Marquis were revered by hundreds of millions of people. Only those who had made great contributions to the race could receive the blessing of the entire race and be conferred the title of Marquis, shocking all the races in the Hundred Realms.
Marquis were not only powerful, but also the embodiment of status. Those who could be conferred the title of Marquis were all people with great luck. They were existences that had a great influence on the entire Human Race.
Every race derived their own Will of Destiny. Whether it was the Human Race or the Hundred Races, even the weakest race, as long as they could establish their own race and obtain the recognition of the world, they could give birth to their own unique Will.
However, among the hundred races in the universe, the wills of each race were opposed to each other. When human warriors killed the other races, they were weakening the wills of the other races. This was equal to strengthening the will of the human race.
If one wanted to become a Marquis, they had to slaughter hundreds of millions of foreign races to obtain the blessing of their race's Will. For a race, every death of a Marquis was a great loss.
Yulong Marquis had died tens of thousands of years ago, but there was a remnant of his will that was attached to his remains. The Human World was vast and boundless, and the Will of the Human Race was boundless. No one knew what method the remnant of his will had used to escape the detection of the Will of the Human Race.
Now that the remnant of his will had been devoured by Xiao Chen, the Will of Destiny had sensed the death of Yulong Marquis, so it had manifested. Xiao Chen had devoured the remnant of his will, which was why the Will of Destiny saw it as a meritorious deed, so a dense purple Qi had descended.
Yulong Marquis's corpse was burnt by the Will of Destiny and returned to the Barren Land. This also made Xiao Chen sigh in relief. After all, the corpse of a Human Race powerhouse with great merit could not be desecrated.
The Purple Qi of Destiny dissipated, but the secret realm was still filled with sand. Yulong Marquis had died, and the secret realm he left behind had become extremely dilapidated.
In the sky, there was a spatial crack that was hundreds of miles wide. In the secret realm, the sky was filled with black sand, and the ancient trees had fallen and withered. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this was a secret realm that was about to be abandoned.
Occasionally, a chaotic spatial flow swept down from the sky, slicing apart the remaining ancient trees. For most cultivators, even if they found the Secret Realm's Origin Source and refined it, it would not be of much value.
But for Xiao Chen, he had other ideas.
Buzz buzz buzz!
At that moment, there was a fist-sized silver crystal in Xiao Chen's hand. It flashed with silvery light and vibrant colours. This was the source stone of this pocket dimension.
After refining the remnant consciousness, Xiao Chen easily found the Origin Stone of this mystic realm. Just like this broken mystic realm, the surface of the Origin Stone was also covered in cracks, like a spider web densely covering the fist-sized crystal.
"I wonder what will happen to the space of the Seal of Mountains and Rivers after it devours the Origin Stone of this mystic realm!"
Xiao Chen's eyes lit up. This was what Xiao Chen wanted to do next. This mystic realm had long been dilapidated. Even if he refined the Origin Stone, there was no telling when it would be completely destroyed and disappear into the void. The gains did not make up for the losses.
However, Origin Crystals were treasures of the void. They could only be found and not sought. What Xiao Chen needed was this Origin Crystal. As for this dilapidated space of fifty kilometers around, he had the Mountain and River Seal's paradise, so it could be said to be dispensable.
He let the Seal of Mountains and Rivers devour the Origin Crystal and expand the Grotto-Heaven World in the Seal of Mountains and Rivers. As for the mystic realm losing the Origin Crystal, it was equivalent to losing the foundation of its existence. It was only speeding up the disappearance of the mystic realm.
Originally, Xiao Chen wanted to bring this Origin Stone out of the mystic realm and let the Seal of Mountains and Rivers devour it. However, he found that it was difficult to bring the Origin Stone out of the mystic realm unless it was destroyed.
"Buzz!"
The Seal of Mountains and Rivers appeared in Xiao Chen's hand again. At this moment, Xiao Chen was a little confused about the situation in his body. When he had advanced to the ninth level of the Martial Path, the Seal of Mountains and Rivers had turned into a building foundation and appeared under the nine-story platform, forming a unique tenth level of the Martial Path.
However, Xiao Chen slowly discovered that the building foundation formed by the Seal of Mountains and Rivers was not one with the ninth level of the Martial Path. With a thought, the Seal of Mountains and Rivers could appear in front of him.
Whoosh!
Just as Xiao Chen was pondering, the Seal of Mountains and Rivers in his hand suddenly erupted with an unprecedented devouring power. A green light shone brightly and forcibly took the Origin Stone from his hand.
As the green light shone, Xiao Chen's mind followed and entered the space of the Seal of Mountains and Rivers.
The silver Origin Stone turned into a ray of silver light and slammed into the chaotic space at the edge of the Seal of Mountains and Rivers.
After several years of growth, the space within the Seal of Mountains and Rivers had already expanded to a radius of a hundred miles. It was not much different from the area of the secret realm. The edges of the space were all dusky and there was a trace of dusky chaotic qi drifting in the air.
Rumble!
However, before Xiao Chen could take a closer look, he saw that the Origin Stone that had already entered the chaotic space was actually emitting a boundless light.
Boom!
The originally calm chaotic space around the Seal of Mountains and Rivers began to violently churn at a speed visible to the naked eye. It was like a giant dragon in the vast ocean, emitting a terrifying roar.
The surging chaotic qi was violently churning. Then, Xiao Chen saw that a huge crack had appeared in the chaotic space. The Origin Stone constantly emitted a silver light, and the dusky space that had been torn apart could not be mended again.
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
Every time the Origin Stone emitted a silver light, the space it had torn apart would expand a little, and the silver Origin Stone would also shrink a little.
Rumble!
With a series of violent rumbles, a space of thirty miles had been opened with the Origin Stone as the center. The remnant dusky qi continuously collapsed, and dense Heaven Earth Yuan Qi continuously appeared in the void.
Although it was only thirty miles in size, it still had a sky and a land. However, the land was currently barren, and it was far from comparable to the Heavenly Abode that had existed for a long time.
Just as Xiao Chen was paying attention to the changes in the space within the Seal of Mountains and Rivers, a grey-robed elder appeared a hundred miles away from Xuanling City.
The elder carried a metal sword on his back as he gazed at the faintly discernible ancient city in the distance. Without any hesitation, he took a step forward and appeared a thousand feet away.
The old man crossed the distance of a hundred miles in a short amount of time. He did not even look at the cultivators outside of Xuanling City. He stepped in the air and flew towards an extremely magnificent stone castle in Xuanling City.
"Who dares barge into my Primordial Spirit Hall!"
The elder directly flew through the gates of the stone castle and entered. This immediately enraged the soldiers guarding the stone castle. They clenched their weapons tightly and surrounded the elder.
"Scram!"
At this moment, a rough shout rang out, and a sturdy man in red armor appeared.
When the surrounding soldiers had dispersed, the burly man in red armor knelt on the ground and shouted, "Yuan Xue greets Grand Elder Yuan Hong!"
"Rise. I did not expect you to have broken through to the Fourth Heaven realm in decades. Not bad!"
The elder with the metal sword on his back nodded slightly and then said softly.
"Yuan Xue's aptitude is poor. It took me ten years to reach the Third Heaven realm before I luckily passed the Lightning Fire Tribulation and reached the Fourth Heaven realm. I am indebted to the Grand Elder's praise."
"I know that it was unfair for the tribe to assign you to this place all these years. You've suffered a lot. Before you left, the Lord Tribe Chief said that if you discovered the Arcane Realm and obtained a great harvest, he would transfer you back to the tribe and reward you handsomely."
Speaking of the secret realm, the elder with the sword on his back had a fiery look in his eyes. A cultivator who could open up a secret realm was at least the Eighth Heaven of the Third Heaven realm. Even his Marquis Yuan Division did not have such a cultivator.
A cultivator who was at least the Eighth Heaven of the Third Heaven of the Third Heaven realm. What kind of opportunity would there be in a secret realm? Thinking of this, he could not help but feel fiery. He could not wait to open the secret realm and explore it.
When Yuan Xue sent this news back to the tribe, he immediately rushed towards the Xuanling Mountain Range after a secret discussion with the tribe leader of the Marquis Yuan Division.
Unlike the White Marsh Marquis Battalion in the Desolate Border Region, the Myriad Spirit Region had three marquis rank battalions. The Yuan Feng Battalion was only one of them, and it was the weakest of the three marquis rank battalions. The clan only had him and the Yuan Feng Clan Patriarch, two venerable experts.
After comforting the Yuan Xue in front of him, the two appeared in a stone house moments later.
Elder Yuan Hong, who was sitting at the head of the table, said softly, "Where is the secret realm, does anyone else know!"
"Reporting to Grand Elder, the secret realm is in an abandoned mine thousands of feet below the ground. Other than this subordinate, there are three other elders who know," the brawny man responded.
"Where are they!"
"One is cultivating in the stone castle, the other two are guarding the mine."
Speaking of this, the brawny man paused and had a bad feeling. But he still asked carefully, "Why does Grand Elder ask?"
"The matter of the secret realm is of great importance. Those who are not of our race must be on guard!" Murderous intent flashed through Yuan Hong's eyes.
"Reporting to Grand Elder, these three are martial artists that I subdued after I received orders to come to Xuanling City. We went through life and death together for a hundred years. They even agreed to join my Marquis Yuan Division. Also, this subordinate knows them like the back of my hand. They will not reveal anything about the secret realm."
"Fool!"
Yuan Hong shouted. "Do you not understand how great the allure of an ownerless secret realm is? If news of it really gets out and the marquis battalions of the nearby districts act, what do you think our Marquis Yuan Feng Division will have the chance to protect this secret realm?"
"Only the dead can keep a secret!"
Feeling the thick murderous intent from Yuan Hong, Yuan Xue couldn't help but shudder.
"Do not worry, you do not need to act. This honored one will act personally and send them on their way without them knowing. When this honored one opens the secret realm, you will follow this honored one back to the tribe."