I Can See Through Everything-Chapter 584

“This secret realm severely suppresses our ability to fly. It seems we won't be able to use the Stream-of-Light Technique to travel swiftly.”

Lu Qing’s expression grew grave.

With his foundation and cultivation, even he found flying through the air to be strenuous.

Other cultivators who entered this secret realm—even those at the late stage of the Golden Core Realm with a Superior Golden Core—would likely find it even more difficult to take flight.

“It seems this secret realm is unlike those large-scale secret realms that once appeared at Sacred Tianxu Mountain. No wonder its emergence was so abnormal this time.”

Daoist Wubao’s expression wasn’t any better.

This meant that most of the intelligence he had painstakingly gathered in Tianxu City might now be useless.

“Why is this secret realm so strange? And what exactly are the opportunities and treasures hidden within it?”

Daoist Wubao was full of doubt.

After the news broke that Sacred Tianxu Mountain was nurturing a secret realm, why did so many cultivators flock to it—some from sects and clans even several continents away?

It was because, for countless generations, every time a secret realm emerged from Sacred Tianxu Mountain, it was always accompanied by vast opportunities and treasures.

Yet now, after having been inside for quite some time, they hadn’t discovered a single treasure.

Even this secret realm itself seemed barren and lifeless, completely unlike the kind of blessed land capable of nurturing great fortune.

And where were the other cultivators who entered before them? Why had they not encountered a single person?

Countless questions swirled in Daoist Wubao’s mind.

“If even you’re in the dark, Daoist, then I certainly have no idea either. It looks like we’ll have to keep moving and figure things out as we go. Our top priority should be finding a way out.”

Lu Qing scanned the surrounding forest. So far, he hadn’t noticed any other creatures present.

Yet, deep within, he felt a constant sense of unease—faint, but persistent.

This suggested the secret realm wasn’t as peaceful as it appeared on the surface.

“According to the information I gathered before, there are two known ways to exit a secret realm like this:

One is to return the way we came through the spatial vortex.

The second involves using a Secret Realm Pearl housed within certain powerful spirit beasts.

But with how bizarre this realm has proven to be, I’m no longer sure that second method will work.”

Daoist Wubao sounded uncertain.

“No matter what, we have to try. Daoist, aren’t you skilled in divination? Why not cast a divination now to see which direction we should head in?”

“A divination, hmm… That could work,” Daoist Wubao’s eyes lit up slightly. “Although the laws of this realm differ from the outside world, if I’m just asking for omens of fortune or misfortune, it should still be viable.

Fellow Daoist Chen, guard me while I work.”

Being a decisive man, Daoist Wubao immediately sat cross-legged on the spot.

He unfastened a black, ancient-looking tortoiseshell from his waist, placed several copper coins inside, and breathed a stream of vital energy onto the shell.

As he formed hand seals, the tortoiseshell floated into the air, glowing faintly and spinning rapidly.

After a dozen breaths or so, the shell suddenly flipped over and ejected the copper coins onto the ground.

Daoist Wubao put the shell away and focused seriously on interpreting the fallen coins.

Then his expression shifted slightly.

“Daoist, what do the results say?” Lu Qing asked.

“The hexagram shows that out of the eight directions, three are mildly auspicious, four are mildly inauspicious, and one… one is a sign of great misfortune.”

“A sign of great misfortune?”

“Yes. Due north. The divination indicates that something extremely terrifying lies in that direction—unimaginably dangerous,” Daoist Wubao said with grave seriousness.

“In that case, let’s head toward one of the mildly auspicious directions,” Lu Qing suggested after a moment of thought.

He had confidence in his own strength.

But a wise man avoids walking under a collapsing wall. This secret realm was full of strange phenomena and clearly wasn’t an ordinary one.

Until they uncovered its secrets, he had no intention of taking unnecessary risks.

What if the so-called ‘mild misfortune’ was already a threat even Golden Core cultivators couldn’t handle?

“Let’s head southeast, then. But Fellow Daoist Chen, let me be clear in advance.

The future is unknowable. The art of divination is far from absolute.

Even if the signs point to great fortune, it doesn’t guarantee smooth sailing.

Please be mentally prepared.”

“I understand completely. Rest assured, Daoist. I’ll remain cautious at all times,” Lu Qing replied solemnly.

He certainly didn’t believe divinations were guaranteed to be correct.

If they were, then the Divination Technique would be the most powerful path of all.

This secret realm was filled with abnormalities. Even his innate Spiritual Powers had been rendered temporarily useless.

How could he afford to lower his guard?

After reaching an agreement, the two set off immediately, transforming into streaks of light and heading southeast.

This time, they learned from experience and didn’t fly too high.

Instead, they rose only a few dozen zhang, skimming just above the treetops.

Though it still consumed a fair amount of energy, at least it remained within manageable limits.

Like this, they flew for dozens of li. Just as they were estimating how much longer it might take to escape the forest, Lu Qing suddenly felt a jolt of alarm and looked down.

A streak of black light was hurtling toward them at breakneck speed.

“Careful!”

Lu Qing warned, and in the same instant, with a thought, unleashed a slash of Sword Qi toward the incoming threat.

Boom!

The Sword Qi struck the black shadow squarely, erupting with a powerful shockwave that sent ripples through the air.

The shadow was immediately knocked back, tumbling downward before disappearing into the forest below.

“Hmm?”

Lu Qing was a bit surprised.

His Sword Qi had struck an incredibly hard object. Though it shattered on impact, it hadn’t actually cut through the thing.

“What was that?”

The sudden attack had startled Daoist Wubao.

He hadn’t sensed the danger beforehand.

“Not sure. It seemed to be some kind of creature.”

Lu Qing looked solemnly at the sea of trees below.

After that thing fell into the forest, his spiritual sense could no longer detect it.

“Aqing, down to the left!”

Just then, a Divine Soul Transmission from Xiaoli echoed in Lu Qing’s mind.

Lu Qing immediately turned his gaze to the lower-left section of the forest, where he caught a flicker of black movement.

His eyes narrowed as he surged with mana.

A massive Five-Colored Glazed Law Palm, spanning several dozen zhang, materialized and smashed downward.

Boom!

The power of that palm strike was overwhelming.

The forest within dozens of zhang around the impact zone was instantly shattered, and the resulting force caused waves to ripple through the entire sea of trees as if it were stirred by a storm.

Despite the destruction he had caused, Lu Qing’s expression remained unchanged.

His gaze was fixed downward, and sure enough, amid the flying debris of broken branches and shattered trees, a black shadow was desperately trying to flee.

But no matter how it ran, it couldn’t escape the range of the Five-Colored Glazed Law Palm.

With a thought, Lu Qing commanded the massive palm to clench. A formidable suppressive force immediately locked the black shadow in place, pinning it within the palm’s grip.

The giant palm then rapidly shrank and ascended. By the time it returned to Lu Qing’s side, it had reduced to only half the size of a person.

Daoist Wubao stared blankly at the scene, especially at the giant palm print clearly embedded into the forest below. He couldn’t hide his astonishment.

This was the first time he had witnessed Lu Qing unleash an offensive Technique.

But the sheer might of the attack had left him shaken.

He had always known Lu Qing’s strength was not what it appeared to be.

Otherwise, the core disciples of the Qiankun Sect would never have shown him such respect.

In fact, he had long suspected that Lu Qing might already have reached the late stage of the Golden Core Realm.

And now, after seeing this attack, his suspicion was confirmed.

The power of that palm wasn’t something a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator could produce.

Lu Qing, however, paid no attention to Daoist Wubao’s reaction. He was studying the creature he had just captured.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, what do you think this thing is?”

Daoist Wubao returned to his senses and also looked at the black shadow trapped within the Five-Colored Glazed Law Palm.

As they focused, the two of them saw it clearly: a creature clad in scales, with a pair of wings, four claws, and a long tail—its form reminiscent of a giant rat.

“What kind of monster is this?”

Daoist Wubao was taken aback. He had never heard of such a creature.

“No idea,” Lu Qing shook his head. “Its body is extremely tough. Even my Sword Qi barely scratched it. And it seems to have an innate ability to conceal its presence. It’s clearly not an ordinary creature.”

This thought still left Lu Qing astonished.

His current power was formidable.

Even without going all out, his Sword Qi was beyond what a typical Golden Core Realm cultivator could withstand.

Even a mid-stage Golden Core expert would be heavily injured, if not outright slain, by a single strike from him. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

But this strange creature before them had only the aura of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

It had taken a full hit from his Sword Qi, and only a small patch of its scales had been damaged.

For a mere Foundation Establishment creature to possess such a formidable body—it was almost unbelievable.

Even more intriguing was the absence of any spiritual energy within the creature.

It appeared to be purely physical in nature, with no other powers whatsoever.

Though trapped, the black creature still glared fiercely at Lu Qing and Daoist Wubao with savage hostility, as if bearing some deep grudge.

Seeing this, Lu Qing activated his Spiritual Powers quietly and looked toward it.

The reason he had chosen to expose part of his strength just to capture this bizarre creature was precisely to use his innate ability to probe its nature—and possibly gain insight into the nature of this secret realm.

As he examined it, a soft golden light of his power glowed from the creature, and several floating lines of information appeared.

【Blackscale Venomrat: A powerful creature originating from the trial secret realm within Sacred Tianxu Mountain.】

【Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Perfection】

【The Blackscale Venomrat possesses a rare bloodline. Its physical body is exceptionally durable, and its scales are nearly impervious to magical weapons.】

【This creature has limited intelligence and harbors an intense hostility toward all beings not native to the trial secret realm, due to unknown reasons.】

【Creatures from the Sacred Tianxu Mountain trial secret realm all carry mysterious bloodlines. Refining and absorbing their essence can greatly enhance one’s physical strength.】

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“Blackscale Venomrat… Trial secret realm?”

After reading the entries, Lu Qing’s heart skipped a beat.

The information revealed something crucial.

First, this secret realm was likely not the kind of treasure-laden paradise everyone had been hoping for.

Instead, it was a trial secret realm, created for some unknown purpose.

What kind of trial it was, Lu Qing couldn’t yet say.

But clearly, this aligned with some of the more speculative theories among the cultivators—that Sacred Tianxu Mountain wasn’t naturally formed, but rather constructed in ancient times by some vast power or enigmatic force.

What remained unclear was why the trial secret realm had suddenly emerged now, and what the so-called “trial” was truly meant to test.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, can you tell what this creature is?”

Daoist Wubao noticed Lu Qing staring intently at the strange beast and couldn’t help but ask.

“I can’t tell,” Lu Qing replied with a slight shake of the head. “But its strength can’t be underestimated. Although its aura is only at the Foundation Establishment level, its physical body is incredibly tough, with razor-sharp claws and fangs. It’s frighteningly fast and can mask its presence.”

“In this bizarre secret realm, even a Golden Core cultivator could fall to an ambush if they’re careless.”

“You’re absolutely right. This place is sparse in spiritual energy, and the space itself feels heavy and resistant. Even our spiritual senses are suppressed.

Without prior knowledge of this creature’s existence, a sneak attack could be deadly.”

Daoist Wubao nodded solemnly, recalling how the creature had suddenly launched its attack from the forest below.

If Lu Qing hadn’t been there, and he had been traveling alone, he would’ve been seriously injured—if not killed outright.

“This secret realm is becoming stranger and more dangerous by the moment. Not only is the spiritual energy thin, but now we’re encountering these kinds of powerful monsters. This never happened in previous secret realms.

If a Foundation Establishment creature is already this terrifying, what kind of power would one at the Golden Core Realm wield?”

Daoist Wubao spoke with concern.

This creature had given him a real sense of how deadly this realm was.

Lu Qing remained silent.

Daoist Wubao was right—these creatures were abnormally powerful.

If a late-stage Golden Core version of this Blackscale Venomrat appeared, even Lu Qing wasn’t sure he could suppress it.

“Fellow Daoist Chen, what do you intend to do with this thing?”

“Kill it. This creature clearly harbors deep hostility toward us. Even if we let it go, it’ll probably just attack us again.”

Daoist Wubao looked at the Blackscale Venomrat’s vengeful gaze and nodded. “Then we’ll do as you say.”

Without hesitation, Lu Qing focused his mind.

A burst of overwhelming force exploded, and the Blackscale Venomrat, still restrained, was crushed to death.