Zhou Yang originally thought that the so-called [Suzaku Secret Realm] was a place similar to the [Qingtian Wonderland].
But in fact it is just a place similar to Xuanyang Immortal Sect's [Demon-Sealing Cave]. The difference is that the power filled in [Suzaku Secret Realm] is not demonic energy, but rich and violent fire-attributed spiritual energy and boundless magma.
Sea of fire.
"Do you think that a place like [Qiongtian Fairyland] can be created casually? If the True Immortal from the Upper Realm hadn't personally taken action and used the True Lord magic weapon brought from the True Immortal Realm to help open it, it would be the ninth level of transcending tribulation.
Even if a person with great supernatural powers personally takes action, he will never be able to create such a spiritually rich and vibrant cave paradise!"
This was the explanation Zhu Zizhen gave after hearing Zhou Yang's question.
Only then did Zhou Yang know the difference between "Dongtian Wonderland" and "Dongtian Secret Realm".
The so-called "Dongtian Wonderland", as the name suggests, is an independent fairyland world. Except that the space is not as large as a complete world like the "Linghuan World" and cannot naturally breed new life species, it is completely no different from the real world.
, even better in terms of the richness of spiritual energy.
It is said that even in the "True Immortal Realm", this kind of "cave heaven fairyland" can only be owned by the top forces. Those true immortals in the tribulation stage and the earthly immortals in the return stage of higher realms usually live in seclusion in this "real world".
Practicing in the "Dongtian Wonderland", it is easy to not see it.
The "Dongtian Secret Realm" is a simplified version of the "Dongtian Fairyland", which can be opened by some high-strength true immortals in the Tribulation Period. The environment in this secret realm is usually extremely harsh and extremely unsuitable for middle and low-level monks to stay.
And compared to the "Dongtian Wonderland" that can almost last forever after its successful development, the "Dongtian Secret Realm" will gradually begin to collapse and perish once there is no True Immortal in the Tribulation Period to sit down and sort out the rules for it for a long time.
Unfortunately, the [Suzaku Secret Realm] that Zhou Yang and the others are currently in is such a "Dongtian Secret Realm" that is on the verge of destruction. This is why Zhu Zi really wants to bring him in and let him help explore the way.
In a normal "Dongtian Secret Realm", with Zhu Zizhen's cultivation level, unless you encounter a killing array deliberately left by the owner of the secret realm, you don't have to worry about being harmed.
However, in a "Secret Realm of Cave Heaven" that is on the verge of destruction, even the ninth-level "Half-Step True Immortal" monks of Nascent Soul must be cautious. If they are not careful, they may be severely damaged by the out-of-control power of laws.
If it is not discovered in advance and runs into some space cracks that are not easy to find, it is very likely that even the ninth-level Nascent Soul "Half-Step True Immortal" monk will die directly.
In fact, it wasn't just Zhou Yang. Just in case, before taking Zhou Yang into the [Suzaku Secret Realm], Zhu Zizhen captured five fire-attribute fifth-level monsters in the Suzaku Mountains and brought them in as cannon fodder.
These fifth-level monsters were all subordinates of the sixth-level monster king that she had driven away. Even if they were all dead, she would not feel sad at all.
When Zhou Yang saw this scene, he didn't say anything on the surface, but he felt a sense of awe in his heart and secretly increased his vigilance.
He secretly warned himself that Zhu Zizhen was a sixth-level demon king after all. Even if he got close to human monks, he could not change the indifferent nature of the demon kings who regarded human life as nothing.
At this moment, one of them, a human demon, broke into the secret realm from the entrance of a certain underground magma sea in the Zhuque Mountains, and soon found themselves in another sea of magma and fire.
The difference is that the sea of magma and fire here is not as active as those outside, but instead gives people a lifeless feeling.
Of course, magma is still magma, and its temperature and power will not weaken because it is active or silent.
Moreover, the fire-attributed spiritual energy here is extremely violent, even more violent than the fire-attributed spiritual energy mixed with earth evil fire poisonous energy in the underground magma sea outside.
Even someone as powerful as Zhou Yang would not dare to absorb a large amount of the violent fire-attributed spiritual energy here for fear of being burned by it.
He can't do it, and it would be even worse if it were another golden elixir stage monk.
As for the monks below the Golden Core stage, Zhou Yang estimates that as long as the violent fire-attribute spiritual energy pours into the body here, without timely rescue by the monks above the Golden Core stage, they will definitely be killed by the spiritual energy in less than a quarter of an hour.
die!
A cultivator whose cultivation is based on absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is killed by the spiritual energy. This kind of thing is definitely not funny, but it is indeed possible.
Compared to Zhou Yang, those fifth-level monsters were much better and did not show much discomfort.
As for Zhu Zizhen, she was even enjoying herself as she absorbed the violent fire-attributed spiritual energy. Looking at her like that, Zhou Yang would probably want to show up and absorb the violent fire-attributed spiritual energy here if the situation wasn't right.
Looking away from Zhu Zizhen, Zhou Yang looked around and soon made other discoveries in the silent magma sea below.
Looking to the left from where they were, perhaps hundreds of miles away, they could vaguely see a piece of land, or an island, located in the magma ocean.
"Let's go over there, big lizard, you lead the way first!"
With a wave of his hand, Zhu Zizhen pointed at the island in the distance and issued an order.
Hearing her words, the "big lizard" named by her, a fifth-level mid-level monster [Flame Lizard Beast] that can swim in the sea of magma and fire, regardless of whether it was unwilling or unwilling, could only roar and open the way forward.
The island slowly flew over.
After the big lizard flew more than ten miles and no abnormalities were found, Zhou Yang, Zhu Zizhen and several other monsters began to follow behind it.
After about thirty or fifty miles passed in this way, Zhu Zizhen suddenly shouted sharply: "Stop, go around a thousand feet to the right."
Hearing her words, the big lizard quickly stopped obediently, its ruby-like eyes darting around, and after observing nervously for a while, it obeyed Zhu Zizhen's instructions and circled to the right.
As if to give Zhou Yang and others a warning, Zhu Zizhen, after the big lizard obeyed the order and walked away, casually pulled out an eagle feather from another fifth-level low-grade fire attribute monster [Golden Flame Eagle] beside him, and went towards it.
The big lizard flicked somewhere in the direction it was originally going.
Boom!
There was a loud noise, and the eagle feathers shot out, as if they had hit an invisible bomb, triggering a huge explosion.
The power of the explosion was definitely more than enough to kill the [Flame Lizard Beast] just now!
"Without strong people suppressing and sorting it out for a long time, the fire laws here have begun to become unstable. Once certain nodes are strongly touched, the laws will collapse immediately. You wish yourselves good luck!"
After explaining lightly, Zhu Zizhen gave a low shout to the [Flame Lizard Beast] whose legs and feet were weak from fear, telling it to continue moving forward.
Less than ten miles passed in this way, and she asked [Flame Lizard Beast] to change the route again, and then over the next ten miles, [Flame Lizard Beast] changed roads several times.
But good luck will obviously not always accompany [Flame Lizard Beast] like this.
After leading Zhou Yang and the others for more than eighty miles, the [Flame Lizard Beast] still failed to escape the disaster. It was split into two pieces by a small space crack that even Zhu Zizhen didn't notice, and then
With a "pop" sound, it sank into the sea of magma and fire below, and soon there were no bones left.
When Zhou Yang, the others, and the monsters saw this scene, their expressions changed drastically, and they looked at Zhu Zizhen with eyes filled with fear.
The so-called "rabbit dies and the fox is sad", although they have different racial camps, they all have the same identity now, that is, they are pathfinder cannon fodder.
Now that the first pathfinder cannon fodder [Flame Lizard Beast] died without a word in front of their eyes, how could they not be frightened and panicked.
Facing their frightened gazes, Zhu Zizhen's face remained unchanged as he scanned the group of people and monsters one by one, and finally his eyes fell on a fifth-level low-grade fire-attribute monster [Winged Fire Sable].
It said: "Little Diao'er, it's your turn!"
When the named [Wingfire Ferret] heard her words, his body trembled, and he was so frightened that he knelt down in front of her, kowtowed and whined, wanting to ask her to change her mind.
But what he got in the end was her cold and ruthless urging.
"Hurry up, I don't want to say it a third time!"
These words were spoken not only to the [Winged Fire Sable], but also to Zhou Yang and other remaining people and monsters.
Sure enough, upon hearing her cold and ruthless voice, the body of the [Winged Fire Ferret] trembled violently. After looking at her with fear in his eyes, he let out a whimper and replaced the dead [Flame Lizard Beast], and continued to open the way forward.
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But compared to the [Flame Lizard Beast], the luck of this [Winged Fire Ferret] is obviously much worse. In other words, the closer to the distant island, the higher the danger.
Anyway, the [Winged Fire Martial] just opened the way and flew less than fifty miles before it suddenly caught fire, and its body was suddenly burned to ashes by the blazing flames.
A fifth-level low-grade fire-attribute monster could be burned to ashes by the flames it ignited. This kind of thing also opened Zhou Yang's eyes, and at the same time, he was extremely frightened.
Needless to say, the abnormal situation on this [Winged Fire Martial] must be caused by the collapse of the fire law that Zhu Zizhen mentioned before.
Regarding the laws of heaven and earth, they can only be touched by monks at the Nascent Soul stage. Monks or monsters below the Nascent Soul stage only hear its name but don't see its shadow, and know nothing about it.
Even if he is as strong as Zhou Yang, once he encounters what [Wing Fire Marten] experienced just now, the end may not be any better than that.
Zhou Yang even suspected that even if Zhu Zi really met them, they might not be safe, otherwise there would be no need for the other party to arrest them to explore the way.
After the death of [Winged Fire Martial], Zhu Zizhen didn't even wait for Zhou Yang, the remaining people and the monster beast to think, and immediately named the fifth-level low-grade monster beast [Golden Flame Eagle].
With the previous performance of [Winged Fire Ferrets], [Golden Flame Eagle] did not beg for mercy after being called, but just whined and took over the responsibility of [Winged Fire Ferrets] to lead the way.
However, although its luck was better than that of [Flame Lizard Beast] and [Winged Fire Martial], it still died in an explosion after advancing for more than 110 miles.
At this time, Zhou Yang and the others were still halfway to the island.
But at this time, Zhou Yang looked far into the distance and could already see clearly some of the conditions on the island.
I saw that the island was not big, only dozens of miles in radius. The central area of the island was obscured by a red light curtain, making it impossible to see clearly what was inside. Outside was a barren wasteland of rocks without any vegetation.
Looking at this situation, what Zhu Zi really wants should be inside that crimson light curtain.
As soon as Zhou Yang thought of this, he heard Zhu Zizhen's voice.
"Old fox, it's your turn!"
The old fox is a fifth-level low-grade monster [Three-Eyed Fire Fox]. This monster has a third different pupil on its forehead. It can see things that ordinary people and monsters cannot see, and it can also perform a powerful pupil technique.
Supernatural powers.
Zhou Yang originally thought that Zhu Zi would save it for last use, but he didn't expect that he would use it now in front of himself and another monster.
Cuckoo!
The [Three-Eyed Fire Fox] with fiery red fur whined, reluctantly walked out from the side, and started leading the way.
The third strange pupil on its forehead, which was usually closed, had completely opened at some point, and its purple-red eyes were flashing with a strange red light, which made one's heart palpitate just looking at it.
This strange pupil seems to be able to really see abnormalities in the laws of fire. In short, when [Three-Eyed Fire Fox] leads the way, Zhu Zizhen reminds him much less often than the previous three monsters.
Under its leadership, the team traveled more than a hundred miles easily without encountering any disturbances.
But Zhou Yang clearly noticed that with such continuous use of the third different pupil, the [Three-Eyed Fire Fox] had become unsustainable. The purple-red eye gave Zhou Yang a feeling that it might explode at any time.
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"Okay, old fox, you can come back and have a rest. Now it's time for little Changchong to clear the way."
When Zhou Yang was thinking about how long the [Three-Eyed Fire Fox] could last, Zhu Zizhen suddenly stopped it and ordered the last monster to come forward and replace it.
This change surprised and delighted the already desperate [Three-Eyed Fire Fox]. He quickly closed the strange pupil that was about to explode, and with a face full of exhaustion and gratitude, he knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Zizhen, and returned with a whimper.
Zhu Zi is really around.
On the contrary, the monster that was replaced by name, a fifth-level high-grade monster [Star Fire Snake] with a body length of only seven to eight feet, had panicked eyes and kept screaming.
Now they are only more than a hundred miles away from the island. If they are lucky, maybe they can land on the island safely as long as one more cannon fodder is killed.
As the core of the secret realm, the laws on the island are definitely much more stable than those outside, and correspondingly, they are much safer.
At this time, he was suddenly replaced, how could [Star Fire Snake] not despair.
"hurry up."
Zhuzi Zhenfeng narrowed his eyes and glanced at the [Starfire Flame Snake] with murderous intent. He was so frightened that it quickly swung its tail to clear the way.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Yang began to pray silently in his heart, praying that [Star Fire Snake] could last a little longer, and it would be best to take them directly to the island.
Now, except for [Starfire Flame Snake], he is the only one who has not cleared the way ahead. Once [Starfire Flame Snake] dies, it will probably be his turn to clear the way.
Unfortunately, his prayers didn't seem to have any effect. The [Starfire Flame Snake] only traveled more than seventy miles before it suddenly caught fire like the previous [Winged Fire Ferrets].
The difference is that with his profound cultivation, [Starfire Flame Snake] lasted a little longer, and his death was more painful.
What left Zhou Yang speechless and annoyed was that before he died, his resentful eyes fell not on Zhu Zizhen, the "culprit", but on him, as if he had killed it.
"This long worm without eyes deserves to die!"
Zhou Yang cursed secretly in his heart, but felt that Zhu Zizhen's eyes had fallen on him.
"Boy, it's your turn. If you can successfully land on the island with me, you will be my hero. I will do my best to save your wife and children!"
Zhu Zizhen looked at Zhou Yang with his eyes and said in a tone of voice that could not be criticized.
"The junior understands and will not let the senior down."
Zhou Yang took a deep breath, nodded slightly, and used the [Qianyang Heavenly Fire Shield] magical power on himself, and then started to clear the way forward.
As before, whenever Zhu Zizhen discovers any abnormal points, he will be reminded in time to take a detour to avoid them.
But Zhu Zizhen is only a sixth-level demon king, not a seventh-level true spirit. She is only at the most basic stage of understanding the laws of heaven and earth, and is still far from understanding and controlling them.
Zhou Yang listened to her words and avoided many dangers, but after advancing for thirty-seven miles, he suddenly encountered the same situation as [Winged Fire Martial] and [Starfire Flame Snake].
Without any prior induction, the mana in his body suddenly had a strange connection with the violent fire-attributed aura from the outside world. A large amount of violent fire-attributed aura ignored the protection of the [Qian Yang Sky Fire Shield] and poured into his body, and then interacted with him. His own mana reacted strangely, forming high-temperature flames that backfired on him.
"Senior, save..."
He was so horrified that he struggled desperately, summoning his magic power to suppress the flames, and at the same time tried to call Zhu Zizhen for help.
But just then, an accident happened.
I saw the [Qian Yang Orb] in his Dantian. At this time, a strong suction force suddenly burst out, sucking out the violent fire attribute spiritual energy pouring into his body, as well as his "rebellious" mana, and the high-temperature flames burning on his body. , all absorbed.
"Eh!"
The changes in Zhou Yang's body were immediately noticed by Zhu Zizhen. She looked at Zhou Yang in confusion, and her movements to rescue him stopped again.
"What happened just now? How did you break free from the backlash caused by the collapse of the law?"
When Zhou Yang escaped from the dangerous area and returned to a safe area, Zhu Zizhen's surprised voice rang in his ears.
When he heard what the other party said, he didn't dare to hide it. He immediately raised his hand and showed the [Qian Yang Baozhu] to the other party and talked about what happened just now.
[Qian Yang Baozhu] can only be refined by monks who possess [Qian Yang Treasure Body]. Zhou Yang once gave it to Lu Xuanji to study, and now he is not afraid of Zhu Zizhen's thoughts.
"You're so lucky, boy. This fairy weapon may not be as good as those killing weapons in terms of killing methods, but it can regulate the laws of heaven and earth, even if it's just the law of fire, it can definitely be called a weapon. A top-notch fairy weapon!"
Zhu Zizhen took the [Qian Yang Baozhu] and studied it for a while, then returned it to Zhou Yang, and then looked at him with a complicated expression, sighing for a while.
In fact, the benefit of this [Qianyang Orb] is not only to regulate the laws of heaven and earth, but also to help the owner perceive and control the laws of heaven and earth!
It's just that Zhou Yang's current cultivation level is still low and he can't take advantage of this.
Since outsiders cannot refine the [Qian Yang Orb], they naturally cannot obtain this benefit.
It was really because Zhu Zi discovered this that he suddenly sighed.
She suddenly realized that Zhou Yang's previous statement that if he could successfully conceive a baby, he would be able to rival her within a thousand years, did not seem to be a lie.
Not to mention anything else, with this [Qianyang Orb] in his body, at least after he successfully conceives a baby in the future, it will be many times easier than ordinary Nascent Soul stage monks to comprehend the fire-based laws of heaven and earth.
The deeper the Nascent Soul stage monks understand the laws of heaven and earth, it means that the magical powers they can display will be more powerful, and it will also be easier to use the power of the laws to break through bottlenecks and improve their cultivation.
"Since you have this treasure to protect you, all the work of exploring the path will be left to you. Don't worry, what I said before still stands and I will never break my promise."
Zhu Zizhen said, waved his hand again, and threw a bottle of elixir to Zhou Yang.
"This bottle of healing elixir is for you. It should be more than enough to treat your injuries!"
In addition to being a sixth-level demon king, she is also a fifth-level high-level alchemy master with excellent alchemy skills. She possesses countless kinds of elixirs.
Zhou Yang understood this and was not polite to her. He reached out his hand to take the elixir bottle and thanked her: "Thank you, senior, for giving me the elixir."
Then he directly poured out a white elixir with a strong medicinal fragrance and put it into his mouth, and quickly used his magic power to refine the elixir.
Next, Zhou Yang relied on the magic of [Qian Yang Orb] to survive three more traps without any danger, and then finally set foot on the island.
The ground on the island was very hot, but the down-to-earth feeling made Zhou Yang feel at ease.
He looked at Zhu Zizhen, and saw that he was looking at the red light curtain in the center of the island with bright eyes, and there was obvious expectation in his eyes.
"Okay, once we get here, there should be no danger. Just don't move around here. I will take you out of here after I finish my business!"
As if sensing Zhou Yang's gaze, Zhu Zi really came back to his senses and glanced at him and the surviving [Three-Eyed Fire Fox]. After giving a few instructions, he appeared with a clear cry. [Zhu Yuhe] body.
After that, Zhu Zizhen, who revealed his true form, was bathed in the vermilion "Suzaku True Fire" and rushed straight towards the red light curtain, and then plunged into the light curtain without any hindrance.
Not long after, a ray of fire flew out from the red light curtain and landed directly in front of Zhou Yang, from which came Zhu Zizhen's cold voice.
"I will be in seclusion for three years to digest what I have gained from this time. Please be patient and wait outside. If I do not wake up in time, you can attack the protective barrier outside and forcefully wake me up!"
As soon as the voice fell, the fire had burned out, leaving Zhou Yang no chance to respond.