Using the corpse ghost he had prepared in advance, Ling Tian performed the secret technique and escaped. While Venerable Sword Saint repeatedly teleported toward him, Ling Tian calmly took a teleportation formation and left. He did not return to Fengyun Realm, however, but instead rushed to the northern edge of God Realm. Just as Ling Tian had said, Chi Xue and the others were there, along with more people from God Realm's major factions. After Ling Tian set out, Chi Xue and the others had instructed their people to stay away from Fengyun Realm for the time being. They had retreated to God Realm's northern edge, where Ling Tian could encounter more of them. Killing them all would also greatly ease the invasion of northern God Realm by Chi Xue's two forces.
By the time Venerable Sword Saint reached the place where Ling Tian's corpse ghost had been, the latter had already left. Looking at the hidden teleportation formation, Venerable Sword Saint's expression darkened, and fury glimmered in his eyes.
"As expected, he's already left through the teleportation formation. He's even farther away from me now." Venerable Sword Saint spoke in a low voice, then looked toward the northern edge of God Realm. "Even if I wanted to reach Ling Tian's current location, it would take me some time. Besides, this is their territory. They must have set up many hidden teleportation formations here over the years. There's no way I can capture him."
"Most importantly, Ling Tian can sense my location, so he can prepare to escape in advance." Venerable Sword Saint realized that this was the most important problem.
After thinking it over, Venerable Sword Saint knew that he had almost no chance of capturing Ling Tian this time. He was disappointed and furious. He was disappointed because