After clearing the level, the fairies were reborn!

Mu Yan stepped out of the void, her dark gold phoenix robe fluttering in the wind.

She walked up to Yan Tianlie and looked down at him.

In that instant, an aura emanated from her.

That aura was completely different from Xu Ze's sword intent.

Xu Ze's sword intent is sharpness, fierceness, and the sharpness to cut through everything.

Mu Yan's aura, however, was vast, profound, and an irresistible divine might.

Just a trace.

Just a trace.

But this slight pressure caused the entire Fire Cloud Valley to tremble.

The rocks fell with a rustling sound, and the building creaked.

The disciples kneeling on the ground felt as if an invisible mountain was pressing down on their heads, making it impossible for them to even lift their heads.

"...The Mahayana stage?!"

Yan Tianlie trembled violently.

He looked up at the woman in front of him.

That peerless face was as cold and aloof as frost, and those phoenix eyes seemed to contain the vicissitudes of countless ages.

The aura surrounding him sent shivers down his spine, even for a cultivator in the early stages of the Tribulation Transcending Realm.

Mahayana period!

This is the oppressive aura of the Mahayana stage!

Behind this young swordsman stands a Mahayana stage cultivator?!

Moreover, it seems to be no ordinary Mahayana cultivator; one can already see traces of the 'purple aura coming from the east' that precedes ascension on the other party's body...

Yan Tianlie suddenly laughed.

It was a smile of relief.

“From this day forward,” Mu Yan began, her voice not loud, yet it resounded like thunder, echoing in everyone’s ears:

"Everyone in Fire Cloud Valley, swear your loyalty, or else..."

She paused, her gaze sweeping over the countless kneeling disciples, over the critically injured elders, and over the mountain gate that had stood for ten thousand years.

"Exterminate the entire family."

Two words.

Two light and airy words.

But it was like a death sentence, plunging everyone into an ice cave.

No one doubted her words.

No one dared to doubt it.

Yan Tianlie looked at her, looked into those eyes, and suddenly understood something.

This woman is more terrifying than Xu Ze.

Xu Ze is a sword, sharp and unseen, straightforward and direct; a single strike can change the very color of heaven and earth.

And she is the heaven.

It is the sky that overlooks everything.

Mu Yan's authority was unstoppable, and her will was inviolable.

Yan Tianlie slowly lowered his head.

In that instant, he seemed to have aged ten thousand years.

"I... submit."

His voice was hoarse, filled with endless bitterness.

Tens of thousands of Fire Cloud Valley disciples and elders knelt down, their foreheads touching the ground.

Even the patriarch has surrendered, so what reason do they have to disobey!

We submit!

A roar like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami echoed above Fire Cloud Valley.

Mu Yan nodded slightly, withdrawing that trace of oppressive aura.

She turned to look at Xu Ze, a slight smile playing on her lips.

It was a smile of triumph after a cunning scheme.

"Come on, I'll take you to a nice place."

As I was lost in thought, a voice transmission entered my ears.

Xu Ze hadn't yet realized why this woman suddenly said this and where she wanted to take him.

Before him, Mu Yan still emanated absolute pressure, enveloping the old man in her presence.

"I've heard that there's a secret realm within your Fire Cloud Valley?"

The words fell.

Yan Tianlie dared not hide anything and confessed everything: "Replying to the Immortal, it is indeed true."

"This place is called 'Primordial Fire Domain'. It is a natural secret realm that was formed in the early days of the founding of my Fire Cloud Valley."

Facing Mu Yan, he had absolutely no will to resist.

Given that the other party is a Mahayana stage being about to ascend, it is only natural that they would know about the existence of the secret realm.

He began to recount the details of this fiery region.

The structure of Fire Cloud Valley is somewhat similar to that of a volcano, and deep within the core of the volcano lies the most mysterious 'secret realm' of Fire Cloud Valley.

"Very well, take me there."

Mu Yan's oppressive aura lessened slightly, which relieved the people of Fire Cloud Valley, but no one dared to raise their heads.

Xu Ze looked at her, a complex expression flashing in his eyes.

This woman, she looked like a completely different person just now.

No, she was that person all along.

Empress Dowager Mu Yan ruled the Central Continent for three hundred years, single-handedly suppressing the three major immortal sects and making billions of living beings bow down to her.

In the days that followed, she concealed all her sharpness, acting like an ordinary young girl, sharing porridge with him, struggling with chickens, and frantically trying to cook a meal that was edible...

But at this moment, she finally revealed her true colors.

That's the real her.

"What are you standing there for?" Mu Yan raised an eyebrow, looking at the young man who was in a daze: "Let's go."

Xu Ze snapped out of his daze and followed.

Behind him, Yan Tianlie struggled to climb out of the mountain and staggered after him.

The disciples and elders still dared not get up.

The three flew deep into the volcano, to the location of that natural secret realm.

Legend has it that this secret realm contains the most crucial secret of Fire Cloud Valley.

It was an extremely violent 'strange fire' that had existed since the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth.

"Please, gentlemen."

Yan Tianlie dragged his broken body at the front. His injuries were extremely serious, but he dared not stop.

After all, he had just survived the tribulation. A few injuries were nothing as long as his soul remained intact. If he stopped and angered the woman in front of him, he would be finished.

Mu Yan and Xu Ze followed behind him, descending along the deep passageway.

The stone walls on both sides of the passageway are covered with ancient runes.

The runes glowed with a faint red light, and there were faint fluctuations of the laws of fire. The further down you went, the higher the temperature became, and the hotter the air became.

Xu Zene could feel that the tattered page of the 'heavenly book' inside the storage bag was trembling slightly.

The tremor was different from usual.

It's not slumber, it's not tranquility, but... resonance.

It was as if something was calling to it.

"arrive."

Yan Tianlie stopped in his tracks.

Ahead was a huge stone gate.

The stone gate is about ten zhang high and is carved entirely from some kind of reddish-brown jade.

The stone gate was covered with intricate array patterns, which were layered and dense like a spider web, clearly indicating that they were ancient restrictions.

"This is the entrance to the secret realm of my Fire Cloud Valley."

Yan Tianlie said in a low voice, "According to the oral tradition of the Valley Masters of all generations, the first wisp of divine fire at the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth is sealed in the secret realm. However, for the past ten thousand years, no one has ever been able to truly enter the core."

Mu Yan walked to the stone gate and gently pressed her hand on it.

She closed her eyes, as if sensing something.

A moment later, she opened her eyes, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"It really is here."

Xu Ze looked at her and suddenly asked, "Did you already know about this secret realm?"

Mu Yan turned to look at him and blinked.

"You knew I was coming to Fire Cloud Valley all along?" Xu Ze continued to ask. "Was all of this part of your plan?"