Millennium Tension

The comfort of Aizen's warm embrace made her smile sweetly. Ana fell asleep soundly and comfortably with a beautiful dream.

Aizen and Axel allowed themselves to fall asleep after the six cultivator girls were fast asleep.

All of them fall asleep in the safety zone with multiple layers of protection from Axel that ensure their safety.

They were far away from the chaos and the tense situation in the ancient ruins far above them and the various places in the hidden realm that were being explored by many cultivators, especially the two hundred kilometers above them.

There was a brown-haired man in shabby clothes flying with enthusiasm towards the passage which Axel broke forcibly a moment ago and then installed with a new protective rune.

"Yeah! There! I can feel it!" The old man in the ring shouted loudly while directing Feng Wuhan to the passage.

"I know, old man. There's no need to shout that loud. Eh, what is this? A barrier?" Feng Wuhan, who was about to enter the passage, was blocked by something invisible.

"As I expected from those two bastards. Young man, you can destroy that rune with your current strength. Do it and unmatched power awaits you there. Hehehe..."

Feng Wuhan nodded and tried to destroy the runes that were blocking him. He put his hand on the rune and channeled most of his energy there, the rune started to fight back as if something unknown was trying to force its way through.

"More, I am stronger than this! Runes like you cannot stand in my way! I will become peerless and will be at the top of this world!" Feng Wuhan channeled his energy far more than before.

* Boom! *

The first line rune set by Axel exploded after being unable to bear the excess of its devastating energy.

"Kuh!" Feng Wuhan was blown away by the explosion with a slight scratch.

"As usual, tricky." The old man nodded as if he didn't really care.

"What do you mean, old man. You didn't tell me the rune would explode!"

"Meh, it's you who are not careful." The old man snorted contemptuously.

After that, Feng Wuhan got up from the ground and immediately entered the passage, then he found another barrier after walking a few steps.

"Don't tell me that along this passage there are many barriers like this..." Somehow Feng Wuhan felt helpless.

"Don't whine like a runny kid, quickly destroy the rune. You have enough strength for that."

Feng Wuhan nodded and smashed the rune again, again, and again until he felt limp from the exhaustion of spirit energy. Throughout the passage, Axel did put in more runes, although not as strong as the previous one.

"Old man, I can't take it anymore. I'm so exhausted. I need to rest. Hoof..." Feng Wuhan gasped for breath after breaking the fourth barrier. His body was tired and his spirit power was receding, he needed rest to recharge his spirit power.

"How weak you are. Fine, there is a rock gap over there, you can rest there while replenishing your spirit power."

The old man had no other choice but to give this rascal boy a break. He just had to be patient a little more, it was so close here and felt so strong.

Feng Wuhan looked towards the gap in question, a gap in the rock wall large enough to rest himself and also able to camouflage himself if he used a proper disguise.

Then he immediately rushed over there and positioned himself and began to disguise himself so as not to be noticed by anyone in his rest.

Feeling safe, Feng Wuhan took out several spirit stones and spirit coins to cultivate while restoring his spirit power.

In the hidden realm, day turns to night and light turns dark along with the world outside the portal gate.

The more than a hundred elders on guard there made their own tents and put up many barriers to guard not only themselves but also at a gateway to the hidden realm. They seemed to be on guard over something.

In one of the large tents, all of the great sect's elder emissaries were gathered. Twenty-four people who were already at the Sky Spirit Realm cultivation level sat around the large round table.

"As we usually do, we have to watch out for something that might happen because the gate to the hidden realm appears. A fortune or a catastrophe, we don't know which one is the right one." A white-clothed elder spoke up to open their discussion.

"Yes, we have to prevent what happened two hundred years ago from happening again. That's why we are sending the best of young people with far more than enough life-saving treasures and having them come back before a month." The other elder responded as a formality with what all of them already knew.

"In your opinion, what is actually hidden in the hidden realm there. The gate to this hidden realm could have disappeared after three months and that tragedy... Sigh..." Another elder sighed remembering things that happened in the past.

"Aside from wealth, treasures, and inheritance, I believe there is something evil sealed there. The evil energy emitting from some cultivators is not normal."

"Yes. Because of that, we are giving close supervision to the vanguard team and other follow-up teams who are tasked with finding information and mapping in the hidden realm when they return."

"We will carry out an energy purification process to remove the evil energy from our disciples and rogue cultivators. Nothing is overlooked and without exception."

The elders began to discuss more and more about the hidden realms that rarely appeared. Usually, about once every five to ten years for the gateway to the hidden realm appear in the world, but some even appear undetected.

Some of the disciples who returned from there usually had impure evil spirit energy that tainted them and that was the main factor in the massacre tragedy during the first exploration of the appearance of the hidden realm for the first time in Zavier.

Because of that, the higher-ups performed profound energy refining when the vanguard team returned to erase the evil energy in their bodies. Even though there are many treasures and inheritances in the hidden realm, the higher-ups finally decided to make the rules that have been in effect so far just because of that.

This exploratory group consisting of three disciples from the most talented young generation in each vanguard team from each well-known sect is not without reason. They also do this to prevent tragedy from happening again and they can stop the disciples who return from the hidden realm if anything unexpected happens.

The evil energy possessing them had become a scourge that had been researched for the past two hundred years. This information was closely guarded by the higher-ups of each well-known sect on orders from the twelve great sects and organizations so that panic and chaos would not occur.

The vanguard team who are deliberately not being told much information about the hidden realm is also in charge of the experimental team to find out what is hidden in the hidden realm while preparing for the inevitable doom in the prophecy.

They had long discussions and made plans and precautions that would be shared with the other elders of the other sects until they were finished and dispersed from the special tent to their respective tents.

"Sigh... I hope they are fine without missing anything. Little Feng Zhi is still so young and talented. I don't want her to die there."

A Heavenly Soul Elder looked at the night sky while remembering the talented young girl who had often helped him and he already thought of her as his own granddaughter.

"Hehe... Elder Mo, you've given her with so many life-saving treasures. I'm sure Feng Zhi, Shen Xiu, and Xiao Ru will be fine." Another elder in a similar white robe tried to comfort him.

"Elder Su, we haven't provided them with enough information for some reason. Somehow, I just feel a bit uneasy even though I've given her so many life-saving treasures." Elder Mo looked at the woman on his level who was relaxing while brewing tea.

"You worrywart grandpa. Did you forget the talisman she bought from the auction house? You still keep it for her, right? That talisman is so great and I really want to meet the person who made it. Here, have some tea first to calm you down." Elder Su handed her freshly brewed tea to Elder Mo who was looking agitated.

Hearing that, Elder Mo took out the talisman in question from his robe. The talisman that had been named 'The Unmounted Bond', a teleportation talisman that Feng Zhi had bought at the auction house.

"Sigh... I can just pray all of them will be fine."

Elder Mo kept the talisman in question back into his robe and accepted the tea handed to him from the young woman who was actually a 'little' older than him. She just used ageless techniques for it at an incredible price in exchange for her long-lasting beauty.