On the cliff wall near the river, a cave appeared at some unknown time.

Clearly, it wasn't there when I passed by earlier, yet now suddenly it's appeared out of nowhere, and the surrounding Immortal Mist has dissipated significantly.

Jin Yao gazed at the cave, her beautiful eyes shimmering with a bright glow.

Without Jin Yao having to say a word, Illusion was already rowing towards the cave on the cliff wall.

Jin Yao jumped off the boat and arrived at the entrance of the cave on the cliff. Looking at the deep and mysterious cave ahead, she already had an answer in her heart.

Then, she turned to Illusion and said, "Xiao Ye, you wait here for me."

Because the karma involved in this matter is too great, she didn't want Illusion to get involved, as it concerns the life and death of the entire Ancient Wilderness Immortal Realm. The karma is indeed too great; Illusion is still too small and weak, knowing too much would only increase the karma, and she's afraid she couldn't bear it.

Illusion, being very clever, understood shifu's intentions and nodded, saying, "Shifu, I'll wait for you here."

.....

After giving instructions, Jin Yao turned and walked into the cave.

Upon entering the cave, she felt a chill, and the most crucial part was... this place surprisingly had a special magnetic field that blocked her perception, making it impossible to see things in the dark.

However, Jin Yao was not afraid, even if she couldn't see, she could still distinguish direction based on her body's natural instincts.

The next moment.

A spot of purple light appeared before her eyes, and looking closely, she found it to be a firefly emitting a faint purple glow, and it was quite large.

The firefly flew in front of Jin Yao, leading the way for her.

Jin Yao followed the firefly closely, continuously moving forward.

After walking for about an hour, a light appeared at the end of the passage, marking the exit.

The firefly quickly flew towards the light, disappearing at the bright spot at the end, and Jin Yao picked up her pace, and as she took the last step out, the entire space became suddenly open and bright.

.....

High mountains and flowing water, neat houses, a gentle fragrant breeze wafted across Jin Yao's face, blowing her hair.

Looking at the utopia in front of her, Jin Yao's beautiful eyes were filled with wonder; the scenery here was serene, the Spiritual Power was abundant, rows of green-tiled stone houses were neatly arranged, with wisps of smoke rising up, having a flavor of earthly fireworks mixed with immortality.

At first glance, it was a small village with about several hundred households, looking much like an ordinary mountain village in the mortal realm, not large at all.

At this moment, ahead appeared two small figures running quickly towards Jin Yao.

As they got closer, it became clear, they were a pair of dragon and phoenix twins, about four or five years old, the girl with two horn braids, the boy with a small braid, their faces rosy and their skin glowing with a healthy ruddy glow, looking full of Spiritual Qi.

Upon seeing Jin Yao, the two kids exchanged a glance and murmured to each other, "Sister, isn't she the beautiful elder sister we're talking about?"

"Yes, yes!"

After their whispering, the little girl turned around, smiled, and said to Jin Yao, "Elder sister, please come with me."

Hearing this conversation, a trace of surprise flashed through Jin Yao's eyes.

The people here seem to know I'd come?

But thinking carefully, it's normal, the legendary Celestial Secret Race living here possesses the ability to foresee the future, knowing that she'd return is quite ordinary.

Thus, Jin Yao followed the two kids to the entrance of the village.

Next to the village entrance was a human-height black stone tablet, engraved with two large characters—"Celestial Secret".

It seems she has found the right place.

Following the two children into the village, Jin Yao discovered that the people here were no different from ordinary mortals, some sunning grains, some weaving baskets in the yard, some feeding chickens and ducks, filled with a strong flavor of earthly life.

The most crucial part was, the villagers here had low cultivation levels, on this path she noticed the strongest was only at Foundation Establishment Perfection.

Foundation Establishment Realm, in the mighty Ancient Wilderness Immortal Realm, is too weak, practically no different from mortals.

It's hard to imagine these are the clansmen of the Celestial Secret Race, the descendants of the legendary Ten Great Divine Races whom countless Immortal Domains and powerful practitioners dream of seeking help from.

Before coming, she looked up some information about the Celestial Secret Race and learned of an uncertain rumor, saying.. the cultivation power of the Celestial Secret Race is quite average.

Because there is just too little information available about the Celestial Secret Race, it seems as if someone deliberately erased the traces, making this family's presence very low, sometimes people even forget about the existence of such a race.

Perhaps... this is a survival method of the Celestial Secret Race, though how they achieve this is unknown.

.....

After walking a while, she arrived at a tree house.

This tree house was crafted from a giant locust tree, hollow inside, looking quite peculiar.

"Elder sister, we're here."

Before Jin Yao could speak, she turned her head and found the two kids hopping away into the distance.

Cre-eak—

The wooden door of the tree house was pushed open, and a woman elegantly walked out.

The woman was dressed in a light and clean cyan dress, with a slender figure and delicate appearance, she looked about twenty years old, her complexion was very pale, yet there was a sickly white to it.

Upon seeing Jin Yao, a gleam of joy flashed in the woman's beautiful eyes, and she gestured invitingly: "Miss Jin Yao, please come in."

Hearing this, Jin Yao was slightly taken aback, but stepped up the stairs and entered the wooden door.

Upon entering the tree house, she realized it's very spacious inside, like a small paradise.

There was a small pool inside, filled with azure blue water, extremely clean and without impurities.

In front of the pool, a figure sat facing away, indistinct whether male or female.

"Miss, please."

The woman in the cyan dress stopped and did not follow any further.

Jin Yao walked alone across the long stone slab path, stopping in front of the pool, not speaking.

The figure turned around, revealing a very exotic face, with grayish-white hair, appearing male, yet possessing feminine beauty, the corners of the eyes had thin wrinkles, the eyes were cloudy, somewhat lacking luster.

"Domain Master Jin Yao, I have waited for you for a very, very long time."

The voice was extremely aged and hoarse, with very weak energy, indicating a life that grew feeble.

Upon hearing this, Jin Yao was slightly startled, as a hint of expectation could be sensed in the words, what exactly is going on here?

"Senior, what do you mean by a long wait?"

Jin Yao asked slowly.

She decided to seek out the Celestial Secret Race only a few days ago, why say waited for a very long time, typically such words wouldn't emphasize "very long" twice.

"To be precise....."

"We have waited for a thousand epochs, today.... just happens to be the end of the thousandth epoch."

"And you all... have finally arrived."

At this, Jin Yao was taken aback once more.

.....

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