Generally speaking, no matter what kind of arcane realm it was, the arcane realm would give birth to the strongest ruler of life.
Even if a arcane realm's ruler was killed or crushed, as long as the arcane realm existed, a new ruler would naturally be born.
Most of the revived arcane realm's rulers would retain the appearance of the previous generation, and even their abilities would be similar.
This was because all arcane realm rulers were the strongest creatures born from the arcane realm itself. They represented the arcane realm's unique rules. The more powerful the arcane realm ruler, the longer it would take for them to be revived.
Theoretically speaking, as long as the arcane realm's world was not interfered with by humans, nothing would change in a thousand or even ten thousand years.
In arcane realms, arcane realm rulers were not limited by their lifespans, but apart from a few rulers with special bloodlines, most arcane realm rulers' strength would not increase.
In other words, a level two arcane realm ruler that had been sealed for ten thousand years would find it difficult to ascend to the next level unless they possessed a special bloodline.
Only arcane realm rulers with primordial bloodlines like Tian Chan, Xiang Liu, and the Four Sacred Beasts could keep growing and becoming stronger.
Among them, the Four Sacred Beasts, Blue Dragon, White Tiger, ZhuQue, and Xuanwu, had emerged from the arcane realm. They became the representatives of the twelve Earthly Immortals, great existences like gods in the eyes of the Zhu Hai Mountain Range mortals.
For a long time, arcane realms and the Zhu Hai Mountain Range did not interfere with each other. The arcane realm's races had even allied with some human factions and participated in the Zhu Hai Mountain Range's stage.
However, all of this changed with the change in the laws of heaven and earth.
No one knew when the arcane realm began to be isolated from the Zhu Hai Mountain Range. The arcane realm's races could no longer enter the Zhu Hai Mountain Range at will, but those from the Zhu Hai Mountain Range could enter the arcane realm of their own volition (those who entered could not exceed the arcane realm's capacity limit).
This extremely unfair law brought a great catastrophe to the arcane realm.
Since arcane realm's races could not enter the Zhu Hai Mountain Range, cultivators from the Zhu Hai Mountain Range could enter through the arcane realm's entrance. This resulted in a one-sided invasion.
It did not take long for the arcane realm's races and humans' relationship to completely deteriorate, becoming one of irreconcilable enemies.
The rulers of the Secret Realms had almost all instinctively engraved in their minds that humans must die. All invaders must die!
Therefore, the masters of Arcane Realms were born enemies of humans. Almost all Arcane Realms had the principle of killing foreign invaders without missing a beat. This was a rule that had been engraved in their bloodlines, a rule that was like instinct.
However, just like how rice breeds all kinds of people, it was the same for mystic realms. Among the thousands of mystic realms, there would occasionally be a strange mystic realm.
That was the mystic realm that Mei Xue had encountered, where a powerful human being was the master of the mystic realm.
In theory, if a human could rely on their own strength to defeat the ruler of the Arcane Realm and obtain the recognition of the Arcane Realm, they could indeed become the ruler of the Arcane Realm.
The Arcana Realm Ruler was defined as the strongest creature born in the Arcana Realm. In other words, if a human successfully challenged the Arcana Realm Ruler with their own strength and obtained the Arcana Realm's recognition, they could become the new Arcana Realm Ruler.
However, such examples were even rarer than pandas.
First of all, you had to be stronger than the Arcana Realm Ruler, and you couldn't use team tactics. Instead, you had to rely on your own strength to defeat the Arcana Realm Ruler.
There was a paradox hidden in this. The Arcana Realm would never allow immortal warlocks or divine arts practitioners who were stronger than the Arcana Realm itself to enter.
This was also why Mei Xue had to stick an Immortal Seal Talisman on himself in order to enter a low-level Arcana Realm. If he forcefully entered this low-level Arcana Realm with the Seas and Mountains Immortal Bracelet, the Arcana Realm would definitely collapse. Mei Xue would then be able to obtain a free ticket to the void turbulence.
In other words, you had to defeat the Arcana Realm Ruler in a one-on-one battle. Only then would you have the right to obtain the recognition of the Arcana Realm itself.
Secondly, you had to obtain the recognition of the Arcana Realm. After defeating the Arcana Realm Ruler in a one-on-one battle, the Arcana Realm would send out a special message to test if you really wanted to become the Arcana Realm's ruler.
This process could not be faked. Only those who sincerely wanted to become the ruler of the arcane realm and were suitable for it would truly be acknowledged by the arcane realm.
However, even if these two conditions were met, there was still the most difficult third condition, which was also the one that was almost impossible for the current Various Seas Mountain Range to accomplish. You had to obtain the approval of the other secret realms' rulers.
The Prefectural Sea Mountain Range's Mystic Realms had never existed independently. Between the Mystic Realms and the Mystic Realms, there were spatial passageways that resembled spiderwebs. Powerful Rulers of the Mystic Realms would occasionally use these passageways to travel. This was also the foundation of the Mystic Realms' civilization.
Back when the Myriad Seas Mountain Range and the various races in the Arcana Realm were still able to interact with each other, it was actually not a big deal. In fact, humans who were willing to become Arcana Realm's rulers were quite popular.
Because humans who became a Hidden Realm race were born with innate intelligence, they had great potential after becoming a Hidden Realm Lord. Moreover, there were too few Hidden Realm Lords. It was difficult to find companions that they could converse with. So, in ancient times, having humans become Hidden Realm Lords was a good choice.
However, this situation was only limited to before the Laws of Heaven and Earth of the Myriad Seas Mountain Range changed.
After the Myriad Seas Mountain Range isolated the races in the Myriad Seas Mountain Range, all the humans who tried to become a Hidden Realm Lord became the enemies of the races in the Myriad Seas Mountain Range.
For humans, once they became a Hidden Realm Lord, it meant that they would forever be isolated from the Myriad Seas Mountain Range, becoming a different species in the Myriad Seas Mountain Range.
Therefore, after the Immemorial Covenant of Alliance was broken, the humans who became the Hidden Realm Lord became almost extinct, and were replaced by the World Pagoda system.
The World Pagoda towering in the Hidden Realm was the view of humans in the Immortal Spell Civilization about the races in the Immortal Spell Civilization, and represented the arrogance of Immortal Warlocks.
The races in the Hidden Realm were lowly, ugly, and used to obtain materials and treasures. This was the view of Immortal Warlocks about the races living in the Immortal Spell Civilization.
In particular, the low-level Hidden Realms had become the breeding grounds and resource collection grounds of Immortal Warlocks. Every year, countless resources produced by the Hidden Realms would flow into the Myriad Seas Mountain Range. It could be said that more than half of the cultivation resources of the Myriad Seas Mountain Range's Immortal Spell Civilization were produced in the Hidden Realms.
Under such circumstances, who would want to become the Hidden Realm Lord, especially the Hidden Realm Lord of a low-level Hidden Realm?
However, the words on the crown, as well as the special rule that monsters killed in this secret realm would drop gems, gold, and even crowns, told Mei Xue that this was a special secret realm where the master of the secret realm was ruled by a human with great mediocre powers.
Ordinary Hidden Realms absolutely didn't have these strange rules, let alone such mischievous slogans and declarations.
"Congratulations, you've broken through this Hidden Realm. But this is just the beginning, the real horror is yet to come. Young man, come and challenge your limits …" After reading the prompts on the Crown again, Mei Xue snapped the gorgeous Crown of Gems into pieces with a flick of her finger.
For Immortal Warlocks, gold and treasures commonly used in the mortal world were meaningless. Only immortal stones and all kinds of treasures of heaven and earth containing spiritual energy were common goods.
It was by no means a joke that an Immortal Flower could buy dozens of mortal kingdoms, but rather common knowledge in the world of Immortal Warlocks.
"Yeah, it's a pity, this is a spoil of war."
Zhu Huo, who was sheltered by Mei Xue, recovered her vitality. She curiously looked at the powder of the gorgeous Crown of Gems with an expression of regret.
"It's not that simple. In addition to the medicinal herbs, these items have some strange auras."
Mei Xue took out the gems and coins dropped by the monsters she killed, and snapped them one by one, leaving only the green and yellow medicinal herbs.
Among all the items dropped, only these two medicinal herbs didn't contain any other auras. They were truly elixirs cultivated by the Hidden Realm's essence of heaven and earth.
There were many differences between the rules of the Hidden Realm and the Myriad Seas Mountain Range. Most of the corpses of monsters in the Hidden Realm would quickly turn to ashes, leaving only a part of their essence.
Only the essence and some special resources of the Hidden Realm could be brought back to the Myriad Seas Mountain Range. Everything else couldn't be taken out. This was the rule that existed before the Hidden Realm was isolated from the Myriad Seas Mountain Range. This was the difference in the essence of the world.
As for the origin of the Hidden Realm, there was still no real answer. However, there was no doubt that the Hidden Realm was closely related to the Myriad Seas Mountain Range. The theory that the Hidden Realm was a fragment of the Myriad Seas Mountain Range was also the most accepted theory.
However, no matter how close it was to the Myriad Seas Mountain Range, the Hidden Realm still had many rules that the Myriad Seas Mountain Range could not understand. This was probably one of the biggest reasons why it was difficult for the races in the Myriad Seas Mountain Range to be recognized by the Myriad Seas Mountain Range.
"Ga!
Ga! "
A dark red road sign appeared in front of Mei Xue and Zhu Huo, as if giving them directions.
Every few seconds, the road sign would flash again and again, as if urging the only two guests in the mystic realm to move forward quickly.
"Big Brother, are you really going in?"
Zhu Huo, who had tailed Mei Xue to this strange Hidden Realm, had no idea that it was so perverse, tugged on Mei Xue's sleeve. Clearly, she didn't want to go in anymore.
"Yes, I have to go." Mei Xue nodded.
Whether this was a Hidden Realm ruled by a human Hidden Realm Ruler or a natural Hidden Realm Ruler, it was all the same to him.
That was because he wanted to explore the entire Myriad Seas Mountain Range. How could he stop at a mere Level 4 Hidden Realm?
Even though most of the power in his body had been sealed, and he could only use his physical strength to fight, Mei Xue still wanted to conquer this Hidden Realm. He wanted to control everything in this Hidden Realm.
Be it demons or monsters, could they be compared to the indescribably terrifying Nine Serenities Seed? Could they be compared to the Demon-eyed Clan Lord who ruled over the Ten Directions World?
"You don't have to go. There shouldn't be anything good here."
Mei Xue patted Zhu Huo's head. Actually, with Zhu Huo's strength, there was no need for her to be afraid of this Level 4 Hidden Realm. Apart from the Hidden Realm Ruler, there shouldn't be any monsters that could truly threaten this mysterious young lady from the Southern Sea.
However, the monsters in this Hidden Realm didn't seem to have a good relationship with Zhu Huo. Those ugly and disgusting things made people feel uncomfortable. It wasn't strange that Zhu Huo couldn't get used to it.
Of course, if Little Willow was here … Mei Xue imagined it in her mind. These monsters would probably be melted in the blood sea before they could even touch Little Willow.
"That … That won't do. I'm Zhu Huo of the Four Heavenly Kings. It's alright. I'll get back to my usual self soon." Zhu Huo puffed up her chest. She was clearly dissatisfied with her performance.
She had no choice. She had been pampered since she was young. Other than the time when she peeped on Katsu-Ryūhime, she had never seen such a disgusting and bloody scene. Especially those half-human, half-scorpion monsters that were bleeding all over their bodies. She felt like vomiting.
Seriously, what was going on with this Hidden Realm? Who had such a bad taste?!
"Then learn to accept it. Don't be afraid. You're far stronger than them."
After experiencing the Dragon Jade War, Mei Xue had long since surpassed the stage where she couldn't get used to seeing blood.
Although she couldn't reach the level where she could kill without batting an eyelid like Red Wolf, a few twisted monsters weren't worthy of her frowning.
"Alright, I'll let these monsters know how ZhuQue's Fire burns."
Zhu Huo snapped her fingers. A scarlet flame appeared on her fingertip, illuminating the surrounding fog.
"You're left with the Power of Fire?"
Mei Xue looked at the flame on Zhu Huo's fingertip. Due to the restrictions of the Hidden Realm, any power that exceeded the limits of the Hidden Realm would be automatically sealed by the Immortal Seal. Therefore, Mei Xue had chosen to use the purest physical power.
On the other hand, Zhu Huo was the opposite. She had sealed her physical power and retained the Power of Fire.
This also explained why she was in such a sorry state earlier. It was obvious that her Power of Fire was not suitable for facing those monsters that were in groups. These monsters wouldn't give her the time to use her Power of Fire.
If one had to describe it, Mei Xue's power was closer to the Power of God. She had a body of steel and the extraordinary power of unlimited rage. On the other hand, Zhu Huo's power was closer to the Power of Immortal Arts. She fought by manipulating the power of heaven and earth.
Under the restrictions of the Hidden Realm's rules, both of their powers were limited to the Hidden Realm Ruler's. However, their combat power wasn't just limited to pure combat power. Immortal Arts, Power of God, strategy, psychology, and even the number of treasures they carried could determine the final outcome of a battle.
Otherwise, facing the Hidden Realm Ruler who had the advantage of the right time, the right place, and the right people, humans had no chance of winning. Defeating the Hidden Realm Ruler was simply a fool's dream.
However, even if they were fully prepared, most teams that encountered the Hidden Realm Ruler would still die. Not everyone had the same level of power as Mei Xue and Zhu Huo.
Apart from a small number of teams that explored the Hidden Realm, most teams would stay far away from the Hidden Realm Ruler's core area. After all, the Hidden Realm Ruler's advantage in the Hidden Realm was simply too great.
"Hey, this is ZhuQue's Fire! Burn them to death!" Zhu Huo didn't mind revealing her trump card to Mei Xue.
The legend of the Southern Sea, the only surviving Sacred Beast of the Four Sacred Beasts of the South, ZhuQue. It was a living witness to the history of the Various Seas Mountain Range. It was the only Sacred Beast of the Yao Clan that hadn't fallen.
Although she had more or less guessed that Zhu Huo was related to this Sacred Beast of the South, when she saw Zhu Huo unleash ZhuQue's Fire, Mei Xue was still shocked.
This was the genuine power of the Sacred Beast's inheritance. It might even be more glorious than the current generation of the Blue Dragon King, the Azure Sea Jiao.
After all, the Sacred Beast of the East, Blue Dragon, had fallen long ago. Only the Blue Dragon King's inheritance and the Blue Dragon Immortal Sect were still passed down. On the other hand, the Sacred Beast of the South, ZhuQue, was still alive. Possessing ZhuQue's Fire was enough to prove that ZhuQue doted on Zhu Huo. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to possess the flame that represented ZhuQue's power.
Even though Zhu Huo's flame was only a small flame, Mei Xue could feel that the flame contained a power that could incinerate the heavens and purify everything. That was the characteristic of the legendary ZhuQue's Fire, Nanming Li Fire.
"Ding!
Ding! "
The dark red light flashed again and again, as if reminding Mei Xue and Zhu Huo that it was time to set off.
A Level Four secret realm meant that there were four levels. According to the rules of the secret realm, the master of the secret realm would usually be in the deepest level, where there were the most monsters and the most terrifying.
The levels of the secret realms were not simply related to the top and bottom. There was a pyramid system like the Green Ruins, and there was also a multi-layered roulette system that was folded together. There was even a Sky Reaching Tower system that was inverted, with the lowest level leading to the highest level.
The next level of the ghost village secret realm was divided into four special regions. This was because what Mei Xue saw at the end of the light mark was a huge castle, which was completely different from the village in the first region.
"Ga!
Ga!
Ga! "
The gate of the ancient castle slowly opened in front of Mei Xue and Zhu Huo. Then, a large number of bats flew out, covering the sky and covering the sun.
"I'll burn you all to death!"
At that moment, Zhu Huo's power of fire finally erupted. Tens of scarlet firebirds flew out from her fingertips. These firebirds made of ZhuQue's fire charged into the swarm of bats. Then, the bats fell from the sky, burning like dumplings.
Most of the bats were burned to ashes by ZhuQue's fire before they could land on the ground. Only a small number of bats managed to fly above Mei Xue and Zhu Huo. Then, Mei Xue effortlessly punched them into pieces.
Following the fine tradition of this special secret realm, the large swarm of bats dropped many strange items. There were quite a number of red, heart-shaped crystals, bottles filled with clear liquid, wooden crosses, and a chubby, round, and fragrant golden food.
"What's this?"
Zhu Huo picked one up curiously. These items were floating directly on the ground, so they were not contaminated. Zhu Huo was very curious about the chubby, round food.
"Wait, this …" For some reason, Mei Xue had a strange feeling when she saw the chubby, round food. She felt that something was wrong.
Unfortunately, his reminder came too late. The curious Zhu Huo had already bitten down on the chubby, round, and peculiar food, and happily ate it.