"I'm finally out! Oh my god! You have no idea what I went through in the secret realm! It was a nightmare!"

"You're in a worse situation than me. As soon as I went in, I encountered a whole forest of monsters! A whole forest! More than the furry beasts Lord Fenze keeps! I feel like I'm going to be eaten every day!"

"Demonic beasts are nothing! I went to a place filled with sword energy and hid from it for a whole month. I still have auditory hallucinations; I feel like there's always a whooshing sound in my ears."

"Hmph, who are you? I finally managed to break through to the innermost part of a ruin and met a man who claimed to be an immortal soul. I thought I was going to receive some kind of immortal inheritance. But as soon as he saw me, he turned on me, saying that I couldn't possibly be a man, and that I ruined his hopes of getting married. He chased me and slashed at me all the way. I almost had to take off my pants to prove it."

"Me too! Me too! I also met someone who claimed to be a remnant soul, saying he wanted to show me real immortal techniques, and then he used his immortal techniques to beat me up for a month! As a result, I was beaten so badly that I broke through to the Core Formation stage."

"Yes, this secret realm is extremely dangerous. It's even more dangerous than Master Bhikkhu's modification of the cultivation technique. Even Senior Brother Lin Feng said he only managed to pass it with a nine-out-of-ten chance of death. By the way, Senior Sister and Junior Sister, were you the first to enter the secret realm? Did you encounter any danger?"

The unharmed junior sisters were speechless.

They looked at each other for a while before hesitantly speaking.

"I...I didn't encounter any danger, there were no monsters in the forest, and I even gathered a lot of spiritual plants!"

"That's right. I didn't encounter any terrifying immortal souls. I just saw magical artifacts all over the cave and some cultivation insights."

"I did meet one, but he was quite kind. He only said that he was a wisp of primordial spirit, and then he taught me for a month to help me comprehend sword intent."

"I encountered that too, it's just... a bit annoying. I've already learned how to do it, but he still grabbed my leg and wouldn't let me walk."

"Huh, you guys do this too? The one I met was the same. He even told me something like... taking a husband too early is bad for cultivation, and advised me to choose one after I become an immortal."

"The one I met also said that. He even said that he would come to pick me up personally when I become an immortal, and he insisted on giving me a magic artifact so that we could recognize each other." After saying that, he directly took out a magic artifact that was full of immortal energy.

The male disciples: "..." Are you sure we've entered the same secret realm?

(???????????)

"By the way, what about you, Senior Sister Shuiyan?" a disciple suddenly asked, and everyone turned to look at Shuiyan, who had been silent all along.

Shuiyan frowned before speaking, "I also encountered... three!"

"Uh... and then what?"

"Then I beat them all up and figured out a new sword technique!"

Male disciple: "..."

Female disciple: "..."

As expected of the senior sister!

Youyou, who happened to be passing by: "..."

Why did she feel like a trial to help improve skills between the two worlds had turned into a blind date?

This can't go on. She needs to go back and discuss it with Fang Ming, and immediately formulate some rules, such as prohibiting the inclusion of personal agendas in the design of the secret realm, including blind dates!

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Although there were some minor problems in this secret realm, the result was still gratifying. As You You expected, two of the elders from various sects who entered the secret realm had ascended to immortality after several years of seclusion.

Aside from the original ancestors, this marks the first time in a thousand years that two cultivators in the Immortal Realm have ascended to immortality through their own abilities. The entire Immortal Realm was abuzz with excitement, igniting an unprecedented surge of enthusiasm for cultivation.

The True Stroke Sect disciples, who had the most people entering the secret realm, experienced a surge in strength and a significant increase in cultivation level. Some even rose by a major realm, and some who had encountered bottlenecks also saw an opportunity to break through them.

Almost everyone in the sect has made progress, except...

Qiu Zhang has dedicated himself to teaching and has made outstanding contributions.

"Can't cultivate?" Youyou glanced at Qiu Zhang, whose soul was becoming more and more solid, no longer needing to float, and looking almost like a physical body. "But your soul has already been repaired, restored to its former cultivation level, and can even solidify into a physical form, right?"

“That’s true!” Qiu Zhang nodded. “But for some reason, I can’t continue practicing my cultivation techniques, and even spiritual energy can’t stay in my body for long.”

"Could it be because you're not practicing ghost cultivation techniques?" You You guessed. "Didn't the sect prepare some ghost cultivation techniques? Have you tried them all?"

“I’ve tried all of those,” Qiu Zhang continued, “but it only allows me to temporarily access some spiritual energy, without any increase in my cultivation level. I’ve tried many methods over the years, but none of them have worked.”

"..." How could this be? Is the path of ghost cultivation really that different from other specializations?

“His condition isn’t a problem with his cultivation technique.” Feng Rong withdrew her hand from examining Qiu Zhang’s soul and frowned as she explained, “I checked his soul and cultivation level and there’s nothing wrong with them. It’s just that his spiritual energy is a bit stagnant, which seems to be… a bottleneck.”

"Bottleneck?" You You was taken aback. Was his cultivation stuck?

“That’s not right!” Qiu Zhang shook his head and said, “I haven’t sensed any bottleneck, and there’s no obstacle in my mind.” He had perished back then because his mind wasn’t strong enough, so he knew all too well what a bottleneck in cultivation was. But now he knew very well that his mind was calm and clear, and there was no obstacle.

"Then I don't know!" Feng Rong and Yuan Qi couldn't find anything wrong, mainly because there were too few ghost cultivators in the world, and even the gods knew very little about it.

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