Chen Guan couldn’t figure out for a moment what exactly was going on, whether it was some kind of coincidence or if there was some inevitable connection.

"Let’s see if the stuff inside is still there." Chen Guan leaped up, hovering in front of the Chen Family, reaching out with his finger, quickly tapping the character "Chen."

After tapping several times in different positions, Chen Guan gently pulled, and the character "Chen" was actually extracted from the stele.

To be precise, the area where the character "Chen" was located was pulled out in a perfect square.

The character "Chen" turned out to be a stone box, but before activating the mechanism, there was no visible gap, truly like a zero-tolerance fit.

After pulling out the stone box with the character "Chen," it was less than a foot long, containing something wrapped in a cloth.

"It’s still here!" Chen Guan thought to himself as he took out the item, then put the stone box back into place, restoring it to its original form.

Upon unwrapping the cloth, he found that it contained a bracelet.

The bracelet was strung with white jade beads, each bead’s diameter was about eight or nine millimeters, totaling fifty-five beads.

Calling it a bracelet wasn’t quite right, as there were too many beads; calling it a necklace, the beads seemed too large.

Chen Guan reached out to pick up the bead chain, only to discover that the chain had no holes or string. All the beads seemed to be strung together by an invisible thread, no matter how he played with it, they wouldn’t scatter.

After obtaining the bead chain, Chen Guan focused his attention and sensed the information of the bead chain. It was a secret treasure.

Secret Realm Bead (Secret God): Level 99 Celestial Secret Treasure.

"A Secret Divine Treasure of the Celestial Secret Realm?" Chen Guan was delighted at first, but upon closer thought, he found it challenging.

The Secret Realm Bead was definitely a good item, but it was a Level 99 Ninth Awakening Secret Treasure, with usage restrictions. Without the Ninth Awakening, it couldn’t be used, making it useless.

Upon carefully studying the information of the Secret Realm Bead, Chen Guan quickly discovered it wasn’t as he thought; it didn’t have the limitation of needing the Ninth Awakening to be used.

"One bead, one world; one world, one secret law..." Chen Guan found that the Secret Realm Bead had unexpected benefits.

Fifty-five Secret Realm Beads, each one a small world, could be used as spatial equipment, any small world within a bead could store many mountains.

However, the true purpose of the Secret Realm Beads was not storage, but that each small world contained a secret law. It was unexpectedly a secret treasure with fifty-five kinds of secret laws.

With a string of Secret Realm Beads in hand, it was equivalent to the enhancement of fifty-five kinds of secret laws, without level restrictions, usable as long as there was enough primordial energy, even at Level 1.

Of course, using the Secret Realm Beads consumed a massive amount of primordial energy, and for an average cultivator, they could hardly use it more than once or twice even at Level 90.

But for someone cultivating the Secret Technique of One, this item was undoubtedly a top-notch secret treasure, even considered a personal treasure.

After all, others could only activate one or two secret laws at most, while Chen Guan, with enough primordial energy, could activate all fifty-five secret laws at once without difficulty.

"It’s truly a good thing! Fortunately, it wasn’t discovered and taken by someone else." Chen Guan directly wrapped the Secret Realm Beads around his wrist, looping it twice to avoid feeling loose and cumbersome.

After obtaining what Chen Xinghe mentioned, Chen Guan contemplated whether to take this opportunity to visit the Celestial Court Army headquarters again to see if he could take the Hundred Flowers Killing Saber from the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror.

However, upon second thought, that item was meant for women, so Chen Guan gave up on that idea. Moreover, he usually didn’t use a saber, so taking it back wouldn’t serve much purpose.

Having packed up, Chen Guan turned towards the martial arena to see if Xiu Jie Ming and Qi Tianxin had reached a verdict.

Chen Guan couldn’t determine who had a higher chance of winning.

Qi Tianxin had many trump cards and his practical combat ability was undoubtedly strong.

However, Xiu Jie Ming was not weak either, his abilities were exceptionally powerful, and the Xiu Family’s accumulation was not insignificant. Even though they couldn’t compare to Qi Tianxin, it wasn’t like Chen Guan, being a solitary individual.

Most importantly, Xiu Jie Ming possessed the Third Rank of Returning to the True Self, which was the Third Rank of the Absolute Secret State, and in that state, Xiu Jie Ming’s strength was formidable.

Ji Liuying, having only understood the First Rank of the Absolute Secret State, could already unleash such combat power, defeating formidable opponents like Ji Fenglie, evidencing the strength of the Absolute Secret State.

Of course, Ji Liuying’s smooth victory wasn’t solely due to the Absolute Secret State.

The Absolute Secret State was just one factor. The main reason was Ji Liuying had learned the secret technique and secret skill left by Ji Changsheng and had elevated her realm to a terrifying level.

One could say Ji Liuying’s level of strength hadn’t reached the standard of when Ji Changsheng battled the Celestial Eye Evil God, but her realm had already achieved it.

Back then, Ji Changsheng had surpassed the Ninth Awakening and entered the Tenth Awakening, meaning Ji Liuying was actually at the Ninth Awakening in body, but Tenth Awakening in realm. Plus, the function of the secret technique and secret skill allowed her to easily subdue Ji Fenglie in an unguarded moment.

Chen Guan speculated that the Celestial Kings might be in a similar situation, Ninth Awakening in body, Tenth Awakening in realm.

The difference was, Ji Liuying couldn’t truly achieve the Tenth Awakening, while those Celestial Kings had the strength to enter the Tenth Awakening at any time, but they were suppressing their power, not entering the Tenth Awakening.

Theoretically, Ji Liuying was still a notch below the Celestial Kings, but if the Celestial Kings wished to kill her, it wouldn’t be easy without truly entering the Tenth Awakening.

Chen Guan had also learned Ji Liuying’s Absolute Secret State, but this state, known as "Destiny Enlightenment," was something Chen Guan seldom used.

Entering the Destiny Enlightenment state dramatically enhanced one’s comprehension. It could be said Ji Liuying’s ability to have the Tenth Awakening realm owed much to Destiny Enlightenment.

However, Chen Guan disliked one aspect of Destiny Enlightenment: when this state was activated, one had the realization of being a Child of Destiny, needing to save for the sake of saving. Once activated, one’s belief would be influenced.

This was somewhat similar to Jiang Qiemo’s One Thought Ghost God, and this influence was expected to disappear once reaching a high level.

Chen Guan disliked his beliefs being influenced, which was why he seldom used One Thought Ghost God in the past.

Moreover, Destiny Enlightenment offered Chen Guan limited practical combat enhancement.

Ji Liuying’s practices of secret technique and secret skill, combined with her capacity, were a perfect match. If it were Chen Guan using them, the practical effect wouldn’t be as obvious.

When Chen Guan returned to the martial arena, he saw that the battle inside the arena had reached a fever pitch.

The arena within the protective barrier was now a field of ruins, with many carcasses of pets lying around and quite a few fragments of secret treasures.

Suspended in the air like a deity, Qi Tianxin held a Dragon Head Sword, and from the sword, streams of dragon energy transformed into roaring dragons, bombarding towards the ground.

Xiu Jie Ming’s upper-body armor had been destroyed, exposing a chest resembling crystal jade, withstanding the terrifying dragon energy bombardment without sustaining any harm.