Revisiting Yunlingzong

In the center of the Northern Territory, in front of the Black Pillar.

Su Tong now understood everything.

"So that's how it is. For thousands of years, the Northern Territory had it all wrong!"

Su Tong also understood why the sects in the Northern Territory were all so weak.

Even those at the Returning Void Realm were few.

And beyond the Returning Void Realm, there were the Spirit Void Realm, Divine Soul Realm, Divine Spirit Realm, Spirit Divine Realm, and Saint Divine Realm.

None of the experts at these five higher realms had ever appeared in the Northern Territory before.

And now, from this Hidden Spirit Pillar, Su Tong understood it all.

"So it was wrong from the very beginning!"

Su Tong also realized why, apart from the Hidden Spirit Sect, no other sects had experts breaking through to the Spirit Void Realm.

And why all disciples of the Hidden Spirit Sect had entered the Returning Void Realm.

"So the root cause was the flawed cultivation techniques."

Su Tong shook his head helplessly.

If not for his ability to understand the ancient divine text,

Perhaps he would have thought the same as the other experts in the Northern Territory.

"But was this intentionally concealed by Shi Yun, or did the newcomers reach a consensus?"

Su Tong was not sure now why this situation came to be.

But he felt both reasons could be true.

Shi Yun intentionally hid everything, while the other experts agreed to conceal it.

"It seems I must go take a look at the Hidden Spirit Sect!"

Although the Hidden Spirit Island had closed off and disappeared.

Su Tong still had ways to find it.

After all, the small box held the key to the Hidden Spirit Formation and Hidden Spirit Island.

Su Tong had learned how to set up the Hidden Spirit Formation.

So using the formation to locate the Hidden Spirit Island would not be difficult.

Thinking of this, Su Tong closed his eyes, and carefully sensed everything around him.

"This place... Interesting, so the island didn't leave, it's just that others can't see it."

Su Tong sensed that the Hidden Spirit Formation was still in its original place.

Only now another formation was activated, concealing the entire Hidden Spirit Island.

With this formation, even experts like Luo Zi Yin at the Returning Void Realm could not detect the Hidden Spirit Island's existence.

This was why the Hidden Spirit Island had "disappeared" from the Northern Territory!

"Lei Jing Beast, let's go!"

Su Tong opened his eyes and called out to the Lei Jing Beast not far away.

"Roar!"

The Lei Jing Beast roared back at him.

Then it transformed into a purple ray of light, shooting over from afar.

When it passed Su Tong, he leapt up onto its back in one swift movement.

In an instant, they vanished into the horizon.

At this moment, a black glow flashed within the Hidden Spirit Pillar. Shortly after, more words appeared along with the original text.

Today a little fellow came here, he had broken into the Hidden Spirit Sect before and saw the existence of the Blood Shadows.

He came here and seemed able to understand everything. The Northern Territory may change because of him soon.

Now he heads to the Hidden Spirit Sect. He has clearly understood it all!

...

Su Tong did not know about the added words in the Hidden Spirit Pillar.

Right now he hurried towards the location of Hidden Spirit Island.

If his guess was correct, there was still a secret within the Hidden Spirit Sect.

A secret that even experts like Luo Zi Yin of the sect were unaware of.

Riding the Lei Jing Beast, Su Tong went very fast.

In just about an hour, he arrived at his destination.

"As expected, nothing can be seen!"

Upon arrival, Su Tong looked down.

There was nothing, only lush greenery.

Whether flying high above, skimming low, or walking right through,

Even Returning Void Realm experts would not notice any formation here.

But Su Tong was no ordinary Returning Void Realm expert, he was also a third-grade formation master.

Most importantly, he was very familiar with the Hidden Spirit Formation.

So even with the isolation formation, Su Tong could still sense it.

His spiritual sense then spread out immediately.

Carefully searching every blade of grass, flower, and tree around.

What Su Tong looked for was not the Hidden Spirit Formation itself, but the core of the concealment formation.

Because he was certain the formation was here.

So slowly searching with his spiritual sense here would uncover that core.

But this search was extremely tedious.

It took a full half a day.

"Here it is!"

Su Tong's eyes shot open.

In that last probe, he had successfully located the core of this formation.

This was also the most crucial hub of the formation.

With a stomp of his foot, Su Tong's body flashed out.

In a moment, he stopped under a towering ancient tree.

"The Hidden Spirit Sect is indeed cautious, concealing the formation in this huge tree!"

Su Tong looked at the ancient tree before him.

Within it were mysterious runes.

These runes formed the hub of the entire formation.

Since no third-grade formation master had ever appeared in the Northern Territory before.

This formation had gone completely unnoticed.

"Boom!"

Massive spiritual sense surged out from Su Tong's dantian.

It then enveloped this towering tree.

To enter Hidden Spirit Island, Su Tong had to break this formation.

But he did not plan to destroy it directly.

He did not know the Hidden Spirit Sect's specific reasons for setting up this formation.

But Su Tong was certain it was unrelated to the current Hundred Sects Great Battle.

So Su Tong only used his spiritual sense to slightly block the core of the formation.

Suddenly, the scene before him changed.

Su Tong returned to Hidden Spirit Island.

"Roar!"

Seeing the changed surroundings, the Lei Jing Beast let out a low roar.

It looked around warily.

Su Tong patted its head to reassure it.

"Indeed, still the same place!"

Su Tong smiled.

Then without any hesitation, he headed straight for the Hidden Spirit Sect's location.

Soon, he found the mountain cave.

After breaking through the barrier, he entered the Hidden Spirit Sect again.

"Where could it be?"

Su Tong frowned slightly.

Then unrestrained spiritual sense surged out from his dantian.

Inch by inch, he began searching the entire Hidden Spirit Sect.

"Not here!"

"Nothing here either!"

"Still not here!"

"Here... Is this the square? So it's here!"

Su Tong finally discovered something different within the Hidden Spirit Sect.

Shortly after, he appeared in the square of the Hidden Spirit Sect.

"Lei Jing Beast!"

At Su Tong's shout, the Lei Jing Beast carried him up into the sky.

"Elders of the Hidden Spirit Sect, junior Su Tong has offended you all!"

Su Tong cupped his fists and shouted to the surroundings.

Then a powerful spiritual force poured out.

Condensed into a formidable attack, it smashed directly at the square's ground.

"Boom!"

In a moment, a huge fissure appeared on the square's floor.

Su Tong glanced down at the crack, and said to the Lei Jing Beast: "Go down!"