By the time Moyuan City quieted down, it was already dark.

Su Yun stood on the city wall, watching the newly acquired female Cultivators busy in the city.

They were cleaning up corpses, repairing damaged buildings, and organizing supplies in the storehouse.

With over three thousand new female Cultivators, added to the five thousand previously acquired, his total number of enslaved had exceeded eight thousand.

Eight thousand female Cultivators, from the Foundation Establishment to Soul Transformation Stage, were distributed across the Southern Region, Central Region, Western Region, East Sea, and Northern Wilderness.

The feedback Spiritual Qi generated by their daily cultivation converged into an endless river, pouring into his Dantian from all directions.

His Void Refining Middle Stage Realm was already stable; he felt that if he acquired two thousand more, he could break through to the Void Refining Late Stage.

Hongxiu and Fourth Demon General stood behind him with respectful expressions.

Third Demon General had also arrived; she was the Third Demon General, Void Refining Early Stage, and had been following Su Yun ever since being subdued.

Su Yun turned to look at Third Demon General.

"Are there any other female Disciples of the Moyuan Sect outside?"

Third Demon General thought for a moment. "There is still a small outpost in the far north of the Northern Wilderness, near a void node. That outpost is very small, with only fifty or so female Cultivators responsible for monitoring the movements of the void node."

"What is a void rift?"

Third Demon General said: "There is a huge void rift at the northernmost part of the Moyuan territory. On the other side of the rift is another world, and it is said that the aura of the Immortal Realm exists there. The Demonic Abyss Ancestor has been studying that rift, wanting to open a passage to go to the Immortal Realm to seek the Opportunity to break through to the Mahayana Stage. However, his cultivation is insufficient, being only in the Void Refining Middle Stage, so he cannot open the rift."

Su Yun narrowed his eyes. The Immortal Realm. He remembered that the Jade Slip of Master Void also mentioned the Immortal Realm, stating that all Cultivators above the Void Refining Stage would go to the Immortal Realm, where Spiritual Qi is denser, resources are richer, and Breakthroughs are easier. "Where is that rift?"

"In the north, another three days of flight will get us there."

"We will go take a look tomorrow."

Early the next morning, he set off with Hongxiu, Fourth Demon General, and Third Demon General.

All three were in the Void Refining Early Stage, plus him in the Void Refining Middle Stage, making four people.

After flying for three days, the gray-white land of the Northern Wilderness turned black, and the air was filled with the power of the Void Realm and bone-chilling cold.

In the distance, a huge rift stretched across the horizon, about several hundred zhang wide, extending from the ground deep into the sky, with no end in sight.

Silver-white light surged from the rift, carrying the rich aura of the Immortal Realm.

Su Yun landed in front of the rift and looked up. The rift was very deep, with no visible bottom, and something was slowly flowing inside, like a river.

He reached out to touch the power of the Void Realm at the edge of the rift, and a sharp pain shot through his fingertips.

Even the protective spiritual light of the Void Refining Middle Stage could not block this stinging pain; the power inside the rift was stronger than he had anticipated. "Has the Demonic Abyss Ancestor ever gone inside?"

Third Demon General said: "He went in once, almost died inside, and never dared to go again."

Su Yun was silent for a moment. He decided to go back first. The matter of the rift was not urgent; he needed to consolidate his cultivation first and come back after breaking through to the Void Refining Late Stage.

He turned around and flew back to Moyuan City with the three of them, then took the three thousand newly acquired female Cultivators back to the Central Region.

When they returned to Qinghe City, Valley Master Su Yao was already waiting at the city gate.

Seeing the overwhelming crowd behind Su Yun, she was already numb. She just sighed and turned to arrange accommodation.

Qinghe City was expanded once again, and this time, ten new dormitory buildings were built to accommodate the three thousand people.

Su Yun sat down in the courtyard, and Zhao Lanxin brought him a bowl of soup.

After he finished drinking, he returned the bowl to her. The little girl kissed him on the face and ran away.

Su Yun leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. In his Dantian, the feedback Spiritual Qi from the eight thousand enslaved was circulating slowly, and his cultivation was steadily climbing.

He felt that if he acquired two thousand more, he could break through to the Void Refining Late Stage.

But the female Cultivators in the Central Region, Western Region, East Sea, and Northern Wilderness had almost all been acquired by him; the remaining ones were either Loose Cultivators or Mortals. He needed a new source.

He thought of that void rift. On the other side of the rift was the Immortal Realm, where there were more female Cultivators and stronger female Cultivators. He had to open that rift.

But his current strength was not enough. In the Void Refining Middle Stage, he couldn't even withstand the power of the Void Realm at the edge of the rift, let alone go inside.

He needed to break through to the Void Refining Late Stage, or even the Void Refining Peak Stage.

He opened his eyes and called for Valley Master Su Yao. "Have the Materials for the soul shaping pill been found?"

Valley Master Su Yao shook her head. "Ten-thousand-year Jade Marrow, Nine Nether Lotus, Phoenix blood—these three things are not available in the Central Region or the Western Region. They are not in the Northern Wilderness either. We might have to go to a further place."

"The Immortal Realm is on the other side of the rift; they might be there."

Valley Master Su Yao was stunned for a moment. "Does Master want to go to the Immortal Realm?"

Su Yun nodded. "Not now, wait until I break through to the Void Refining Late Stage."

Valley Master Su Yao was silent for a moment, then turned and went to the Alchemy Room.

In the following days, Su Yun practiced in the courtyard every day.

The feedback Spiritual Qi from eight thousand enslaved made his progress rapid, and his Void Refining Middle Stage cultivation grew deeper day by day.

Fairy Jianyun broke through to the Soul Transformation Peak Stage, Zi Wuji also broke through to the Soul Transformation Late Stage, and Palace Master Shui Linglong and Fairy Biluo also broke through to the Void Refining Early Stage one after another.

The strength of Qinghe City skyrocketed; there were five female Cultivators in the Void Refining Stage alone, and hundreds in the Soul Transformation Stage.

That evening, while Su Yun was drinking tea in the courtyard, Valley Master Su Yao ran over hurriedly. "Master, the Master of Wanhua Valley sent a message saying that an ancient Secret Realm was discovered in the Western Region, containing a Legacy of the Void Refining Peak Stage.

But the entrance to the Secret Realm was sealed, and it required the power of the Void Refining Late Stage to open. She wants to ask Master to help."

Su Yun put down his teacup. "Void Refining Late Stage? I am only in the Middle Stage now; I cannot open it."

"The Master of Wanhua Valley knows, but she wants to ask Master to go take a look; perhaps there is another way."

Su Yun thought for a moment and nodded.

He set off with Palace Master Shui Linglong and Fairy Biluo—two in the Void Refining Early Stage were enough. Fairy Jianyun and Zi Wuji remained in Qinghe City.

After flying for three days, they arrived in the Western Region. The Master of Wanhua Valley was waiting at the entrance of the valley, and seeing Su Yun, she came up to greet him. "Young Master Su, the Secret Realm is in a valley three hundred miles north of Wanhua Valley. I will take you there."

Su Yun followed her for three hundred miles and landed in a desolate valley.

In the center of the valley was a stone gate, engraved with complex Seal patterns, with the aura of the Void Refining Late Stage.

Su Yun reached out to touch the stone gate; the Seal patterns lit up, and a huge repulsive force bounced him away.

He retreated several steps, his arm numb.

The Master of Wanhua Valley sighed. "It really cannot be opened."

Su Yun did not speak; he stared at the stone gate for a long time.

Then he raised his hand and punched the stone gate.

The stone gate trembled, and the Seal patterns flickered, but did not crack.

He punched again, and again, punching more than a dozen times in a row, until the stone gate finally developed a tiny crack.

A rich Spiritual Qi seeped out from the crack, carrying the aura of an ancient Cultivator.

Su Yun stopped and caught his breath. A full-force strike of the Void Refining Middle Stage, repeated a dozen times, only managed to create a crack.

This Seal was much stronger than he had expected.

He thought about it and took out the void node from his Storage Ring.

The void node slowly rotated in his palm, emitting golden light.

He pressed the void node against the crack, and the crack began to widen, and the Seal patterns began to loosen.

With a loud boom, the stone gate exploded.

Su Yun put away the void node and walked into the Secret Realm.

The Secret Realm was not large, with only a stone hall.

In the center of the stone hall sat a skeleton cross-legged, wearing a tattered Daoist robe, with the character "Void" embroidered on it.

Another Legacy of Master Void? Su Yun walked over, picked up the Jade Slip beside the skeleton, and probed it with his Divine Sense.

What was recorded inside was indeed the Legacy of Master Void, but not for the Void Refining Stage, but for the Mahayana Stage.

Before Master Void fell, he had already broken through to the Mahayana Stage, and he left his cultivation insights here, waiting for someone fated.

Su Yun put away the Jade Slip and turned to leave.

When he walked out of the Secret Realm, the Master of Wanhua Valley came up to greet him. "Young Master Su, did you get it?"

Su Yun nodded.

"What is it?"

"Cultivation insights for the Mahayana Stage."

The Master of Wanhua Valley's expression changed. "The Mahayana Stage is a legendary Realm; no one in the entire continent has ever reached it."

Su Yun did not speak; he flew back to Qinghe City and sat down in the courtyard.

Mahayana Stage.

It took Master Void three thousand years to Cultivate from the Void Refining Stage to the Mahayana Stage.

He did not have that much time.

But he had eight thousand enslaved, had feedback Spiritual Qi, had a void node, and had a void rift.

He had to speed up.

He stood up and looked north.

That void rift was waiting for him.

The Immortal Realm was waiting for him.

He took a deep breath, walked into the study, and closed the door.

Seclusion, to break through to the Void Refining Late Stage.