Rumble!

The terrifying explosion immediately caused the entire snow peak where the three were located to shake violently.

Crash——

In no time, the entire snow peak seemed unable to bear the aftermath of the collision from both sides' attacks, and it collapsed with a loud crash.

"Slash!"

At the same time.

True Monarch Xuanyuan seized this brief moment of opportunity.

Raising a hand, a Sword Qi a hundred meters long condensed and was swung straight ahead.

Swoosh!

The surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi began to be swiftly drawn in.

The hundred-meter Sword Qi rapidly expanded.

When it slashed towards the Northern Bear King, it had already grown to two hundred meters.

"Roar!"

As if sensing a deadly threat, the Northern Bear King roared angrily, its massive bear paw thrust forward.

Crack——

On its twin palms, ice-blue circular shields quickly formed.

However, these ice-blue shields only held up for a moment before shattering one after another in front of the two-hundred-meter-long Sword Qi.

Along with the enormous body of the Northern Bear King, everything was engulfed by that magnificent Sword Qi.

Boom!

When the dust settled, all that was left upon the cracked icy ground were remnants of a puppet.

True Monarch Fuguang couldn't help but show a face full of regret upon seeing this.

If only they had such a Tier 4 puppet modeled after the Northern Bear King, it would have been great.

Then their Demonstration Sect could have added another Tier 4 combat power.

"Senior Brother Fuguang, do you know the origins of the owner of this Relic Secret Realm?"

Just then, Ji Haoyuan suddenly turned to True Monarch Fuguang and asked.

Because it suddenly dawned on him that such a Relic Secret Realm, transformed from a personal dojo, was bound to have extremely strong personal characteristics.

Just like this Tier 4 puppet before them.

If he guessed correctly, the master here must have been proficient in Puppet Mastery, even if not an expert.

Indeed.

True Monarch Fuguang pondered a moment and said, "I didn't find any specific information about the origins or name of this realm's owner when I searched for related documents.

All I know is that at the time, he was a Divinity Transformation Great Venerable, known as Puppet Venerable."

"Puppet Venerable?"

Upon hearing these words, Ji Haoyuan and True Monarch Xuanyuan exchanged glances.

Now there was little reason to doubt.

The owner of this former dojo must have been an extraordinary or distinguished Puppet Master.

Puppet Master is considered a relatively niche profession within the Hundred Skills of Cultivation.

This isn't to say that this skill isn't formidable.

On the contrary, the skill is so powerful that its entry level and the threshold to becoming a Puppet Master are extremely high.

It requires not only an impressive Divine Soul Talent but also knowledge of some Mechanical Skill.

Mechanical Skill is similarly a cultivation art within Hundred Skills that's notoriously difficult to start and master.

Besides that.

A Puppet Master must also grasp a portion of Qi Refining, Array, and Talisman arts.

While not needing expert level proficiency, they must maintain a competent level.

This virtually blocks 80-90% of cultivators from becoming Puppet Masters.

Suddenly, a thrill of anticipation rose in Ji Haoyuan's heart.

He had a faint but strong premonition.

The most valuable, most anticipated, and most precious find in this Relic Secret Realm might, perhaps, be the Puppet Master's legacy of its owner!

The "Puppet Venerable" title alone easily suggested that.

The mastery of the Puppet Master in this realm has likely reached the Fifth Tier.

Fifth Tier indicates being comparable to Divinity Transformation Venerable.

That means this dojo's Secret Realm might hold the legacy of a Fifth Tier Puppet Master!

Indeed.

Among the Hundred Skills of Cultivation, Puppet Master is one of the hardest to succeed.

Cultivators with access to knowledge of other skills may not have the energy or time to study another.

Even if they do, they might lack the insight.

But Ji Haoyuan is different.

He has top-level perception.

As long as he obtains the relevant heritage to observe, he can comprehend it in the shortest time.

Maybe he needs to slightly adjust his plans and goals for this Relic Secret Realm.

At this moment.

The trio of Ji Haoyuan, True Monarch Xuanyuan, and True Monarch Fuguang had already flown away from the snow-covered territory.

During their journey, they hadn't found any valuable treasures.

Until they arrived before some ancient-styled buildings.

The reason these buildings were deemed ancient was their different materials, structures, and overall arrangement compared to current Cultivation Realm architecture styles.

If current architectural styles and culture bear some similarity to the ancient secular world of Ji Haoyuan's past life in Huaxia.

Then the architectural style before him now was something he had never encountered.

These buildings presented an irregular shape as a whole, yet strangely connected to each other.

From a high vantage point, to take an overhead view of the entire layout.

You'd notice.

The buildings, after being linked up, resemble a maze in shape.

But all these weren't what concerned Ji Haoyuan and the others most. The most concerning part was that with their Nascent Soul-level Divine Thought, they couldn't penetrate these buildings' interiors.

This rendered it very intriguing.

What lay inside those buildings that completely blocked Nascent Soul cultivators' Divine Thought detection?

Upon considering this, the trio exchanged glances.

Almost simultaneously, they moved toward the location of those buildings below.

Buzz!

Yet, at that very moment, when Ji Haoyuan and his companions reached about some tens of meters above the buildings, a light screen flickering with strange runes suddenly blocked them from entering.

"What's this?"

Their eyes narrowed.

From this barrier, they sensed an exceptionally potent power.

Roughly estimating, the power appeared to be no weaker than a Tier 4 superior grade.

Equivalent to the strength of a Great True Monarch.

It's unbelievable that despite the long passage of time, some restrictions in this place still maintained such formidable might.

What should they do?

To forcibly enter the architecture below with their current capabilities would likely be difficult if not impossible within a short time.

Luckily, at that moment, True Monarch Fuguang suddenly retrieved a token inscribed with ancient script from his belongings.

It was the Cave Abyss Token mentioned earlier by True Monarch Mo Huo and others!

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