The black aura released by the Vice Sect Master had not been destroyed by Chu Feng — it was a mysterious force hidden within the great tribulation.
Though concealed within the great tribulation, that force was fundamentally different from the tribulation itself.
And why would that force help Chu Feng?
Chu Feng speculated that perhaps in order to overcome the tribulation, one needed to master that very force and use it against the great tribulation.
So Chu Feng entered the great tribulation and did nothing but commune with that force, then seek to bring it under his control.
The reason the great tribulation had dissipated was precisely because Chu Feng had succeeded.
However, Chu Feng had not even had the chance to fight back against the tribulation. The moment he merged with that force, the great tribulation vanished immediately.
This fact left Chu Feng somewhat surprised.
But what surprised Chu Feng even more was that at the very moment the tribulation dissipated, that force took control of him.
That force carried Chu Feng to another place.
This was somewhere Chu Feng had been before.
It was the Yin-Yang Realm of the Withered Well.
"Why was I brought here?"
After entering the Yin-Yang Realm of the Withered Well, Chu Feng wore a look of bewilderment.
That force's sole task seemed to be delivering him here, and once it had done so, it simply dissipated.
Chu Feng now had no idea how to leave this place.
But Chu Feng was not overly fearful.
He quickly reasoned that perhaps the great tribulation was connected to the mysterious existences within the Yin-Yang Realm of the Withered Well.
"Why is the Wolong Spirit Armor on someone else's body?"
Suddenly, a voice echoed from the distance.
Chu Feng could not see the speaker at all, yet his heart harbored a small sense of joy.
Chu Feng recognized the owner of this voice.
It was that mysterious existence — the very one he had encountered when he first entered the Wolong Selection Formation.
"Senior… you really are here as well."
Chu Feng said happily.
When Chu Feng had first entered the Wolong Martial Sect, the very first being he had come to know was that mysterious existence. Encountering it again now, he felt a deep sense of warmth and familiarity.
"Really, you say?"
"Boy, it seems you guessed long ago that this venerable one was here?"
The mysterious existence's voice drifted in once more from the distance.
It seemed impossibly far from Chu Feng, yet the voice rang out with perfect clarity.
"That doesn't seem difficult to guess."
"Senior's abilities are extraordinary, and you are no member of the Wolong Martial Sect — it stands to reason you would be in a place like this."
Chu Feng replied with a light smile. Though he knew the other party was immensely powerful, he felt remarkably at ease.
From what he understood, this mysterious existence did not seem like a bad sort.
"Enough flattery."
"This venerable one asks you — why did you give the Wolong Spirit Armor to another?"
The mysterious existence asked.
"Senior, that was no stranger. She is my beloved."
"My beloved's soul was damaged, and the Wolong Spirit Armor could help her. How could I possibly refuse to give it to her?"
"Besides, was the Wolong Spirit Armor not placed in the Wolong Selection Formation by the founding ancestor?"
"Since I obtained it and successfully broke through, should it not belong to me?"
"Or are you saying I have no claim over it?"
Chu Feng asked.
"You do have a claim over it. But by giving the Wolong Spirit Armor to another, you rendered yourself unable to overcome this great tribulation."
"Just now, you charged into the great tribulation alone, relying solely on your own power — what were you doing? Trying to get yourself killed?"
"Has your brain been kicked by a donkey? Without the Wolong Spirit Armor, you still dared to step into the great tribulation?"
"If this venerable one had not intervened, you would have perished within the great tribulation — your soul annihilated beyond recovery."
The mysterious existence declared.
"So it was Senior who helped me."
"Thank you, Senior."
Chu Feng's face was filled with gratitude.