"Based on the spiritual energy you need now, the Profound Sky Continent doesn't have enough to help you break your shackles."
Chu Lingwei stated the facts. The spiritual energy convergence from the entire Cang Mountain Secret Realm when her eldest disciple brother broke his shackles was immense, and she dared not imagine what would happen next time.
"Who says only the Profound Sky Continent has spiritual energy?" Leng Xingzhi chuckled, clasping Chu Lingwei's hand, his eyes filled with affection. "Trust your eldest disciple brother, he will definitely..."
"You mean, there are other places in this world?"
Right, Chu Lingwei almost forgot, those who broke through to the Sovereign realm would leave the Profound Sky Continent.
"Yes, the spiritual energy of the Profound Sky Continent is not enough for Sovereign realm powerhouses to cultivate. After they break through to the Sovereign realm, they will go to... other places."
Leng Xingzhi paused slightly as he spoke of the places those Sovereign realm cultivators went.
"Didn't you say no one has broken through to the Sovereign realm in thousands of years?" Chu Lingwei knew Leng Xingzhi knew these things but didn't want to tell her.
"It will be soon." Leng Xingzhi's eyes darkened. If he wanted to break all his shackles, he would have to leave here.
Chu Lingwei looked at Leng Xingzhi, wondering if his "soon" had something to do with him.
"Weiwei," Leng Xingzhi saw Chu Lingwei lost in thought and reached out to pinch her cheek. "What are you thinking about?"
Chu Lingwei shook her head. If Leng Xingzhi wanted to leave, she would certainly not stop him.
"I'm wondering if Second Disciple Brother and the others will encounter danger?" Chu Lingwei stood up, preventing Leng Xingzhi from seeing the sadness in her eyes. The thought of her eldest disciple brother leaving her still pained her heart.
"They will be fine, junior sister. Rest assured."
Leng Xingzhi closed his eyes and began to regulate his breathing.
Chu Lingwei picked up her Ice Jade Frost Sword. Why did her eldest disciple brother give her such a sword back then?
Two days later.
The Phantom Cat finally found Nangong Luo and the others and brought them to the cave where Chu Lingwei was taking refuge.
"Junior sister, you should have told us if you were going to leave." Nangong Luo stepped forward upon seeing Chu Lingwei and lightly tapped her forehead with his folding fan.
Her speed was too fast; they had tried their best but couldn't catch her. They were worried sick.
"I'm sorry, Second Disciple Brother, Third Disciple Brother, for making you worry." Chu Lingwei was too worried about her eldest disciple brother at the time and didn't even think to look for him.
"As long as junior sister is alright." Su Yan sat beside the eldest disciple brother and closed his eyes to meditate. They were all injured on this journey.
"Junior sister, you wouldn't believe it, but on our way to find you, we encountered several high-level spirit beasts," Nangong Luo sat on the ground and recounted their experiences. They had been constantly fighting and fleeing, with almost no time to rest. "Those spirit beasts acted as if they recognized us and relentlessly pursued us."
"They only pursued you?" Chu Lingwei became curious. This was strange.
"Indeed? I even suspect they put some tracking spell on us?" They had harbored this suspicion when they left the treasure site, but they found nothing on them.
Chu Lingwei thought of the cave where the treasure appeared. She hadn't seen any treasure, but these spirit beasts had almost cost them their lives.
The most terrifying was that cave, which could directly harm their souls.
"Second Disciple Brother, do you think it's possible that the treasure is still there, but no one can obtain it?" Chu Lingwei didn't believe a cave could harm their souls; there must be something inside.
"That must be the case, but with our abilities, we can't get in." Everyone who entered the Cang Mountain Secret Realm lacked the ability to enter that cave.
Nangong Luo's gaze fell on the eldest disciple brother, who was slowly opening his eyes. No, there was someone who could definitely enter there.
"Eldest Disciple Brother, you're awake." Nangong Luo stepped in front of Leng Xingzhi and cupped his fists. "Thank you, Eldest Disciple Brother, for saving us."
"Mm, in the future, you need to act within your capabilities."
Leng Xingzhi nodded. He hadn't expected the few of them to be so daring as to try to enter the Heavenly Abode Hall.
"Eldest Disciple Brother, how did you save us?" Nangong Luo directly ignored Leng Xingzhi's admonishment. "Is there really an inheritance in the Heavenly Abode Hall?"
Chu Lingwei immediately followed, as what her second disciple brother asked was also what she wanted to know.
"Why are you still thinking about inheritance?" A meaningful smile appeared on Leng Xingzhi's lips. "You almost died inside; do you think you can obtain the inheritance within?"
Nangong Luo: "..." Eldest Disciple Brother doesn't need to be so blunt, does he?
Chu Lingwei: "..." She just wanted to see what kind of inheritance was inside? To make the Heavenly Abode Hall so terrifying.
"Eldest Disciple Brother, is this Heavenly Abode Hall really the inheritance hall left behind by a Sovereign realm powerhouse after their breakthrough?" In Chu Lingwei's opinion, this was not an inheritance hall at all, but a place that could seize cultivators' souls.
"I thought you all had guessed it." Leng Xingzhi stood up and walked to the cave entrance. The aura of several high-level spirit beasts was approaching them.
"They can find this place too?" Nangong Luo exclaimed. The barrier here was set up by Eldest Disciple Brother. Are these high-level spirit beasts so powerful?
"Eldest Disciple Brother, are those spirit beasts problematic?"
Chu Lingwei summoned her Ice Jade Frost Sword, ready for battle.
"Anyone who appears in front of the cave, as long as they are in the Cang Mountain Secret Realm, these spirit beasts will pursue them relentlessly." Leng Xingzhi took Chu Lingwei's Ice Jade Frost Sword and flew out of the cave. The spirit beasts happened to arrive.
The spirit sword danced with Leng Xingzhi, his white robe fluttering. The spirit sword unleashed streams of spiritual energy, each strike hitting vital points.
"Eldest Disciple Brother's swordsmanship has reached the pinnacle of perfection." Nangong Luo watched Eldest Disciple Brother soar through the air, his sword rising and falling. In less than three breaths, all the approaching spirit beasts lay on the ground.
Chu Lingwei walked out of the cave and looked at the lifeless spirit beasts lying on the ground. There were dark patterns on their bodies.
"What is this?"
"Soul Devouring Curse," Nangong Luo's expression tightened upon seeing this. "So, these spirit beasts were all under the Soul Devouring Curse. They were also acting under command."
"It's related to soul devouring again."
Chu Lingwei and Nangong Luo exchanged glances. The place where the treasure appeared was the same as the pagoda in the Heavenly Abode Hall.
"That Sovereign realm powerhouse, did they want the souls of all cultivators who entered here?" Nangong Luo felt he had uncovered the truth, and it was the only possibility.
"Mm."
Leng Xingzhi nodded slightly.
"As long as you don't enter these two places, you will be fine."
"But the cultivators who entered the Cang Mountain Secret Realm are all aiming for the treasure and the Heavenly Abode Hall. How can they not enter?" So the Cang Mountain Secret Realm was a trap.