As Lin Feng and his group remained in seclusion, spring gave way to autumn, and in the blink of an eye, a year had passed.
Yet throughout that year, the entire Central Continent was far from peaceful.
First, news from an unknown source stirred up enormous waves across the Central Continent.
The subject of this news was none other than the Spirit Clan, one of the Eight Ancient Clans.
Back when Lin Feng had been in seclusion beneath the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range, the Spirit Clan's dimension had suddenly closed, after which it vanished without a trace.
At the time, however, this news had only circulated among certain major factions.
Moreover, since no one knew exactly what had happened, the news had not spread.
But not long ago, some powerful experts discovered that the Spirit Clan's dimension had actually opened once more.
Yet when these experts, filled with questions, went to investigate, they discovered that the present Spirit Realm was already completely empty, without a single soul in sight.
Even the descendant clans who had lived within the Spirit Realm had vanished without a trace.
Staring at that vacant, lifeless space, the experts who had gone to investigate the Spirit Realm were instantly stunned.
Then, a chill rose from the soles of their feet to the tops of their heads.
This was simply too strange.
After all, counting the Spirit Clan's descendant clans, the Spirit Realm had contained no fewer than a million people.
Yet now, so many people had simply evaporated into thin air?
When word of this reached the other major Ancient Races, it naturally caused another massive uproar.
The other Imperial Clans immediately dispatched experts to the Spirit Realm to investigate.
However, no matter how thoroughly those experts searched, they failed to find even half a Spirit