As the Blood Thunder Spear shot forward, a loud "BANG" echoed. The five-meter-thick stone wall was pierced clean through, forming a spear-shaped hole. Cracks radiated rapidly across the entire wall.
"BOOM—"
The entire stone wall collapsed, and Iganz quickly passed through the newly opened path.
Meanwhile, at the far end of another branch in the cave, a complex formation suddenly activated. Blue light illuminated the small passage entirely, and a man stepped out of the teleportation channel.
"Grandfather said that the Dragon Valley is the most precious and strongest sanctuary of our Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus clan… is this extremely unfamiliar place it?"
The man muttering to himself was none other than Yu Tianheng, a direct disciple of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Sect and its young sect leader.
His arrival here was no accident. The secret of Dragon Valley had always been hidden by the sect leader; only the sect leader knew the true location. Yu Tianheng's presence here was due both to the will of Yu Yuanzhen and to the luck of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Sect.
Although Dragon Valley lies on Douluo Continent, it exists as an independent, parallel space that constantly shifts location. In ancient times, an ancestor of the sect, whose Tyrannosaurus spirit had mutated with spatial attributes, accidentally entered this place.
He trained here for just ten years, becoming a Douluo at age 52.
During that time, he sought a way to return to Douluo Continent. After hunting an 80,000-year-old spatial ancient dragon, he successfully used his ninth spirit skill to return.
Before leaving, he arranged a teleportation array connecting Dragon Valley with Douluo Continent.
Using his blood infused with temporal-spatial power and a teleportation array described in a distant ancient soul-guiding sect's record, he ensured that future generations could access this secret space. And thus Yu Tianheng now arrived at Dragon Valley.
At that moment, ten disciples of the Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus Sect appeared through the array. Among them were two older men with weathered faces whose cultivation had reached the Soul Master level.
"Tienheng, our sect leader repeatedly warned us: Dragon Valley is both an opportunity and a peril. Our sect hasn't entered for nearly a thousand years. The high-level dragon spirit beasts inside…
who knows how many remain, or how the six 100,000-year-old dragons mentioned by our ancestor have fared. Perhaps over a thousand years, their number has even increased?"
A younger Soul Master cautiously reminded him.
"Uncle Li, I understand perfectly. I'll proceed carefully with my cousin and the other disciples."
"Cousin, right?" Yu Tianheng glared at Yu Tianxin, annoyed.
If it weren't for his waning prestige within the sect, their grandfather wouldn't have allowed Yu Tianxin to accompany him into Dragon Valley to plunder resources.
Yet Yu Tianxin barely acknowledged Yu Tianheng, nodding briefly before moving toward the light ahead.
Yu Tianxin's goals were clear: gather intact dragon spirit bones, collect dragon-heritage sub-dragon eggs—ideally surpassing Yu Tianheng in collection—and acquire a dragon spirit beast with strong dragon blood for his fifth spirit ring.
The six disciples following them were the sect's best, each struggling against spirit power bottlenecks.
Frustrated at Yu Tianxin's indifference, Yu Tianheng thought: "Just wait. In three years, I'll claim a better fifth dragon spirit ring than yours, and in collecting spirit bones and eggs, I won't lose. The sect leader's position will be mine."
As they exited the teleportation channel, they arrived at a fork in the cave: one passage led to the bright outside, while the other descended into a rubble-strewn dark tunnel.
"Uncle Li, Uncle Kong, which path should we take?"
Everyone was puzzled. They had never been to Dragon Valley before and only had a rough map left by their ancestor—there was no indication of the deeper tunnel before them. Could Dragon Valley's terrain have shifted over a thousand years?
"Tienheng, Tianxin, stay here. To avoid unexpected attacks, Uncle Li and I will scout these passages first. If all is safe, we'll complete the sect leader's assignment and then explore the rubble tunnel together."
Yu Luo Kong and Yu Luo Li sped toward the two passages. Though they usually belonged to different factions, they were united in protecting the sect's disciples and Dragon Valley resources.
Soon they returned. Gasping, Yu Luo Li reported, "The dark rubble tunnel seems marked—an ascending path."
"An ascending path? Could Dragon Valley have two worlds?" Yu Luo Kong was stunned.
"From my observation outside, much has changed. But the rough contours of our ancestor's marked route remain. We can follow it to find the resources we need," Li added.
"As for whether there's an upper world… we shouldn't explore it yet. First, gather the items we need. Provoking anyone there would be unwise."
"Agreed, let's depart." Yu Tianheng said excitedly. The others concurred, flying toward the lighted exit.
Meanwhile, Iganz, hidden atop a giant tree, had already used his spiritual power to eavesdrop on their conversation.
"So this is the Dragon Valley secret realm… no wonder there were so many dragon-heritage spirit beasts before. And a Blue Lightning Tyrannosaurus ancestor with spatial powers? With that teleportation array, he could return to Douluo Continent."
Quietly, he followed Yu Tianheng's group until they reached an endless mountain range. Yu Luoli checked the map carefully, then said, "Tienheng, Tianxin, according to the map, it should be nearby.
We'll split into two teams, each led by a strong uncle with four disciples. One team goes east, the other west. Every three hours, regroup here regardless of whether we've found spirit bones."