Not long after, the three of them arrived in the cultivation world of the Xuanxiang World.
The Spirit-Locking Void-Sealing Grand Formation separating the cultivation world from the mortal realm connected above to the Heavenly Track, merging void and locking spirits. It was considered one of the most profound formations in this world.
Even for Spirit Transformation formation masters from the Great Profound Realm, it would be difficult to break it without the appropriate formation-breaking artifact.
And even if they did break it, they would surely alert the Heavenly Spirit Sect.
Only Void Return formation masters with a deep understanding of formations could unravel it without alerting anyone.
Moreover, before breaking it, one had to follow the formation's rules and enter the cultivation world through several specific passages.
But to the three of them, such restrictions could simply be ignored.
Thus, rather than passing through the several routes left by the formation, they entered the cultivation world near a "Lifespan Fruit Domain" under the Heavenly Spirit Sect's jurisdiction.
Looking around, most of the people in the city had skin like chicken and hair like cranes, hunched figures, and clouded eyes. Even when leaving their homes, they needed canes to walk.
The rare few with youthful faces all bore the signs of "longevity"—plump ear rims, thick earlobes, brows longer than their eyes, and lustrous hair.
Their philtrums were deep and long, their features sharply defined, their chins square and full. They had cultivated rudimentary techniques such as "Nurturing Life" and "Increasing Lifespan."
Logically speaking, people who cultivated "Nurturing Life" and "Increasing Lifespan" techniques ought to have ruddy complexions and clear, bright eyes even in old age...
Yet the people of this city were gaunt as skeletons and steeped in the air of twilight, as though a single gust of wind could knock