Black sun,

Dark clouds,

Gloomy wind!

Fang Zheng’s small figure suddenly appeared in a great canyon that stretched endlessly.

The steep cliffs on both sides towered into the sky, making the heavens seem like a mere line when looking up.

"Woooo..."

The howling gloomy wind echoed within the canyon, lifting his long hair and clothes, piercingly cold.

Yama Secret Realm!

Fang Zheng touched his chin thoughtfully.

"It seems the Nie Family ultimately opened the Secret Realm, but entering in this manner?"

When living people die, the pathway to the Yama Secret Realm automatically opens, sucking the Underworld Soul into the realm.

This indeed aligns with the Yama Sect’s intent to establish an Underworld.

Living people,

belong to the mortal world.

Underworld Souls,

return to the Underworld!

Fang Zheng turned his head, looking at the two dazed Underworld Souls beside him, and raised an eyebrow as his Divine Thought scanned them.

The soul cannot exist apart from the body; this is common knowledge.

Even for cultivators, without a Secret Technique for protection, when the Yin Spirit leaves the body, the soul would scatter.

Unless one is a Rogue Immortal!

And now,

These two Underworld Souls, though muddle-headed, showed no signs of collapsing; instead, they were becoming more solid.

This place is not just for the Underworld Souls to exist.

The scattered stones beneath and the stubbornly surviving weeds growing from the cracks indicate that living people can exist here too.

"The rules of the Yama Secret Realm indeed differ from the mortal world."

With a shake of his head, Fang Zheng waved his long sleeve, turning into a streak of light rushing straight up into the sky.

He wanted to see where he was.

Secret Realm,

just how vast it is!

"Crackle..."

"Boom!"

Before he could leave the canyon, sudden thunder arose in the void, a large bolt of lightning appearing out of nowhere, striking down.

"Hmm!"

Fang Zheng let out a slight groan, meeting it with a wave of his palm.

In the next moment.

Countless bolts of lightning descended from the sky, engulfing him completely in an instant.

"Boom..."

The rumbling echoed for hundreds of miles.

A moment later.

Fang Zheng, looking dusty and disheveled, appeared in a certain part of the canyon, glancing fearfully at the sky above.

"So there are rules here suppressing cultivators?"

"No!"

"It should only target Masters and Martial Sects. If one’s aura is not strong enough, they won’t be targeted."

This explains why nothing happened when he first entered the Secret Realm, but as soon as he took flight, the lightning punishment descended.

Restrain the aura, and the lightning loses its target.

"Hmm!"

With a light snort, Fang Zheng’s mind raced.

Celestial Secret Compass!

The Sea of Consciousness Compass operated, sensing some form of threat, it automatically reduced the complexity of the deduction.

At the same time.

The void around him flickered with hidden lightning, as if searching for an enemy, but scattered quietly after the aura from the Celestial Secret Compass diminished.

"Hmm."

Fang Zheng squinted his eyes:

"Mage levels are unrestricted, but Great Mages face danger. Could it be that the Secret Realm does not permit Great Mages?"

Logically, it cannot be so.

Since the Yama Sect aimed to establish the Underworld, how could an Underworld lack existences above Great Mage?

"Since I’m here, I might as well settle in."

Fang Zheng murmured softly:

"The Yama Sect has long ceased to exist, indicating that this Secret Realm is masterless. I’ll explore this place first, then find a way out."

Saying this, he moved along the canyon with remarkable speed.

Even if he couldn’t fly or had his cultivation base suppressed, his skills still allowed him astonishing speed.

The canyon was exceedingly long, something that would take an ordinary person several days and nights to traverse.

"Swoosh!"

Fang Zheng’s figure leaped out of the canyon, landing in a piece of ruins.

"A village?"

"A town?"

This was once a bustling place, now full of devastation and crumbling walls.

One house after another, fragments of walls collapsed.

Tattered clothes flew in the gloomy wind, wooden spoons and bowls clanking, as if playing a mournful tune.

"Crunch..."

Fang Zheng stepped on the ruins, walking slowly, occasionally bending to pick up a scrap of cloth, feeling it gently with his fingers.

A very rough weaving technique, as if cut by a blade, yet strangely, there were no bloodstains on it.

Huh?

Still warm.

A brutal combat must have taken place here not long ago, but looking around, there wasn’t a trace of blood or bodies.

Strange!

Where did all the bodies go?

With doubt in his eyes, Fang Zheng continued to move forward, reaching a plaza-like area.

In the center of the plaza stood a stone tablet about a zhang tall.

Despite the desolation all around, the conspicuous stone tablet remained intact.

It’s pitch black,

with four faces.

Each face inscribed with many words, the grooves filled with a pale dye, allowing one to see the content clearly.

From the pedestal, it seemed this place had many visitors once.

Upon closer inspection,

the words inscribed on the four sides of the stone tablet were all cultivation methods, openly displayed like this?

Not afraid of others stealing them?

Fang Zheng looked surprised as he approached the front of the stone tablet.

Yama Heart Sutra!

Reading the sutra, even with his extensive knowledge, he couldn’t help but be secretly amazed.

The first half of the sutra was not a cultivation technique but explained the path of cultivation, serving like an outline to guide the study.

However,

for cultivators at the Master and Martial Sect level, this sutra allowed a glimpse into the wonders of cultivation methods.

Sometimes even more valuable than ordinary Dharma Gates.

As per the sutra, the core inheritance of the Yama Sect followed the Path of the Yin Spirit.

The human Yin Spirit joined the Dao of heaven and earth, containing endless mysteries; the Yama Sect’s Dharma Gates excavate these mysteries.

Such as Suppression, Yin Demon Eye, Exorcism and Divine Control Skill, etc...

In the Yama Sect’s view, these magics are inherent abilities of the Yin Spirit, only being uncovered now.

Upon mastery,

The Yin Spirit merges with the body, Yin and Yang unified, achieving the Immortal Fruit Position.