It was an unimaginable giant creature, its wings spanning a hundred zhang, each feather as if cast from bronze, glinting with metallic sheen under the blood-red setting sun.

Its sharp beak curved like a hook, eyes red as blood, emanating a suffocating aura of vicious ferocity.

"A fierce bird at Divinity Transformation Realm Perfection!" Zhou Qing's pupils shrank drastically, promptly pulling Lu Yaoyao to hide to the side.

Luckily, the creature didn't notice the two little dots below, and passed by with a whistle.

"Wait, isn't this a no-fly zone? How did it get airborne? Could it be—"

He stared at the distant silhouette of the fierce bird intently, suddenly realizing something, and looked up sharply at the three rounds of blood-red setting sun.

That was not a true sun, but some kind of restriction core!

Brilliance flashed in Zhou Qing's eyes, "This no-flight restriction is only aimed at human cultivators."

At this moment, a daring thought suddenly surged up in his mind— If he transformed into the body of a Golden-winged Roc, would he be able to deceive the heavens and cross the sea...

"Master Su, sorry to keep you waiting."

A deep voice came from above, interrupting Zhou Qing's thoughts.

The two looked up and saw a gigantic blue-winged Black Vulture break through the air and arrive.

Its wings spread ten zhang wide, feathers and plumes like iron, claws like golden hooks, an aura of ferociousness coming straight at them.

Standing on the back of the vulture was the Sect Leader of the Mixed Element Sect— Fang Hanyue!

He wore an ink-colored long robe, its cuffs embroidered with dark golden Mixed Element patterns.

His face was stern, eyes like abyss, the aura around him was deep as the sea, unexpectedly at the cultivation level of Divinity Transformation Realm Perfection!

From this point, it can be seen that the strength of the Mixed Element Sect far exceeds that of the Taiqing Sect.

It should be known that even Sect Leader Cao Zhengyang barely managed to break through to Perfection a few years ago with the aid of the Yin Spirit Stone.

Master Xuanji of the Phecda Sect, Immortal Xuan You of the Cyan Feather Immortal Sect, and Lei Wuji of the Golden Thunder Sect, are all at the Late Stage.

Except for... Sikong Yan!

Soon after, Fang Hanyue leapt off the vulture's back and landed in front of the two, deeply scrutinizing them.

Zhou Qing did not deliberately display anything further.

Being able to pass peacefully through the entrance restriction was already the best proof in itself.

When dealing with these old foxes who've lived for hundreds of years, sometimes being vague instead makes one appear more mysterious.

"Sect Leader!" Zhou Qing quickly gathered his heart and spirit, imitated Su Lishan's unique hoarse voice, and saluted with hands clasped.

The main issue was that he knew little specifics about this Sect Leader.

Fang Hanyue's gaze lingered on Zhou Qing's mask for a moment, then swept over to Lu Yaoyao beside him, a meaningful smile appearing on his face.

Evidently taking this Nascent Soul Stage junior cultivator as an accompanying disciple of Master Su.

Then Fang Hanyue looked at Zhou Qing and said, "Master Su, this place is not suitable for staying long, please follow me to the central area."

After speaking, he waved his hand, the blue-winged Black Vulture let out a low cry, swooped down, and landed steadily in front of everyone.

Zhou Qing nodded nonchalantly and, taking Lu Yaoyao along, stepped onto the vulture's back.

The blue-winged Black Vulture fluttered its wings and soared straight into the sky!

...

And on the vulture's back, through simple communication, Zhou Qing learned the name of this Mixed Element Sect Leader, as well as the general situation of the entire relic.

According to the information the Thirteen Sects obtained from those already opened cave mansions, this small world was created by a powerful figure known as Taichu Master.

To be precise, it is a place of cultivation, so they all call it Taichu Dojo.

Regarding the specific cultivation of this Taichu Master, though there is no clear record, the ability to create such a vast secret realm indicates that their realm undoubtedly surpasses Spirit Severing Realm.

And indeed, as Zhou Qing speculated, the three rounds of setting sun in the sky are the restriction core of this secret realm.

Except for flying creatures, any cultivator attempting to fly would be suppressed by this force.

The Thirteen Sects had tried many times to crack the restriction, but found that the seemingly close-at-hand blood sun couldn't be truly approached no matter what, even using domesticated flying creatures was no exception.

Besides, those reverse flow rivers, roaring and surging, are also places of danger where almost every riverbed is home to an ancient fierce beast, extremely difficult to deal with.

When the Thirteen Sects first entered the place, they paid a heavy price for alarming one of them.

That beast erupted with terrifying power of half-step Spirit Slash Realm, and in one battle, seven Supreme Elder of Divinity Transformation Perfection were forever left at the bottom of the deep river. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

After years of exploration, they found these fierce beasts seem bound by some force, never straying far from the river's range.

This has greatly reduced unnecessary casualties.

Even more eye-catching are those interwoven earthfire fissures, some even forming flame gorges extending for a thousand li.

The dark blue earthfire has extremely high temperatures, enough to instantly incinerate the primordial spirit of a Nascent Soul cultivator, even Divinity Transformation experts find it difficult to linger long within.

However, deep within these dangerous fire domains, it is highly likely that precious top-grade fire attribute spirit stones are being nurtured.

Of course, aside from cultivators specialized in fire attribute cultivation techniques, others struggle to sustain for long within.

But they lasted only half an hour more than ordinary people.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qing's heart couldn't help but become heated.

It must be known that the red flower among his four-colored flowers can ignore various high-temperature environments.

Especially after advancing to Divinity Transformation Realm, coupled with the nourishment from top-grade fire attribute spirit stones absorbed daily, it has become all the more extraordinary.

If given the chance to delve into the fiery abyss for exploration... thinking of this, his gaze deepened.

Five Elements Spirit Stones are scarce at any time.

The blue-winged Black Vulture continued to soar, passing through the blood-red sky curtain.

Fang Hanyue pointed to those distant peaks hanging upside down in the sky, the tips of each mountain faintly visible with ancient cave mansion ruins and some figures.