hao buzzed excitedly as he ran over, collecting the flood dragon arms that had been chopped off.

“And you,” the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree pointed toward those beings who had chased out from the inheritance.

“Puff puff…”
Blood spattered, and several beings from within the secret realm were pierced, with beings from the outer world being slaughtered, reviving with Death Substitution Talismans and leaving.

In a blink of an eye, almost everyone here was cleared out!

The Taiyin Jade Rabbit’s little heart thumped wildly, as it cried out in a childish voice, “One of you!”
However, it dared not get close, staring with a pair of red crystal-like large eyes, swiftly fleeing.

It certainly did not want to get near such a strange tree; for a little bunny, it was too frightening.

“Finally, peace.”
Next, Shi Hao had to take out the Pill Furnace to refine a portion of Tianhe.

The curse within was fatal to those with profound cultivation.

The more powerful one was, the more dangerous this curse became.

In the past, an elder sect leader even perished because of it.

The old tree had its wish fulfilled and was immensely satisfied.

After experiencing the Immortal Dao Thunder aura, it remained silent for a long time.

Then, it saw the Yellow Mud in the Pill Furnace and was instantly terrified.

“So it’s just a trace of the real Yellow Mud’s aura, not that actual thing.” It breathed a sigh of relief, having been scared just moments ago.

Shi Hao’s eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked what the real Yellow Mud was.

He knew that the upper echelon figures of the higher realms would melt instantly upon contacting it in the forbidden areas, rapidly meeting their demise.

“I don’t understand it very well either.

It’s said to be something left from the Ancient Immortal Era, not to be touched,” the old tree said gravely.

Shi Hao was astonished and asked, “What kind of era was that?”
“It was an era of glory and immortality,” the Ghost God Tree shook its head; it didn’t know either.

After all, it was just a seed back then.

These were things that the Primordial Heaven Supreme had told the Dragon Mastiff, and it had only overheard.

“Divine Dao… Immortal Dao…”
Shi Hao whispered to himself, indeed, there was a great mystery.

Nowadays, they only talk about the divine dao, but invariably, the distant past will involve the immortal.

Next, the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree, Lord Fifteen, and Shi Hao together perused the Thunder Emperor’s scriptures, staring unceasingly at the Golden Paper, etching it into their memories.

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This was a supreme secret technique; if it were to be leaked, it would bring about fatal disaster!

For any ancient school would covet it and stop at nothing to acquire it.

Who knows how long it was before the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree finally looked up.

It had taken a long time to just memorize the characters, far from being able to comprehend them quickly.

“Alright, senior, I’ve kept my promise,” said Shi Hao.

“Then I will take you all away,” nodded the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree.

“Hold on, let’s wait here, and see when the Azure Bone Book is taken out,” Shi Hao said with a smile, but with a hint of coldness.

He had been besieged for a long time and was planning to settle accounts here.

“That bone book cannot be taken away by anyone; it can only be comprehended here,” the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree shook its head.

Shi Hao was startled.

There was such a thing?

“Forget it, we should be content.

We got the highest secret technique of the Thunder Emperor and also comprehended some divine skills from the Azure Bone Book.

It’s time to leave,” Lord Fifteen stated firmly.

The Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree also nodded and said, “Let’s go.

That spatial node is very unstable; it won’t last long and could disappear at any moment.

We can’t delay too much.”
“You guys got lucky,” Shi Hao muttered.

They set off eastward and found that the node was not too far from the secret realm’s exit, which startled Shi Hao.

Could they be caught upon leaving like this?

“Relax, leaving through this spatial node could reappear millions of miles away, even traverse several provinces.

The void channel is not as simple as you think,” said the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree.

When they passed by the exit of the secret realm, Shi Hao paused.

From there, he could vaguely see the sacrificial altar and even hear some sounds from the outside world.

“My god, a few more have died.

The battle for the heritage site has reached a fever pitch.”
“That young demon king got a page of the Golden Paper and has left the ancient hall?

What great fortune, just not sure how he will leave the secret realm.”
The outside world was abuzz with discussion.

A few elder sect leaders were calm, all silent, yet each of their eyes sparkled with eagerness.

No matter who obtained the Golden Paper and Azure Bone, they would have to pass through them if they wanted to leave the secret realm.

Regardless, they all intended to obtain that inheritance and comprehend it.

Especially if that young demon king—Desolate, was just a Loose Cultivator without a formidable school behind him, then they were sorry, but the Golden Paper could not be taken away.

“He’s too arrogant.

He teamed up with an old tree to harm some geniuses?

Let’s see how he manages to come out; I want an explanation from him!” A golden Feather Cloak-clad old crone spoke.

She was a leader of the Golden Luan Race, on equal footing with the elder sect leaders.

Since a young Golden Luan from her race was slain by Shi Hao, she was indignant.

“Heh, old thing, are you talking about me?” Inside the secret realm, Shi Hao, wearing tattered shining armor, waved his hand flamboyantly from afar, not worrying too much given the distance.

“Hmm?” The old crone’s eyes shot out two golden rays.

She had already sensed someone there, but the secret realm was too strange, suppressing all of them.

Sending their Divine Sense into it would be drastically reduced to a maddening degree.

“It’s him, the young demon king Huang!”
“My god, it really is him.

How dare he provoke a Sect Hierarch like that, what kind of background does this guy have!”
…

Outside the secret realm, it suddenly erupted into commotion, and everyone was watching with wide eyes.

“Young man, you’re too arrogant.

Don’t forget, you have to come out eventually,” Qin Changsheng said calmly.

The people from the Fire Demon Palace were hopping mad; this young demon king made them lose face completely, they were filled with indignant hatred and couldn’t wait to rush in and slay him.

The Light Angels from Heavenly Kingdom hid among the crowd, their eyes flashing with a cunning light as they considered whether to sneak in and kill the young man directly!

Additionally, beings from Netherworld, Sun God Vine, Black Orchid, Zhen Biao, Holy Feather, and others from ancient schools were all bristling with murderous intent.

Too many pairs of ice-cold eyes were watching him, wanting to strike him down immediately.

One could say that the moment Shi Hao stood here, the animosity towards him skyrocketed, drawing the attention of a whole crowd of creatures, all brimming with killing intent.

“Look here, everyone, you staring at me like that makes me quite embarrassed.

What’s this for?

Welcoming me?

Truly the center of attention in heaven and earth, the only focal point,” Shi Hao narcissistically stated.

A crowd of people immediately darkened their faces, while some ground their teeth in frustration.

“Young man, you do not understand the immensity of the heavens and earth.

I’d like to see how you get out of this!” an old crone from the Golden Luan Race said coldly.

“Hey!” A Sect Hierarch also issued a cold snort.

“Who said I want to leave, it’s quite nice in here, I’m not going anywhere,” Shi Hao said boldly, completely unconcerned by the Sect Hierarch-level figures.

“I’ll kill him!”
“I’m going too!”
Immediately, a group of people couldn’t hold back any longer.

There were people from the Fire Demon Palace, beings from Netherworld, the Golden Luan Race, and powerhouses from Immortal Mountain—the list of grudges was simply too long.

“Who’s afraid of whom?

If you dare, come on in, I’ll annihilate you all!” Shi Hao spoke conceitedly.

“Kill him!”
Finally, some powerful beings could no longer stand it, a group of strong individuals from major schools joined forces, stepping into the secret realm.

They were suppressed, but they could still exert a certain level of strength.

“I’ll annihilate you all!” Shi Hao declared.

As this group of people approached, the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree decisively attacked!

It was the only being in the secret realm that was detached and unaffected, able to unleash terrifying combat power.

“Spurt!”
Blood splattered, the group that surged in was sweepingly defeated, all spouting blood, shocking everyone on the outside.

A few old Sect Hierarchs saw this and their hearts thumped wildly; there was indeed someone not restricted by the rules – this being must be related to the Primordial Heaven Supreme!

“Say, folks, are you coming or not?

Any number is welcome, bring it on!” Shi Hao ridiculed with a contemptuous laugh.

Silence fell; many were stunned into stillness.

“In that case, I’m off to cultivate.

Farewell, my friends, I’ll see you in five thousand years when the secret realm opens again,” Shi Hao waved his hand nonchalantly and turned around.

“Son of a—!”
“Fiend, I’ll kill you!”
…

From behind, a group of people cursed; they were truly infuriated.

“Keep yelling, and I’ll venture deeper into the secret realm to slay your descendants!” Shi Hao threatened.

At once, the group grew even more enraged.

However, Shi Hao didn’t have the time to delay, following the Demonic Blood Ghost God Tree, he rushed towards the node, afraid of missing the timing.

Finally, with a light buzzing tremor, they stepped into that strange place and left the secret realm.

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