Within the grand hall.
The Dao Foundation Cultivators of the Bright Void Sect were gathered.
Pei Jingque, who had hurried back from the Seeking Immortal Sect, sat at the head, while a group of disciples, returned from the Void Secret Realm, knelt in the center.
"More than twenty years ago, I entered the Secret Realm and was carelessly dragged underground by an Earth Dragon Demon Beast."
Xi Chen said:
"I never imagined there would be a whole other world beneath the Secret Realm. Although it was dangerous, it also held many Treasures. I was trapped and couldn't escape. By the time I made it back to the surface, it was too late to leave the Secret Realm."
"So…" Pei Jingque asked,
"You've been living in the Secret Realm for these past twenty-plus years?"
"Yes." Xi Chen gave a wry smile.
"Fortunately, I grew up fending for myself in the mountains. The Secret Realm was perilous, but I managed to survive."
He spoke of it lightly, but no one knew the hardships he had truly endured.
