He'd rather run than be turned into a cannon fodder for the broken engagement.

After discussing matters related to the secret realm, due to Leng Huan's special status, she accompanied Fu Xun to see Fu Yuqing off onto the Misty Immortal Sect's ship, paid her respects to the two elders, greeted the Misty Fairy and others, and then returned to the Leng family's painted boat.

She was naturally in the Leng family's team. Fu Xun was going to enter the secret realm with the sect's team, so everyone had to be separated. Even after being teleported in, they would land randomly.

The entrance to the secret realm is located a few dozen feet above the lake. There is only one entrance, but the exit appears randomly and is different each time.

It is said that the secret realm is very large. At first, Leng Huan found it very abstract. Just how large is it? Is it as large as the trial ground?

She didn't realize this problem until she was thrown out of the teleportation portal, dizzy and landing... on a towering ancient tree.

Ignoring the countless branches she snapped off with a bang and the mess she made falling for a while, she was finally caught by a side branch that was as thick as a person's embrace with a "thud"—note that it was a side branch.

After catching her breath for a long time, her mind finally cleared, and the tinnitus disappeared. She struggled to lift her head and looked at her situation—

Above, there was no sky; below, there was no ground. All that could be seen was a dark, gloomy green. Looking around, he realized he was hanging in mid-air, about forty feet above the ground.

"Fuck you...!"

"If God wants me dead, just say so!"

Leng Huan lay there watching for a long time, finally unable to hold back and burst into a string of curses. He cursed God and his ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart.

"If you hadn't experienced the Heavenly Ladder, and you were just standing on this single log, you'd be lucky not to die from acrophobia!"

After sending messages to Leng Feng, Fu Xun, and the disciples of the Misty Immortal Sect, Leng Huan found no response. She hurriedly straightened her robes; the neatly styled robes were intact. She sat down to regulate her breathing. If she hadn't gritted her teeth and used her spiritual energy to protect herself during the fall, she would have been dead!

An hour later, having learned his approximate location, Leng Huan finally couldn't help but turn pale.

—This is the largest and most dangerous Darklight Forest in the secret realm.

Located in the heart of the Dragon Ridge Mountains, which are of all sizes and stretch endlessly, they can be called the Ten Thousand Mountains.

It is one of the most dangerous places in the secret realm.

"Hiss... Should I build a nest in a tree and wait for them to come and rescue me, or should I break out on my own?"

"It's just like a primeval jungle. I, I'm a cultivator now, hiss... It's just a forest, with a few more insects, snakes, and carnivorous plants... I'm not afraid of that..." He couldn't continue.

My jungle survival experience is almost zero.

Leng Huan knew he was extremely unlucky.

I squatted there from the dim light (probably in the morning) until it got even darker (dusk), still unable to figure out what to do. I don't know if it was because of the overcast sky or what, but no sunlight was getting in.

To ease her tension, she couldn't help but talk to herself.

If it weren't for the dense spiritual energy condensed into mist, she would have suspected that she had traveled through time again, or rather, through a primeval forest!

Taking a deep breath, Leng Huan propped himself up and leaned against the thick tree trunk behind him, gazing into the distance through the gaps in the dense forest.

Trees, nothing but trees.

With her cultivation level, she couldn't get out of the forest even if she tried to fly on her sword for several days and nights. The reason was simply that the forest was too vast!

Moreover, Leng Huan carefully hid his body behind the tree trunk and looked at the place where two flying monsters were fighting in the distance. There were two shadows, one gray and one black. Only their wings could be seen and their shrill screams could be heard. Soon, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and one of them became the other's dinner.

It was a Golden Core demon beast hunting; its aura was awe-inspiring even from a great distance.

However, the next second, the familiar bird cry of victory came from the depths of the forest again, this time it was a scream. The forest returned to calm in the next moment, and from a distance, Leng Huan could feel the terrifying pressure of the Nascent Soul demon beast in the forest.

The light grew even dimmer, and Leng Huan finally decided to make do with spending the night in the tree. He put on several concealing talismans before feeling at ease, curled up into a ball, leaned against the tree trunk, and even used the Illusion Spider Rope to tie himself to the tree trunk to prevent falling.

Looking at the dark forest, his brows furrowed, he wondered if the Leng family would find him.

I wonder how they are doing?

-

"Fellow Daoist Yin Xun?"

Fu Xun explored his way up a stream and ended up at the bottom of a valley, where he met Shen Hanyan. Just as he was about to greet her, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and the Xuan Tie sword in his hand flew out. With a "whoosh," it struck a poisonous insect as thick as an arm, less than two inches from the back of Shen Hanyan's neck.

Shen Hanyan never expected that after walking alone for half a day without finding Wang Chen, she would actually run into Fu Xun. She was surprised that he would even lend her a hand. Looking at the colorful centipede broken in two on the rock, she retreated warily.

"This insect is highly poisonous... and if there's even one, it will cause..."

"Be careful." Fu Xun frowned. "You've got it all over there. Do you have any medicine powder we can sprinkle on it?"

This rocky outcrop is the only path through this valley. They met here because they were teleported out from a distance.

Shen Hanyan nodded, sensed her surroundings, took out some insect repellent powder and sprinkled some on it, "We need to find someone first. Let's fly out on our swords."

Fu Xun swiftly caught a few ugly and creepy poisonous insects, uttered a soft "hmm," took out his spirit sword, and flew away.

Seeing this, Shen Hanyan quickly picked up a few more, put them in her spirit beast bag, and left.

If she had the time, she could take them all; these things are excellent materials for making poisonous gu.

-

In the best-case scenario, Leng Huan will be teleported together with the Leng family; in the worst-case scenario, she will be alone.

The bell didn't respond, so Fu Xun knew they must be very far apart. He would activate the bell once every time he passed a place, but there was still no response.

This secret realm is vast and boundless; no one knows exactly how wide it is. Maps only show its approximate terrain. The key is that the secret realm is fraught with danger, and one can easily encounter peril if one is not careful.

He hoped that Leng Huan would be lucky enough to be teleported to a relatively safe place so that he could reunite with Leng Feng and the others soon.

Fu Xun was in a hurry to find someone, as was Shen Hanyan. When they encountered people fighting over rare and precious materials on the way, they had no interest in getting involved and simply fled.

...

Because of her tense nerves, it was easy to become drowsy when she was alone. Leng Huan unconsciously closed her eyes slightly, and she didn't know how much time had passed before she was awakened by a dangerous aura.

I opened my eyes to a wonderful surprise!

A giant forest python was coiled around the tree trunk above her head, about three or four meters away.

She felt a chill run down her spine, mainly because she suddenly came face to face with the giant python's eyes. She had a slight shock reaction and almost blurted out "Holy crap!"

I clenched my fist tightly and held back.

Good news: This is a demon beast at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, not the Golden Core stage.

Leng Huan knew that the jungle at night was extremely dangerous, and the ground was even more dangerous; she absolutely could not go down there now.

Clad in magical artifacts, gripping a spider silk rope in one hand, drawing his cold sword, and staring at the giant python, Leng Huan's eyes flashed with a sharp light. "Sorry, this territory was here by my brother first. You can get off now!"

The giant python finally spotted her trail, and with its gaping maw reeking of a strong fishy smell, it lunged down at her head.

...

Leng Huan used all his skills on the giant python, touching it all over, and after an incense stick's time, a loud bang came from the ground.

The python fell to the ground and smashed into a bloody pulp, the smell of blood spreading. After a moment of silence, rustling sounds came from the forest. The first to arrive were a group of fist-sized ants, followed by other insects, each peacefully occupying a piece of flesh. The "crunching" sound lasted for a short fifteen minutes, until only a python skin remained on the ground.

Leng Huan didn't close his eyes again, and simply meditated until dawn, finally feeling a ray of sunlight.

She opened her eyes and almost burst into tears of joy. Thank goodness, the sun was shining.

She can't stay in the tree forever, otherwise what kind of training would she do?

Taking advantage of the early hour and the fine weather, Leng Huan nimbly slid down the tree to leave the forest.

When I passed by the python skin, I was startled. How could such a big snake have turned into skin in the middle of the night?

The thought was terrifying. Leng Huan leaped a few steps, then suddenly fell back down. She examined the python skin and found that, apart from the broken belly scales and the area where she had pinned it to her seven-inch mark, the rest of the dorsal scales were intact!

After thinking for a moment, she put the python skin away. It was soft yet had hard scales. If Leng Huan hadn't attacked its weakness, she wouldn't have been able to harm it.

Turning around and heading in the direction he had chosen, Leng Huan dared not linger in one place for too long. He cautiously explored the area, which was covered with withered branches and decaying leaves. When he passed a place shrouded in thick fog, Leng Huan quickly swallowed an antidote pill.

After circling around, we finally confirmed that this was the labyrinthine forest recorded on the map!

Leng Huan felt even more desperate.

Because the unfortunate cultivator who contributed the terrain was trapped in this jungle and couldn't get out until the end of the secret realm. Fortunately, a teleportation channel opened nearby when the secret realm ended, which allowed him to get out.

It is said that the unfortunate fellow cultivated in the tree, and after living as a cave dweller in the treetop for several years, he successfully broke through to the Golden Core stage...