Chapter 522 - 230: Entry
Representatives from every sect were present.
His master and Qin Fang landed in a spot closest to the main hall’s entrance.
Sect Master Xuan Qiong was right there.
Qin Fang bowed respectfully. "Greetings, Master Xuan Qiong."
Sect Master Xuan Qiong looked at Qin Fang, a gentle smile gracing his features as he nodded slightly. "I trust your master has already explained the precautions for the Secret Realm?"
Qin Fang replied hurriedly, "Yes, Master has already told me."
Xuan Qiong nodded. "Good," he said with a smile. "The Secret Realm is a mysterious place where fortune and misfortune are unpredictable. Never forget your reason for entering."
He still offered this final piece of advice.
"Yes," Qin Fang answered respectfully.
Xuan Qiong nodded and withdrew his gaze. After scanning the surroundings, he announced, "It seems nearly everyone has arrived. Let us open the Secret Realm."
With that, he looked to Yue Guiyuan and Xing Wu at his side.
Evidently, these three were the Hall Master-level figures responsible for opening the Secret Realm on this occasion.
In a flash, the three of them transformed into streaks of light, reappearing at the edges of the plaza before the main hall. They took their positions in a triangular formation, like the legs of a tripod.
The next moment, Xuan Qiong calmly commanded, "Disciples, enter the array."
Qin Fang glanced around and, without hesitation, became the first to step into the very center of the plaza.
Then, eleven other figures came to stand beside him.
A quick glance confirmed the group’s composition: five disciples from the Celestial Spirit Sect, and one from each of the other Six Sects.
He didn’t recognize any of the disciples from these Six Sects, however.
But their auras were undeniably powerful.
Their eyes were all bright and full of anticipation. Clearly, they too had heard tales of the Heavenly Gang Secret Realm.
"Senior Brother Qin."
"Greetings, Senior Brother."
The other disciples from the Celestial Spirit Sect bowed respectfully upon seeing Qin Fang.
’They aren’t True Inheritance disciples, just from the Inner Sect.’
The oldest among them looked to be in his sixties, his hair and beard completely white.
Yet he, too, respectfully addressed Qin Fang as Senior Brother.
Qin Fang smiled and nodded in acknowledgment.
"Activate the array!"
At that moment, Master Xuan Qiong’s calm voice rang out.
The next moment, brilliant light erupted from the bodies of Master Xuan Qiong, his master, and Master Xing Wu.
They each held their Identity Tokens, channeling True Gang into them before firing beams of light at the ground.
The next moment, streaks of light flashed across the plaza floor, revealing intricate array runes.
Many of the spectating Elders and members of the Six Sects raised their eyebrows, observing with curiosity.
Suddenly, the melodious chime of a great bell rang out—DONG! From within the main hall of the Celestial Spirit Sect, a brilliant beam of starlight shot straight into the heavens.
Immediately after, the clouds high above began to churn violently. With a deafening ROAR, an immense power seemed to erupt from the ground, blasting the hair and clothes of the twelve young disciples in the array skyward.
Looking up, one could see that the clouds gathered high above the main hall had been blasted apart, leaving a massive hole.
Yet what appeared behind that hole was not the azure sky.
Instead, it was a brilliant, dazzling river of stars!
The river of stars blazed, each star a distinct point of light, like jewels embedded in a black curtain. The starlight seemed to take on physical form as it descended.
It then converged upon the plaza before the main hall.
In just a few moments, the entire plaza seemed to be bathed in a magnificent river of stars.
The sight left Qin Fang stunned.
’It’s absolutely beautiful!’
Specks of starlight appeared all around him, seeming to condense into solid, glittering points as brilliant as diamonds.
As he was lost in thought, a beam of iridescent light shot out from the depths of the starry expanse, landing squarely in the center of the plaza.
All the young disciples were captivated by this iridescent light.
As the iridescent light descended, it seemed to possess a physical presence, kicking up a gale that whipped at their robes!
"Linyuan, enter the Rainbow Bridge!"
Master Xuan Qiong’s voice suddenly boomed.
Qin Fang, who had been observing with curiosity, was jolted back to his senses. ’I’m the first...’
’...Then again, that makes sense.’
’I’m the only disciple with a Hall Master’s True Inheritance here.’
’And there are six disciples from the other sects.’
’If not me, who would be first?’
Taking a deep breath, Qin Fang bowed to Master Xuan Qiong. Then, under the watchful eyes of all present, he stepped onto the Rainbow Bridge.
The moment he set foot on it, the light of the Rainbow Bridge flared violently.
Qin Fang felt an immense power surge through him, as if scanning him completely, inside and out.
Before he could even process it, he felt as if something had been placed within his Sea of Consciousness and his physical body.
The Rainbow Bridge grew more and more solid...
Outside, the eyes of the many spectating Celestial Spirit Sect Elders lit up at the sight.
"When Linyuan stepped onto the Rainbow Bridge, its brilliance was so bright it looked tangible... It seems he’ll be able to stay inside for at least a year."
"Perhaps even longer..."
They discussed in low voices.
Qin Fang didn’t hear them.
Because before he could even investigate what had been placed inside him, the world started to spin violently!
The entire world seemed to dissolve into a torrent of light. He instinctively widened his eyes to watch, but after only a single moment, he slammed them shut...
’...That torrent of light is terrifying! Just looking at it for a moment made my Divine Soul tremble?’
’If I had looked any longer, my Divine Soul would have been injured!’
’...What is this?’
While he was reeling in astonishment, to the onlookers outside, however, the scene was quite different...
After the Rainbow Bridge’s light reached its zenith, it abruptly retracted back into the field of stars, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
Along with it, of course, went Qin Fang.
And then, a second Rainbow Bridge quietly descended...
Qin Fang could hardly describe his current sensations. His Perception was thrown into chaos, and he lost all sense of time.
This continued until a certain moment when his entire body shuddered, and all the changes came to a sudden stop.
Qin Fang froze. Then, he slowly opened his eyes.
He saw a world that left him utterly astonished...