"My grudge against the Seven Worlds Holy Temple doesn't involve you for the time being."
"You've also contributed inside the ancient palace. If you wish to travel with us, of course you can." Chu Feng said to Ling Xiao and the other.
"Then count us two as well," Ling Xiao said.
"Good. Since everyone is in agreement, then let's get moving."
"Next, we'll use the power of the Nine Heavens Peak to leave this place."
"I'll go prepare the formation first. Everyone, please wait for me here."
The moment Chu Feng finished speaking, a teleportation force enveloped him.
When Chu Feng appeared once again, he had arrived at the temple where Grandmaster Jiu Dian was located.
Grandmaster Jiu Dian was waiting right there for Chu Feng.
"Benefactor Chu Feng, are you ready to depart?" Grandmaster Jiu Dian asked.
"I'm troubling you, Master," Chu Feng said.
"Where do you wish to go? While I can't send you directly there, I can at least take you part of the way," Grandmaster Jiu Dian said.
"Master, will this work?"
Chu Feng directly used his barrier formation to outline a map.
It depicted a location within one of the upper realms of the Totem Heavenly River.
"That works."
Grandmaster Jiu Dian smiled faintly, then grasped one of the prayer beads in his hand while forming a hand seal with the other.
Hummm— The next instant, all of the formation energy connected to the Nine Heavens Peak above Ran Mai Village vanished in the blink of an eye.
"This feeling..."
"The Nine Heavens Peak has left the Ran Mai Mortal Realm?"
"The Seven Worlds Temple Master actually let the Nine Heavens Peak leave just like that?"
Everyone outside Ran Mai Village sensed that the Nine Heavens Peak had departed.
This didn't particularly surprise them. The Nine Heavens Peak was never a fixed structure — it could move freely, which was why its whereabouts were always uncertain.
What surprised them was the attitude of the Seven Worlds Temple Master.
They had already confirmed that the Seven Worlds Temple Master had reached the Heavenly Dragon Spirit World Master realm.
While the Nine Heavens Peak's formations were indeed powerful, a Heavenly Dragon Spirit World Master was equally formidable — after all, this was a legendary realm.
And Chu Feng should have been inside the Nine Heavens Peak, yet the Seven Worlds Temple Master actually let it leave without doing anything?
This left them somewhat baffled.
But in reality, the Seven Worlds Temple Master was still inside that floating palace, his gaze sharp as he observed the situation beyond the heavens.
He wanted to determine which direction the Nine Heavens Peak was heading.
But even with his current level of cultivation, he still couldn't detect it.
Yet he wasn't surprised by this either.
The Seven Worlds Holy Temple had coveted the formation power of the Nine Heavens Peak for generations.
There were reasons it had never succeeded in obtaining it.
It wasn't that he didn't want to stop it — he simply didn't have the ability.
So he turned his head to look behind him. "Tian'er, rise."
It turned out that Jie Tian had been kneeling behind him this entire time.
"Grandfather, I've failed you."
Jie Tian refused to get up, refused to even lift his head, but drops of tears could be seen constantly falling.
"Tian'er, the one you've failed isn't me — it's yourself."
"I chose to reveal your identity at this time precisely so you could astonish everyone."