Thus, a group of cultivators began calling on friends, planning to head to the Gloomy Swamp together to first see if a Secret Realm existed there.

If it's true, then they can start their next actions.

Early the next morning, a large number of loose cultivators flew toward the Gloomy Swamp, numbering at least a thousand.

And this is just the beginning; throughout that day alone, thousands more departed from the Marketplace.

Not to mention that once the news spread, within a few short days, loose cultivators from within a thousand miles radius all set off for the Gloomy Swamp, unwilling to miss this opportunity of uncertain authenticity.

This news quickly reached the ears of many forces.

South of the Gloomy Swamp, a mere thousand miles away, there are three towering mountains, which belong to a Heavenly Immortal Sect known as the Three Mysterious Sect.

Bang!

The usually tranquil and quiet Sect Hall today erupted in chaos, followed by a thunderous roar filled with fury, "Can anyone tell me! What's going on with the rampant rumors outside! Which force is behind this!"

The Three Mysterious Sect is one of the forces controlling the Mysterious Secret Realm and even leads the control, occupying more shares of resources.

Now that the news has leaked, effectively made public, it's uncertain how many cultivators will be drawn to them, preventing them from concealing the truth they've kept hidden!

In fact, in the beginning, the Mysterious Secret Realm was just an ordinary Earth Immortal Rank Secret Realm without anything special, but no one knows why, it suddenly promoted!

Though it didn't directly ascend to a Heavenly Immortal Rank Secret Realm, it changed its promotion direction, expanding in size by several times, with its Spiritual Energy becoming increasingly dense.

More importantly, it seems like the grade of the Secret Realm will not stop there, indicating possibly further promotion opportunities!

If it progresses further, it's very likely to become a Heavenly Immortal Rank Secret Realm!

How precious is a Heavenly Immortal Rank Secret Realm? Just look at how the entire Ten Thousand Rivers Realm only has three, and they are jointly occupied by several entities to understand.

Not known to outsiders, the Three Mysterious Sect naturally intended to monopolize all benefits.

Unfortunately, they weren't aware that the Secret Realm had already successfully promoted, and only found out about its bizarre promotion after entering the Secret Realm for the first time post-promotion.

At that time, the Earth Immortal cultivators of the Three Mysterious Sect reacted swiftly, immediately gathering fellow disciples and deciding to slaughter all cultivators except their own.

This way, they could better keep the secret.

But unfortunately, their plan didn't succeed, because several weaker forces anticipated their actions, and so, upon discovering the promotion of the Secret Realm, they quickly gathered their disciples and decisively left the Secret Realm.

In such situations, if the secret is to remain undisclosed, cooperation is the best strategy.

So, after discussions with other forces, the Three Mysterious Sect jointly managed this Secret Realm.

From then on, the Three Mysterious Sect and other forces began guarding the Gloomy Swamp closely, frequently creating situations where cultivators mysteriously went missing.

Additionally, since the cultivation resources' grades in this area were not high, with no unique Spiritual Objects present, with such dangers, cultivators naturally kept their distance.

Gradually, no cultivators were willing to come anymore.

Of course, even after so many years, no matter how well they kept the secret, some information still leaked out, drawing attention from some forces, who even secretly sent people to probe, only to be sent away.

This is why earlier, the Earth Immortal cultivator named Tu Sen became suspicious of certain forces with the appearance of dozens of cultivators.

Back to the point!

Faced with the Sect Leader's outburst, all the elders present were like cicadas in winter, not daring to speak casually, as they knew nothing about this matter and had just heard the rapidly spreading rumors outside.

And upon hearing it, they knew it was very tricky.

"What! Weren't you very eloquent before? Why aren't you speaking now? Have you become mute?!" the Sect Leader couldn't help but issue a cold shout.

After a good while, an elder finally stood up and said, "Sect Leader, regarding the matter of the Mysterious Secret Realm, the best approach is to first cover it up and search for who's behind this later."

Nonsense!

Such a normal solution doesn't need you to state it?

The Sect Leader rolled his eyes, his face becoming darker, looking increasingly unpleasant.

"The most pressing issue now is how to drive away that group of loose cultivators; otherwise, with them there, the secret of the Secret Realm is sure to be exposed." Another elder spoke more unnecessary nonsense.

Bang!

Hearing this, the Sect Leader couldn't stand it anymore and slammed the table again.

"Nonsense! Nonsense! I called you here to come up with solutions, not to say useless nonsense!"

The few elders who intended to speak up saw the Sect Leader's fury and no longer dared to speak.

Of course, it might be because they were self-aware, knowing what they said was nonsense; if they forged ahead, the consequences might be worse than just being scolded.

The hall fell into a dead silence, until finally, someone broke the silence, speaking sinisterly, "Why not directly let those loose cultivators enter the Secret Realm, and then arrange personnel to guard the Teleportation Array, allowing not a single cultivator to leave!"