"Senior, tell me about this junior hunt of the Situ Spirit World Gate."
Chu Feng asked Song Yuwei.
And so, Song Yuwei began to explain.
The world they were heading to was also under the control of the Situ Spirit World Gate. It was called the Spirit Beast Upper Realm.
In fact, the Spirit Beast Upper Realm had originally gone by a different name. The reason it was renamed was because of the founding ancestor of the Situ Spirit World Gate.
Though the Situ Spirit World Gate's current strength was nothing impressive, its founding ancestor had once been a figure of great renown throughout the Totem Heavenly River.
During his prime, the Situ Spirit World Gate had been a formidable and widely feared power within the Totem Heavenly River.
Though the Situ Spirit World Gate had since fallen into decline, its founding ancestor had truly been a remarkable individual.
The reason for the renaming was a chance discovery. The founding ancestor of the Situ Spirit World Gate had stumbled upon a mountain range deep within the Spirit Beast Upper Realm.
Hidden within the depths of that mountain range was an extraordinarily rich vein of barrier spirit energy.
Barrier spirit energy was a special type of power related to barrier force, but not as pure.
This barrier spirit energy could not advance a Spirit World Master's cultivation, but it could enhance their barrier combat power and the strength of the formations they set up.
And this power held a fatal allure for Spirit World Master.
After all, advancing one's cultivation required comprehension — not everyone could achieve gains from it.
But enhancing barrier combat power simply required direct absorption and refinement.
However, the barrier spirit energy contained within that mountain range could not be directly used by Spirit World Masters. It required special processing before it could be utilized.
Such unique barrier spirit energy, and in such abundance — the founding ancestor of the Situ Spirit World Gate naturally would not let it go to waste.
Through his research, he eventually devised a method that allowed the barrier spirit energy of this place to be used by Spirit World Masters.
The method was to raise special barrier spirit beasts within the mountain range, letting them absorb the barrier spirit energy in order to grow.
And once these barrier spirit beasts reached a certain level, they could be consumed and refined by a Spirit World Master.
In this way, the barrier spirit energy of this place could be channeled through the barrier spirit beasts for use by Spirit World Masters, ultimately achieving the effect of enhancing their barrier combat power.
However, even after this conversion, there were certain restrictions. Only Spirit World Masters who were still considered juniors could consume and refine them.
On top of that, raising barrier spirit beasts required a certain amount of time.
And so, the founding ancestor of the Situ Spirit World Gate set up a colossal formation to seal off that mountain range, using it exclusively for raising barrier spirit beasts.
Furthermore, it was only opened once every fifty years. A portion of the raised spirit beasts would be released for the Situ Spirit World Gate's juniors to train with.
Once the juniors entered, they could hunt any barrier spirit beasts they encountered. Every barrier spirit beast they defeated would transform into barrier spirit energy that merged into their bodies, enhancing their barrier combat power.
It was even rumored that certain special barrier spirit beasts contained secret barrier formations exclusive to the Situ Spirit World Gate.
By fusing with such a spirit beast, one could not only enhance their barrier combat power but also directly master the barrier formation contained within it.
And these barrier formations held within the spirit beasts were ones that could not be learned even within the Situ Spirit World Gate itself — formations that existed only in records.
They were either created by the Situ Spirit World Gate's founding ancestor or acquired by him through some fortuitous encounter.
In any case, they were extraordinary formations.
And the only way to obtain such formations was through the spirit beast hunt.
That was why this spirit beast hunt, held once every fifty years, was not only eagerly anticipated by the current generation of Situ Spirit World Gate juniors.
It also drew immense attention from the outside world. Every time it opened, not only would the major figures of the Situ Spirit World Gate be present in person, but people from other powers would also come to watch.
They came to observe the performance of the Situ Spirit World Gate's current generation of geniuses.
And this time in particular would attract representatives from across the True Dragon Star Domain.
Because the current generation of Situ Spirit World Gate juniors were extraordinarily talented.
Fifty years ago, during the last spirit beast hunt, one junior had managed to hunt down a barrier spirit beast that contained a barrier formation.