Immortal Venerable's Order
Chapter 118 Secret Realm (1)

Chapter 118: Chapter 118 Secret Realm (1)

Everyone looked towards it and suddenly discovered a massive grey vortex in the sky. The grey vortex spun rapidly, resembling a giant beast opening its mouth, ready to tear apart everything sucked into it.

Without any hesitation, Yan Rufeng immediately ordered, "Everyone rush to the secret realm passage with all your might and follow me inside."

"Swoosh... swoosh... swoosh..."

In an instant, nearly ten thousand people from the base and the Immortal Alliance all entered the legendary secret realm.

Outside the secret realm passage, Chuyunzi cupped his hands and said, "Sect Master, shall we go in?"

Chuyunzi flew into the vortex and vanished, followed by the disappearance of Yan Rufeng’s figure into the vortex.

Just as Yan Rufeng entered the secret realm, outside the secret realm, the entire world, the entire Solar System, and the entire Milky Way experienced a universe-shaking upheaval simultaneously.

The Earth was rapidly expanding, and everyone on Earth could clearly hear a dull sound coming from deep within the planet.

"Squeak... squeak... squeak..."

"Roar... roar... roar..."

"Boom... boom... boom..."

Soon after, the ground kept shaking, and with visible speed, the trembling Earth was rapidly expanding. Mountains shot up into the sky like bamboo sprouts after a spring rain, and rivers seemed to widen and lengthen tirelessly.

The sudden changes on Earth made everyone think that the end of the world had arrived. Fortunately, the noise didn’t last long, and everything quickly returned to normal.

At that moment, the basic infrastructure of all countries was almost destroyed. Even all artificial satellites in outer space were hit by shockwaves caused by Earth’s expansion and were completely destroyed.

No matter how astonishing the Earth’s upheaval was, Huaxia seemed to be favored by the Heavenly God. Besides damage to roads and communication facilities due to the expanding ground, all cities and important infrastructure suffered minimal damage.

For a time, countries around the world resorted to primitive communication methods, such as telegrams.

In Huaxia, at the main base, just as the ground calmed down, they received an urgent telegram from the Capital City. The leaders ordered Zhao Wuji to lead all base personnel who hadn’t gone to the secret realm to participate in the new round of infrastructure construction.

Upon receiving the order, Zhao Wuji immediately led the vanguard to the Capital City. However, it took them a full two months to reach the Capital City. Don’t forget, Zhao Wuji had selected base personnel who had all reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, and they had traveled using Sword Flight, the slowest of which could cover a thousand miles a day. Imagine how massive the changes on Earth must have been for a journey that originally took two days to now take two months.

And that was just the changes on land. Everyone knew that Earth was a water world, and the changes at sea were even more enormous. Thousands of islands suddenly appeared in the oceans, each at least a million square kilometers in size. The Japan Island, where Yan Rufeng had previously destroyed the Spirit Vein, was submerged in seawater during these changes.

These changes were just the surface transformations of the Earth. The most significant change was that the Spiritual Energy had become extraordinarily abundant for some unknown reason. The air was no longer filled with mist but instead with Spiritual Energy. In some places, such as near the Spirit Vein of the Dragon Abyss Sect, there was even a river formed by condensed Spiritual Energy. This showed how dense the Spiritual Energy on Earth had become.

With the abundant Spiritual Energy as a foundation, even the snakes, rats, insects, and ants in the forests began to cultivate. Predatory birds and beasts, needless to say, not only became enormous but also underwent drastic changes in appearance. For a time, mutant beasts appeared everywhere, drastically reducing the survival ability of ordinary people, forcing them to seek shelter from Cultivation Sects.

Faced with the current environment, the cultivators were exceptionally joyful. Although they didn’t know why the Earth suddenly went through such changes, they shamelessly absorbed the heaven-sent Spiritual Energy. Within a day, the cultivation level of all Huaxia cultivators rose by an entire realm.

With the help of base personnel, Huaxia successfully launched an artificial satellite into space after six months. At the same time, communication equipment across Huaxia was reconnected to the network.

When the photos taken by the artificial satellite were sent back to Earth, everyone at the space agency was stunned.

Professor Zhou Shuhua, who had been invited to the space agency, gently adjusted his glasses and exclaimed, "Is this still Earth?"

"Professor Zhou, why do you say that? Haven’t we always been on Earth?" someone replied.

"Earth suddenly grew a thousand times larger. How is it maintaining its orbit, and why are we not in any danger? This is too unscientific," Professor Zhou said excitedly.

"Professor Zhou, it seems more than just Earth grew larger. Look at this photo of the Moon that the satellite just sent back."

Professor Zhou picked up the photo of the Moon and stood there in shock.

"This is unbelievable. The Moon also grew a thousand times larger. This isn’t scientific. Why does the Moon still appear the same size as before?"

"Maybe the distance between the Earth and the Moon has also increased," someone replied.

Professor Zhou fell into deep thought. After a long time, he suddenly exclaimed, "I understand now. Not only the Earth but the entire Solar System, and perhaps the entire Milky Way, might have experienced the changes simultaneously. Otherwise, Earth wouldn’t have remained safe."

"Simultaneous changes? This isn’t scientific," someone replied.

"Not scientific? Then how do you explain my ability to cultivate? Is that scientific?" Professor Zhou retorted.

The person fell silent, then said after a long pause, "To unravel this mystery, only a god might have the answer..."

"Beep beep..."

Professor Zhou’s phone rang. It was Zhao Wuji calling.

"Hello, General Zhao. Is something the matter?"

Zhao Wuji said on the other end, "Professor Zhou, General Wen and his team have returned."

Professor Zhou responded, "Why did it take so long for General Wen and his team to return from Kunlun? Where are they now?"

Zhao Wuji replied, "They are in the secret room at the space agency."

"General Zhao, I’m heading down now."

Professor Zhou hurried to the elevator and pressed the button for the tenth underground floor.

Reaching the secret room, Professor Zhou saluted Wen JiaRen.

"General Wen, why are you here alone?"

Wen JiaRen replied, "General Lu and the others have returned to the base."

Professor Zhou asked again, "What about Instructor Yan?"

Wen JiaRen paused before replying, "He is still inside the secret realm."

In the secret room, Zhao Wuji couldn’t help but ask, "Brother Wen, are you saying that kid is still inside the secret realm and hasn’t come out?"

Wen JiaRen nodded.

"What?"

Zhao Wuji frowned and added, "Brother Wen, didn’t you say the secret realm was closed? If Yan Rufeng hasn’t come out, could it be that he..."

Zhao Wuji didn’t dare to continue thinking about it.

"Sigh..."

Wen JiaRen heaved a long sigh and then slowly said, "The secret realm was incredibly dangerous this time. Only half of our base personnel made it out."

"Brother Wen, what did you say?"

Zhao Wuji was unsettled.

Wen JiaRen continued, "Our base was still fortunate. Do you know how many from the Immortal Alliance made it out of the secret realm?"

After contemplating, Zhao Wuji replied, "Out of the seven or eight thousand from the Immortal Alliance, at least half should have returned."

"Brother Zhao, only two thousand from the Immortal Alliance came out of the secret realm..."

"Two thousand people?"

"Hum..."

Zhao Wuji’s head felt heavy, and his legs gave way as he collapsed onto the sofa.