Soon, a red light blossomed from the tombstone — the auxiliary formation had changed.
It was a warning!!!
This sight caused everyone's expressions to shift.
All could tell that something had gone wrong with the formation breaker, and someone needed to activate the auxiliary formation.
But the warning was not merely alerting them that the formation breaker had encountered problems — it was also telling them that the auxiliary formation was extremely dangerous. To activate it, one had to enter the fray themselves.
Yet without a second word, Chu Feng immediately unleashed his barrier arts and fused them into the auxiliary formation, activating it.
Seeing this, Shen Hui led the Spirit Spirit Clan's Spirit World Masters into action as well.
As the power of barriers poured in, the auxiliary formation began to take effect, and the red glow gradually faded.
But none of them dared let their guard down — they could all feel that this auxiliary formation was truly formidable, far from easy to control.
"Listen to me, everyone. This formation only accepts barrier arts. Only Shen Hui and I from the Spirit Spirit Clan need to act — the rest of you, do not intervene," Chu Feng called out hastily.
The more people who stepped in, the more chaotic it could become. Those whose barrier arts were not up to the task would only make things worse.
Though the Spirit Spirit Clan boasted one thousand and eleven Heavenly Dragon Spirit World Masters, their barrier formations were all unified under Shen Hui's control — effectively making them a single entity.
With only Chu Feng and the Spirit Spirit Clan involved, the auxiliary formation would actually be easier to manage.
"Lord Chu Feng, should we transfer all the power to you and let you take the lead?" Shen Hui looked at Chu Feng.
She felt that having two forces simultaneously control this formation was still somewhat problematic — it would be best for a single person to command it.
"Agreed," Chu Feng answered decisively.
What Shen Hui had noticed, Chu Feng had naturally noticed as well.
And beyond that, he could see that this auxiliary formation was extraordinarily difficult, and the slightest misstep could result in a devastating backlash.
Originally, the auxiliary formation was meant to help Fairy Meow Meow lower the difficulty of obtaining the inheritance.
But if they activated it improperly, the formation would not only fail to help Fairy Meow Meow — it would actually increase her difficulty in obtaining the inheritance.
And the inheritance here allowed for only one outcome: success. Otherwise, death was certain.
However, just as Chu Feng focused all his attention on the auxiliary formation, a tremendous event was unfolding throughout the vast Martial Cultivation World.
At the Seven Heavens Sacred Temple, within the Observation Grand Formation, all of the Saint-level elders and the head of the Ling Clan lineage — the Ling Clan Master himself — had gathered.
Their auras had grown even stronger than before.
Clearly, Jie Tianran's return from the Divine Era had brought benefits to the entire Seven Heavens Sacred Temple. They had all advanced once more.
Yet the expressions on these elders' faces were grim, tinged with a hint of paleness — as though something catastrophic had happened, something so terrible that even figures of their stature had been shaken to the core.
At last, Jie Tianran's figure appeared, descending directly into the center of the Observation Grand Formation.
But upon seeing the images projected by the formation, even Jie Tianran's brows furrowed.
It turned out that beyond the Ninth Heavenly River of the vast world, a layer of faint black mist had appeared. Under that black mist's shroud, the Ninth Heavenly River — once the most brilliant of the Nine Heavenly Rivers — had become the dimmest of all.
But that black mist was far from simply shrouding the Ninth Heavenly River.
It carried power within.
"Temple Master, can you discern what that is?" the Seven Heavens Sacred Temple's elders asked in unison.
Jie Tianran had recently been in closed-door cultivation, having issued orders beforehand that he was not to be disturbed unless something of critical importance arose.
In principle, changes in the outside world were none of the Seven Heavens Sacred Temple's concern, and they should not have forcibly awakened Jie Tianran from his cultivation over this matter.
But they had all reached the rank of Heavenly Dragon Spirit World Master, and they could tell that the black mist covering the Ninth Heavenly River was no simple phenomenon.
It might concern the safety of the entire vast Martial Cultivation World.
"As Spirit World Masters of the Seven Heavens Sacred Temple — merely because you are separated by great distance, you cannot tell what that is?" Jie Tianran's expression turned displeased.
"Temple Master... could it truly be the power of the Seal?" the Ling Clan Master ventured cautiously.