Han Li followed the sound and frowned.

On the white jade futon where he had been sitting, a crack suddenly appeared, and then it shattered with a "snap."

Strangely, after the futon broke, it did not split into pieces but directly turned into a layer of white powder, scattering throughout the hall.

At the same time, the entire golden hall began to tremble violently, and a strange fluctuation spread from within.

Han Li felt a slight strangeness in his heart, and then, as if realizing something, he retreated violently, flying directly to the white stone square.

However, once outside the hall, he discovered that the shaking was even more intense than inside.

"Master, what's happening..." Ti Hun, upon seeing this, hurriedly flew over with the Crimson Flame Firebird.

"I don't know. It seems I triggered some mechanism of this Immortal Mansion secret realm. There might be changes within the secret realm," Han Li said, looking at her thoughtfully.

"If that's the case, we should leave here quickly," Ti Hun said urgently.

"What a pity..." Han Li nodded and sighed.

Within this Immortal Mansion secret realm, there were clearly many secrets hidden, but there was no time to explore them anymore.

Having said that, the two of them turned around, about to fly towards the void crack in the sky, but the moment they turned, they were both stunned in place.

The void crack connecting the inside and outside of the secret realm had disappeared!

"How is that possible? That crack was there just now! Don't believe me, ask Little Jingjing," Ti Hun said, her expression slightly changed.

The silver flame child, still sitting on her shoulder, heard this and hurriedly stood up, nodding emphatically, the seven-colored flames on its head swaying up and down vigorously.

"I believe you. Something must have changed in this secret realm space," Han Li said, nodding.

He had noticed the changes in the Crimson Flame Firebird for a while, but now he had no time to ask.

"Right, during Master's closed-door cultivation, this secret realm trembled more than ten times. The most intense one was when you broke through to the late stage. And in the past month, including this time, there have been four. Each time it trembles, the mist around the secret realm recedes slightly, and some completely new areas are revealed," Ti Hun added.

"Have you investigated those places? Is there anything strange?" Han Li asked, frowning.

"I only went near once and didn't find anything unusual. But after that, the tremors became more frequent, so I didn't dare to leave without permission and have been guarding here," Ti Hun said, shaking her head.

Han Li frowned upon hearing this and was pondering what was happening when the hall in front of him suddenly shook with a "boom," and a golden light, a hundred zhang thick, suddenly lit up from the hall, shooting straight into the sky.

Afterward, the shaking of the surrounding halls suddenly became gentler.

Han Li, seeing this, felt his confusion deepening. With a leap, he wanted to approach the hall again to check, but he was resisted by an invisible force and could not get close to the hall door at all.

"Master, do you have a feeling that the earth is slowly rising?" Ti Hun suddenly asked.

Han Li's attention had been focused on the golden light before, but now, hearing her say this, he immediately reacted.

He soared into the air and looked around, seeing the gray mist at the edge of the secret realm surging violently. Inch by inch, new land territory began to appear in Han Li's sight.

……

Outside the Immortal Mansion secret realm, in the middle of the Jin Yuan Mountains, Qing Si Gulch.

The ground was shaking incessantly, making a huge sound, as if there was an earthquake.

"This, this is the earth dragon turning over!" The villagers of Yu Liang Village rushed out of their homes and came to the open space outside.

At that moment, a thunderous roar came from underground, and then a huge golden pillar of light suddenly rose from the direction of Bai Shou Valley, piercing the sky and plunging into the clouds, dyeing the clouds within hundreds of miles nearby golden.

The pillar of light was extremely thick, and the nearby mountains seemed insignificant in comparison.

Centered on the golden pillar of light, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy fluctuated violently, and the golden clouds in the sky rolled without moving, emitting a rumbling sound like ten thousand horses galloping.

The villagers of Yu Liang Village were dumbfounded at the sight.

"This is a miracle! Immortals are appearing!" Someone shouted, and the villagers of Yu Liang Village all knelt on the ground, worshiping the golden pillar of light.

Not to mention the ignorant villagers of Yu Liang Village, seven or eight escape lights flew from the southeast direction of Qing Si Gulch, arriving nearby in the blink of an eye. They stopped in the sky more than ten miles away from the gulch, and after the light converged, several cultivators appeared.

The leader was an old woman in the Golden Immortal Realm with gray hair, holding a yellow snake staff. The others were young men and women, all with only True Immortal Realm cultivation.

They were all wearing uniform yellow-brown feather robes, appearing to be from the same sect.

Looking at the strange phenomenon in front of them, the young men and women all showed excited expressions.

"Senior Uncle Lin, this phenomenon seems to indicate some treasure, a sign of the secret realm appearing! Let's go down and take a look quickly, or it will be troublesome if others come later," a fair-skinned male disciple said excitedly to the gray-haired old woman.

The others nodded in agreement, eager to try.

"Don't act rashly. This scene is indeed a sign of a treasure being born, but this thing has not completely manifested yet, so going down now is useless. Moreover, this phenomenon is extraordinary. It's not something we can control. Quickly send a message back to the sect and inform the Sect Master of the situation here," the gray-haired old woman said, also somewhat excited but still maintaining her composure.

Upon hearing this, the young men and women behind her immediately took action, taking out transmission arrays to contact the sect.

At that moment, two more escape lights flew from afar, arriving near the gulch, revealing two gloomy-faced black-robed cultivators, both with Golden Immortal Realm cultivation.

"They are from the Black Fiend Sect," a young man behind the old woman said in a low voice.

"Ignore them, come over here," the gray-haired old woman glanced at the two and landed with the others on the peak of a nearby mountain.

The two black-robed cultivators glanced at the gray-haired old woman and her group, then withdrew their gaze and flew to another mountain peak, where they took out transmission devices to contact others.

The phenomenon of a huge pillar of light soaring into the sky in the middle of the Jin Yuan Mountains spread quickly. Soon, the various forces within the Jin Yuan Mountains basically knew about it, and more and more people came here.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a month had passed, and the golden pillar of light not only had not weakened but seemed to be growing stronger.

Inside the secret realm, Han Li stood within, his eyes shining.

As the secret realm trembled, the gray mist at the edge receded rapidly.

At this moment, the space within the secret realm had more than doubled in size, gradually revealing its true appearance.

On the left and right sides of the dense forest, two tall, continuous golden peaks appeared, soaring into the sky, like two heavenly walls, sandwiching the dense forest in the middle, forming a huge canyon terrain.

From the halfway point upward, the golden peaks on both sides were shrouded in thick gray mist, making it impossible to see the true appearance of the mountains.

Most peculiar of all, gray chains as thick as water tanks hung down from the gray mist, all the way to the foot of the mountains, like waterfalls.

The chains flickered with gray electric arcs, crackling and hissing, looking quite frightening.

Han Li flew down to the foot of one of the peaks, looked at the gray chains, hesitated slightly, and reached out to touch one.

A gray lightning bolt sprang out from the chain like a snake and struck him.

Han Li groaned and took a step back, the place where he was struck being charred black.

He circulated Immortal Spiritual Power, and the charred area quickly recovered. A trace of surprise flashed in his eyes. The gray lightning was extremely powerful. Even with the strength of his physical body, it was still somewhat difficult to resist.

This was just one lightning bolt. If more lightning power were to strike, he could not guarantee his safety.

Han Li withdrew his gaze from the top of the mountain. Behind him, at the entrance to the space, was a stable void. He looked towards the depths of the canyon formed by the two peaks, where the gray mist was constantly receding, revealing a path leading to the depths of the secret realm.

With a movement of his body, he flew towards it.

……

At the same time, the area within a thousand miles of Qing Si Gulch was densely packed with the figures of cultivators, numbering tens of thousands.

There were many sects and forces, and they began to divide the area into large and small territories. Some solitary cultivators were fine, finding a place to stand, but if it was a sect with a large number of people, they needed a significant amount of space.

The area closest to the pillar of light was now unceremoniously occupied by seven or eight sects.

The mountain peak originally occupied by the gray-haired old woman and her group had been taken away, and they were now squeezed to the back.

There were three more people in their group: a middle-aged man with a sallow complexion, a enchanting young woman, and an old man with white hair.

The three were all Golden Immortals, especially the yellow-faced man, who had already reached the late stage of the Golden Immortal Realm. He stood at the front of the group and appeared to be the leader.

"Ling Xiao Sect, Wang You Pavilion, Lie Guang City, Mo Xiang Pavilion, Qing Suo Valley, Ling Yue Pavilion, Bai Yun Manor! The top-ranked forces in the Jin Yuan Mountains have actually come and snatched our territory!" The gray-haired woman looked at the leading sects, especially glaring at those from Ling Yue Pavilion, and said in a deep voice.

The territory they had previously occupied had been snatched away by the people of Ling Yue Pavilion.

"There's no way around it. Who told us our strength is inferior? Those sects all have Grand Unity Realm experts sitting in charge. How can our little Huang Feng Sect compete with them?" The yellow-faced man sighed.

"Based on our investigations over these past few days, this phenomenon should be the emergence of a secret realm or Immortal Mansion. Exploring for treasures doesn't necessarily depend on who is stronger. Luck is more important," another middle-aged woman snorted.

Upon hearing this, the others nodded in agreement, even though they knew that the words were mostly self-comfort.

"Strange, the Tong Tian Sword Sect and the Tian Shui Sect are not in the Jin Yuan Mountains and are too far away from here. It's understandable that they haven't come yet, but why haven't we seen anyone from the Immortal Palace?" the white-haired old man said, frowning.