Star Martial Era: The Way of Star Light Cultivation

Chapter 1343: Chapter 537: The Worst-Case Scenario

Under the towering golden pillar of the Royal Court of Eight Desolates.

After confirming that the Left Protector of the Blood God Sect, Fan Kai, had left with his people, the King of Eight Desolates, Ju Zhang, quickly cleared the scene.

Apart from the high ranking officials in the Royal Court of Eight Desolates whom he truly trusted, everyone else was cleared out.

The matter of Eighth Tier experts coming from the Ancestor Realm to provide support had to remain confidential before completely falling out with the Blood God Sect.

After clearing the scene, the King of Eight Desolates, Ju Zhang, eagerly activated the Control Seal of the Limit Breaking Secret Realm, and did so three times in succession.

This was the agreed signal.

According to the prior agreement with the Ancestor Realm, upon receiving this signal, the Eighth Tier experts hidden in the Limit Breaking Secret Realm could emerge.

At this moment, Ju Zhang was also very eager to know what exactly had occurred within the Limit Breaking Secret Realm.

What on earth had those three been up to?

Just now, Ju Zhang realized that although the Blood God Sect appeared to suffer heavy casualties proportionally, in terms of both numbers and quality, their Royal Court might have lost more elite members.

So far, out of twenty-five Seventh Tier Ninth Layer Peak experts, only ten had come out.

Fifteen had yet to emerge.

Such a loss was only a possibility.

Because there was still an element of unpredictability.

Otherwise, Ju Zhang would indeed be furious, suspecting that the Blood God Sect might have played some tricks.

After activating the Seal, Ju Zhang and the high-ranking officials of the Royal Court of Eight Desolates began to wait expectantly.

Three breaths.

Five breaths.

Ten breaths passed, and no starlight flew out of the vortex light gate of the Limit Breaking Secret Realm.

The King of Eight Desolates, Ju Zhang, immediately furrowed his brow into a tight frown.

This shouldn’t be happening.

Without delay, he activated the Control Seal of the Limit Breaking Secret Realm again, three times in a row.

Ju Zhang was getting a bit impatient.

Under normal circumstances, no accidents should happen inside the Limit Breaking Secret Realm.

There had been no accidents on the previous two occasions, and this time, with the presence of the three Eighth Tier experts from the Ancestor Realm, there should be even less of a chance.

If there really was an accident, then.....

Suddenly, Ju Zhang thought of the group from the Blood God Sect who had left.

If there really was an accident, then the unforeseen factor must be among the Blood God Sect members.

For a moment, Ju Zhang regretted letting the Blood God Sect’s group leave and considered bringing them back.

But he immediately dismissed this idea.

If he were to pursue them, it would force a complete fallout with the Blood God Sect.

Left Protector Fan Kai had significant influence within the Blood God Sect.

After twenty breaths, no starlight emerged from the Limit Breaking Secret Realm, and no one appeared.

Something must have happened inside the Limit Breaking Secret Realm.

In the next moment, Ju Zhang turned his gaze towards the three individuals who had broken through to the Eighth Tier inside the Limit Breaking Secret Realm.

Summoning them to his presence, he quickly inquired if they had discovered anything unusual prior to this visit to the Limit Breaking Secret Realm.

Their answers were similar.

They all mentioned that after entering, they rushed into the Four-colored Chaotic Rosy Clouds Region to cultivate, and after two rounds, they smoothly broke through until the end.

Ju Zhang then summoned the thirty-five Alien Race members who had emerged from the Limit Breaking Secret Realm to the front, inquiring if anyone had noticed anything strange.

This inquiry did indeed yield a clue.

"Your Majesty, a few days ago while meditating, I occasionally heard two muffled thunderclaps," a Seventh Tier Alien Race member responded.

"Muffled thunderclaps?"

This was a clue, indicating that a cultivator adept in Thunder Star Skills was using their skills.

But it was also normal, as among the Alien Race members who entered, several were skilled in Thunder Star Skills.

Momentarily, Ju Zhang didn’t dwell much on it.

"Ju Ling, Ju Rong, each of you take two Eighth Tier members to search the Limit Breaking Secret Realm.

Pay particular attention to the Three-colored Chaotic Radiance Zone and the Four-colored Chaotic Rosy Clouds Region, searching thoroughly and leaving no clue unexamined.

Additionally, you have limited time.

There’s still more than an hour until the Limit Breaking Secret Realm concludes.

I will activate the Seal three times before it ends, and then extract you.

At that point, whether you’ve found any clues or not, you must come out immediately," Ju Zhang instructed.

"We are at Your Majesty’s command."

Ju Zhang’s trusted aides, Ju Ling and Ju Rong, immediately led their teams into the Limit Breaking Secret Realm.

The Limit Breaking Secret Realm was extremely special, its capacity limit wasn’t based on the number of people, but on the combined cultivation level of everyone inside.

According to what his father said, the Limit Breaking Secret Realm could accommodate no more than ten Eighth Tier experts at a time.

The total number of cultivators below the Eighth Tier could not exceed one hundred.

And they had to leave some capacity in reserve.

Ju Zhang’s father was the True Monarch he often referred to.

It was his father who sent him to the Eight Desolates Continent to achieve merit, granting him the use of such a precious treasure as the Limit Breaking Secret Realm.

Now, however, Ju Zhang felt like he had messed things up.

So without clarifying the situation, he didn’t dare to contact his father directly.

It was akin to a child who had done something wrong, trying to resolve it on their own.

Without truly reaching an impasse, he didn’t dare to summon his parent.

After more than an hour, Ju Ling and Ju Rong returned with four Eighth Tier members from the Limit Breaking Secret Realm, having found nothing.

There was certainly no yield.

Any Alien Race member or Blood God follower killed by Xu Jin was thoroughly incinerated using the Flame Star Skill, leaving no traces.

Of course, many locations still had some battle remnants, but given how vast the area was, searching it thoroughly in an hour was extremely limited.

Finding nothing was also a result.

It indicated that there was no one left in the Limit Breaking Secret Realm.

Ten breaths later, the vortex light gate of the Limit Breaking Secret Realm began to collapse, and Ju Zhang’s expression turned exceedingly grim.