Just now, the Puppet Gold Monarch suddenly sensed a seemingly existent yet non-existent gaze spying on him from a distance.
But when he carefully tried to sense it, he found nothing at all.
This situation left him quite shocked.
You must understand, his strength is tremendously formidable, far surpassing most Monarch Level Experts. Within the entire Four Symbols Domain, there are probably very few who can spy on him without him noticing at all.
Yet that gaze managed to disappear without a trace after secretly observing him, something that was almost impossible.
The only explanation is that the owner of that gaze likely possesses strength not inferior to his own, or perhaps, even stronger.
"It seems that when necessary, I must contact the three Emperor Wu's."
The Puppet Gold Monarch thought to himself.
He did not plan to inform the three Floating Cloud Monarch about this discovery.
After all, this trouble was something that even he could not resolve, not to mention the three Floating Cloud Monarch whose strength was not up to par with his; telling them would be useless.
At the same time, in a strange world.
The sky was perennially covered with thick gray clouds, the cold wind howled, and snow swirled down.
On the ground lay an endless vast ice plain, with towering sword-like icebergs in the distance.
Just then, a streak of light suddenly appeared out of nowhere in mid-air, plummeting straight down to the earth.
Moments later, the streak of light smashed deep into the ice layer of the ground, stirring up a sky full of ice chunks and dense white mist.
"What is this place? The Ice Domain!"
After another moment, a figure emerged from the deep pit in the ice layer, scanning the surroundings with a flash of sharp light in his eyes, thinking to himself.
This figure was none other than Zhao Letian, dressed in beast skins, with his arms bare.
Before coming in, the Floating Cloud Monarch had given them a Jade Scroll, which contained some information about the Imperial Secret Realm, as well as the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that the Sky Dome Dynasty wanted them to find.
According to the Jade Scroll's records, the entire Imperial Secret Realm can be divided into five major areas: the surrounding Ice, Fire, Wind, and Thunder Domains, as well as the Imperial City in the center.
Everyone entering the Imperial Secret Realm would be randomly teleported to a certain location within the Secret Realm.
Judging from the current situation, the place where Zhao Letian was located should be the Ice Domain.
At this moment, Zhao Letian seemed somewhat fatigued, his aura somewhat weak.
Though the process of passing through the Space Barrier was very brief, it felt like a long teleportation journey, which was somewhat overwhelming for his body, leaving him still feeling dizzy and extremely uncomfortable.
"Even I feel this unwell, the situation for others must be even worse, right?"
Zhao Letian took out a bottle of elixirs for replenishing vital energy and consumed several, he pondered inwardly.
After all, after advancing his cultivation to the ninth level of the True Martial Realm, he had condensed the power of the Six Jia. His Physical Strength had surpassed that of Baru, the number one genius of the Gray Wolf Kingdom. Even when compared to all the True Martial Realm geniuses of the entire Sky Dome Dynasty, and even those from the other two major countries, his Physical Strength was rarely matched.
With his incredibly formidable physical strength, even he found it difficult to endure the process of crossing through the space barrier. It is conceivable that other Martial Artists, whose physical strength fell far short of his, would suffer even more.
Indeed, that was exactly the case. At this moment, in various corners of the Imperial Secret Realm, many True Martial Realm prodigy representatives are kneeling on the ground, vomiting violently, and even some with weaker constitutions have collapsed on the ground, unable to move.
Zhao Letian walked on the ice field for a while, feeling colder and colder, and had no choice but to promptly stimulate the ninth layer of his Fire Formation, unleashing a scorching energy within his body, to fend off the surrounding chill.
In theory, with his cultivation level, he should have been impervious to normal cold weather.
However, this Ice Domain contained an extremely cold power so intense that it even far surpassed the cold poison that the "Five Tigers of the Star Sea," his father's peers, had suffered from in their time.
Ordinary Martial Artists below the ninth True Martial Realm would be heavily injured by the cold energy invasion if they dared to stand here for long.
Even Zhao Letian, after activating the ninth layer peak of his Fire Formation, was still unable to completely neutralize the external chill. He had to rely on his mighty bodily strength to withstand the external cold invasion.
As for the other Martial Artists, unless they understood the Ice Formation, if they didn't have special defensive means, they would simply need to rely on luck once they were transported here.
"Fortunately, there are no other Martial Artists here. I can focus on searching for Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures."
Zhao Letian thought to himself, as he released his powerful Divine Thought Power, covering a radius of tens of miles, meticulously searching for various Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
After this journey to the Imperial Secret Realm ends, the Sky Dome Dynasty will rank everyone based on the quantity of treasures each brings back.
Zhao Letian must be among the top-ranked to defeat competitors such as Baru and become the Prince Consort of the Gray Wolf Kingdom to then marry Princess Murong Wan'er.
According to the records on the Jade Scroll given by the Floating Cloud Monarch, there were several kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures designated by the Sky Dome Dynasty for them to find in this Ice Domain.
"Huh? That is the Ice Heart Flower!"
Before long, the power of Zhao Letian's Divine Thought detected a large cluster of crystal clear, white flowers on a hill, shimmering like crystals, each no larger than a fingertip, yet exuding incredibly potent Primordial Energy fluctuations.
These white flowers were the Third-level Spiritual Flowers required by the Sky Dome Dynasty, incredibly precious. In the outside world, they were priceless treasures, valued highly for their ability to refine many kinds of third-level elixirs, and even fourth-level elixirs.
So, Zhao Letian immediately dashed over swiftly towards them.
"What a large cluster!"
Moments later, Zhao Letian arrived atop the hill.
Looking around, he saw hundreds of Ice Heart Flowers, each with considerable age, indubitably of exceptional value.
If he could collect all these Ice Heart Flowers, it would make a significant contribution to the final ranking of Zhao Letian.
However, just as Zhao Letian was about to collect these Ice Heart Flowers, an angry croaking sound suddenly came from the other side of the hill.
"Thump! Thump! Thump!..."
Zhao Letian was startled and looked towards the noise, only to see several white Ice Toads, each as large as a man, leaping out.
"Second-level demon beasts? Hmph, you think you can stop me? Foolish!"
Zhao Letian immediately recognized the cultivation of those Ice Toads and snorted with contempt, forming a sword with his fingers and unleashing a sharp Sword Qi, sweeping it out.
Without any surprise, those Ice Toads, merely at the True Martial Realm, were all slain by a single sword strike from Zhao Letian.