"What on earth is going on, most of the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm has lost its effect."

"It's been more than a month since this happened once before, but after a check, the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm was not damaged." Several guardians responsible for the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm were discussing their doubts.

"How could this happen? I was about to break through the fourth and fifth levels, and then suddenly, I was ejected."

"The same happened to me. I had just entered the third level, and I was immediately expelled."

"What's going on? Could it be that the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm is broken, and the illusions inside are gone?"

"Everything in the Spirit Realm has disappeared. What exactly is happening?"

Inside the grand hall, many disciples came out from the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm. Among these disciples, there were also several spiritual practitioners, including one that Li Lin would recognize if he were there – Qin Tianhao from Qingyun Town of the Qin family.

There was much discussion among the crowd. This was the second occurrence recently. The last time something like this happened in the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm, it returned to normal on its own a few days later, just as several elders were about to inspect it.

"What's going on, Second Guardian?" Several direct disciples asked the chief guardian.

"I don't know. The chief guardian will be here soon, and we'll inspect it then," the Second Guardian said with a frown, as the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm had never experienced accidents before, yet recently, there had been two.

"Greetings to the Sect Master, greetings to the Chief Guardian."

Several figures entered the grand hall, among them were Yun Xiao Tian and the Chief Guardian in a black robe.

"Second Guardian, what exactly is going on?" Yun Xiao Tian focused on a piece of jade in the grand hall that was emitting light as soon as he arrived.

"Sect Master, within the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm, the Spirit Realm and the Martial Realm are in disarray, some are ineffective, and we do not know the reason," replied the Second Guardian.

"Are there any disciples still inside?" Yun Xiao Tian asked with a frown.

"No…" The Second Guardian looked around at the disciples who had already come out, then said, "Only Li Lin is still inside the Spirit Realm, the other disciples have been expelled."

"Only Li Lin is inside?" Yun Xiao Tian frowned.

"Greetings to all elders." At this moment, dozens of figures arrived, entering the grand hall. They were the elders of the Yunyang Sect, including Yu Yuqian, Elder Xie, Elder Song, and others.

"Sect Master, what's wrong with the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm?" Elder Yang asked Yun Xiao Tian.

"I can't tell. Once the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm is activated, no one can probe anything inside," Yun Xiao Tian hesitated for a moment before saying, "Close the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm, please ask a few Spirit Hall elders to inspect it."

"Sect Master, the Spirit Hall elders have been assisting the Supreme Elder in preparing to open the secret realm recently, I'm afraid they cannot be spared," Elder Xie said.

"There's no other way now, let's close the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm and try restarting it," Yun Xiao Tian said.

"Yes," the Second Guardian complied, walking to a corner of the grand hall, casting a jade slip, and then a series of lights converged and shot into a corner of the hall.

"Shoo shoo..."

At the same time, the grand hall seemed to undergo a chain reaction, instantly shooting countless streams of light from the corner, intertwining and converging on a piece of jade in the middle of the hall.

"Zi!"

The jade emitted a dazzling light and then dimmed, and the entire massive mountain also suddenly shook, like an earthquake.

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"Zi zi..."

In an instant, Li Lin, who was in a cave within the mountain, found the myriad threads of aura surrounding him suddenly disappear, and the thick white mist around him also dissipated like smoke.

"Huh huh..." Li Lin's mind was suddenly devoid of the massive energy being absorbed into his body, and he could no longer continue to devour energy for cultivation.

With a change of hand seals in front of his chest, Li Lin stopped cultivating and muttered, "What happened, could it be that I've completely devoured the energy?"

Feeling the spiritual power in his mind, Li Lin realized he had leveraged a breakthrough to the fourth level of the Spirit Soul, and while devouring the immense and mystical energy within the Spirit Realm, he was continuing to break through, having reached the peak of the fourth level of the Spirit Soul and was about to break through to the fifth level. However, the invisible energy had disappeared.

After packing up a few formation corners, Li Lin then went outside, only to find that the numerous cave passages around him had been reduced to just one, and all the original illusionary sceneries had disappeared.

Following the passage, Li Lin found the stone chamber he had entered from, and stepping out of the stone chamber, he was immediately surprised.

"Greetings to the Sect Master, greetings to Master, greetings to all elders." Li Lin was startled; in the grand hall, Sect Master Yun Xiao Tian and many elders were present, including Zhao Wujie and his master.

"Li Lin, did anything unusual happen in the Spirit Realm?" Yun Xiao Tian immediately asked.

"Nothing, I just came out and found that all illusions were gone?" Li Lin replied, originally thinking someone had discovered the secret of his breakthrough in the Spirit Realm. But judging by everyone's expressions, it seemed they were unaware.

"Was there anything unusual before this?" Yun Xiao Tian asked again.

"Nothing." Li Lin shook his head. He had been focusing on his breakthrough before and naturally did not notice. At this moment, Li Lin also did not know that his breakthrough had caused the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm to malfunction.

"Second Guardian, try restarting the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm," Yun Xiao Tian frowned, giving Li Lin a meaningful look.

"Yes, Sect Master," the Second Guardian complied, starting the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm again with a series of hand seals, filling the entire grand hall with a strange light.

"Boom boom boom..."

As the mountain shook violently, the grand hall returned to normal.

"Eh... It seems to have recovered," Elder Xie said doubtfully.

"It's back to normal," Yun Xiao Tian was also puzzled.

"Could it be because of me?" Li Lin glanced at everyone unobtrusively, feeling very puzzled. Could it be that his breakthrough, devouring the mystical aura within the Spirit Realm, caused the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm to experience an anomaly? It seemed that the source of that aura was an important object supporting the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm. He wondered what treasure it could be.

"Spirit Practitioner, Qin Tianhao." As Li Lin's gaze swept over everyone in the grand hall, he unexpectedly saw several spirit practitioners for the first time, including Qin Tianhao.

Qin Tianhao also saw Li Lin, his gaze showing surprise before he nodded slightly as a greeting.

Li Lin also nodded slightly, gauging Qin Tianhao's current level of cultivation strength, which should be around the peak of the ninth level of the Spirit Master, not yet breaking through to the Spirit Soul. However, two years ago, Qin Tianhao was only a Spirit Warrior. Such progress was astonishing.

Suddenly, Li Lin felt a gaze with a faint chill looking at him from the crowd, belonging to a young man around twenty-four or twenty-five years old, with a gloomy look that seemed somewhat similar to Zhao Qingtian. Frowning slightly, Li Lin remembered he did not know this person.

"All disciples, enter the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm for training as usual. There are five days until the competition. Work hard," Yun Xiao Tian told the direct disciples in the grand hall.

"Yes, Sect Master," the disciples replied, then dispersed, re-entering the Martial Spirit Illusionary Realm under the Second Guardian's arrangement.

"Li Lin, do you still want to enter the Spirit Realm?" Yun Xiao Tian asked.

"Replying to the Sect Master, I don't need to," Li Lin said lightly.

"Lin'er, there are five days until the competition among the direct disciples on the Dragon List. You must work hard and not let your master lose face," Yu Yuqian said proudly and loudly, feeling no less than any other elder since he had such a talented disciple.

"Yes, Master, I will definitely not let Master down," Li Lin replied, knowing his master loved to save face.

"These two disciples and master..." The elders sighed softly, but they could only sigh, for Elder Yu truly had accepted a good disciple this time, causing a sensation in the Yunyang Sect. Initially, it was thought that such a talented disciple ending up with Elder Yu was a waste, but it turned out to be a surprise. Li Lin's strength had progressed faster than anyone else, entering the top twenty of the Dragon List in less than half a year in the Yunyang Sect, an unprecedented situation.

In the courtyard where Li Lin lived, he returned after a series of events. Although he had not broken through to the fifth level of the Spirit Soul, he was very satisfied with his current level. Now, with the fourth level of the Martial Soul and the peak of the fourth level of the Spirit Soul, his strength had undoubtedly increased significantly, able to directly contend with the ninth level of the Martial Soul without pressure. It was uncertain if he could contend with a Martial General, as the Martial General and Martial Soul represented completely different levels of strength.

"Five days left, I should prepare well," Li Lin smiled lightly, determined to enter the secret realm.

In the evening, as the sun set, thick clouds loomed in the sky, with the sunset piercing through the clouds, casting strips of purple-red glow over the peaks. Occasionally, the sun near the horizon, like a dying fireball, passed through the mountains, reflecting in the mountains, casting a red glow.

On the mountain peak, two figures leaned against a large rock, watching the distance silently, surrounded by quietness. The valley below was pitch-dark. Between the canyon and the mountain peaks, the dark blue mountains layered upon each other, evoking endless thoughts.