Knowing that the Secret Realm is opening soon, Dana walked with a quick pace towards the arranged area to meet with the girls.

Shortly arriving there she found both girls standing, seemingly waiting for her, alongside them seemed to be an unfamiliar man she didn't recognise, but inspecting his cultivation she noticed he was actually at the 7th Rank of Xiantian, it looks like Princess Hui Ying must have been cautious after all.

It seems this guy must be the 'assurance' to ensure Dana doesn't cause any trouble, or there are any mishaps on her capture.

'If this was a month ago maybe this little scheme may have worked, but now I have nothing to fear even if it was 9th Xiantian Ranked Cultivator,' Dana thought.

The girls upon seeing Dana's appearance shown bright smiles as they greeted her, while the man just remained at the same spot where he was, observing Dana with evident lust within his eyes.

Seeing this expression from the man, Dana already wants to gouge his eyes out.

The man seemingly not noticing Dana's terrible impression on him, walked towards her with a friendly smile as he said, "So you must be Dana I presume? I'm sorry I arrived uninvited as I simply couldn't let three beautiful girls go within the Secret Realm without suitable protection after all."

At the moment Dana thinks that this man has a very punchable face, but this isn't shown within her face at all.

Speaking with a soft tone, she said, "It's alright Junior Brother, after all, many have told me that the Secret Realm has many dangers, and we could always use someone that will surely be within the Top 100 in the Yearly Sect Gathering to protect us from all harm."

The man witnessing Dana's naive and innocent look caused him to stare at her with desire, as he thought of pressing her down underneath him right now.

'Such a pure girl,' He thought, thinking that it is such a disappointment that she belongs to Chao Sung otherwise he would take her for himself.

"Well, I will surely ensure that you will have sufficient protection within the Secret Realm, after all, I have one of the highest cultivations among those entering." He said proudly, hoping to impress Dana.

Does this guy genuinely believe she is someone who would fall for such rubbish?

"Wow you're so powerful, we surely will be able to gain big in this Secret Realm beside you!" Dana said sarcastically.

But, as cultivators within this world generally aren't receptive of such thing, both Chao Sung and the girls didn't detect this at all.

The man even stood straighter. Naturally, his ego raised to the limits.

Both girls seemed delighted, as if they were pleasantly surprised it was much easier to convince Dana than expected.

Of course, if they knew that the only reason why Dana was so easy to persuade was she was fully confident on being able to slaughter all three of them with ease, perhaps they would know just why she was so readily accepting of this situation.

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After a few minutes with the man continuously trying to show-off in front of Dana, a loud noise sounded signifying that the Secret Realm is finally opening.

Turning around Dana's eyes widened in amazement as she stared at the spectacle before her.

Within a distance stood the entrance of the Secret Realm which is covered in what Dana figured were runes, were continually glowing with a purple lustre as a massive influx of energy begun gathering around the entrance.

All of a sudden the energy converged right into the centre of the entrance as a portal began to appear.

Dana looked in awe at the profoundness of such a mystical thing, 'It seems that I have barely scratched the surface of the wonder that the world of cultivation has to give.'

Feeling her determination increase after witnessing such a sight, Dana begins to ponder on why was she brought here?

Was there a reasoning behind it?

Or was it purely by chance?

Moving these thoughts to the back of her mind, an old man suddenly emerged in front of the entrance of the Secret Realm.

According to the fluctuations of the old man, he must be at the very at-least as powerful as her master she thought.

Soon after the old man appeared the cultivators that were previously discussing the Secret Realm loudly, instantly became quiet, as silence invaded the atmosphere.

'This old man surely must be fairly important to gain such a reception' She thought.

"Now that the opening of the Secret Realm has occurred, I will start by saying that every young cultivator that enters goes at their own risk, and none will be responsible for their deaths but themselves."

After the old man's blunt statement a grim aura surrounded the cultivators present, as they began to grow serious at the risk of the secret realm.

As all of the people present were the Top Genuises of each Sect, each had a strong mentality, none being likely in backing down from such a thing as they knew the risks as soon as they got here, thus the old man saying this was just a formality, nothing more.

Many have hopes of their experience within the Secret Realm of assuring them success within the Yearly Sect Gathering, gaining great merits for the sect by bringing it prestige for their place within the competition.

Therefore, none of the cultivators here will give up at the entrance, as only the ones assured with their strengths bothered to even come here to the Secret Realm in the first place.

The old man continued, "Once you enter the portal like the previous years, you will be transported to a random location within the Secret Realm in which there are five separate habitats, completely different from the previous."

Finding what the old man is saying interesting, Dana leaned closer.

"These five separate habitats are primarily suitable for certain attributes and contain spirit beasts which are bred to survive within these areas. These five areas are known as the Swamp, Aquatic - Ocean of Death, Desert, Tropical Forest and the Mountainous Region. We would recommend you to head towards the one which contains your respective attribute, or close to it as possible as you will be at a disadvantage against the Spirit Beasts any were else, not to mention the respective inheritances match each one of these habitats." The old man said.

Even though Dana has already received snippets of information about this within books, the old man went into it with exceedingly good detail, thinking of her multiple attributes, she thought it would ensure Dana will have to make a trip to a fair amount of these each of the habitats.

"Now you can go together within groups, but you must be with each other as you step within the portal to not end up in completely different locations, although you can find each other, this will be troublesome and could end up wasting your time. The Secret Realm will automatically eject you all out within one month, and those who do not come out, we will assume dead. Now, we will commence this year's Secret Realm, each of you come forward in an orderly manner, and you will all quickly enter." 

After the Old Man finished speaking, large groups of cultivators entered into the portal before disappearing within.

Getting in line alongside the two girls and the man, each of them waited patiently.

Ten minutes later it was finally Dana's turn, as she walked up a middle-aged man approached her, "You with anyone at all?" He asked.

The two girls and man seemed fairly nervous, as they were worried Dana might ditch them all of a sudden, but it appeared their worries were unfounded as Dana said, "Yes, those three behind me." 

Hearing that the scheme is going along perfectly according to plan, let the girls and man let out a sigh of relief that Dana went along as planned.

"Alright, just enter together, the destination you end up will be completely random, so if your somewhere in which you don't want to be quickly, head to another area which suits you." The middle-aged man said.

Standing with two girls and man, nodding at each other as if to say they're ready, each of jumped into the Secret Realm.

Feeling slightly disorientated, Dana found herself dropped into a vast desert.

Looking at her surroundings, Dana knew precisely which of the areas she ended up instantly, the desert!