The three instantly stepped forward, vanishing into the valley.
The elder, gazing at the surging crowd at the entrance, suddenly saw something that made his body tremble violently. His eyes instantly welled up, thin tears threatening to spill.
"Was it him?"
"Was it him?"
The elder murmured softly, his body shaking. "Your Majesty, I may be mistaken. Heh heh, it's time for me to serve by Your Majesty's side!"
...
As Wang Yue and the other two entered the passage to the inner realm, they found it bore little difference to the scene in the Human Emperor's Hall that day.
It was a void traversal. The entire golden stream of light zipped forward rapidly. Wang Yue and Li Bai remained calm, but Xu Chu's eyes were as wide as copper bells, curiously observing the golden passage.
Soon, almost in an instant, their vision turned white, plunging them into temporary blindness. Gradually, threads of sunlight radiated towards them, and their eyes slowly adjusted.
A vast expanse of land, not much different from the outside. The concentration of primal energy was even lower than in the valley they had just left. However, the place was steeped in ancient desolation. After all, this was an imperial remnant. It was unknown when this realm had taken shape, but since the fall of the imperial dynasty, it had been over a hundred thousand years.
Wang Yue looked around and saw sparse crowds scattered across several miles. Where they stood, there was no one else.
"It seems the imperial dynasty scattered us to minimize slaughter and competition, leaving a spark of hope for humanity!"
Li Bai gazed into the distance. This realm was vaster than the inner realm of the Human Emperor's Hall. This area alone spanned several miles, yet there were fewer than a hundred figures.
"A noble thought, but a pity."
Wang Yue bent down and pushed aside the grass, revealing a giant footprint.
"Hmm!"
Xu Chu turned his head, grabbed a handful of soil, and sniffed it. "It's a demonic beast. There are demonic beasts here, and their cultivation is not low!"
"Lord Wang, when you say 'a pity,' are you referring to this demonic beast?"
"No."
Wang Yue looked at Xu Chu, who had asked the question, and shook his head. "The accumulation of a million years by an imperial dynasty means abundant resources. However, there are likely few truly precious items. This will inevitably lead to competition among the top powers of the Southwest Region. Bloodshed is unavoidable!"
Especially the hypocritical Ten Elders and the various imperial courts. One side adopted a tough stance, forcing obedience, while those imperial courts were not to be trifled with. They might join forces here to kill, but who knew what would happen outside?
"Swish, swish!!"
"What was that sound?"
Xu Chu instantly became alert, hearing movement in the distant jungle, as if some living creature was traversing it, causing some trees to shake.
"Rripp!!"
"Ah!!"
"What is this?"
The warriors in the distance cried out in terror. The trees shook, and a colossal black python soared into the sky, its mouth clamped around five warriors, their bodies bleeding profusely, staining the python's head bloody.
The python opened its massive jaws and instantly swallowed all five warriors. Its crimson eyes swept across the surroundings. Upon seeing the three of Wang Yue, its eyes constricted, and it turned, melting back into the jungle.
The demonic beasts here were not of high level; this python was merely in the Spiritual Channeling realm.
"Hmph!"
Xu Chu snorted coldly, watching the fleeing python. He did not make a move. The demonic beast's level was too low to stir his fighting spirit.
"Let's get out of this jungle first!"
Li Bai said, hearing the roars echoing from all directions. This was merely the starting point of the teleportation. Even if there were cultivatable resources, their level would not be very high. There was no need to waste time here.
"Where are we going?"
Xu Chu looked at the vast expanse of land, stretching as far as the eye could see, shrouded in a milky white mist.
Wang Yue stamped his foot, instantly entering the void. His eyes opened, and a river of sword energy spewed forth. With a sweep of his sword, the jungle for dozens of miles around rippled like waves. The sword energy tore through the distant white mist!
A faint golden light flashed!
Wang Yue smiled indifferently, then landed. "Let's go, northwest!"
That faint golden light had allowed him to vaguely glimpse a golden roof, indicating a palace, likely not far from the core of this realm.
"Let's go!"
The three stepped forward. All the demonic beasts in the jungle immediately became docile, trembling as they watched the trio in the void.
Warriors with lower cultivation could only linger here, searching for cultivation resources. Where there were demonic beasts, there were inevitably precious resources. Even killing these beasts and consuming their blood essence was precious.
The Imperial Dynasty's secret treasury was meant to provide abundant resources for humanity tens of thousands of years later, when the seal broke, allowing them to carry the banner of humanity through dark times and continue the bloodline!
Naturally, the inner realm was filled with precious resources: demonic beast skeletons, blood, and spirits, as well as herbs that drove Spiritual Channeling and Spirit Sea realm cultivators into a frenzy. Scattered herbs and pills were also found in the jungle.
In short, opportunities abounded everywhere!
The inner realm was extremely vast. Wang Yue and his companions traversed the void at great speed. Even though it spanned hundreds of millions of miles from the Great Han to the Northern Cold Imperial Dynasty, crossing the Holy Yuan Imperial Dynasty, they reached the palace's location in a single day. The speed of a Fusion Heaven realm expert was extraordinary. Even so, the trio, traveling continuously, took about an hour to emerge from this vast jungle.
The three traveled smoothly through the air, without any interference from demonic beasts. However, as they traversed the jungle and mountains, the lower-level warriors were already engaged in bloody battles, sparing no effort and fighting to the death for the precious cultivation resources.
"Roar!"
Just as they crossed a jungle spanning thousands of miles and landed, they saw a rhinoceros engulfed in flames roaring at them. It then transformed into human form, holding a scythe in its hand.
"Hahaha, such rich blood energy!"
"Hmm!"
The rhinoceros narrowed its eyes, sniffing the air intently, as if greatly enjoying it.
This rhinoceros was not of high cultivation, merely at the Spirit Sovereign realm, likely the demon king of this mountain range. It looked at the three of Wang Yue, unable to sense their primal energy fluctuations, but their blood energy surged to the heavens, extremely potent.
If it were to devour them, it would surely break through several minor realms!
"Halt!"
The rhinoceros, brandishing its scythe, glared with bloodshot eyes at the three of Wang Yue and let out a loud shout.
"Hmph!"
Xu Chu snorted coldly, and the void instantly rippled as if countless mountains were pressing down on the rhinoceros.
"Boom!!"
The rhinoceros's eyes bulged, and it was instantly pressed into the ground. With a splurt, it spewed out a mouthful of blood, forced back into its original form.