"There's no Preliminary Secret Tome?"
"Then what formations does the Heavenly Dao Secret Tome of the Seven Realms Holy Temple contain?" Chu Feng asked.
Jie Tiannian then told Chu Feng the names of every formation inscribed in the Seven Realms Holy Temple's Heavenly Dao Secret Tome.
Chu Feng found that they were almost identical to the ones he had obtained.
"So it seems that only the Preliminary Secret Tome is missing. Everything else is the same as what I got."
"But since there's a Preliminary Secret Tome, that means there are higher-level ones."
"The one I obtained is most likely incomplete as well." Chu Feng analyzed.
"That's quite possible."
"After all, everything in the Ancestral Martial Realm Sect is a remnant of ancient inheritances," Jie Tiannian said.
After that, Chu Feng chatted with Jie Tiannian for a long time.
Most of their conversation concerned his mother, and Jie Tiannian answered every question without holding back.
However, regarding the last time she saw his mother, Jie Tiannian did not know what his mother's cultivation level had been at the time.
His mother had deliberately concealed her cultivation, and almost no one knew her level before she disappeared.
"Aunt, I've heard that the Seven Realms Holy Temple possesses an incredibly powerful force. Is that true?" Chu Feng asked.
In Chu Feng's understanding, his father was very strong — otherwise, it would have been impossible for a single protective formation left inside his body to possess such devastating power.
Jie Tianran might have been formidable, but Chu Feng felt that his father could very well have been able to defeat him.
Yet rumors had long persisted in the outside world that the Seven Realms Holy Temple held a powerful force within.
Chu Feng believed that if those rumors were true, then the thing that had truly prevented his father from saving his mother must have been that very force.
When it came to Chu Feng's questions, Jie Tiannian had always answered immediately.
But this time, she hesitated.
"Aunt, if it's inconvenient to talk about, you don't have to," Chu Feng said.
"There is," Jie Tiannian gave her answer.
"What kind of force is it?" Chu Feng asked.
"The specifics, I'm not sure either. I don't have access to that level."
"All I know is that it's an incredibly powerful force, one that can keep our Seven Realms Holy Temple safe and secure."
"If you want to know the details about this, perhaps there is one person who could provide answers."
"However, I don't know where that person is now," Jie Tiannian said.
"Who?" Chu Feng asked.
"Daoist Zhaixing," Jie Tiannian replied.
"So it's that Senior."
"Would he know the specifics about that force?" Chu Feng asked.
"He should know," Jie Tiannian said.
Hearing this, Chu Feng felt a sense of clarity settle in his heart.
Daoist Zhaixing and Jie Tianran were both disciples of the Spirit Realm Immortal King — his identity and status went without saying.
However, due to differences in ideology, he had left the Seven Realms Holy Temple long ago.
Previously, Jiang Jingyu had given Chu Feng a divination bamboo slip.
It was said that the divination bamboo slip could be used to find Daoist Zhaixing.
Originally, Chu Feng had wanted to seek out Daoist Zhaixing to see if he could learn something about his mother from him.
But certain matters had caused him to put it off.
Now, though, Chu Feng could finally go looking.
The reason he had temporarily set aside the idea of continuing to search for the key fragments was that he had become aware of the danger.
This time, if not for sheer luck — coincidentally obtaining the Heavenly Dao Secret Tome and coincidentally encountering the Nine Paths of Totems — he would have certainly been captured by the Seven Realms Holy Temple.
And after this incident, the Seven Realms Holy Temple's defenses would inevitably become far more airtight.
Chu Feng didn't want to take the risk. He wanted to wait.
Wait until the Divine Deer's power recovered before venturing out to explore again.
After all, he now had two key fragments in his possession. Even if Jie Tianran obtained the other three, he still wouldn't be able to enter the Ancestral Martial Realm Sect's main city.
Next, following Jie Tiannian's instructions, Chu Feng rested for a day before resuming his cultivation.
Going forward, he would cultivate for one day and rest for one day.
After Chu Feng refined all the cultivation resources that Jie Tiannian had given him without achieving a breakthrough, he then refined all the cultivation resources the Nine Paths of Totems had provided him. This time, his cultivation finally broke through to the peak of the Divine Robe — the Holy Dragon Divine Robe Realm.
It should be noted that Chu Feng's heaven-defying combat power had already rivaled the Holy Dragon Divine Robe level, so this breakthrough to the Holy Dragon Realm only meant a change for his barrier combat power.
After all, his heaven-defying combat power in the art of barriers had not yet reached the point of breaking through major realm limitations.
However, purely in terms of his ability to dismantle formations, the improvement was still considerable.
For instance, if he used the Preliminary Secret Tome, a formation that he previously would not have been able to break through at the early stage of the True Dragon Realm would now be within his reach.