Binzhou, Xuyang Prefecture.

Xuyang is known to many in Binzhou, not because of its vast territory or abundant resources, but because it is the place where the Sima family rose to prominence.

When the Great Chu Dynasty was still in power, the Sima family of Xuyang was famous throughout the world. It was the head of the five great aristocratic families at the time. Not only was its strength powerful, but it also had a lot of say in the imperial court.

It can be described as a behemoth spanning the imperial court and the martial world. It was precisely because of its profound foundation that the Sima family was able to take over the imperial court so quickly.

However, since the Sima family later became the royal family and moved to the Central Plains, the foundation of Xuyang Prefecture gradually declined. As far as he knew, even now, although there are still many people with the surname Sima in Xuyang Prefecture.

But basically they are collateral branches of the collateral branches, at most they can only get some rewards from the royal family, indicating that they do not forget their ancestral land.

Now that the Sima family has been defeated and lost the country, the imperial court is also searching for all existences related to the Sima clan. Therefore, even Xuyang Prefecture is undergoing a purge.

How many benefits you get, you will eventually have to return ten or a hundred times.

After leaving the capital, Chen Yuan did not delay too much time, and quickly rushed to Xuyang, Binzhou. Now that his injuries have almost recovered, he naturally needs to prepare for the next move.

After arriving in Xuyang City, he quickly began to investigate the so-called Sanxin Pass (Three Hearts Pass). It was indeed a bit troublesome at the beginning, but it didn't take long before he successfully found the destination.

This place is a mountain stream, located in a mountain range within Xuyang Prefecture. Because there are three sloping peaks corresponding to it, it is called Sanxin Pass.

It's an unremarkable place, and not many people know about it.

After getting the location, Chen Yuan also quickly rushed to the mountain range. Under the exploration of his divine sense, he quickly found the location of Sanxin Pass. It seemed that there was nothing unusual about it.

The heaven and earth vitality is ordinary, and there are no rare mineral veins. It's just that the shape is a bit unique. On the surface, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with so-called opportunities.

However, Chen Yuan was clear that the guidance of the Destiny Altar could not be that simple.

A faint power of rules poured into the void, exploring every inch. After about ten breaths, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Chen Yuan's mouth:

"So... it's a secret realm."

He originally thought that the Heaven and Earth Spirit Tablet might be buried deep underground, but he didn't expect that it existed in the secret realm of the void. If he hadn't integrated the rules into the void for exploration, he wouldn't have seen anything on the surface.

The surrounding heaven and earth vitality gradually began to tremble, and under the traction of his divine sense, it condensed into a vortex the size of a portal. The secret realm was directly forcibly opened!

What is a Celestial?

Transcending the ordinary is being a Celestial.

An insurmountable gap for low-level martial artists, but in front of Chen Yuan today, it only takes a thought.

His body was illusory, turned into a stream of light, and Chen Yuan quickly stepped into the secret realm.

At this time, the movement outside the secret realm quickly shocked all the members of the Sima family hiding here. They all looked up, and most of their faces were filled with panic.

They were all a group of descendants secretly evacuated by Jingtai (Emperor Jingtai) at the time. He originally wanted to offer sacrifices to the heavens to achieve the Emperor of Humanity. Although he was full of confidence, he still followed Sima Che's suggestion.

A branch was left to inherit the incense of the Sima family.

Only a few people knew about this matter. Even the second prince and the fourth prince Sima Ke, who later seized the throne, were not clear about it. Even if they went to investigate, it would be difficult to find out.

Because the battle at Zijin Mountain was too wide-ranging, and countless people fell, including a large number of members of the Sima royal family.

"Bold, who dares to break into the royal secret realm!"

An old voice resounded through the void. From the depths of the secret realm, an old woman wearing a dark yellow robe and holding a snake-headed crutch stepped out of the void step by step.

A powerful aura surrounded her, and she was actually a true person at the peak of Refining Spirit!

"Royal family?"

Chen Yuan looked at the visitor with his hands behind his back, and his eyes were slightly surprised. It seemed that he did not expect that the Sima family still had a backhand under his nose.

But thinking about it, it was normal. All royal families and aristocratic families would generally leave a way out for themselves. The Xiang family was like this, and the Sima family seemed to be the same.

"It's you, Chen Yuan!"

When the old woman saw who was coming, her pupils shrank instantly, full of fear. Without any hesitation, she turned around and was about to escape, but... it was easy to come, but difficult to leave.

As soon as she wanted to move, she felt a huge pressure falling on her body, and she couldn't move her body at all. The surrounding void was also controlled by Chen Yuan in an instant.

"Will you tell me yourself, or will I search your soul?"

Chen Yuan looked indifferently at the old woman in front of him.

"Humph, you..."

Before the old woman could finish speaking, Chen Yuan waved his hand impatiently and directly destroyed her physical body. At the same time, a powerful divine sense searched her soul. After a while, it gradually collapsed.

A Refining Spirit True Person is now no different from an ant in front of him.

In the old woman's memory, he did not find any memory about the Heaven and Earth Spirit Tablet, which immediately made him frown slightly, just some unimportant trivial matters.

The old woman's identity was also extraordinary. She was Sima Che's original wife, and her status was the highest in this secret realm, and her strength was also the strongest. After migrating here, she rarely left the secret realm.

But she also knew some of the things that were happening in the world today.

For example, the Great Jin Dynasty was almost destroyed, and now it was just an empty shell, so she was so frightened when she saw Chen Yuan.

This secret realm contained a lot of resources, which coincided with the situation discovered when the Yan army took over the imperial palace's treasury. He originally thought that Jingtai had already used them up.

Unexpectedly, he had secretly kept a hand.

Unfortunately, he still found out.

His divine sense swept over the entire secret realm, and traces of the power of rules still permeated. Those Sima family geniuses who were placed high hopes on fell to the ground one after another, with no breath left.

......

Inside the secret realm, it was silent.

At this time, except for Chen Yuan, there were no living things in the entire secret realm. To cut grass, one must remove the roots. Chen Yuan did not have the slightest pity for these remnants of the Sima family.

Including Sima Ke.

Chen Yuan could give him a lifetime of wealth and glory for the sake of Pingyang and Empress Dowager Yang, but this did not mean that Chen Yuan would let him continue his incense.

When the Sima family entered the capital, all the descendants of the Xiang family were killed, and only Chen Huaiyi, a single seedling, was left of the Chen family.

A life for a life, Chen Yuan thought this was normal.

While killing the remnants of the Sima family, Chen Yuan finally found some strange places in the secret realm. It was a void, but it was a bit chaotic.

Unintentionally devouring the heaven and earth vitality within the secret realm.

Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed, his Sky Eye opened, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Sure enough, he saw the looming blue light flashing within the void.

The Heaven and Earth Spirit Tablet was hidden within this void.

With a finger, the void shattered, and Chen Yuan waved his hand, and a half-person-high cyan spirit tablet instantly fell in front of him, surrounded by a looming power of Dao rhyme.

Staring at the spirit tablet for a moment, Chen Yuan smiled faintly, sat cross-legged in the void, and began to adjust his state, and began to use the power of Dao rhyme emitted by the Heaven and Earth Spirit Tablet to comprehend the power of rules.

The reason why each step in the Sixth Realm is difficult is because the rules are difficult to comprehend. Otherwise, the Sixth Realm would not be called the 'Entering the Dao' realm.

It is almost very difficult.

......

While Chen Yuan was using the Spirit Tablet to comprehend the rules, a great turmoil was also taking place on the grassland. With the support of the Gumu Barbarian God and the Wufeng Barbarian God.

The three major royal courts began to disintegrate, merge, and gradually move towards the signs of a unified royal court.

However, not many people still knew about Huangji's affairs. Even though Huangji was not afraid of Chen Yuan, and even looked down on him a little, he did not act rashly immediately.

Preparing to give Chen Yuan a surprise at a critical moment.

At the same time, since the Buddha basically determined that the Bodhisattva of Universal Salvation was a traitor, the Buddha's speed of suppressing the rebellion also accelerated rapidly. Several battles ended with the defeat of Mahayana Buddhism.

The Medicine Master Lapis Lazuli Bodhisattva and the Samantabhadra Bodhisattva joined forces and severely injured the Bodhisattva of Universal Salvation. If it were not for his extraordinary means, he would have already fallen into the hands of Mount Ling.

But for some reason, after severely injuring the Bodhisattva of Universal Salvation, the Buddhist sect did not continue to attack and kill him. Instead, they laid down a net and besieged him in a void.

It seemed that they were attracting someone's arrival.

At this time, Chen Yuan was still in seclusion.

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed. Outside the secret realm, there was no movement at all, but inside the secret realm, a strong power of rules and Dao rhyme enveloped everything.

Chen Yuan was surrounded by hundreds of feet, all of which were obscured, looking hazy and blurry. Only a vaguely humanoid creature could be seen.

He was cultivating, not only using the power of the Spirit Tablet to comprehend the rules of the primordial spirit, but also the rules of the physical body.

With his foundation, it was actually very difficult to gain anything just after entering the Sixth Realm. It was only because the Spirit Tablet was truly a creation of heaven and earth that gave Chen Yuan a chance.

Also in the process of cultivation, Chen Yuan also discovered a good thing.

He found that the rules of the primordial spirit and the rules of the physical body seemed to be able to complement each other. At the same time, in the process of enlightenment, they could also benefit each other, and the speed of enlightenment could be accelerated.

He even guessed that perhaps the reason why Emperor Taizu of Chu was able to cultivate to the point of being invincible in the world in a few decades was also because the two paths complemented each other.

Chen Yuan's primordial spirit bloomed with purple light, containing the rules of heaven and earth. His physical body was also rumbling, as if it was expanding the world.

Every moment, he was gradually and slowly improving.

But the spirit objects seize the creation of heaven and earth, and absorb endless power, and they themselves have a limit. It can be clearly seen.

The light of the Heaven and Earth Spirit Tablet was gradually dimming as he cultivated.

When the light completely disappeared, it was when the power of the Spirit Tablet was exhausted.

......

The time of enlightenment always passed very quickly. Chen Yuan even forgot how long the time had passed. And also in his breakthrough process.

On the grassland, a distinguished guest came.

The Buddha, dressed in a green robe, walked on the grassland. With each step, he covered several miles, showing some of the magical power of shrinking the ground.

His face was neither sad nor happy, and his expression was as usual, as if he was just visiting the grassland. But in fact, he was here to persuade the two barbarian gods of the grassland to join forces to help him.

The envoy he sent to Southern Border some time ago had disappeared without a trace, and had obviously died in the mouth of a demon, indirectly rejecting the Buddhist sect's proposal to join forces.

If it had been before, he would have suppressed the demon god even if he had provoked the Buddhist sect so much. However, now that the great enemy was at hand, the greatest threat was Chen Yuan.

In comparison, the demons of Southern Border were not that important.

After thinking about it, he decided to personally make a trip to the grassland.

Chen Yuan's power was great. Although he did not have the idea of marching into the Western Regions now, he could not take it lightly. He needed to plan ahead and nip the danger in the bud in advance.

The help of the barbarian gods was absolutely necessary.

Suddenly, the Buddha, who was on his way, suddenly stopped, as if he had sensed something, looked up at the void, and smiled faintly:

"The barbarian gods are indeed perceptive, this poor monk has not yet arrived at the royal court, and they have already noticed."

"So it is the Buddha himself who has come."

The Gumu Barbarian God stepped out of the void, and his expression was a bit dignified as he looked at the Buddha.

A Land Immortal!

If it had been before, he might not have had a clear understanding of Land Immortals, but after the battle at Jianmen Pass, he had realized it and did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

"Why doesn't Benefactor Wufeng show himself?"

The Buddha said with a soft smile.

"I wonder what the Buddha is here for on my grassland?" Seeing that he had been seen through, the Wufeng Barbarian God did not hide it anymore and revealed his true form, standing on the side of the Gumu Barbarian God.

"This poor monk is here to save the grassland from the fire."

"Humph, what do you mean by that, Buddha?" The Gumu Barbarian God frowned slightly, somewhat dissatisfied.

There was no great hatred between the grassland and the Buddhist sect, but there were small grievances. These Buddhist monks once came to the grassland to preach, causing no small turmoil on the grassland. Finally, all the Buddhist monks were killed.

It was only then that the grudges were settled.

They had never had any contact with each other. Now that he came, he said that the grassland was in great trouble. Who would feel comfortable listening to it?

If the Buddha's strength was not stronger than his, he would have already taken action.

"Not long ago, the grassland went south and marched to Jianmen Pass, forging an insoluble feud with the King of Yan, Chen Yuan. Now that the turmoil in the Central Plains has been quelled and is entirely in Chen Yuan's hands, once he consolidates his power.

There will inevitably be a day of northern expeditions in the future. Isn't this a calamity?"

"Buddha should first worry about himself. The Buddhist sect is advancing east and sending troops out of the Western Regions. They have repeatedly fought against Chen Yuan. Even if he takes action, he should first destroy the Western Regions."

The Wufeng Barbarian God said lightly.

"This poor monk has come precisely because of this. No matter who Chen Yuan attacks first, it will be a calamity. This son's heart is ruthless and he has fallen into the demonic path. If you want to solve the problem once and for all.

You must suppress this demon. This poor monk is here to join forces."

"Join forces?"

The two barbarian gods looked at each other, a strange meaning flashed in their eyes.

"The grassland joins forces with the Buddhist sect to attack Chen Yuan together. If it succeeds, the thirteen states of the Central Plains will be divided equally between the two sides."

"Why should we believe you? What if you secretly collude with that Chen Yuan?"

The smile on the Buddha's face gradually faded, and he looked directly at the two of them and said:

"Because the two benefactors have no choice. Chen Yuan's strength is known to all in the world. Can the grassland resist him?"

"Why not?!"