First entry into the Sky Flame Mountain Range

After the red-faced old man finished speaking, he waved his hand and sent out a puppet.

With a flash of light, it transformed into a powerfully built tiger beast. It darted toward the weakened section of the restrictive spell ahead and, in the blink of an eye, vanished into it.

Judging by the fluctuations of spiritual power it gave off, the tiger beast was undoubtedly a puppet of the Core Formation realm.

As the tiger beast entered the extremely thin barrier, there was only a slight ripple of energy. No attack appeared.

No one present knew what happened to the tiger beast after it entered the barrier. Although the restrictive spell had weakened, its ability to block cultivators' divine sense remained intact.

Even Qin Fengming's powerful divine sense, comparable to that of a middle- or late-stage Core Formation cultivator, could not penetrate the barrier in the slightest. Whether a Nascent Soul cultivator could breach it was something he had no way of knowing.

A full tea-brewing interval passed before the stout, red-faced old man turned toward the Nascent Soul cultivators behind him with a smile and announced:

"My puppet beast has been safely transported into the Sky Flame Mountain Range. You may now arrange for the disciples of your respective sects to enter."

Although the stout, red-faced old man did not speak loudly, every cultivator present heard him perfectly clearly.

They had never expected that testing the restrictive spell around the Sky Flame Mountain Range would cost the red-faced old man a Core Formation stage puppet. Everyone present was deeply shocked. Such puppets rarely appeared even in the Marketplace.

The Nascent Soul cultivators cupped their fists, then turned and returned to their respective sects' cultivators to arrange their entry into the Sky Flame Mountain Range.

"Disciples of Manghuang Mountain, you