The Legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

All cultivators on the list must be no older than twenty-five. Once they exceed this age, they will be automatically removed from the Hidden Dragon Ranking of the Secret Realm.

In addition, what makes the Hidden Dragon Ranking of the Secret Realm so popular is that it is not limited to sects and forces. Even if you are a rogue cultivator, you can participate. As long as you meet the challenge requirements, that is, a cultivator under the age of 25, you can participate in the challenge and be listed on the Hidden Dragon Ranking of the Secret Realm.

Before each opening of the Sumeru Secret Realm, the Hidden Dragon Ranking event becomes a huge spectacle, prompting the Secret Realm Guardian Hall to construct one hundred challenge arenas in front of it. Even so, it's still not enough.

The allure of the Sumeru Secret Realm is undoubtedly immense. It contains even divine fruits like the Ice Crystal Flower Fruit, as well as the top ten Strange Flames on the Strange Flame Ranking. It is filled with infinite possibilities and endless opportunities.

Any cultivator who enters this place, as long as they don't die inside, will emerge with a dramatic increase in their cultivation level.

Rumor has it that the area of ​​the Sumeru Secret Realm is no less than that of the Divine Continent Immortal Realm, and at least half of its area remains unexplored.

The unknown is a risk, but also a huge opportunity and temptation. Every time the Sumeru Secret Realm opens, hundreds of thousands of cultivators under the age of twenty-five go crazy for it. The names on the Secret Realm Hidden Dragon Ranking are constantly being refreshed and changed, and young powerhouses emerge one after another.

Competing for a spot in the Sumeru Secret Realm by relying on one's own fists to climb the Hidden Dragon Ranking is undoubtedly the common aspiration of all cultivators under the age of twenty-five.

Many factions, eager to compete for the top nine spots on the Hidden Dragon Ranking, have been counting down the opening time of the Sumeru Secret Realm for a long time. They select seed teams and nurture them from a young age, so that when the Sumeru Secret Realm is about to open, they can enter the Hidden Dragon Ranking and compete for the reward spots of the top nine.

In particular, the number one spot on the Hidden Dragon Ranking in the Secret Realm, which was awarded to one person and ten spots, made countless people envious.

Only five slots were allocated to ten-star forces, and only seven slots were allocated to forces within the Secret Realm Guardian Hall. However, the first-place winner received the equivalent of two ten-star forces' worth of slots, which drove all the major forces mad.

In order to seize the top nine spots on the Hidden Dragon Ranking in the Secret Realm, all the major forces have been cultivating their own seed teams, creating a storm of competition among young powerhouses on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

Take, for example, a super power like the Primordial Store. The seed teams they cultivate are the best of the best in the first tier. The four young masters of the Primordial Store's main branch are typical examples. Three of them have already reached the awe-inspiring Nascent Soul Realm at a young age.

With such cultivation, once revealed, it would surely eclipse any independent cultivators.

The top nine teams on the Hidden Dragon Ranking in previous years have almost always been monopolized by seed teams cultivated by super powers.

Not only the top nine, but the vast majority of the top 100 players are seed players nurtured by various forces.

For independent cultivators, the chances of rising through the ranks on the Hidden Dragon Ranking in the Secret Realm are extremely slim. However, it's not uncommon for independent cultivators to break into the top nine, causing quite a stir at the time. One such cultivator even sold off an unused spot on the spot, making a fortune.

Many independent cultivators also aim for the top nine. As long as they make it into the top nine, they will receive an extra spot as a reward, which they can then auction off to make a fortune.

It should be noted that every time the Sumeru Secret Realm opens, hundreds of thousands of cultivators under the age of twenty-five emerge. Among these cultivators are many with powerful backgrounds and immense wealth. Since they cannot seize a spot on the Secret Realm Hidden Dragon Ranking by force, nor can they obtain a limited number of spots within their own factions, they still have one option left: to see if anyone is putting up an auction for the nine extra reward spots on the Secret Realm Hidden Dragon Ranking.

Each auction for a spot was a massive undertaking, generating immense excitement among countless people.

Each spot represents a potential astronomical sum of money...

Liang Shanbo originally thought that the spots for entering the Sumeru Secret Realm would probably be divided among the major forces, but he never expected that he could also compete for a spot on the Secret Realm Hidden Dragon Ranking, which made him overjoyed.

If he could compete for a spot on the Hidden Dragon Ranking in the Secret Realm, why would he need the Tang Sect's overbearing terms? He could just storm into the top 100 of the Hidden Dragon Ranking and get one.

Of course, Liang Shanbo wouldn't say these things aloud, otherwise he would be laughed at by Tang Cai and the other elders.

He's only at the eighth stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm. With his current cultivation level, how could he possibly break into the top 100 of the Hidden Dragon Ranking in the Secret Realm? Even if there are still one year and eight months left, can Liang Shanbo break through from the Foundation Establishment Realm to the Core Formation Realm and then the Golden Core Realm in one year and eight months?

In their view, Liang Shanbo's breakthrough to the Core Formation Realm in one year and eight months was already quite remarkable, but this level of cultivation was still far from sufficient to be considered on the Hidden Dragon Ranking in the Secret Realm.

The top 100 on the Hidden Dragon Ranking in the Secret Realm are almost all seeded players cultivated by various forces at all costs for more than 20 years. They are all at the late stage of the Golden Core Realm, and many of them have even broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

With such strength, if Liang Shanbo, with his meager cultivation, were to attempt to enter the Hidden Dragon Ranking in the Secret Realm, he would be practically asking for trouble.

Liang Shanbo was well aware of the gap between himself and others, but he wasn't worried at all about whether he could secure a spot on the Hidden Dragon Ranking in the Secret Realm.

Don't forget, it only took him less than ten days to break through from the Transcendent Realm to the Foundation Establishment Realm, and there are still a full year and eight months before the opening of the Sumeru Secret Realm.

Over such a long period of time, Liang Shanbo was confident that even if he slacked off in his cultivation, he could still break through to the Nascent Soul Realm. If he wanted to, he could easily defeat any promising opponent.

After listening to these guys' introduction, Liang Shanbo was deeply attracted to the Sumeru Secret Realm. Putting aside everything else, just take the Ice Crystal Flower Fruit for example. It would be a good deal to keep a few in reserve for when he broke through to the Tribulation Realm.

In addition, he could try to subdue the strange fire ranked in the top ten of the Strange Fire Ranking, even if others couldn't.

His physical body is the Limitless True Body, and it's difficult for anything in the mortal realm to harm his Dao body. When facing strange fire, others might be burned to death, but he won't. Strange fire can't burn him to death; it's more like tickling him.

Once he subdues that strange fire, he can refine pills and weapons, upgrade the grade of the Snow White Sword, and do many more things he wants to do.

Besides these two things, the Sumeru Secret Realm is also full of endless cultivation opportunities. It is said that the spiritual energy in the Sumeru Secret Realm is at least twenty times richer than that in the Divine Continent Immortal Realm. Just cultivating in it can bring considerable gains, not to mention other things.

The Sumeru Secret Realm is an incredible shortcut to cultivation, and Liang Shanbo absolutely cannot miss it.