Hearing the colossal being's resigned voice, the woman with divine eyes shifted her expression slightly.
"Senior Beast God, how are the wounds you sustained back then?" Her tone carried a hint of concern.
"It's been so many years. I'm not that useless — I healed long ago."
The question clearly displeased the colossal being. It even countered with a touch of sarcasm: "Could it be that the Spirit God's wounds still haven't healed?"
"They truly haven't," the woman with divine eyes replied.
At those words, the colossal being fell silent. Evidently, her answer was not something it had anticipated.
"Senior Beast God, the Nine Heavens Secret Land is not what it once was. Even if it were repaired, there would still be shortcomings."
"Moreover, Chu Feng is a unique case. Aside from him, I fear no one else will be able to enter the Ruler's Domain."
"The Nine Heavens Secret Land no longer requires such overwhelming power to sustain it. Why not eliminate some of the Primordial Realm Origin Beasts? That would lighten Senior Beast God's burden," the woman said.
"Those creatures may be ferocious, but they are priceless treasures. Killing them would be a waste."
"I may be old, but I can still keep them in check."
"Still, I appreciate the Spirit God's concern." The colossal being's tone softened considerably at this point.
If its earlier courtesy had been put on, this gentleness was genuine.
"Then that is well."
The woman with divine eyes pinched two fingers together, and a golden talisman materialized before her, drifting toward the black-armored man.
"Heihun, if you ever need me, crush this talisman." With that, she departed the area.
The black-armored man glanced down at the talisman in his hand, then gazed into the depths of the cliff: "My Lord, the Spirit God… she shouldn't still be holding a grudge about what happened back then, should she?"
"Whether she holds a grudge or not, it makes no difference. Even now, I don't believe my decision back then was wrong," the colossal being replied.
"Then, my Lord — do you think Chu Feng will be different?" the black-armored man asked.
"What do you think?" the colossal being countered.
"Speaking only of his performance in the trial, Chu Feng possesses both courage and cunning. His abilities are remarkable. For someone his age, he is unparalleled."
"As for his character — those he considers friends, he is fiercely loyal to. But those he cannot stand, he shows absolutely no mercy toward."
"His methods may be extreme, but… he is decisive. He has the qualities of someone destined for greatness," the black-armored man said.
"Time will reveal a person's heart. He'll be coming back regardless — we'll have plenty of chances to observe him," the colossal being replied.
…
At that moment, Chu Feng and Fu Xing had already exited the Nine Heavens Secret Land.
When they stepped out, they found themselves on the opposite side of the mountain range from where the Secret Land's entrance was located.
Looking back, the gate they had emerged from bore a strong resemblance to the entrance of the Nine Heavens Secret Land.
It was no wider than thirty meters, yet rose ten thousand meters into the sky — like an extraordinary sword standing amidst the mountains.
But this gate only allowed exit, not entry.
Chu Feng gazed at the gate, overcome with emotion.
Before he had arrived, no one knew the secrets of the Nine Heavens Secret Land.
But now things were different. He knew.
To everyone else, the Nine Heavens Secret Land remained an unsolved mystery.
But for Chu Feng, this was likely a place he would set foot in many times in the future.
Even though both the entrance and the exit were guarded by people from the Seven Realms Sacred Palace, with formation barriers erected around them…
Those formations were utterly incapable of stopping Chu Feng.
Because in a certain sense, Chu Feng was the true denizen of the Nine Heavens Secret Land.
He didn't need to enter through the gate at all. As long as he was within the Nine Heavens Secret Land's territory, he simply had to form a hand seal and he would be directly transported inside.
Not only that — he could even bring others in with him.
But Chu Feng's gains from this trip extended well beyond the Nine Heavens Secret Land alone.
That unexpected discovery, the Primordial Meditation Technique, was equally extraordinary.
In fact, at this point in time, the Primordial Meditation Technique would prove even more beneficial to Chu Feng.
"Look — the marks on Young Hero Chu Feng's body!"
Amidst cries of astonishment, several figures soared over from distant palaces.
These were all people who had passed the Nine Heavens Secret Land's trial — some had been shielded by Chu Feng, and others had passed on their own merit without his protection.
It wasn't just them, either. Upon spotting Chu Feng and Fu Xing, even the people from the Seven Realms Sacred Palace emerged, their faces etched with shock.
Because at this moment, both Chu Feng and Fu Xing bore not only purple marks, but black ones as well.
Black marks — those were something no one had ever heard of. Especially in the presence of both purple and black marks simultaneously.
The aura radiating from the black marks was clearly far more potent than that of the purple ones.