Chu Feng had intended to bring Zi Ling into the forbidden ground. Though the defensive formation did not harm Chu Feng, it barred Zi Ling from entering.
Even Chu Feng could do nothing about this.
He could only guarantee that he himself could pass through.
"It's fine. Go on ahead. I'll wait for you outside," Zi Ling said considerately.
Chu Feng worried that Zi Ling might overthink it, so he explained, "I don't believe my father was deliberately guarding against you. He likely set the formation with the rule that only I could enter from the very beginning."
"What are you talking about? Master would never shut me out. Now go on," Zi Ling said with a carefree smile.
She would never blame Chu Xuanyuan. Even if he had deliberately kept her out, she wouldn't hold it against him.
She knew full well that her talent could no longer keep pace with Chu Feng's.
By her own talent alone, she should have ended up just like Jiang Wushuang and Zhang Tianyi — remaining in the Ancestral Martial Lower Realm.
It was thanks to Chu Xuanyuan's help that she had achieved what she had today.
"Then wait for me," Chu Feng said. As he spoke, he set up a concealed barrier to shield Zi Ling before stepping into the forbidden ground.
The moment he set foot inside, familiar scenery filled his eyes, and a flood of memories surfaced in his mind.
He still remembered the first time he had entered this place.
Back then, he hadn't yet known that the old ape was his father's friend, and there had been a trace of unease in his heart.
But now — the place was completely empty.
Chu Feng looked around, only to find that even his Heavenly Eyes could not locate the power to awaken his bloodline.
So he simply sat down cross-legged and focused his mind in meditation. At first he sensed nothing, but as time passed, he gradually became aware of a tremendous power contained within.
Once he felt that power, it was as if he had touched an entirely new world.
The power felt overwhelmingly vast to Chu Feng!!!
It was like a fish plunging into a boundless ocean, utterly unable to fathom just how vast that ocean truly was.
It was genuinely bottomless.
But this was already the furthest Chu Feng could reach with his current level.
Beyond this, he could not discern what manner of power this was.
Nor could he communicate with it.
It was as though an invisible door stood before him, and Chu Feng could not pass through.
"Even my current cultivation isn't enough?"
"Then back when Father brought me to the Lower Realm, his cultivation must have already surpassed what I have now?"
After many attempts, Chu Feng confirmed that he truly could not commune with this power.
But he was not discouraged. This had been an attempt from the start, and he had prepared himself for the possibility of failure.
Afterward, Chu Feng left the forbidden ground and found Zi Ling.
"Brother Chu Feng, how did it go?" Zi Ling asked immediately.
"There's still work to be done," Chu Feng said with a smile.
"Should we head back to the Wolong Martial Sect first?" Zi Ling asked.
"Let's try somewhere else," Chu Feng said.
He then took Zi Ling and activated the teleportation formation, departing the area entirely.
When they emerged from the teleportation tunnel, they found themselves in the midst of a vast mountain range.
"Brother Chu Feng, where is this?" Zi Ling asked.
"The Great Thousand Upper Realm. The Yuanhai Divine Mountain."
Chu Feng then told Zi Ling about his experience within the Yuanhai Divine Mountain.
"So you think that the Yuanhai Divine Mountain now contains extraordinary treasures as well?" Zi Ling asked.
When Chu Feng had first entered the Yuanhai Divine Mountain, his cultivation had been far too weak. It was only natural that beings within existed beyond his ability to challenge.
But the Chu Feng of today was a completely different person.
"I can't say for certain. It depends on whether I can directly open the barrier gate leading into the Yuanhai Divine Mountain's world."
"The answer will reveal itself shortly."
As he spoke, Chu Feng formed hand seals and released his Mental Power.
He intended to forcibly pry open a barrier gate into the Yuanhai Divine Mountain's world.