Ling Tian had finally reached the eastern region of the God Realm, though he was still a long way from the place where Chi Xue and the others' sect elders were undergoing tribulation. It was far enough that even Venerable Sword Saint had little chance of capturing him here. There were even some secret Teleportation Formations set up by Ling Tian's people nearby. At the very least, Ling Tian had already stationed some corpse demons beside them, so even if Venerable Sword Saint came after him through a Teleportation Formation, Ling Tian would have a good chance of escaping.
Although there were cultivators from the alliance of the God Realm's major powers in the area, Ling Tian didn't attack them. Instead, he began destroying every secret Teleportation Formation he could see—specifically, Chi Xue and the others' formations. Under his Void Breaking Buddha Eye, almost no Teleportation Formation could escape his notice. As time passed, the secret Teleportation Formations around him grew fewer and fewer, and he drew closer to the place where Chi Xue and the others' sect elders were undergoing tribulation. With no secret formations belonging to Chi Xue and the others nearby, Ling Tian was less worried that Venerable Sword Saint could teleport straight to him and attack, especially since he could also pinpoint Venerable Sword Saint's location.
That was right. Ling Tian's strength had now reached the twelfth Heaven of the Near-Saint level. He was still far weaker than Venerable Sword Saint, who had fused nine golden cores, but Ling Tian had constantly worked to expand the range of his divine sense, making his perception astonishingly keen—not inferior to Venerable Sword Saint's. What was more, he had several means of tracking Venerable Sword Saint's aura: Po Qiong and a Phoenix Soul Fruit Tree. Both could lock onto