For the Central Region sects, it was a huge disrespect. They never imagined that they'd get slapped in the face by these low-level cultivators. They gritted their teeth, and one of the elders from the Shadow Fist Academy said,
"Presumptuous! Do you think us Central Region cultivators don't have any backbone? We won't tolerate anyone who disrespects us."
"Heh! What do you mean by disrespect? Isn't it your sect's disciples who just said those words? We are just emphasizing those words."
Yes, it was true; it was them who said those words. But these low-level humans started to give another meaning to those words. How could they endure such disrespectful acts? It was impossible for them to forget the grudges now.
But they were now in public; they couldn't do anything about it at all. Goddess Nexus has access to humanity's every corner. If they took actions in public, they'd have to face the wrath of the Galaxy Sovereign Nexus.
At this moment, the aura around the gate of the Secret Realm started to stabilize. A huge, purple-gold vortex appeared in front of everyone, the gate around a kilometer long and high. There were no problems for anyone present to enter the Secret Realm.
Before they entered the Secret Realm, three figures materialized in front of everyone. Two handsome guys, one 17 and another 18 years old. The 17-year-old was wearing a red robe with black and gold engraved designs, over a white, long inner robe. A white veil covered his face; only his light brown eyes could be seen.
The 18-year-old was handsome, with deep black, short hair and obsidian eyes that made his face look divine. He was wearing black general's clothes. A black blade was sheathed on his back.
And with them came a beautiful girl, wearing a light blue dress. Her presence started to shake the foundation of every present sect and cultivator. She was the apex of cultivation in this plane: Goddess Nexus.
Everyone bowed towards her.
"Greetings, Goddess Nexus! We are extremely lucky to meet you today!"
Nexus didn't say anything, just nodded towards them. Then she said,
"From today onwards, the Ten Thousand Mountain Secret Realm will be opened. You should enter one by one according to your rank in regional ranking: First, Central Region; second, Northern Region; third, Eastern Region; fourth, Southern Region; and at last, Western Region. After entering the Secret Realm, you're free to fight for treasures, but killing is not allowed in the Secret Realm. This Secret Realm is very special and has restrictions on killing. The more you kill, the more the tower trials will be. So, anyone who has Tower tokens, don't get involved in killings. Now everyone, slowly enter the Secret Realm..."
Huai and Wuhe both came towards the eight people from the Eternal Sect. Seeing Huai, they all felt happy, and Lan Ruo again hugged him tightly. Huai rubbed her head, then looked at his other seven brothers and sisters and said,
"You all know what to do; I won't repeat myself to instruct you. But let me tell you a secret that no one knows: This Secret Realm is dangerous. Someone has infiltrated this Secret Realm. I don't know who they are. If they have enough power to infiltrate the Secret Realm, then maybe they'd send powerful cultivators inside."
Wuhe heard this and nodded in response. He also noticed the presence of a black aura leaking out of the Secret Realm.
And he also thought that the Secret Realm was not safe anymore for these children. But this Secret Realm is an exclusive Secret Realm of the Blue Star planet. The highest cultivators who'd enter are maybe in the Fusion of Mahayana realm.
While the Turbulation Transcendence cultivators are the apex for mortal cultivation, they won't interfere in these puny matters. Only those at the level below will interfere in the matters of this Secret Realm.
Huai looked at them, then took out 80 silver-colored talisman papers. He gave each of them 10 talisman papers, then said, "I already gave you 9th-tier talisman papers before; these are 8th-tier talisman papers. They can easily kill any cultivators below the Turbulation Transcendence realm. Use them if you need to in extreme cases. Don't show mercy to your enemies."
Wuhe also took out 8 jade tokens, then stretched out his hand and said, "Please take one each; this token has my power concealed inside it. It can help you in dangerous times."
Everyone looked at him, but no one took those tokens from his hand. Wuhe felt nervous and looked at Huai in confusion. Huai scratched his head and said,
"Oh, I forgot to introduce you to everyone."
"Everyone, this is Yan Wuhe. From now on, he'll be the Grand Elder of my Eternal Sect. He'll be only second to me in power."
Everyone looked at him in surprise, then bowed to him with deep respect.
"Greetings, Grand Elder! We're extremely sorry for our ignorance."
Wuhe just shook his head and said,
"Don't worry about it anymore. Now take these tokens with you. They'll save your life in extreme cases."
Now that they knew this new big brother was their Grand Elder, they immediately took the tokens from his hand. Wuhe felt happy. Huai also nodded in appreciation.
Then Huai introduced everyone to Wuhe one by one: Bai Wei, Zhao Tie, Mu Chen, Da Zhuang, Xiao Yun, Lan Ruo, Zhao Yue, and Lan Suyin. Wuhe also remembered their names and characteristics.
At this moment, almost everyone had entered the Secret Realm; only those elders who came with them and people from the Western Region were left.
Now it was time for Huai's team to enter the Secret Realm. Huai nodded at them, and they entered the Secret Realm. After that, other people who came from the Western Region all came towards Huai and bowed to him before entering the Secret Realm. For the Western Region's people, Huai was someone they revered in their hearts. Huai also instructed them about the danger inside the Secret Realm. He also told them to run if necessary.
After everyone entered the Secret Realm, the realm vortex started to turn into a solid state. Now no one could enter the Secret Realm or interfere in the matters inside.
Huai came close to Nexus and said, "Nexus, be ready to take action at any time."
Nexus looked at him but didn't know what to say. Why did she need to take action in a Secret Realm of participation? She looked confused for a moment, but still couldn't find anything to take action against.
She asked Huai, "Dear citizen Shen Huai! I don't know why you are suggesting that I be prepared and take action?"
Huai looked at her in confusion too; he never thought that Nexus wouldn't notice the anomaly. He said, "Didn't you notice the anomaly coming from the Secret Realm?"
Nexus looked at the Secret Realm vortex, but she still couldn't find any anomaly coming from the Secret Realm. She looked at Huai and shook her head in denial, "No! I can't find any anomaly."
Huai thought for a moment, then asked, "Nexus, do you really can't sense anything?"
Nexus nodded at him. Huai waved his hand, and black qi started to appear in front of everyone present. Everyone looked at those black qi in horror. They knew where these black qi were coming from. This was the qi only those extraterrestrial races have.
Nexus also looked at the black qi in confusion. It was always there, but why couldn't she sense a single bit of this qi? She looked at Huai with a question.
Huai said, "Maybe they are using a technology-blocking artifact. That's why you can't sense this black qi. They knew only you could intervene in this matter. They wanted to eliminate the threat of you."
Nexus immediately realized what was happening in the Secret Realm: those extraterrestrial races were targeting their junior cultivators, their future powerhouses.
Nexus immediately connected with her other clones.
"Initializing operation.
1.2.3
Connection complete.
Checking the ongoing Secret Realm trials...
1
2
3
Beep! Beep! Beep!"
A large amount of liquid data started to appear around Nexus. Nexus connected with her other clones who were operating other Secret Realms now. Each and every elder from the sects and forces who came here to participate in this Secret Realm felt their hands, heads all covered in cold sweat. They never expected that the Secret Realm where their own juniors participated was now invaded by extraterrestrial races.
"Data verification complete.
A total of 4678 Secret Realms are now ongoing.
Among them, 347 Secret Realms are now in control of extraterrestrial races.
Special measures need to be taken to eliminate the threat.
Federation fleets near the Secret Realms are entering the area.
Beep beep beep.
Other 346 Secret Realms are now under the watch of Federation fleets.
...
Only one Secret Realm is left."
After announcing the data and taking measures to control the after-effects of the invasion, Nexus looked at Huai and said, "Citizen Huai, your contribution this time is huge. A total of 347 Secret Realms were found with extraterrestrial aura around them. We already sent fleets to help them. But we can't save everyone. Although we can enter other Secret Realms, we can't enter this particular Secret Realm..."
Before she said anything more, Huai waved his hand and said, "I don't care! My children are not that fragile. They can manage on their own."
The whole place became silent. Who was this person? How dare he say those words of arrogance? Even on the Central Region side, the people who came with them didn't use those words. Now, someone who didn't even know the name of saying these arrogant words in front of the Goddess.
Nexus also didn't say anything, just looked at Huai with indifferent eyes. She didn't want to see those children die in the Secret Realm, so she contacted the force stationed outside the Blue Star planet.
After a few seconds, the sky above the Southern Region changed. The sky started to crack as if something was trying to enter the atmosphere covering the huge planet.
The sky barrier was invaded; a huge spaceship with four other smaller ones entered the atmosphere of the Blue Star planet. They were the fleet that was waiting outside the Blue Star for the protection of the planet and the Divine Physician.
The steel monsters brought huge pressure to the cultivators and elders waiting below. Everyone looked at those five terrifying steel monsters with utmost horror on their faces. They never imagined they'd have the luck to see fleets from the Human Federation in their whole life.
Blue Star is a backwater planet. No fleets ever entered the atmosphere of this dilapidated planet before. But this time was different. Now the planet was going through an invasion from extraterrestrial races; that's why the Human Federation fleets were hovering in the sky of the Blue Planet.
The first spaceship's door opened, and after that, the other four also opened their doors one by one. One after another, specially trained soldiers came out of the five spaceships. They were standing in the air with utmost dignity and strong resolution. They were wearing specially modified Human Federation uniforms of deep green color. In front of them stood three people; one of them was middle-aged and wearing a cap. With him stood two more 25-26-year-old soldiers. They were wearing black uniforms with "Human Federation" written on them.
The guy in front was the commander of the team. And the other two were a rank below him. There were thousands of soldiers below them, all waiting for their orders, standing in a well-mannered position. The commander was the first who bowed towards Nexus, then the others also followed him by bowing towards Nexus.
"Greetings, Your Highness, the Nexus Sovereign!"
The sound boomed in the air.
Nexus nodded at them.