Abnormal Phenomenon

Yuan's expression grew tense as the pain became almost unbearable. It felt as though his body was engulfed in a powerful flame, slowly cooking him alive. 

*Rumble! Rumble!* 

Suddenly, the entire secret realm began to shake violently, as if struck by a powerful earthquake. But that was impossible — there were no tectonic plates in a secret realm, a man-made dimension within a treasure. 

The inhabitants of the secret realm stopped what they were doing as soon as they sensed the tremors, even the old monsters of the cultivation families awakened, disturbed by the shaking. 

"Wh-What in the world is happening?! How can there be an earthquake inside this secret realm?! This should be impossible!" 

"Is someone attacking the Secret Realm from the outside world?! But that should also be impossible!" 

"Or perhaps some powerful beasts are fighting each other, causing the ground to tremble from their unparalleled strength?"