"I need to confirm one thing."
Chu Feng cast his gaze toward a light pillar formation not far away.
Without delay, he set off and entered the core of that formation.
Just as before, he quickly completed the light pillar formation, then had the Totem Dragon Clan members enter it.
And the moment even a single clan member stepped inside, the phantasms surrounding Long Chengyu and all the other Totem Dragon Clan members grew stronger.
"It seems we still need to seize more formations further ahead," Chu Feng said.
Since completing the light pillar formation could still enhance the phantasms protecting Long Chengyu and the others, he naturally intended to keep completing them.
"Chu Feng, what's the deal with that compass?" Long Chengyu asked along the way.
"I obtained this compass when I entered the cave. It gave me a warning — we'd be in danger here, but if we could decipher the compass, it would keep us safe."
"Just now, although I wasn't able to unlock the compass's secrets, I did manage to glimpse something from it."
"This entire world should be one massive formation, and if it's a formation, it must have a core."
"My guess is that if the power of your bloodlines can be enhanced through the phantasms, it's connected to that core."
"However, I'm afraid I won't be able to pinpoint the core's location until the next rest period arrives," Chu Feng said.
"So we're still going to keep completing formations to strengthen these phantasms?" Long Chengyu asked.
"Yes — we should complete as many formations as possible."
With that, Chu Feng led the Totem Dragon Clan members onward.
They conquered territory one formation at a time, completing them in succession. But since the phantasms of all their clan members grew stronger whenever even a single member entered a formation's core, they stopped having clan members enter and spend time tempering their bloodline power.
Instead, after seizing a formation and letting their phantasms grow stronger, they immediately moved on to the next one.
Chu Feng was already fast at seizing formations, and with this approach, their speed of conquest increased dramatically.
Before long, nearly every unclaimed formation had fallen under the Totem Dragon Clan's control.
In the end, every single light pillar formation in the world had been completed.
The Totem Phoenix Clan had seized four formations.
The Blood-Eyed Qilin Clan, which had originally been quite powerful, had lost a significant number of members and saw their speed greatly reduced as a result, ultimately seizing seven formations.
As for the Totem Dragon Clan, on the surface they hadn't seized that many.
But in truth, every formation that the red lightning had claimed had also brought benefits to the Totem Dragon Clan.
In the end, it amounted to the Totem Dragon Clan controlling twenty-five formations.
"Brother Chu Feng, we have you to thank for this."
"Without you, we never could have achieved such results."
Long Chengyu stood beside Chu Feng, gazing at the spectacular sight of the formations, and couldn't help but marvel.
The phantasms surrounding them had become extraordinarily dense now, and that was entirely thanks to Chu Feng.
As for Chu Feng, he held the compass in his hand, his eyes fixed intently upon it.
He knew that the next rest period was about to arrive, and this particular rest period would be critically important.
Rumble, rumble, rumble—
Before long, the entire world began to tremble violently.
The phantasms within every formation turned wild and turbulent.
At the same time, the phantasms on Long Chengyu and the others began to transform — shifting from ethereal projections into solid forms, and finally, like suits of armor, they merged onto their bodies one by one.
This left Long Chengyu and the others buzzing with excitement, all convinced that these phantasms were about to become their weapons.
But Chu Feng had no interest in observing any of it.
His eyes were locked firmly on the compass, which had once again begun to activate.
This time, the compass ran for only a single hour before stopping, and Chu Feng abruptly lifted his head, looking toward the northeast of this world.
"Follow me."
Chu Feng set off immediately as he spoke.
Seeing this, Long Chengyu and the others hurried to follow.
"Chu Feng, did you decipher the compass?" Long Chengyu asked.