When he thought of it, he acted immediately. High execution had always been LĂŒ Yangâs strength.
Therefore, while the ăBlood Demon Islandă had not yet fallen out of the Foundation Establishment Realm, LĂŒ Yang immediately began his arrangements, and he also had plans regarding the secret realm.
ăMountain of Holdingă!
"This innate divine ability, when turned illusory, can seal divine abilities, and when made real, can truly create a mountain. No one had seen it before, so it was perfect to serve as the secret realm!"
Moreover, after being materialized, the ăMountain of Holdingă also carried the ability to suppress the spiritual qi, karma, and fortune within a certain range, which happened to match the characteristics of a secret realm.
In this way, he could send everyone into his innate divine ability, letting them step into the trap one after another!
"However, just this alone still has too many flaws."
Although the ăMountain of Holdingă could be materialized, it was still an innate divine ability at its core, and its karma pointed directly to LĂŒ Yang, unable to withstand close scrutiny.
LĂŒ Yang fell into brief contemplation.
Seeing this, Ancestor Tingyou at the side finally could not help but speak: "First is the matter of karma. You can try to shift the karma onto the Blood Demon Island."
"Exactly!"
LĂŒ Yangâs eyes lit up: "Ancestor, your words make sense. Every secret realm needs a backstory. A secret realm without cause or reason is hard to fool Foundation Establishment True Persons."
"But this karma is tricky to handle." Ancestor Tingyou shook his head.
"Whatâs so hard about it?"
LĂŒ Yang grinned: "This ăBlood Demon Islandă doesnât look that big. Iâll just dig a hole in the center of the ăMountain of Holdingă and stuff it in there!"
"My life-bound divine ability ăSeparate and Mergeă can slice, so of course it can also fuse! Iâll mix the karma of my ăMountain of Holdingă and the ăBlood Demon Islandă together until theyâre indistinguishable. This way, no matter who calculates it, theyâll only take my ăMountain of Holdingă as the secret realm left by the Blood Demon True Person!"
LĂŒ Yang wasnât speaking nonsense.
If he could really stuff the ăBlood Demon Islandă into the ăMountain of Holdingă, then this method was truly feasible, since there really was the Blood Demon True Person inside the Mountain of Holding!
With that thought, LĂŒ Yang immediately began activating his divine ability.
In no time, a towering mountain shadow appeared within the Foundation Establishment Realm, turning from illusory to real, like a shell firmly encasing the Blood Demon Island.
"The original ăBlood Demon Islandă was still too small."
"It didnât look like a secret realm left by a late-stage Foundation Establishment True Person at all. Now with my ăMountain of Holdingă, it finally looks somewhat grand."
At this moment, under LĂŒ Yangâs careful design, at a glance, the ăBlood Demon Islandă had already become like a mountain within a mountain at the heart of the Mountain of Holding.
The two fused together seamlessly.
LĂŒ Yang even added a palace exterior to it, making it appear even more magnificent.
Immediately after, LĂŒ Yang began throwing treasures onto it.
He made it as grand as possible, with the sole purpose of making everyone feel that the ăBlood Demon Islandă was the core of the secret realm and that the real treasures were hidden inside.
"It just so happens that I can let outsiders scout the path for me as well."
"Let them and the Blood Demon True Person harm each other!"
"This damned Blood Demon True Person, daring to openly use such methods to divert the Heavenly Punishment. I bet he left several backdoors as well."
LĂŒ Yang had always been meticulous.
Since the Blood Demon True Person had set such a trap and harmed him once, how could he not retaliate?
If he didnât pay it back, how could he still hold his head high in the Primordial Saint Sect?
How could he face others in the sect in the future?
Very quickly, the secret realm was roughly constructed.
For this, LĂŒ Yang also placed his ăBlood Sea Covering the Sky Grand Formationă and ăSoul-Dissolving and Spirit-Seizing Smokeă onto it, creating two deadly areas within the secret realm.
"As for the names, letâs call them ăCrimson Blood Lakeă and ăSoul-Dissolving Valleyă. One is a lake with blood waves surging to the sky, and the other is a valley filled with a bewildering smoke that can make even Foundation Establishment True Persons dazed. Iâd better put one or two treasures inside to lure people to explore the secret realm."
"But these treasures donât need to be too good."
"After all, the real treasures are inside the ăBlood Demon Islandă. The ones outside canât be too tempting. They need to be just mediocre, enough to stir peopleâs greed but not satisfy it."
"Only when people are hooked will they gradually lose their reason."
"Coupled with the influence of robbery qi clouding their minds, by then, I guarantee those who enter the secret realm will fight each other to the death over the ăBlood Demon Islandă."
The more LĂŒ Yang designed, the more excited he became.
"Ancestor, do you have any suggestions?" LĂŒ Yang turned his head and warmly asked Ancestor Tingyou: "Do you think thereâs anything that needs improvement?"
"..."
Donât compare me to you!
Ancestor Tingyouâs face was full of speechlessness. Although he was also of the Demonic Path, he had always acted openly and uprightly in his life. How could he be such a deceitful and shameless person?
"The secret realm design is not bad, but itâs superficial and still too rough."
"Your ăMountain of Holdingă may be able to materialize, but its essence is still a divine ability."
Ancestor Tingyou shook his head and said: "Its biggest flaw is that it cannot withstand destruction. Once someone breaks it, your trick will be exposed immediately."
"It might fool people into entering, but it canât deceive those with real insight, at least not that mid-stage Foundation Establishment Sword Cultivator from the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion. With her nature, sheâll directly draw her sword and slash away at you. Your ăMountain of Holdingă definitely wonât hold up, and the lie will shatter with one strike."
"Ancestor speaks reasonably." LĂŒ Yang replied patiently, "Is there a way to fix this?"
"...Itâs not impossible."
Ancestor Tingyou nodded.
He had created the Witch Ghost Pathâs secret realm back then, so he was an expert in this area and had long thought of a solution.
"Use the ăHeavenly Corpse Fiendă!"
LĂŒ Yang finally remembered that back then, the Witch Ghost Path had two strands of ăHeavenly Corpse Fiendă, one given to True Person Yinshan, and the other still unused in his own possession.
He had only let Zhao Xuhe blow up the earth vein back then but didnât have him destroy the ăHeavenly Corpse Fiendă.
After all, it was still a strand of earth fiend qi. He had thought it might have other uses in the future, and now it turned out keeping it had indeed been a wise decision!
Ancestor Tingyou continued: "Our Witch Ghost Path has a secret method that can use the ăHeavenly Corpse Fiendă to generate a strand of earth vein qi. Although itâs inferior to a true earth vein, itâs still connected to heaven and earth. Destroying it will also incur Heavenly Punishment. Merging it into the ăMountain of Holdingă will be enough to make people hesitant."
No one wanted to provoke Heavenly Punishment.
If destroying the ăMountain of Holdingă would attract Heavenly Punishment, even someone like Ye Xingfeng would have to be extremely cautious and couldnât act recklessly just because of his own strength.
This would greatly reduce the risk of exposure.
"As for the treasures placed in the ăMountain of Holdingă, you donât need to use real ones. You can just use those spirit banners from the Myriad Spirit Banner as substitutes."
"After all, no matter how you conceal the karma of your treasures, thereâs always a risk of exposure, which is more troublesome."
"However, those spirit banners of yours, for some reason, seem to have no karma at all. They look just like ownerless items, making them more convincing."
"As for the appearance of the spirit banners, they just look human on the surface, but in essence, theyâre composed of innate qi. If you want them to change their appearance, itâs as easy as flipping your hand. Besides, a significant portion of them are transformed from our Witch Ghost Pathâs witch ghosts, which were originally exclusive treasures of our path."
As he spoke, Ancestor Tingyou opened up like a chatterbox.
With his late-stage Foundation Establishment insight, LĂŒ Yang quickly perfected the ăMountain of Holdingă, making it look like a proper grand secret realm.
"Letâs go with this plan!"
LĂŒ Yang calculated the karma and made a firm decision: "In three days, the Blood Demon Island will fall into the mortal world, landing on the Starsea...but this location isnât ideal."
It needed to be changed, moved to the Biyang Cultivation World!
After all, if he didnât do this, how could he drag the entire group of the Immortal Allianceâs Dao Integration experts, including Guang Ming and the innate Daoists' karmic debts, into the trap?
At this thought, a brilliant light instantly appeared at LĂŒ Yangâs fingertip.
ăSettling Suspicionă!
This profound ability could guide the development of karma toward a direction favorable to him. Though it usually had no use, now it could fulfill LĂŒ Yangâs wish.
Under the influence of the divine ability, the falling direction of the ăBlood Demon Islandă immediately began to shift.
If the Blood Demon True Person were still alive, perhaps it couldnât be influenced, but unfortunately, the Blood Demon True Person was now dormant, and LĂŒ Yang had broken through to mid-stage Foundation Establishment.
With the enhancement of his status, altering the landing point was no problem at all.
Thinking of this, LĂŒ Yang immediately rubbed his hands in excitement.
"If it were just an ordinary secret realm, these people might not even be interested."
"But now, with the killing intent of heaven and earth pushing them, as long as I stay here, they will definitely come!"
By then, not a single one would be able to escape!