The two forms that appeared were also soul bodies.
They were none other than Chu Feng and Wen Xue.
Upon seeing Jie Tianran and the figure beside him, both Chu Feng and Wen Xue were quite surprised.
Wen Xue was especially shocked. She pointed directly at Jie Tianran and blurted out: "Wait, Brother Chu Feng, isn't that your scoundrel grandfather?"
But she quickly realized something was wrong and turned to flee. Yet despite exerting her full strength, her pace was incredibly slow.
Jie Tianran's killing intent was clearly apparent, but rather than attacking Wen Xue, he reached out and grabbed toward Chu Feng's neck.
Facing Jie Tianran's assault, Chu Feng stood rooted to the spot without moving an inch.
Not because he couldn't dodge—he simply didn't want to.
Just as Chu Feng had expected, Jie Tianran's palm passed straight through his neck, utterly unable to harm him.
This sight left Jie Tianran momentarily stunned.
Chu Feng spoke calmly: "Jie Tianran, and here you are, the Master of the Seven Realms Holy Palace, yet you don't even know that when only your consciousness enters, you can't bring your cultivation with you?"
The look Chu Feng gave Jie Tianran was filled with mockery.
"Oh, right. It's just consciousness."
"No wonder I was running so slowly."
Hearing this, Wen Xue stopped fleeing. However, she didn't return either, maintaining her distance and watching from afar.
She wasn't certain whether this Master of the Seven Realms had other means at his disposal.
"Jie Tianran, oh Jie Tianran—you really have let anger cloud your judgment. You're not even as calm as this grandson of yours."
The figure beside Jie Tianran burst into loud laughter.
Chu Feng glanced at that ghost-like existence and realized this person was very likely an even more troublesome foe than Jie Tianran.
Otherwise, they wouldn't dare speak to Jie Tianran in such a manner.
Jie Tianran truly did have hidden cards.
"Chu Feng, you vile creature—truly, you're everywhere."
Jie Tianran said coldly to Chu Feng.
"I'm merely a junior with no cultivation resources. What's wrong with entering ruins to advance my cultivation?"
"But look at you—doesn't your Seven Realms Holy Palace claim to be the most powerful Spirit World Master force? And yet you keep coveting the ruins left behind by the Ancestral Martial Realm Sect?"
"What's truly ironic is that the great Master of the Seven Realms Holy Palace still has to follow the rules of the Ancestral Martial Realm Sect to undergo its trials. It seems the gap between your Seven Realms Holy Palace and the Ancestral Martial Realm Sect is quite significant indeed," Chu Feng said.
Hearing Chu Feng's words, Jie Tianran's aged face twitched several times.
As the Master of the Seven Realms, almost no one dared speak to him in such a manner.
So the words he least wanted to hear were those that belittled him.
But he didn't strike again, nor did he explode in rage.
After all, he understood that with their consciousnesses having entered this place, there was nothing they could actually do.
The Ancestral Martial Realm Sect had intentionally made it this way, allowing those who entered to compete on equal footing.
"Chu Feng, even if I can't deal with you here—but the fact that your consciousness has appeared here means you are already inside these ruins of the Ancestral Martial Realm Sect."
"Tell me, do you think you and that Hell Sect spy can still escape?"
With those words, Jie Tianran turned his gaze toward Wen Xue, the threat in his eyes unmistakable.
"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! It was Chu Feng who forced me in here—he coerced me. I'm a victim too!"
Wen Xue waved her hands frantically, explaining instinctively.