Chapter 39: Chapter 38: Getting on the Divine Origin List
After devouring so much flesh and Soul Energy in the Horned Demon Secret Realm, the Soul-Controlling Flower had already condensed a new Soul Taming Seed.
’I wonder what kind of changes the Sunlight Thorn will undergo after absorbing this Soul Taming Seed?’
After Zhong Yi placed his hand on the third orb of light, the altar before him vanished.
A jagged crystal stone, close in color to the soil of the Horned Demon Secret Realm but with a distinct purplish-red luster, appeared in Zhong Yi’s palm.
This fist-sized, rather unassuming crystal stone was none other than the Heart of the Horned Demon Secret Realm.
It was the Soul Technique Treasure that could only be obtained by reaching one hundred percent exploration!
While Zhong Yi examined the three rewards from the altar and placed them into his Storage Pouch, Zhong Ling stood by his side, genuinely overjoyed at his gains.
She didn’t have the slightest trace of greed for the three rewards on the altar.
Zhong Yi had been pondering sothing ever since the altar appeared.
In the ga’s setting, when players faced the reward settlent, mbers of the sa party couldn’t attack each other.
But in this living, breathing world, it was very difficult for the six mbers of a squad to face the settlent treasures without feeling a stir of greed.
After all, there were only so many treasures, enough for only a few people to claim.
Moreover, the value of these treasures produced by Secret Realms was imasurable, especially when two team mbers needed the sa item.
It was all too common for six-person squads exploring a Secret Realm together to end up betraying each other over the spoils.
Zhong Yi would also form a team in the future, and his core requirent for recruiting mbers would be loyalty, just like Zhong Ling’s.
In Secret Realm exploration, the mutual loyalty of team mbers was far more important than their strength!
Zhong Yi relied on the Soul-Controlling Flower to strengthen and cultivate his Guardian Beasts, and the Soul Taming Seeds to form Contracts with them.
Even though his Lifebound Guardian Beast was a Healing Elent Order Beast, he could still serve as the backbone of his team.
While Zhong Yi and Zhong Ling were receiving their settlent rewards, Gu Chong, the Commander of the Starlight Army guarding the Horned Demon Secret Realm, didn’t even dare to breathe too loudly.
Gu Chong could clearly feel the oppressive atmosphere around the two dignitaries growing heavier and heavier.
These two dignitaries, along with Lu Jinlun, the president of the Beastmaster Association, had been standing outside the Horned Demon Secret Realm for four whole days.
In those four days, none of them showed any intention of leaving.
Gu Chong had no idea what had happened to warrant two Celestial Destiny Seekers standing guard here.
’That old fox Lu Jinlun... He clearly knows sothing but refuses to tell .’
Half a day ago, the Horned Demon Secret Realm had suddenly undergone a change. The entrance closed, forbidding any new explorers from entering.
A change like this ant that the Horned Demon Secret Realm’s Exploration Level had reached eighty percent, turning it into a private Secret Realm.
In Secret Realm exploration, the first Guardian Beast Master to reach eighty percent exploration becos the master of the Secret Realm. Only when this Guardian Beast Master grants authorization can others enter to explore.
Gaining an additional resource-producing Secret Realm that could be fully controlled should have been a great thing for all of Starlight City.
Yet, the faces of the two dignitaries and Lu Jinlun showed no hint of happiness; instead, they grew increasingly grim.
"Zhuo, it seems this little guy’s ambition is anything but small."
"To think he’d challenge the Overlord creature on his first-ever exploration of a Secret Realm."
Even the usually composed Wen Tao couldn’t help but clench his fists.
If he weren’t unable to enter a First Level Secret Realm, Wen Tao would have charged in long ago to bring Zhong Yi and Zhong Ling out.
An Overlord creature’s power surpasses the Secret Realm’s limits by one whole Major Tier. Zhong Yi and Zhong Ling were just two Guardian Beast Masters who had only recently awakened their Soul Bases.
Wen Tao didn’t believe for a second that the two of them could possibly kill the Overlord creature within the Horned Demon Secret Realm!
Both Wen Tao and Lin Zhuo possessed imnse power, but right now, there was nothing they could do but worry helplessly.
Wen Tao had been thinking of comforting Lin Zhuo, but to his surprise, Lin Zhuo was even more composed than he was at this mont.
"Ah Tao, the Secret Realm still isn’t allowing new explorers in. That ans Zhong Yi isn’t in danger yet."
"The fact that they managed to raise the Secret Realm Exploration Level to eighty percent already speaks volus about their strength."
"Even if they can’t defeat the Overlord creature, with that kind of power, it’s not like they have no chance of escaping."
"Overlord creatures are territorial. As long as they escape its territory, it most likely won’t continue to pursue them."
At this, Lin Zhuo suddenly looked up, her gaze firm as she looked at Wen Tao.
"Ah Tao, the Rules my Order Beast controls are similar to the Origin of the Horned Demon Secret Realm. If I were to sacrifice a portion of my Power of Rules, do you think I could enter the Horned Demon Secret Realm for a short ti?"
"That’s how the Star Emperor saved Xu Zhi in a Secret Realm all those years ago."
Hearing this, Wen Tao hurriedly and anxiously tried to stop her.
"Lin Zhuo, don’t be ridiculous! Just because the Star Emperor could do it doesn’t an you or I can."
"Even if you did manage to enter the Horned Demon Secret Realm by sacrificing your Rules, you would throw the Secret Realm into chaos."
"We don’t know what their situation is inside. Your reckless entry could even end up affecting them negatively."
An Order Beast sacrificing its Power of Rules was equivalent to its Origin being damaged, but it was even more severe than a typical Origin injury.
This was because once the Power of Rules was sacrificed, it was extrely difficult to regenerate, which was tantamount to abandoning a portion of the Order Beast’s potential.
Wen Tao understood why Lin Zhuo would have such a thought.
A Celestial Destiny Seeker who controlled Healing Elent Rules was far too important to Starlight City, and even to the entire Xin Xia Federation.
This level of importance was different from the birth of a few Combat-type Celestial Destiny Seekers. Even if a new Combat-type Celestial Destiny Seeker with SS Level potential were to erge...
...it would only increase the Xin Xia Federation’s high-end combat power, not raise the combat ceiling of the Xin Xia Alliance.
But the existence of a Healing-type Celestial Destiny Seeker was equivalent to a safety net for all the existing Celestial Destiny Seekers in the Xin Xia Federation.
Celestial Destiny Seekers were human, too. Just like ordinary Guardian Beast Masters, they feared being injured during Secret Realm explorations.
And the security provided by a Healing-type Celestial Destiny Seeker would allow other Celestial Destiny Seekers to be more daring in their explorations.
If a Celestial Destiny Seeker was the foundation of a Heroic City or a federation, then a Healing-type Celestial Destiny Seeker was the foundation for the entire community of Celestial Destiny Seekers.
It was just that when it ca to anything involving Lin Zhuo, Wen Tao had his own selfish motives.
Just then, Wen Tao and Lin Zhuo suddenly noticed a change on the Divine Origin List, which hadn’t moved in several years. The nas Zhong Yi and Zhong Ling had strikingly appeared on it.
Ranked ninety-ninth and one-hundredth, respectively.
At that mont, Lin Zhuo and Wen Tao didn’t know whether to be delighted or shocked. To get on the Divine Origin List, one needed to obtain at least one point of Divine Origin Value.
And the strict requirent for obtaining Divine Origin Value was to uncover the secrets of a Secret Realm’s operation, bringing its Exploration Level to one hundred percent.
Two kids who had just awakened their Soul Bases a few days ago had reached one hundred percent exploration on their very first trip into a Secret Realm!?
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