Just as the light was about to strike the boy, he vanished from the spot like a ghost, leaving only a blurry afterimage.

This sudden turn of events left Ling Fengzi and Ling Xuan stunned. They stared wide-eyed, looking around, trying to find the boy's whereabouts.

However, the surroundings were completely silent, and there was no sign of the boy at all.

Just as they were puzzled, Lingxuan suddenly felt a bone-chilling coldness coming from behind.

His heart tightened, and he instinctively turned around, only to be so shocked that he almost cried out.

Before he knew it, the boy had silently appeared behind him, and in his hand was a ball of pitch-black energy, which he was about to smash down on him with the force of a thunderbolt!

Lingxuan had no time to dodge. He frantically raised the divine sword in his hand, trying to block the fatal blow.

With a deafening roar, like a thunderclap from the heavens, a tremendous impact swept over Lingxuan like a tidal wave. Lingxuan felt as if he were being crushed by a mountain, and his body involuntarily retreated.

A trickle of blood escaped from the corner of his mouth, indicating that he had suffered internal injuries.

Seeing that Ling Xuan was injured, Ling Fengzi was very anxious and quickly cast a spell again.

He waved his hands and chanted incantations. The surrounding spiritual energy seemed to be drawn together by an invisible force, rapidly gathering to form a giant fire dragon.

The fire dragon was entirely crimson, baring its fangs and claws, exuding a powerful aura, and carrying raging flames, like a burning meteor, it pounced straight towards the boy.

Faced with such a fierce attack, the boy's eyes showed no fear, but instead became even more piercing.

He quickly formed hand seals and uttered a soft shout, and a black shield instantly appeared in front of him.

The shield was entirely black, like black jade, and exuded a mysterious and powerful aura.

The fire dragon slammed into the shield, instantly bursting forth with dazzling light, like the sun exploding.

In an instant, smoke and dust filled the air, obscuring the sky and making it impossible to see what was happening inside.

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, Ling Fengzi and Ling Xuan looked closely and discovered that the boy who should have been behind the shield had vanished without a trace.

Ling Fengzi and Ling Xuan's expressions both darkened, and they warily looked around, searching for the boy's whereabouts.

However, a long time passed and they still couldn't find any trace of the boy, as if he had simply vanished into thin air.

Lingxuan frowned deeply. "Could it be that he's left?"

Ling Fengzi nodded. "That's possible. After all, he was already seriously injured and knew he was no match for you or me, so he fled!"

"But what methods did he use? How did he manage to disappear into thin air without our knowledge?"

Lingxuan's expression shifted between light and shadow, and he said in a grave tone, "I wonder who this person is; their strength is terrifying!"

Upon hearing Ling Xuan's words, Ling Fengzi suddenly remembered the Primordial Dao Ancestor that the boy had mentioned to him before, and his expression instantly became extremely solemn.

"This person is no ordinary individual!"

"Once he has fully recovered, he will definitely come back to find us!"

"We must find the Heart of the World Tree as soon as possible and leave the Primordial Chaos Realm!"

After Ling Fengzi finished speaking, he transformed into a streak of light and disappeared.

Lingxuan didn't dare to hesitate for a moment and immediately followed.

...

The central region of the World Tree is in complete chaos, with battles raging everywhere as people vie for opportunities.

Dao Yuan and Ning Que found Xue Ying, and the three of them became the sixth man, hiding in the shadows to catch the predator.

Whenever they get the chance, the three of them will decisively launch a sneak attack and kill those unlucky guys who are injured in the battle.

In addition, about twenty powerful individuals from the Back Mountain Sect arrived later, led by Elder Xun, and also reached the central area.

However, these old guys are all very low-key and don't participate in vying for opportunities.

They seemed to have a goal, ignoring everything they encountered and heading westward toward the central area.

Besides Elder Xun and others from the Kaoshan Sect, there were also members of the Spirit Clan, who, led by Ling Fengzi, continued heading west towards the central region.

Meanwhile, Qin Feng was still refining two strands of Primordial Purple Qi within the small space.

Because the flow of time inside the small space is different from that outside, more than thirty days have passed inside the small space, but not much time has passed outside.

Qin Feng's refining speed of the Primordial Purple Qi this time was much faster than last time. In just over thirty days, he had almost completely refined the two strands of Primordial Purple Qi.

His strength also gradually increased as he refined the Primordial Purple Qi.

He has now touched the threshold of the Heavenly Dao Realm, and it is very likely that he will break through to the Heavenly Dao Realm after refining and absorbing both strands of Primordial Purple Qi.

A day passed in the small space, and Qin Feng finally completely refined the two wisps of Primordial Purple Qi.

However, the result was very disappointing for Qin Feng; he failed to break through to the Heavenly Dao Realm as he had hoped.

However, his strength has increased to an extremely terrifying level.

Nowadays, unless he encounters someone at the Heavenly Dao Realm, he can instantly kill even a powerful figure like Ling Fengzi without even needing to use the Law of Force.

Qin Feng was very frustrated that he failed to break through to the Heavenly Dao Realm, but he also knew that it was very difficult to break through to the Heavenly Dao Realm.

Otherwise, why has not a single Heavenly Dao Realm expert appeared in all the heavens and myriad realms to this day?

Even the legendary Primordial Dao Ancestor did not break through to the Heavenly Dao Realm.

It's just that it has merged with the Primordial Heavenly Dao and has strength comparable to the Heavenly Dao Realm!

"I wonder if, with my current strength, I could even stand a chance against that Primordial Dao Ancestor?"

Qin Feng muttered to himself, then casually waved his hand, tearing open a spatial rift and flying out in a flash.

Just as Qin Feng flew out of the small space, Xuan Guang suddenly appeared out of thin air beside him.

Holy crap!

Qin Feng was startled and instinctively took two or three meters back.

When he saw it was Xuan Guang, he couldn't help but roll his eyes and complain, "Are you trying to scare me to death? Don't you know that scaring someone can kill them?"

Xuan Guang glanced calmly at Qin Feng and said indifferently, "I'm not human! Besides, you're a cultivator; do you think you'd be scared to death?"

Hearing this, Qin Feng was speechless. "I was just using a metaphor!"

Xuan Guang didn't reply; his gaze was fixed on Qin Feng as he scrutinized him.

After a while, Xuan Guang frowned and asked with some disappointment, "You haven't broken through to the Heavenly Dao Realm?"

Qin Feng sighed softly. "No! Breaking through to the Heavenly Dao Realm isn't that easy. I estimate that even if I refined another wisp of Primordial Purple Qi, I might not be able to break through!"

"Sigh!" Xuan Guang sighed softly, then said, "So be it, perhaps this is the irreversibility of fate!"