After the competition that day, the news of Loran Hill's visit to Tiger Roaring Nine Desolate Mountains spread throughout the sect. Many people came to watch, pay their respects, peek, and ask questions about this Golden Sparrow Witch with curiosity and admiration.

Although somewhat troubled, Loran Hill still tried to adapt to this situation. Later, she was invited by several peak masters of the Tiger Roaring Nine Desolate Mountains to give lectures at the top of each peak. For a time, there were crowds of listeners, which greatly satisfied everyone's curiosity, and fewer people disturbed her afterwards.

????After a week, the originally postponed competition for the throne was resumed.

At noon when the sun was blazing brightly, Loran Hill and several peak masters stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the low-hanging black clouds in the distance. From time to time, various roars were heard from them, and they became clearer and clearer.

"That's the area where the Tiger's Minion Secret Realm merges with the real world. These strange-colored clouds and mists will gradually appear throughout the Nine Desolate Mountains, and the demonic beasts that originally lived in the secret realm will take the opportunity to rush out."

A man in a white fur coat pointed at the scene in the distance and said, and the people beside him nodded and added.

"Indeed, this kind of thing happens every three to four years, or even every year. Each time it happens, there's bound to be a fierce struggle within the Hundred Barbarian Continent, and trade routes are cut off for a period of time. Only after most of the demonic beasts are eliminated can travel in and out of the continent become much safer."

"Are there any seniors in that sect who know the operating principles of this Tiger's Minion Secret Realm?" Although the situation was similar to that of the Sunset Mountains, Loran Hill still wanted to understand it in detail.

"Let me explain this to Your Highness." The dragon witch with gray-white antlers stepped forward.

"Similar to secret realms in other regions, this Tiger Minion Secret Realm is also connected to the dragon veins of Baiman Continent and even the surrounding continents. Normally, the dragon veins absorb the energy flowing through the region to balance the local feng shui and climate. At the same time, they gather excess energy within the secret realm to create various wonders."

"It's like a river, gathering water from streams along its path and then flowing into the sea or a lake."

"Originally, this Tiger Minion Secret Realm was a fairly large 'lake,' but it was destroyed in ancient times, leaving it as numerous fragmented 'puddles' of varying sizes. The dragon vein network within it is also complex and chaotic, interfering with each other. The largest and most important fragment is now controlled by our faction, but many smaller and fragmented secret realms are no longer under our control."

"These secret realms vary in size. The largest ones might be a hundred miles in radius, while the smallest ones might be smaller than a fist. They are extremely fragmented and troublesome."

"Furthermore, compared to stable secret realms, these fragmented secret realms are extremely fragile and constantly changing, making them difficult to find and enter. This creates fertile ground for demonic beasts to thrive."

"We can't enter, but over time, some beasts will inadvertently stumble into it while traveling through the forest. Even if many of them die on the way in and out, those who survive can cultivate and grow in that secret realm of abundant Yuan Energy, rapidly advancing in rank."

"Furthermore, because of the mystical realm's chaotic changes, it will be much easier to face challenges like the Heavenly Demon and the Shadow."

"Then it sounds like I'm taking advantage of the rules of nature." There was actually such a loophole in the advancement process. Loran Hill felt that he had to fix the bug.

"That's true, but disciples from major sects generally won't easily take advantage of such loopholes." The dragon witch with gray-white antlers shook her head.

"Why is this happening?" The girl became a little curious. She had never heard of such a thing in the Xiangyu Sect. Was it because she had not been back for long and no one told her, or was it because she had accidentally overlooked it?

"Because doing so would come at a great cost, and for disciples from large sects, there is really no need for that." Lian Zhen on the side spoke at this time.

"When I was young, before I even entered Tiger Roar Nine Desolate Mountains, I heard from people around me that some people specifically trained in this Hundred Barbarian Continent. They didn't do it to fight monsters and improve their strength, but to imitate the monsters and search for possible broken secret realms to enter."

"Many of these shattered secret realms have been vacant for hundreds of years, allowing them to accumulate a deep reservoir of energy. This makes cultivation much easier, and when a breakthrough is attempted, few extraterritorial demons can interfere with such a chaotic location."

"Indeed, taking shortcuts like this does improve strength, but without tempering one's character and will, it can lead to absurd situations, like a child wielding a sword—it's extremely easy to lose control."

"People's temperaments will also change drastically, becoming easily irritable and irritable, their emotions will be capricious and unstable, and they will develop all kinds of strange desires, like wild animals."

"For monsters, this is their nature and instinct. They don't think there is anything wrong. But for humans, it's like a normal person turning into a 'madman' and changing their temperament drastically." Lian Zhen shook his head.

"To put it simply, it's 'obsession.'"

"I, Tiger Roar of the Nine Desolations, primarily cultivate the two great paths of 'Devil Heart' and 'Slaughtering Soldiers'. The Devil Heart path has a particularly clear description of this: it's about the mind being too restless, to the point of madness, and ultimately losing control of the core within, resulting in self-destruction and death."

????So that’s how it is, Loran Hill slowly savored it in his heart.

In fact, the Demon Heart, or the Demon Sequence, was like this in the earliest times, just like the records of the True Red Empire era. At that time, most of the Demon Sequence transcendents did not live beyond the age of thirty. They either died or went crazy.

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