"If the Spirit World Immortal King had told us everything about this place back then, we wouldn't have spent so long."
An elder spoke slowly, his words laced with complaint.
"Insolent."
The moment those words left his mouth, a saint-level elder rebuked him sharply.
"The Lord Master said the Spirit World Immortal King surely had his reasons."
"When we meet the Spirit World Immortal King again, the Lord Master will personally apologize to him."
When the saint-level elder said this, the offending elder hurriedly admitted his mistake.
It turned out this place was originally a ruin left behind by the Ancestral Martial World Sect, which the Seven Worlds Master had searched for many years...
Although he had found this place thirty thousand years ago, upon his discovery he realized that arrays had already been laid here by his own master — the Spirit World Immortal King.
It was only then that the Seven Worlds Holy Land understood that the Spirit World Immortal King had discovered this place long ago.
But strangely, not only had the Spirit World Immortal King failed to inform the Seven Worlds Holy Land about it, he had also set up complex grand arrays to prevent the Sacred Beast from hatching, seemingly with ulterior motives.
At the time, the Spirit World Immortal King was already wandering the four seas, and there was no way to contact him.
However, the Sacred Beast was such a formidable existence that the Seven Worlds Master still decided to have it hatched for the Holy Land's use.
So afterward, they sealed off this location, destroyed the Spirit World Immortal King's sealing arrays, and allowed the Sacred Beast to continue being incubated.
But who could have imagined that even such a powerful hatching array would require a vast stretch of time to incubate the Sacred Beast.
The wait lasted a full thirty thousand years, and finally… the Sacred Beast was about to hatch.
"Speaking of which, that bastard Chu Feng's appearance must have affected the Lord Master's mood."
"If the Sacred Beast could be hatched right now, it would surely lift the Lord Master's spirits," an elder remarked.
"Hasn't that Chu Feng already died? How could the Lord Master let his mood be affected by him? You underestimate the Lord Master far too much," the saint-level elder said.
"Elder, has it been confirmed that Chu Feng is dead?" the other elders asked one after another.
After all, the saint-level elder held an extremely high position even within the Seven Worlds Holy Land. The information he received was often something others did not have access to.
Everyone assumed that this saint-level elder had obtained reliable news confirming Chu Feng's death.
"The Spirit World Immortal King's marking array — for Chu Feng to have activated it was already a miracle. Survival is out of the question."
"And the Heavenly Ranking that disappeared yesterday, it undoubtedly covered the entire vast cultivation world."
"If Chu Feng were still alive, he would never have let this opportunity to prove his survival slip by."
"But he gave no response at all. That is proof enough that he is dead," the saint-level elder said.
"Elder speaks truly," the gathered elders echoed in agreement.
Rumble—
But suddenly, the cavern began to tremble.
Everyone was alarmed, unease written across their faces.
After all the years they had spent here, the cavern had always been perfectly stable. This was the first time it had ever shaken like this.
Looking toward the source, they found it was right at the center of the cavern — beside the Sacred Beast.
A teleportation force was manifesting!!!
Upon seeing this turn of events, everyone drew their artifacts and unleashed their barrier powers, standing at the ready.
And when a figure emerged from within the teleportation force, everyone found it utterly disbelief.
Because the person before them was none other than the one who had caused an uproar in their Seven Worlds Holy Land not long ago — Chu Feng.
"Chu Feng?"
Upon seeing Chu Feng, the people of the Seven Worlds Holy Land were stunned but immediately launched their attacks without hesitation.
Towering barrier powers, like an inescapable net, surged toward Chu Feng.
However, before they could reach him, the hatching array released a brilliant light that blocked every last trace of their barrier power.
Even the saint-level elder's barrier power could not break through that light.
Looking more carefully, they saw it was a massive protective array that blanketed the entire hatching array.
It was… what the Spirit World Immortal King had left behind.
The arrays the Spirit World Immortal King had set up were exceedingly complex.
Though the Seven Worlds Master had destroyed the Spirit World Immortal King's sealing array over the hatching formation,
he had been powerless against the other arrays.
But none of them had anticipated that this array would be used to protect an outsider.
"Oh?"
Chu Feng had just teleported here and hadn't even had time to survey his surroundings before being attacked.
It was only at this point that Chu Feng realized the people of the Seven Worlds Holy Land were here as well.
But seeing the astonishment in their eyes, Chu Feng understood the situation.
Obviously, the Seven Worlds Holy Land had already occupied this place — but they had only occupied it, not fully taken control.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have looked so surprised when the defensive array activated.
"Audacious Chu Feng, how dare you enter the forbidden ground of our Seven Worlds Holy Land?" several elders bellowed in fury.
"Enough with the useless talk."
"Your Seven Worlds Holy Land's forbidden ground?"
"That plaque standing over there still bears the name of the Ancestral Martial World Sect."
Chu Feng pointed into the distance, where indeed a plaque bearing the Ancestral Martial World Sect's name stood within the cavern.
And the plaque showed signs of damage — though whoever had tried to destroy it had failed. It was obvious that the Seven Worlds Holy Land had attempted to do so but been unsuccessful.
"Besides, even if this were your Seven Worlds Holy Land's forbidden ground, so what? I've already fought your Lord Master — you think I'm afraid of you?" Chu Feng said with open sarcasm.
He naturally couldn't defeat the Seven Worlds Master, nor could he defeat these elders. But he deliberately wanted to infuriate them.
Because Chu Feng could see that they were powerless against him at this moment, and were merely raging in impotence.
"Insolent!"
Facing such a brazen Chu Feng, the saint-level elder flew into a rage and produced three talisman papers.
Murmuring incantations, he transformed the three talisman papers into arrays that linked together, covering the entire hatching array.
But alas, even such a formidable array formation was unable to get close to Chu Feng.