The first unconventional entrance he used was a boulder. He was very surprised when he had to use the large boulder as an entrance into the secret realm.

Apparently, the boulder was in a place where space was aligned between the main world and the secret realm. All he needed to do in order to enter the secret realm was to push the boulder with full force.

He had to use full force to move the boulder. If he only touched the boulder and didn't use full force to move it, he wouldn't be able to enter the secret realm.

He had to mean to move the boulder and have the strength to move it. Once the boulder is moved, space around it shifts, and the people around the boulder will be transported into the secret realm.

When that had happened, Arthur found himself in the secret realm attempting to push the boulder. If he pushed it again, he would be transported out of the secret realm.

The same thing happened in this situation. After entering the tree trunk in the main world, he came out of the tree trunk in the secret realm. If he were to re-enter the tree trunk, he would be transported out of the secret realm.

He didn't try that because he didn't want to leave the secret realm yet and because there were still people walking out of the tree trunk and blocking his path to the tree trunk. He would have to wait until everyone had come out before he could try again.

Since he had no intention to wait for such a time, he left with Thor to stand in formation some distance from the tree trunk. This arrangement was similar to the one they had when they were waiting for the time to harvest the secret realm to come.

But while Arthur and Thor weren't impressed by what just happened and were standing idly, the new disciples who were participating in the inter-sect competition for the first time were in awe of the mechanism of entering the secret realm.

Just like Arthur's first time, many of them had never seen something like this before. So many of them were talking about it.

Some of the people from the inner sect also took this opportunity to show off. They spoke about how the entrance to the secret realm of the sect was also hidden and special.

They didn't say exactly what the entrance was because they had sworn oaths and signed contracts not to. But what they said was enough for Arthur to imagine how mysterious the entrance of the secret realm would be.

He thought to himself, "If I were close to it, I should be able to sense it."

This is a normal thing that every cultivator at the second mortal coil can do. Because their minds have become active and they can sense mana, they can sense the entrance of secret realms because mana is always gushing out of the entrances of secret realms.

The entrances of secret realms also serve as exits and outlets of mana into the main world. This is why it is easy to sense them and find the secret realms that they led to.

But in special situations like those of secret realms that have been subjugated by sects, their entrances have been hidden by arrays, and the secret realms have been sealed completely. Read ahead and get updates by visiting M^VLEMPYR.

This seal makes it so that their entrances can't be found by sensing mana fluctuations. And even if the entrances are found, they can't be opened because of the arrays blocking them.

This is usually the case for every secret realm most of the time. They are blocked for 90 years and then opened for a day when they will be harvested.

Blocking the entrance prevents thieves from sneaking into the secret realms and stealing the valuables in them. These thieves could also be the families guarding the secret realms.

Cultivation families are not trusted at all. They can't open secret realms for any reason. Only the elders of the five sects have the keys needed to open the secret realms. The job of the cultivation families is to watch the entrances and alert the Sects in case of a break-in.

But aside from preserving the interests of the Sects, sealing a secret realm also ensures that the mana within it doesn't leak out and is used solely by the inhabitants of the secret realm to grow.

The seal will let the secret realm be constantly saturated with mana, which will let it quickly recover after being plundered and will ensure that it is ready for another plundering in 90 years. So sealing the secret realms will ensure high and consistent output of their productivity.

After thinking about this, Arthur thought about how the entrance to the secret realm of the sect can be anywhere in the territory of the sect. He and Thor spoke about it for a while.

They also spoke about how entrances couldn't be moved. Entrances could only be blocked, which is why sects try to keep the location of the entrances to their main secret realms a secret.

Sects like the additional layer of security in the form of secrecy. After all, if the entrance to their secret realms can't be found, then they will have very little to worry about it being attacked and used to invade their base of operations.

Thor said, "Despite the secrecy and the array blocking the entrance, the sect still sealed off the entire territory of the outer sect so that their enemies won't have the opportunity to look around for the entrance."

"They spend so much money maintaining the energy shield surrounding the whole sect. This is just excessive."

Arthur shook his head and said, "I think it is worth it. As they say, prevention is better than cure. It is always better to prevent enemies from knowing where the entrance is than to put in work to defend the entrances."