Regardless of how shocked Lin Qianqian was, just as Xiao Luwu jumped onto the withered tree, a human face grew out of it.

Little Lu Wu wasn't scared at all. Instead, he went over and rubbed against it. Then, the branches of the withered tree began to grow wildly. Countless branches grew bigger and thicker and intertwined together, turning into a small bridge that could be crossed to the other side.

This time, without Xiao Luwu needing to say hello, Lin Qianqian and Yun Ze followed on their own.

After crossing the tree bridge, we followed Xiao Luwu into the majestic Temple of Heaven.

The first level of the Temple of Heaven is an empty hall with only a huge altar standing in the middle. There are no offerings on the altar, only a three-meter-high water mirror suspended in the air.

Just as Lin Qianqian and the others were looking around, a gentle voice rang out, "You've finally arrived."

A figure slowly emerged in front of the water mirror. It was a burly body over two meters tall, with long golden-brown hair draped over its back, golden vertical pupils in its eyes, and the phantom of nine tails flashed by behind it.

After the figure solidified, it grabbed the little Lu Wu who had jumped over, and the little Lu Wu slowly disappeared in its arms.

Seeing this, Lin Qianqian became anxious and was about to speak when she heard the man say, "Don't worry, Xiao Luwu is the incarnation of one of my souls. He is just returning to his original form."

Ah, it's his clone? Then he must be...

Oh no, will he hold me accountable for all the touching and groping I did to Xiao Luwu?

But he just calmly looked at the two of them. "One is a cultivator with the bloodline of Bai Ze. His golden core was dug out and his spiritual root was extracted. He has survived until now only because of the protection of the power of the Bai Ze bloodline. If he doesn't have any fortuitous encounters, he won't live for more than a few days. The other is a mortal with mixed bloodlines."

The Bai Ze bloodline likely refers to Yun Ze, who previously stated that he was a cultivator, but this is the first time I've heard of someone having their golden core removed and spiritual root extracted.

Lin Qianqian looked at Yunze's abdomen. No wonder!

She thought that if he hadn't met her, this man might not have survived.

The mortals should be talking about her, but is her bloodline mixed?

Is she of mixed race, with foreign ancestry?

I've never heard my grandmother mention that! She should be a true descendant of the Yellow Emperor and the dragon.

Regardless of all that, what's the point of having a long beak? Besides eating, it's also for asking questions: "Senior, my name is Lin Qianqian, and his name is Yunze. May I ask where this is?"

"I am Lu Wu, the guardian of this place. This place was originally the companion space of my lord, the Heavenly Emperor, and also my lord's Daoist abode, the Cloud Void Realm."

"Cloud Void Realm? Have we already left the Moon Tide Secret Realm?" Yunze asked, puzzled.

"Of course not, it's a long story." Then, the two listened to a long story.

Millions of years ago, in the ancient Immortal Abyss Realm, there were countless immortals and powerful beings, immortal herbs and divine beasts everywhere, and a great variety of races.

One day, a huge rift appeared in space, from which countless extraterrestrial creatures poured out, feeding on the beings of the Immortal Abyss Realm.

In order to protect themselves, all living beings in the ancient Immortal Abyss Realm united and fought against them for hundreds of years.

At first, the Immortal Abyss Realm suffered repeated defeats. It wasn't until the gates of the Immortal Realm opened, the Heavenly Ladder was lowered from the Ascension Platform, and the ancestral ancestors of various races and sects descended to the mortal realm to join the battle that the situation was stabilized.

That battle was so fierce that the heavens and earth shattered, countless immortals and divine beasts perished, countless races lost their lineage, and countless immortal islands and blessed lands were destroyed.

Finally, all the invading extraterrestrial creatures were wiped out, and the surviving immortals joined forces to seal the spatial rift.

As Lu Wu narrated, scenes of ancient battles appeared in the water mirror.

In that battle, the Heavenly Emperor was also seriously injured and could no longer return to the Immortal Realm.

Before he died, he used a magical artifact to detach himself from his symbiotic space.

With the help of his friends, he stabilized the space around him with countless magic arrays and modified it.

Then, he buried the remains and scattered souls of his comrades who had died in battle over the centuries into the sea of ​​clouds in space, leaving Lu Wu, who was less seriously injured, to guard them.

Finally, the Heavenly Emperor used his remaining power to set up a great formation to hide the Cloud Void Realm and banish it there.

As time passed, that great battle was gradually forgotten by the world.

The formation concealing the Cloud Void Realm gradually weakened, and whenever the moon tide appeared, the space would briefly reappear, with the entrance wide open.

The secret space contains countless rare and precious treasures, thus exposing it to the world. During this period, cultivators at the Golden Core stage and below can enter without being repelled by the formation.

The Cloud Void Realm was also known by cultivators from the outside world as the Moon Tide Secret Realm.

For tens of thousands of years, every time the lunar tide begins, a large number of cultivators come here to search for treasures, and with so many people, there are bound to be burning, killing, and looting.

After the moon tide ended, the spatial portal closed, and all the cultivators departed, leaving behind numerous souls of the unjustly deceased and bodies of the tragically killed. This caused resentment to grow rampant and the stench to intensify daily.

The immortals and divine beasts that lie buried here died on the battlefield, their killing intent extremely strong, making them easily influenced and gradually developing the appearance of demons.

To prevent this place from becoming a demonic prison, Lu Wu had to expend spiritual power each time to cast a powerful spell to purify it and suppress the chaos.

In order to prevent the deceased venerable ones from being disturbed, he also sealed up important places such as the Immortal and God Tomb Complex and the Heavenly Palace where the original Primordial Emperor lived.

Even the divine beasts, immortal herbs, and spirits in the original Innate Emperor's Daoist Temple, after consulting with them, mostly sealed themselves away and went into slumber.

Lu Wu didn't manage the other areas, and after outside cultivators entered, they could only move around in those unsealed places.

Lu Wu's body, which had been injured during the great battle and had not yet recovered, became even weaker due to excessive depletion of his strength.

As he said this, Lu Wu touched his chest, where a scar that almost pierced through his chest and abdomen was visible beneath his robes.

But a cycle repeats itself every thousand years, and this can't go on forever; something bad will happen eventually.

After casting another spell to purify the space, Lu Wu sensed that his time was coming to an end.

He risked using forbidden techniques to glimpse the secrets of heaven, hoping to find a glimmer of hope.

Heaven finally took pity on him; the forbidden technique succeeded, allowing him to glimpse a glimmer of hope.

He was also killed by the backlash of the magic, leaving only his remnant soul to persist here.

"I've finally waited for this moment before my soul power is exhausted." He then looked at them.

It took Lin Qianqian a while to react. She pointed at the two of them and said, "You're not talking about us, are you? We're so weak and crippled, how could we possibly be saved?"

Wait a minute, that might actually be true, I have a system!

I was thrown into this secret realm by the system. Could this be the task I'm supposed to complete?

But how do we complete it?

Lin Qianqian secretly called out to the system she had forgotten in her mind once again, but there was still no response.

"There's no mistake. I've glimpsed the secrets of heaven and calculated the exact time. I specifically sent my clone outside to lure you here."

So meeting Xiao Luwu was preordained.

"Senior, my crippled body is of no help to you. May I ask how to repair my body? If I am fortunate enough to return to the path of immortality, I will do my best to share your burdens." Yunze could no longer contain himself and asked eagerly.

He was truly anxious; this concerned his very survival and whether he could rebuild his immortal cultivation...