Duan Gujin examined for a long time and finally found the core of the array ahead through the records of the Seeking Origin Heavenly Scripture.

With a loud bang, a huge whirlpool appeared in the center of the lake in front.

The whirlpool spun rapidly, drawing a large amount of water into its depths.

In less than 15 minutes, the lake completely disappeared.

As the lake vanished, a massive circular structure was revealed at the lake bottom.

The circular structure was very tall, large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people.

The structure emitted a bizarre and flowing light that flickered at every corner.

Seeing the massive structure, Duan Gujin and Qing Lian breathed a sigh of relief.

In less than 15 minutes, the gigantic structure rose quickly.

Once Duan Gujin and Qing Lian knew their goal was achieved, they exhaled in relief.

The structure continuously emitted massive energy waves, soon causing the entire structure to glow with a mysterious and dazzling purple light.

Soon, this change caught the attention of martial artists from the Yuanzhen Continent.

The martial artists came from the Yuanzhen Continent and quickly identified the gigantic structure as a building of the Ziwei Divine Sect.

Additionally, there was a large stele on the ground.

The stele stated that the building would open in a month, and then challengers could obtain the treasures left by the Ziwei Divine Sect.

After this news spread, martial artists across the Yuanzhen Continent became excited.

Many major sects quickly gathered their disciples to devise strategies for the challenge.

Meanwhile, on the Yuanzhen Continent, Duan Gujin and Qing Lian made some preparations in advance, having explored that secret realm in their past life and knowing its dangers.

Upon entering the secret realm, they prepared to face various challenges.

The Ziwei Divine Palace poses challenges to any expert, as the building of the Ziwei Divine Sect aims to retain the martial artists of the Yuanzhen Continent.

During the dark ages, the members of the Ziwei Divine Sect experienced the Ancient War, all perished, leaving behind the Ziwei Divine Palace.

Though it is an ancient legend, this legend is recorded in the ancestral teachings of major sects in the Yuanzhen Continent.

When the Ziwei Divine Palace appeared, a peculiar halo emerged, causing all martial artists on the Yuanzhen Continent to sense an upheaval in the heavens.

"Oh my god! Why is this happening?"

Duan Gujin knew that the celestial change was due to the power released by the Ziwei Divine Palace of the Ziwei Divine Sect, projecting this power onto the Yuanzhen Continent.

From afar, the Ziwei Divine Palace seemed like a gigantic moon, illuminating the entire Purple Demon Mountain.

At this moment, the entire Purple Demon Mountain, including the entire Ziwei Divine Palace, appeared in deep purple.

Initially, some martial artists didn't believe that the Ziwei Divine Palace had appeared here, but when they saw the gigantic purple moon, they were dumbfounded, finally convinced that a celestial change had indeed happened here.

After the celestial change occurred, almost all sects on the Yuanzhen Continent came here to seek the truth.

They quickly confirmed that the Ziwei Divine Palace would soon open and, once opened, the treasures within would be left for the martial artists of the Yuanzhen Continent.

Hearing this news, the martial artists across the Yuanzhen Continent were in an uproar, with many rushing here to prepare for the treasure hunt competition.

With one month remaining, Duan Gujin and Qing Lian collaborated to refine elixir pills, continuously producing and selling them.

Through this method, they quickly amassed a fortune.

Then, they purchased numerous spiritual medicines to refine high-level detoxification pills.

In their previous life, they prepared a substantial amount of high-level detoxification pills, and the money spent on those pills was the accumulation of years by Duan Gujin.

They remembered clearly that their previous preparations were insufficient, resulting in only winning the third prize.

Nonetheless, that was enough for them.

However, the first prize was never claimed because all the teams attempting to win it were annihilated.

Previously, Duan Gujin and Qing Lian wandered the Yuanzhen Continent for a long time, eventually acquiring a fine Dark Weapon.

Inside the Ziwei Divine Palace, time and space were completely still.

Therefore, any Dark Weapon within could maintain its original state.

Although martial artists of later generations could forge similar Dark Weapons, the materials for Dark Weapons were neither as sufficient nor as excellent as those of the past.

This largely resulted in the later-forged Dark Weapons being incomparable to those crafted earlier.

Duan Gujin and Qing Lian were unsure whether the Ziwei Divine Palace would undergo changes in this life but prepared for all contingencies even if changes happened.

In the following month, many large and small sects dispatched their disciples to recruit manpower.

Those large and small sects only knew from ancient classics that the Ziwei Divine Sect was formidable in ancient times, but the specifics of its grandeur were unclear.

To prevent their disciples from dying in vain, these sects spent a great deal to recruit experts across the Yuanzhen Continent, using them as cannon fodder.

Duan Gujin and Qing Lian decided to join a small sect together, intending to blend in first.

The small sect they joined was called the Xiao Shan Sect, with no more than a thousand members and only two Martial Saint experts.

Duan Gujin and Qing Lian blended in, pretending to be Emperor Wu experts.

The people of the Xiao Shan Sect were merely looking for cannon fodder and did not scrutinize them strictly, allowing them to pass.

As the days passed, the date of the Ziwei Divine Palace's opening approached quickly.

On this day, the Ziwei Divine Palace emitted a faint white light, vastly different from the previous purple glow.

The people nearby, seeing such a change, knew that it indeed was about to open.

After waiting for a long time, at noon, with a loud click, everyone saw the gigantic iron gate in the sky slowly open.

At this moment, the Forbidden Space Power around the Ziwei Divine Palace began to dissipate halfway.

Many immediately used flying techniques to rush upward.

With faces filled with intense excitement, they watched the Ziwei Divine Palace in mid-air, as if infused with adrenaline.

As the iron gate fully opened, everyone saw that inside, there was a gigantic divine temple surrounded by various statues.

Everyone promptly entered the front of the divine temple and, after a while, saw a large stele there. The stele stated that participants in this Ziwei Divine Sect treasure-taking competition would enter the interior of the Ziwei Divine Palace through five different teleportation arrays in front.

Below the stele was the map for this challenge.

The interior of the Ziwei Divine Palace resembled a gigantic pentagram. Challengers entered from five different directions, progressing toward the center.

Along the way, they needed to overcome certain checkpoints.

Once they passed those checkpoints, they could obtain some treasures.

The further they advanced inside, the more treasures they would acquire.

Inside the divine temple, there were fifty teleportation arrays for challengers to return.

If challengers wished to avoid further risks, they could return to the outside of the Ziwei Divine Palace through those teleportation arrays.

Seeing the same stele again, Duan Gujin was full of emotions.

"Everyone from the Xiao Shan Sect, follow me, we'll start from here!"

Soon, an elder from the Xiao Shan Sect called out.

Duan Gujin and Qing Lian followed the elder and set off together.

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