Following a Hundred Years of Cultivation, I'm dying Before I Got Cheats

Chapter 1528: The Eerie Secret Realm, Various Situations_1 Chapter 1528: The Eerie Secret Realm, Various Situations_1 Editor: Henyee Translations The desolate and barren world before them looked like a painting from a destitute artistaEUR”everywhere they looked, there were endless scars, an unsettling and shocking sight.

The void itself seemed filled with a sense of destruction, oppressing everything.

As Jiang Chengxuan and Shen Ruyan walked across the shattered earth, they felt no trace of life, reminding them of the aftermath of the great calamity they had experienced, where the scenery had been just as grim and heart-wrenching.

“This place is truly devoid of life.

How can it be so desolateaEUR|” Shen Ruyan furrowed her brows in growing concern, her voice tinged with disbelief.

After walking for a hundred miles, they still hadn’t seen any signs of life.

Not even a blade of grass, let alone a tree.

Even in the most perilous areas of the immortal domains, it wasn’t this barren.

In the harshest environments, with enough time, lifeforms always emerged, adapting and surviving.

“Could it be that something catastrophic happened here?” Shen Ruyan mused, gazing far into the distance, her worry deepening.

“But the secret realm has only just opened, so this doesn’t make sense.” Jiang Chengxuan considered this for a moment before offering another possibility.

“Another possibility is that this place is newly born, and as soon as it came into existence, it was already in this state.” Stepping on the ash beneath them, Jiang Chengxuan continued, adding more uncertainty to the situation.

However, this explanation did little to ease their doubts and only deepened the mystery.

How could a newly formed world look like this?

What force could have caused its birth and yet left it on the brink of destruction?

Such questions only added to the confusion and unease.

At that moment, all across the secret realm, separated True Immortals were also filled with unease, cautiously exploring every corner.

No one found anything useful, and while they too speculated, none of the possibilities were reassuring.

“Buzz!aEUR”aEUR”Buzz!” Meanwhile, on the outer edges of the secret realm, after waiting for a time, the forces of the three major Eastern Continent sects no longer hesitated and began to enter the secret realm, each preparing to explore cautiously.

Upon stepping into the realm, they were immediately taken aback by what they saw, collectively gasping in shock.

This wasn’t a secret realmaEUR”it was a wasteland, a place of destruction!

“Perhaps some mysterious force caused this place to become what it is, or maybe there is some treasure here.

If we manage to obtain it, our names will echo through the Eastern Continent, and we’ll become revered as celestial lords!” Among them, some cultivators, instead of fearing the situation, became more determined.

With greedy ambitions burning in their hearts, they saw this desolation as an opportunity for riches and gloryaEUR”specifically, the cultivators of the Xianjie Sect and the Graywind Immortal Alliance.

Seeing the wasteland-like state of the secret realm, they remained calm, even feeling quite comfortable in the midst of the pervasive aura of destruction.

“Master was right!

This is indeed the power we sought!” One Earth Immortal from the Xianjie Sect appeared within a massive fissure in the ground, his eyes blazing with excitement as he caressed the jagged stone walls.

In his hands was an unusual, simple-looking rune, emitting a dark, pulsating light.

The rune emitted waves of mysterious energy, resonating with the land’s cracks.

Its aura bore some resemblance to the methods Jiang Chengxuan had learned to enter the Ancient Realm, and it was clear that this was the object they had traveled so far to find.

The Earth Immortal of the Xianjie Sect, filled with fervor, wasted no time.

He didn’t even call for his sect’s other disciples, instead transforming into a streak of black light and following the fissure further into the earth.

After covering several dozen miles, he used the rune to realign the direction, pressing it against the ground.

As time passed, the exploration in the secret realm began to unfold in various ways.

Some separated True Immortals encountered members of the Graywind Immortal Alliance, leading to fierce battles.

Meanwhile, the disciples of the three great sects clashed with Xianjie Sect members in brutal chases.

Other True Immortals ventured into strange areas, where they encountered odd, dangerous objectsaEUR”such as a peculiar medicinal herb composed of writhing black shadows, glowing with dark energy in the middle of a black swamp.

The plant distorted the surrounding space, its aura indicating it was no ordinary herb.

One such cultivator approached the swamp cautiously, carefully using his immortal treasures to clear the way.

He broke through multiple layers of protective formations, eager to collect the rare herb.

But as he did, the ground suddenly cracked open beneath him, and countless spikes shot up, forming a cage around him.

In the blink of an eye, a massive wave of dark energy surged toward him, piercing through his protective immortal power.

Despite his desperate efforts to activate his treasures, he was struck down on the spot.

As he perished, he realized the truthaEUR”this “herb” was actually a deceptive lure, part of a strange beast’s trap, designed to lure in prey.

His eyes widened in terror, and he died without ever getting a chance to fight back.

Dangers like this were rampant in the secret realmaEUR”either the place was barren or fraught with peril.

Those who managed to find opportunities here would be few and far between.

Even some of the Earth Immortal ancestors from the major sects had fallen victim to strange attacks in the realm.

For instance, the elder from the Yuxiang Immortal Sect, who had fought fiercely with the Xianjie Sect earlier, had encountered a wave of dark, demonic winds while in a valley.

He summoned his domain and wielded the jade Ruyi to release Earth Immortal-level powers, unleashing several divine techniques.