The cheat system is useless, but I have the strongest living dad.

The overturned monsters kept emerging from the trees, and no matter how many times you killed them, you couldn't kill them all.

Jiang Ming wanted to burn the forest down, but he didn't dare. He was afraid that the Red Shadow Monster had hidden Shen Yao somewhere in the forest.

Jiang Mingsheng reached the eighth level of spiritual roots, and his Seven-Slash Spiritual Blade was also cultivated to the eighth level. He carried the Flaming Sun Blade and the gathered Eight-Slash Spiritual Blade, and charged nimbly through the forest.

One after another, the monsters that had been turned upside down died. Jiang Ming's spiritual power could withstand the depletion, but the other immortals and saints could not.

The team desperately needed rest, so Jiang Ming had no choice but to lead them away from the secret realm.

He retreated to the stone gate, glanced at the forest with reluctance, and made a great decision to enter the passageway.

The backward-folded monsters crawled over, following their departing footsteps, and gathered at the stone doorway, piling up and roaring at the passageway...

……

Outside the Thunder Secret Realm, many True God Sect disciples are stationed.

Jiang Ming sat on a wooden chair in the tent, taking a nap against the headrest.

Jiang Qi, who hadn't been to the Thunderous Secret Realm for a long time, arrived. Standing outside the tent, she asked Wang Xu, "Is Jiang Ming inside?"

Wang Xu: "The hall master just came out of the secret realm and is resting in the tent."

Jiang Qi: "What was in the secret realm just now?"

Wang Xu: "I didn't go, I don't know."

Jiang Qi left directly, walked to the entrance of the secret realm, asked about what had just happened, and then went in alone.

Jiang Qi clicked her tongue in disgust when she saw the pile of upside-down monsters at the stone gate.

She walked straight in, and many lightning orbs swirled around her, turning any monsters she touched into charcoal. The monsters couldn't get close to her at all.

Jiang Qi looked at the forest before her and the inverted monsters constantly emerging from the trees, gave a disdainful snort, released her spiritual fire, and turned to leave through the stone gate.

The spirit fire burned ever brighter, and the raging flames quickly engulfed the forest.

Jiang Ming woke up from his nap and got up to walk out of the tent.

Jiang Qi blocked the entrance to the tent: "Where are you going?"

Jiang Ming said expressionlessly, "A secret realm."

Jiang Qi: "Don't go. I've already burned down the forest. The scene will only change after it's burned down."

Jiang Ming gritted his teeth and questioned Jiang Qi, "How could you set fire to it! What if Shen Yao was inside! You..."

Jiang Qi kicked him, sending him flying back into the tent: "Shen Yao! Jiang Ming, is there anything else on your mind besides Shen Yao?"

"It's been over three years. Apart from the first two years, has any divine-level treasure appeared in this Thunderous Secret Realm this year?"

“We’ve already occupied Yongcheng, Hucheng, and Mengcheng. You’ve already reached the Immortal Ancestor level, why aren’t you stationed in Mengcheng? Why don’t you take over Xucheng and Chongcheng sooner? Why are you wasting your time here!”

"Jiang Ming, you may have a long life, but even a long life shouldn't be wasted like this!"

Jiang Ming, clutching his kicked stomach, stood up and said firmly, "I'm not going anywhere until I find Shen Yao!"

"Heh." Jiang Qi took out a scroll from her storage ring and threw it at Jiang Ming: "Shen Yao, right? Look, isn't this a picture of Shen Yao?"

Jiang Ming picked up the scroll, unfolded it, and saw that it depicted a watchtower of a restaurant. Three female cultivators stood on the watchtower, and the female cultivator on the right leaned against the railing and smiled. It was Shen Yao.

"Is it Shen Yao?" Jiang Qi asked.

Jiang Ming stared intently at the fairy in the painting: "It's her."

"Oh, it's her." Jiang Qi took out many more scrolls and threw them to Jiang Ming, who caught them all with his spirit.

Jiang Qi sneered, "You're so infatuated. Where is she? Look where she is!"

"She's in Chongcheng! These paintings were all done by artists from Chongcheng, called the 'Goddess of Chongcheng.' For the past three years, these paintings have been selling like hotcakes in the Demon Realm!"

"Three years?" Jiang Ming couldn't believe it. "She arrived in Chongcheng three years ago?"

Jiang Qi: "You saw it yourself."

Jiang Ming: "When did you acquire these paintings?"

Jiang Qi: "Not long, almost three years have passed."

Jiang Ming was furious, his fist clenched so tightly it cracked: "It's been three years, why are you telling me this now?"

Jiang Qi said nonchalantly, "If I'd told you long ago, would you have become an immortal ancestor?"

Jiang Ming placed the painting on the table, then charged at Jiang Qi with his spirit to fight. Jiang Qi let him have three moves, then knocked him to the ground with a single palm strike, sighing, "Alas! You're still not strong enough!"

"Someone like you, do you think you can steal her husband? Do you think you can beat her father?"

"I heard she's still at the Mingshan Sect. If you go now, she might not have left yet."

"Hurry up and pack your things, take some trusted men, and head to Mengcheng to garrison the city."

"Don't be foolish and rush straight to Chongcheng. You're just an Immortal Ancestor. The Mingshan Sect has two Demon Ancestors, and Shen Yao's Immortal Venerable father is probably there too."

After mocking her younger brother, Jiang Qi left without looking back.

Jiang Ming sat blankly in the chair, unfurling the scroll one page at a time. The scroll depicted a restaurant and its observation deck, with Shen Yao and two other female cultivators chatting and laughing.

Jiang Ming looked closely, and the more he looked, the more strange he felt.

He recognized the other two female cultivators: Shen Yu and Gou Yue from the Mingshan Sect.

Questions abound.

Shen Yao was clearly trapped in the Thunderous Secret Realm, so why is she in Chongcheng?

Didn't Shen Yu run away with Feng Yu? Why is she with Shen Yao again?

Gou Yue actually escaped the pursuit and fled back. Has Ning Yuan's injury healed? Has he also fled back to the Mingshan Sect?

And Shen Yao's clothes... how could they be so revealing!

Looking at her collarbone, there was no binding seal, while Gouyue's collarbone did have a binding seal.

It's unclear whether the artist made a mistake or Shen Yao used some method to cover up the seal.

And her attire... She's a fairy, how could she be dressed like that?

There are just too many parts of it exposed!

Could it be? Gou Yue is a succubus and a demon saint, while Shen Yao is only a sixth-grade fifth-level spiritual root. Could it be that Gou Yue is controlling her?

It must be Gouyue who controlled her!

Thinking of this, Jiang Ming could no longer sit still. He put all the scrolls into his storage ring, left the camp, and arranged the affairs of the Thunder Secret Realm as quickly as possible. Then, he took Wang Xu and several immortal cultivators and left Yuanzhou.

……

The Secret Realm of Dihe.

Huo Die led the way, followed by Feng Yu and Shen Yao, with Hu Yawu bringing up the rear. The four cultivators entered the Dihe Secret Realm one after another.

The entrance to the Dihe Secret Realm closed after they entered.

The secret realm is not high; it's like being inside a cave, with black rocks at the top and round clumps of grass growing on the walls on both sides.

The cave was long and dimly lit, and the ground was covered in mud. They were flying above a mudflat.

Many strange black plants grow in the swamp, and besides the occasional mud bubbles rising from the mud, it is unknown what kind of strange beasts live in the mud.

The cultivators held their breath and flew forward. After about 15 minutes, they reached the end of the cave.

There's no exit?

Shen Yao muttered to herself, "Why is it a dead end?"

As she spoke, the clumps of grass growing on the cave walls began to tremble one by one.

Hu Yawu drew his Golden Snake Sword: "There's something strange about the grass ball."

The clump of grass trembled even more violently.

Feng Yu drew the Frost Sword, and Shen Yao drew the Ice Soul Sword, ready for battle.

The grass rustled, and one after another, many small, muddy snakes crawled out of it...