Once they left the Flame Cliff, the tension that had been weighing on Chu Feng finally eased.
After all, as long as they were away from the Flame Cliff, they were back on territory controlled by Fumo Shaoyu and Fumo Xin'er.
With the Fumo Seal keeping things in check, they no longer had to fear the Ancient Heaven-Devouring Beast.
Yet compared to Chu Feng, Fumo Xin'er was still shaken to her core.
Chu Feng had already calmed down, but the lingering terror was still written all over her face.
"I really never imagined that the Ancient Heaven-Devouring Beast — the one I used to bully all the time — could actually be this terrifying."
"Thinking about our ancestors… they were able to stand against a monster like that. What level of cultivation must they have had?"
"No wonder Grandma always says that our Fumo clan has fallen into decline."
"The gap between us and our ancestors is just too vast."
Fumo Xin'er murmured, still reeling from the close call, and couldn't help but sigh.
But compared to Fumo Xin'er's emotional state, Fumo Shaoyu was more concerned with whether they could successfully leave this place.
After all, everything was now in place.
Success or failure hinged on what came next.
"Brother Chu Feng, with your world spirit arts, it shouldn't be difficult to forge this scale into armor, right?" Fumo Shaoyu asked.
"Not difficult at all."
Chu Feng got to work immediately, activating his world spirit arts and transforming the scales they had collected into armor.
The Ancient Heaven-Devouring Beast had been enormous — under normal circumstances, a single scale would have been large enough to craft a full suit of armor.
And they had gathered four scales in total.
As for the remaining one, Fumo Shaoyu and Fumo Xin'er both declined to take it.
So they gave it to Chu Feng.
Chu Feng, for his part, carefully placed that scale inside his Universe Bag for safekeeping.
The scales of the Ancient Heaven-Devouring Beast couldn't be used for cultivation, but they were rare and valuable nonetheless. Even kept purely as a keepsake, they held considerable significance.
With all preparations complete, Chu Feng, Fumo Shaoyu, and Fumo Xin'er each left a farewell letter for the old woman.
Then they set off…
At first, everything went smoothly.
Using the Ancient Teleportation Formation, they quickly departed the Heaven-Devouring World and headed straight toward the Fengxian Upper Realm.
However, from the moment they entered the Ancient Teleportation Formation, the armor crafted from the Ancient Heaven-Devouring Beast's scales began to deteriorate.
On top of that, the formation that had integrated the Flame Fruits into their bodies would soon fade. They would need to consume new Flame Fruits to maintain it, but that formation couldn't be replicated.
This meant the internal formation would be difficult to sustain — after all, the supply of Flame Fruits was limited.
As the armor suffered heavier damage and the Flame Fruits' formation gradually dissipated, the barrier tunnel connecting to the Ancient Teleportation Formation grew increasingly unstable.
It looked as though it could collapse at any moment.
"We've already left the Heaven-Devouring World — why is this still happening?"
Chu Feng's brow furrowed deeply. What was unfolding before him exceeded his understanding.
Under normal circumstances, once they had left the Heaven-Devouring World, the sealing barrier should have released its hold on them.
They should have returned to normal. But clearly, the situation was far more complicated than that.
"Brother Chu Feng, is something wrong?" Fumo Shaoyu asked.
"I don't know either, why this is happening."
"But under normal circumstances, since we've already left the Heaven-Devouring World, we should no longer be bound by the barrier that seals that world."
"Yet it seems we still haven't broken free."
"If this keeps up, the barrier tunnel could collapse, and we'd be sucked into a spacetime vortex."
"And falling into a spacetime vortex is extremely dangerous."
Chu Feng said.