Perhaps he was simply too tense. After all, the High-Grade Fourth Tier Overturning Heaven and Earth Four Symbols Formation had a formidable reputation, and in a place so mysterious and unfathomable, some unease was inevitable.
Besides, with more than twenty Golden Core cultivators here, he could not retreat even if he wanted to.
Qing Chen drew a deep breath, forcibly suppressed his doubts, steadied his mind, and took his first step into the grand formation.
That step felt like crossing between two worlds, leaving a savage expanse ten thousand li wide for the bustle of the mortal world.
A moment later, the scene before him gradually cleared, and the outline of an island came into view. It was Immortal-Severing Island!
Across the three-thousand-li island and the surrounding two thousand li of sea, the scene was strange, with spirit energy distributed in an extremely uneven fashion.
With his divine sense and spiritual perception nearing the Foundation Establishment Late Stage, Qing Chen could clearly sense that all the spirit energy seemed to have been drawn into two places:
One was the enormous Forbidden Grand Array enveloping the entire sea around Immortal-Severing Island. Like a gigantic whirlpool, it frantically devoured the surrounding spirit energy to sustain its terrifying power;
The other was the center of the island, where a Spirit Energy Heavenly Pillar could faintly be seen thrusting into the clouds, seemingly linking heaven and earth as it continuously drew in the spirit energy between them. Presumably, this center was where the Blood Jiangshi Legacy Mansion lay.
The intensity and volume of spirit energy in these two places completely surpassed the level Qing Chen knew from the Condensed Jade Sect's Earth Jade Island. They had clearly reached the fourth tier.
Elsewhere on Immortal-Severing Island and in its waters, however, spirit energy was so