After traveling for some time, Chu Feng arrived at the territory within the Purple Flame Upper Realm.
This territory was situated in a mountain range known as the Purple Flame Mountain Range.
The mountain range was enormous — despite being called a mountain range, its area was comparable to an entire mortal world.
And as far as the eye could see, the entire range was awash in purple, making for a truly stunning sight.
This was thanks to a flower known as the Purple Flame Flower.
These were no ordinary blossoms — their fragrance could be used in the refinement of medicinal pills, making them an extremely precious and specialized medicinal herb.
Not only was this mountain range famous for these flowers, but the entire world had earned its name from them as well.
Moreover, only this particular soil could support the growth of Purple Flame Flowers. Once removed from the mountain range, they could not survive.
It was precisely because of this that the Situ World Spirit Sect had established their territory here — using formations to collect the fragrance of the Purple Flame Flowers.
As such, a magnificent formation visible to the naked eye sealed off the entirety of the Purple Flame Mountain Range.
This sealing formation was extremely powerful. Given the sheer vastness of the mountain range, sealing it all off naturally demanded extraordinary skill in barrier arts.
Forget a Divine Cloak — even an ordinary True Dragon Spirit World Master would be unable to accomplish such a feat.
And this formation was not merely designed to collect flower fragrance. To prevent outsiders from breaking in, it also served as a defensive formation.
This defensive formation was formidable. Forcefully breaking through it would likely be impossible even for a half-god.
This gave Chu Feng a bit of a headache.
But before long, Chu Feng discovered that people from the Situ World Spirit Sect could move freely in and out by presenting tokens.
That made things easier.
But Chu Feng did not act immediately.
He was alone now, and anything could happen. So before every move, he always did three things.
A teleportation formation, a concealment formation, and the Heaven's Hidden technique.
Only after completing all three did he locate a member of the Situ World Spirit Sect, kill them, and seize their token.
Sure enough, with the token in hand, Chu Feng passed through the powerful sealing formation without issue.
However, once inside, he realized that the sealing formation actually cut off his teleportation ability.
In other words, if Chu Feng wanted to use a teleportation formation to escape, he would have to set up a new one within the mountain range.
Chu Feng didn't mind the trouble. He immediately chose a location far from the Situ World Spirit Sect's territory and set up a fresh teleportation formation.
Although Chu Feng already knew he carried a powerful protective formation on his body, he had no idea what it would actually look like if it truly activated.
At the very least, he didn't want his protective formation to trigger against this caliber of enemy.
Better to be cautious.
With his life-saving measures in place, Chu Feng then set up a sealing formation that could be deployed at a moment's notice.
This was to prevent anyone from the Situ World Spirit Sect from escaping.
With everything prepared, Chu Feng still didn't reveal himself right away. Instead, he concealed his figure and infiltrated the territory within the mountain range, secretly gathering intelligence.
After all, the Situ World Spirit Sect was not stupid — they might have stationed powerful experts to protect important territories. And Chu Feng's information was somewhat outdated, so he needed to investigate thoroughly before acting.
Once he confirmed that the strongest person here was only an eighth-stage Martial Ancestor, Chu Feng immediately deployed his sealing formation, locking down the entire territory.
Then he struck directly at the peak Martial Ancestor. With a single blow, he pierced straight through the man's Dantian.
"It's you?!!"
The old man, upon realizing what had happened, found his Dantian already shattered, completely stripped of any ability to fight back.
"Run! Chu Feng is here!!!"
Suddenly, the old man let out a desperate, heart-rending scream.
Seeing that he was doomed and knowing full well what would happen if Chu Feng arrived, his only hope was that the others might escape.
Chu Feng made no effort to stop them, because his sealing barrier had already been deployed ahead of time, trapping this entire territory.
Hearing the cry, the Situ World Spirit Sect members indeed began to flee — but every last one of them was trapped within the territory by Chu Feng's sealing formation.
All they could do was listen as screams rang out one after another, growing closer and closer, until Chu Feng's figure appeared and they met the same fate.
In the blink of an eye, every head in the territory had been severed by Chu Feng — but they were not dead.
Even without their heads, they continued to let out agonizing, heart-rending screams.
Chu Feng had only cut off their heads without taking their lives, instead trapping them with a formation.
This was how Chu Feng tormented them.
Every territory of the Situ World Spirit Sect that Chu Feng had slaughtered endured this same fate.
Clap—
Clap clap—
But suddenly, a round of applause rang out. Chu Feng looked up and was immediately shocked.
Two figures had appeared in the void above — no one knew when they had gotten there.
One was a white-haired old man. He had a powerful, muscular build and a cold, expressionless face. He said nothing, merely watching Chu Feng with cautious eyes.
The other was a black-haired old man. He was gaunt and emaciated, but his eyes were as terrifying as those of a savage beast — the look of a mass killer.
It was this black-haired old man who was clapping.
It was worth noting that neither of them wore the attire of the Situ World Spirit Sect. At first glance, they did not appear to be members.
But what Chu Feng could confirm was that both of these elders were stronger than him.
"Quite the cruel methods. I heard about it before but didn't believe it. Now I do."
The black-haired old man glanced at the tortured members of the Situ World Spirit Sect and laughed even more strangely.
He seemed to relish these bloody scenes.
"Who are you?" Chu Feng asked.
"Do you remember Yue Lian?"
The black-haired old man asked.
"Are you one of Yue Lian's people?" Chu Feng asked.
"Indeed." The black-haired old man nodded.
"How did you know I was here?" Chu Feng asked.
"That's none of your concern."
"But I can tell you one thing — you and I share the same hobby. We both enjoy torturing people, especially gifted prodigies."
"Although Lord Yue Lian ordered us to capture you alive, he never said we couldn't torment you."
As he said this, the black-haired old man's face twisted into a look of mockery.