The Emperor’s Counterattack

In the last life, Qi Zhiheng was a low-level cultivator with poor personal quality in the Xuanyue mainland, which was respected by martial arts. He was expelled from his home and became a small lan...

Chapter 196 Tianheng Secret Realm

The two twin brothers were left to be looked after by Qi Wantian, along with Yang Yao's mother, Ye Xin.

Ye Xin had also cultivated in the Qi family for a period of time. Even if she knew something about the Qi family's secrets, she would not tell anyone. She was very clear about the difference between the Qi family and the Yang family. Originally, she had been content to just get by in the Yang family, but a group of women in the backyard were vying for her affections and constantly plotting against each other.

Fortunately, she didn't have a son to rely on, so those women didn't bother to scheme against her. Otherwise, her life might have been even more difficult, and all that so-called wealth and glory would have been nothing more than that.

Coming to the Qi family was completely different. The Qi family had a small population, and most of the time what she saw was the affection between people.

Now she has to admit that her daughter's choice was right.

The Tianheng Secret Realm is about to open, and the Qi family members are busy preparing to enter it.

Yang Yao prepared a lot of array plates, which were not very offensive and were basically illusion arrays.

Qi Dong had prepared a lot of poison pills. There was no other way; his motivation was somewhat lacking, and he usually had to rely on poison pills to defeat his opponents.

Looking at his family, Qi Zhiheng sighed, "If only our family could produce another weapon refiner."

Yang Yitian said, "That's not impossible. Let's take out the weapon-refining technique first. Maybe I can refine some weapons too."

"What can someone with an ice attribute like you refine?" Qi Zhiheng said, but he still took out some books on weapon refining for Yang Yitian to look at. The others also took some to see if anyone could understand them. These were weapon refining techniques from the cultivation world.

On the Xuanling Continent, if you want to learn weapon crafting, it's best to cultivate the fire attribute. This is because, in addition to fire attribute cultivation, you need to find a fire seed to craft weapons. Fire seeds are scarce on the Xuanling Continent, so you have to go to the cultivation world to find some.

Seeing that his family had prepared a whole bunch of things, Qi Zhiheng also refined some pills.

Yang Yitian drew a lot of talismans and distributed them to everyone. These talismans were all sets, which could save a lot of spiritual energy and were also very powerful!

None of the Qi family members were very interested in weapon crafting, but Qi Zhiheng's uncle, Gu Qinglin, was somewhat interested in it. Unfortunately, he didn't have a fire elemental root, so his interest was useless.

"It's alright, the Qi family has plenty of crystals anyway!" Qi Zhiheng said with great confidence.

What he said wasn't an exaggeration. If it weren't for the fact that his own space required a lot of crystals to maintain it, he could have stored up quite a few crystals himself.

He had accumulated a mountain of Illusory Azure Glass in the secret realm before, and he sold a lot of it during the secret realm's distribution. He felt uneasy using it for alchemy, but he felt no psychological pressure using it to sell for spirit stones.

Later, Bing Yuzhao also used it to refine a lot of pills to improve aptitude, and had the whole family take them. Although the effect would be lost after a certain amount, it was still effective no matter how much it was effective.

If the Qi family members were to have their aptitudes tested again now, their spiritual bodies would undoubtedly all reach the first-grade level. This is something that shouldn't be spread around; the Qi family members should keep it to themselves.

The cultivation levels of those whose aptitudes improved also increased, especially Si Yuan, who had basically reached the level of a Spirit Venerable. However, he suppressed it because it was impossible to form a Golden Core on the Xuanling Continent. Qi Zhiheng had already said that he did not want his family members to form a Golden Core in a short period of time, but only to refine their spiritual power as much as possible.

Now, Qi Zhiheng basically makes all the major decisions regarding cultivation in the Qi family.

With the opening of the Tianheng Secret Realm imminent, Qi Zhiheng discovered that the key was emitting a white glow, and the information he could obtain indicated that this was a sign that the secret realm was about to open.

Qi Zhiheng immediately gathered his family members, who were all taken into his spatial storage, leaving only five people outside.

About two hours after the light appeared, the teleportation would begin. The five people gathered together, waiting for the key to teleport them into the Tianheng Secret Realm.

Two hours later, the key emitted a bright light that enveloped the five people present. Qi Zhiheng felt a blankness before his eyes, and when his vision returned, they had been moved to a different place. This place resembled a dense jungle, with many plants that Qi Zhiheng had never seen before, as well as some plants that he recognized. They were probably spiritual herbs, but their value seemed to be quite low, just some spiritual herbs used for refining weapon lacquer.

Thinking about this, Qi Zhiheng really felt that he had become a bit arrogant, and didn't even care about spiritual herbs in the Qi Refining stage!

After confirming that there was no danger around, Qi Zhiheng immediately released his family members from the space.

"Let's split into several groups and act separately," Qi Zhiheng suggested.

A total of eleven people from IKEA entered the Tianheng Secret Realm this time, divided into two groups of four and one group of three.

Qi Zhiheng, Yang Yitian, Qi Zhenhe, and Qiu Yuerong are in one group.

Grandpa Qi Dong, Grandma Yang Yao, Aunt Qi Zhenhua, and Uncle Gu Qinglin are in one group.

Great-grandfather Si Yuan, second grandfather Qi Nan, and uncle Qi Zhenhao formed a group of three.

Qi Zhiheng took out a small jade plate and said, "Everyone, check the positions to see if they are accurate."

They all held out their small jade plates, each containing the blood of several members of the Qi family, so that their own people could sense the location of others who had dripped their blood.

"The secret realm will be open for six months. We'll meet again five days before the last month! If we encounter any danger, send a message immediately!" Qi Zhiheng made the decision.

"Alright!" After everyone answered, they left in three directions. Qi Zhiheng had already distributed the map of the Tianheng Secret Realm to everyone. The first five months were just small-scale operations, and only the last month was the key, because the central secret realm would open in the last month. The spiritual herbs, medicines, and other items inside were better than those in the outer secret realms. Often, the items in the central secret realm were the main focus of the harvest from this secret realm.

Qi Zhiheng's plan is this: spend the next two months operating in the outer perimeter, and then begin moving towards the inner perimeter in the third month.

First, the group collected all the unfamiliar spiritual herbs around them and planted them in their spatial storage. Then, they headed towards the nearest Foundation Establishment stage spiritual herb area on the map.

There are four entrances to the inner perimeter, each with a different method of entry. These methods are located near the entrances and are also described in the information Qi Zhiheng obtained.

However, Qi Zhiheng is not in a hurry to find the four items needed to enter the inner circle. He still wants to collect all the places marked with spiritual herbs on the nearby map. In the Tianheng Secret Realm, there are indeed many spiritual herbs that he did not grow in his space.

Last time, Qi Zhiheng planted a type of aquatic plant. Although it wasn't of a very high grade, the mother and son of the Heavenly Water Beasts loved to eat it. Qi Zhiheng was also considering whether he could put some herbivorous demon beasts into it, but he was afraid that these demon beasts would damage the spiritual plants in his space. After all, not every demon beast could be as harmless as the Heavenly Water Beast.

There weren't many demonic beasts on the outskirts, and the highest cultivation level among them was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. Qi Zhiheng would have no problem dealing with the demonic beasts here.

Two months later, Qi Zhiheng and his three companions set off towards the inner perimeter, following their original plan.

There are four paths to enter the inner area. The first path is a labyrinthine forest. To get there, you need to refine an antidote pill. The main medicinal herbs for this antidote pill can be picked not far from the labyrinthine forest.

This spiritual herb is called Demon Eye Grass. It is somewhat contradictory. It has a strong ability to interpret things, but it must grow near highly poisonous places. The poisonous gas in the Enchanted Forest can provide nutrients for its growth.

Even if he transplanted such a special spiritual herb as the Demon Eye Grass into his space, it wouldn't survive, which made him somewhat regretful. If it could be grown, it would be a very good spiritual herb.

The second place is a swamp, where many creatures lurk, and those who are not small are often completely wiped out. But that's not the most important thing. The important thing is that the swamp there is very soft; you'll sink as soon as you step on it, unless you can find the garnet core.

The Garnet Heart is the heart of the Garnet Lizard. With this heart, it can walk as if on flat ground even in swamps. Although the Garnet Lizard is a type of monster that inhabits swamps, its whereabouts are unpredictable and it is not easy to find.

The third route is the cliff bridge.

There are many chains connecting the two sides of the cliff. You can walk across the large chains, which is not difficult for spiritual cultivators. The difficulty lies in the strong winds on the cliff. In addition to the possibility of being blown off the cliff, you may also be cut into pieces by the strong winds!

To cross over, one needs to refine a type of spiritual energy, the Wind-Stopping Umbrella. Of course, the Wind-Stopping Umbrella is the most effective magical artifact that people have experimented with so far, but that doesn't mean other magical artifacts are ineffective.

The material used to craft the Wind-Stopping Umbrella is a type of nine-section bamboo with wind attributes. The approximate locations are marked on the map, but finding it is not easy, and the older the bamboo, the better.

The fourth path leads to the Black-skinned Ant Grassland, where the greatest enemy is the Black-skinned Ant.

After being bitten by a black-armored ant, its saliva will digest the muscle. A single black-armored ant is not very strong, but the problem is that these black-armored ants are social insects and there are a lot of them. Any creature that goes in will definitely not be left with a complete corpse. The teeth of these black-armored ants are also very sharp. If you die there, there will probably not even be bone fragments left.

To pass safely, you need to find the Azure Fruit and smear your entire body with it. Black-skinned ants dislike this smell; their sense of smell is acute, and this odor is extremely pungent to them. They will generally avoid it automatically.

The safest place to be is in mid-air. However, it's not that no one has thought of flying over from above. In fact, people who fly over from above never actually enter the inner area; instead, they seem to enter another place altogether.

As for which route to take, Qi Zhiheng hasn't decided yet; for now, he needs to reunite with the Qi family.

Qi Zhiheng glanced at his family's current location and frowned.

The three of them, Si Yuan, Qi Nan, and Qi Zhenhao, who were originally together, are now separated.