Chu Nan slowly closed the notebook, and the extraordinary soul unwittingly felt a bit weary.

Viewing this notebook required the consumption of the Power of Spiritual Sense, and with Chu Nan's current cultivation, he could only read a small portion at a time.

However, even just reading a small portion was extremely beneficial to Chu Nan.

"There's nothing about how to cross the Sea of Suffering..."

Chu Nan felt a bit disappointed inside; the Suffering Crossing Ship was given to Lu Daochang, so there was no way to get past the Cyan Demon Mountain Range.

If he wanted to journey to the Heavenly Balance Realm, he would have to find another way.

...

Celestial Crossing Realm, Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm.

Ever since Chu Nan caused a disturbance in the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm by slaying the Blood-Crying Jiao Python, the area had been under a sealed state.

As the force suppressing martial artists' cultivation disappeared, the originally hidden secret realm reappeared.

Ssshh!

The secret realm was torn open from the inside, revealing a massive opening.

It seemed like an unfathomably deep black abyss.

"Finally, awakened..."

The voice, like a bell, accompanied by a vast sound, emerged, as a tall, nine-foot muscular man with a bare torso stepped out.

His black hair drifted without wind, and his entire body radiated a sense of power.

Every step the muscleman took caused the space around him to shatter.

Surveying the cracked space around him, the muscleman murmured to himself: "The division of the two realms has caused such a massive change in the world, even making the space so fragile."

"If it were before the two realms split, even a Cloud Sea Realm Martial Artist could not have so easily torn the space apart."

The muscleman looked around and took a deep breath, but his face showed a disappointed expression.

"Why is the Spiritual Energy so scarce? With such a concentration of Spiritual Energy, when can I, the Heaven-Shaking Zhenren, return to my peak!"

The muscleman, who called himself Heaven-Shaking Zhenren, soon set his sights on the Imperial Capital.

"The Spiritual Energy there is so dense, it's vaguely comparable to the Ancient Holy Land, there I will surely be able to return to my peak state."

With a flash, Heaven-Shaking Zhenren headed towards the Imperial Capital Ba Yang City.

Celestial Crossing Realm, Nanmo Continent.

Zhi Family Secret Realm.

"Who are you, and how did you break into my Zhi Family Secret Realm?"

"You reckless fool, our Zhi Family ancestor has already broken through to the Unification Realm, you are seeking death."

"Surrender immediately and reveal your origins, or you will meet your end!"

The martial artists of the Zhi Family surrounded an old man in green robes, angrily warning him.

The old man in green looked around, a sinister sneer curling at his lips: "My Cyan Hedge Zhenren's Cyan Hedge Secret Realm has been occupied by the likes of you vermin."

"Unforgivable, absolutely unforgivable!"

An expression of cruelty appeared on Cyan Hedge Zhenren's face, quickly plunging the Zhi Family Secret Realm into chaos, as blood dyed every corner red.

Similar events were happening in other areas of the Celestial Crossing Realm, all the secret realms that were occupied saw the awakening of a Unification Realm strongman.

Some chose to leave, but most chose slaughter.

These individuals needed fresh life energy to replenish their weakened bodies upon their awakening...

Secret realms, both discovered and undiscovered, in the Celestial Crossing Realm were gradually revealing themselves.

One by one, the legendary warriors from ten thousand years ago were awakening.

Somewhere in the Qin Kingdom.

"Look quickly, another secret realm has opened here; the new era has arrived, and it's our opportunity."

"We cannot miss this opportunity."

"There are too many powerful figures in the Imperial Capital, from Emperor Qin above to Chu Nan below. We can only rely on these secret realms to improve our realms."

...

The group entered the secret realm, and soon someone was puzzled: "This aura is so strange, it's a type of Spiritual Energy I've never encountered before!"

"This power is sometimes as warm as the sun, sometimes as cold as ice."

"It's neither fire nor ice, but far more terrifying and eerie than both."

"Could it be, is this the legendary Yin Yang Power?"

"If that's the case, could this be the Yin Yang Secret Realm?"

...

"I've awakened, I have awakened!"

"Master, I did not die, I am not dead!"

"Heh heh heh, if I'm not dead, then Master, you're the one who will die."

As the martial artists discussed this, an extremely cold, bloodthirsty voice suddenly echoed from the heavens and the earth.

This voice seemed to come from ancient times, a voice of the world.

Although no one was seen, all the martial artists were filled with a chilling fear.

"Who!"

"Who is it!"

"Could it be true that the secret realms of the Celestial Crossing Realm are all slumbering with ancient strongmen, and did we encounter one?"

"No, I don't want to die yet."

A female martial artist covered her face, crying, fleeing in terror.

The other martial artists, seeing this, also turned back to leave without hesitation; they were merely Cloud Sea Realm Martial Artists, having not even formed the second level of the Sea of Clouds.

They had no confidence to confront strongmen who slumbered before the division of the two realms.

Just at this moment, the first female martial artist to flee stopped abruptly.

To their horror, they found that a naked man had unknowingly blocked their path.

The man had a frail appearance, looking weak and fragile.

Yet his entire body emitted a creepy aura, sometimes like the great sun, sometimes like an abyss.

His body continuously shifted between red and blue, exuding a dangerous aura.

"Keh keh keh, it's been so many years since I touched a woman."

"You've come at the perfect time!"

Before the woman could resist, the mysterious man restrained her on the spot.

With a tearing sound, her clothes were ripped, revealing her bare skin.

Screams resounded through the heavens and the earth.

One man, witnessing this scene, was instantly enraged, losing his reason as he charged forward: "Let go of my cousin!"

Seeing someone dare to resist, the mysterious man slapped out his hand.

What seemed like an ordinary smack carried a boundless killing intent.

With a bang.

The enraged martial artist was turned to dust instantly, disappearing from the world.

Seeing this, the other martial artists were struck with a bone-chilling cold.

The person before their eyes was unimaginably powerful, and appeared to be deranged.

After killing the enraged martial artist, he didn't stop.

Instead, he seized the woman once more, publicly beginning his violation.

The female martial artist's screams were horrendous, instilling terror and horror.

Yet the mysterious man's aura became increasingly stable, the turmoil within him gradually calming down.

Seconds later, the female martial artist died tragically on the spot.

The mysterious man exhaled deeply, revealing a cruel smile, muttering to himself: "Master, did you see that?"

"I've found a method to balance the Yin Yang Power!"

"Keke, hahaha..."

The mysterious man oscillated between sanity and madness.

The remaining martial artists, terrified, retreated, but just then, the mysterious man set his sights on several of them.

With a mad grin at the corner of his mouth, the mysterious man sneered: "Next, it's your turn."

After a few breaths, the mysterious man, drenched in blood, burst out of the Yin Yang Secret Realm.

His gaze swept through the void, soon locating the position of the Imperial Capital.

"There, I sense incredibly dense Spiritual Energy, but most precious is that there are martial artists like me in that direction."

"Master, is he also, like me, a martial artist forced to consume Yin Yang Power, driven mad?"

"But in this world, I alone can master the Yin Yang Power."

"That person, whoever he is, must die."