At the summit of the Fortune Sacred Realm, there was a formation eye.
When Chu Feng arrived at this location and stepped into the formation eye, he left his name at the peak for all the world to see.
But at the same time, a formation trapped him there — Chu Feng was unable to leave.
At first, Chu Feng didn't understand, but Egg guessed that someone else might also be attempting to leave their name at the peak.
And until that person either failed or succeeded in their challenge, Chu Feng would remain confined to this place.
Chu Feng found that reasoning sound and wasn't particularly anxious.
Because from this position, the massive compass behind the mountain was naturally much clearer to observe.
And as time passed, Chu Feng had all but confirmed something.
The excitement of his Laying Formation bloodline was actually connected to this compass.
It was more like a reminder.
A reminder from his Laying Formation bloodline to himself — this compass might very well be the true key to the Fortune Sacred Realm.
Only, the compass was complex, and Chu Feng couldn't see through it.
So Chu Feng decided to memorize every detail of the compass and study it slowly.
Even if he couldn't crack it now, there would surely be a chance in the future.
The runes on the compass were easy enough to memorize, but the trajectories of its operations were extraordinarily intricate — truly unpredictable.
Under these circumstances, Chu Feng actually found himself hoping the challenger would take their time, giving him more opportunity to observe.
As if in cooperation with him, the challenger really was slow.
A full three days passed, and Chu Feng not only memorized all the runes on the compass, but also committed its operational trajectories to memory.
Before long, a staircase descended from the formation eye at the summit.
That confirmed Egg's guess.
Someone had indeed been challenging, and they had now succeeded.
The staircase carried a certain pressure, but standing at the peak, Chu Feng felt none.
Bathed in the light of the staircase, Chu Feng could see the person below.
What neither Chu Feng nor Egg had expected was that the successful challenger was Baili Zilin.
Egg especially was baffled — in her view, Baili Zilin's injuries couldn't possibly have healed so quickly.
But the facts were right in front of them, and whether they accepted it or not didn't change anything.
Fortunately, Baili Zilin's performance was underwhelming at best — the staircase alone had cost him considerable effort to climb.
Moreover, after observing carefully, Chu Feng realized that Baili Zilin's laying formation skills were very weak, and his ability to handle formations naturally couldn't be strong either.
Under normal circumstances, someone of Baili Zilin's abilities shouldn't have been able to break through the formation — he probably couldn't even have climbed the staircase.
This wasn't Chu Feng being conceited, but his ability to handle today's challenges had been honed through life-and-death trials again and again.
That kind of experience could only be gained through personal comprehension — no outsider could teach it.
So the fact that Baili Zilin had managed to climb up meant he must have possessed some kind of supreme treasure within his body.
But having a treasure was having a treasure — that didn't negate the fact that Baili Zilin's Laying Formation bloodline was powerful. Otherwise, he wouldn't have succeeded at all.
And so, Chu Feng simply watched the show, waiting for his meeting with Baili Zilin.
To see if there was an opportunity to teach him a lesson.
If he could kill him outright, that would be for the best.
But Chu Feng knew that brute force wasn't an option — once one reached the summit, a protective formation prevented those at the top from killing each other.
He would have to find another opportunity.
But who could have predicted that after finally waiting for Baili Zilin to arrive at the top, the man was so exhausted that he simply collapsed onto the ground, not even noticing Chu Feng?
That was when Chu Feng opened his mouth with a mocking tone.
"Chu Feng!!!"
The moment Baili Zilin saw Chu Feng, fury erupted within him. He disregarded his weakened state entirely and raised his palm.
In an instant, the earth shook and the mountains trembled.
A torrent of martial power surged toward Chu Feng like an avalanche.
This palm strike was saturated with killing intent — meant to take Chu Feng's life.
Yet that surging martial power, upon nearing Chu Feng, seemed to be devoured by something, vanishing into thin air.
"You really do have a supreme treasure on you."
"I knew it — without a treasure, there's no way you could have made it here so quickly," Baili Zilin said.