Lin Feng looked at the golden sect-type entry he had drawn, feeling thoroughly pleased.
The mysterious ritual before drawing the entry had not been in vain. In particular, after reading the description of [Hidden Sect Mystic Aura], Lin Feng could not wait to equip it to the Evergreen Sect.
Currently a Foundation Establishment sect, the Evergreen Sect had three entry slots, already equipped with the golden entry [One Day Like a Year], the golden entry [Hidden Sect Mystic Aura], and the pink entry [Myriad Convergences of the Spirit Ruins].
The instant the newly acquired [Hidden Sect Mystic Aura] entry was equipped, Lin Feng sensed a mysterious power envelop the entire sect.
At the same time, he could also invoke this entry's ability to conceal his cultivation as any lower realm.
Not only that, Tie Dali beside him also discovered that he could conceal his cultivation as any realm below his own at any time, leaving him wild with joy.
Lin Feng marveled. As expected of a golden sect-type entry, its ability was rather terrifying, practically like using cheats.
After equipping the entry, Lin Feng looked at Tie Dali and said, "Since you already feel you can break through to Golden Core, choose a suitable place and make your breakthrough. It is time for our Evergreen Sect to become a Golden Core sect."
To the outside world, perhaps only fifteen days had passed, but for the Evergreen Sect, fifteen years had already passed since the One Day Like a Year entry was equipped.
After receiving his orders, Tie Dali headed to the mountain behind the sect, chose a scenic spot, and formally began his breakthrough to the Golden Core stage.
Several days later, Lin Feng sensed a surge of spiritual energy from the mountain behind the sect.
At the same time, a reward notification from Sect World 999 appeared in his mind. It was the reward for the Evergreen Sect's promotion to a Golden Core sect.
However, the Evergreen Sect's promotion to a Golden Core sect this time had not triggered a world announcement, which meant that the newly acquired golden entry [Hidden Sect Mystic Aura] had taken effect.
With this entry, Lin Feng no longer feared anyone discovering the Evergreen Sect's secrets.
As Tie Dali broke through to the Golden Core realm, Lin Feng's realm changed along with his, advancing directly to the middle Golden Core stage.
Inside his dantian, a fist-sized Golden Core floated silently. At the same time, endless spiritual energy surged into his body from all around, greedily absorbed by that Golden Core.
This was the benefit of being a sect master.
An ordinary sect master's cultivation would automatically remain equal to that of the highest-realm cultivator in the sect.
But Lin Feng, who possessed the Entry System, could stand one minor realm above the person with the highest realm in his sect.
In less than a month, the Evergreen Sect had already become a Golden Core sect, accomplishing something without precedent.
The real world, Spirit City.
The busiest downtown district in Spirit City.
A breeze blew out of nowhere, followed by a transparent ripple that spread outward in all directions.
Had an experienced sect master been present, they would certainly have recognized this as a sign that another world was about to merge with the real world.
Such mergers with other worlds were happening constantly on Blue Star, possible at any time and in any place.
The ripple slowly spread, the surrounding light twisting slightly as the neon lights along the street flickered.
A cold, damp stench of decay quietly spread. At first, the pedestrians along the street merely tightened their collars instinctively, thinking the temperature had suddenly dropped.
Before long, wisps of sticky black mist seeped out of cracks in the void, turning into shadow monsters with indistinct forms as soon as they touched the ground.
Their bodies were twisted, lacking complete human forms, their limbs dragging as they wandered soundlessly through the crowds.
The passersby along the street were the first to notice something wrong. Some saw their companions' eyes turn vacant and their bodies go rigid, only to be entangled by shadows in the blink of an eye, their faces instantly deathly pale and their entire bodies chilled.
Panic spread through downtown Spirit City like a tide.
Screams rose one after another, and the once-bustling commercial district instantly descended into chaos.
Pedestrians fled in every direction, shop assistants hurriedly shut their doors, and vehicles braked sharply, their horns mingling with cries and screams.
People could not make out exactly what these monsters looked like. All they knew was that anyone the creatures approached would fall into an inexplicable cold terror, their bodies stiffening beyond their control.
The Anomalies grew more and more numerous, wandering aimlessly among the streets and buildings, steadily encroaching on the area.
In the blink of an eye, the bustling city center was shrouded in unease and chaos. Ordinary people had no power to resist and could only scramble for cover, waiting for cultivators to arrive and help.
Those who had awakened sects generally could not summon their sects in the real world. They could only do so under specific conditions.
A merger of worlds was one such condition.
When worlds merged, everyone who had awakened a sect was obligated to summon it to resist the invasion of other races from the merging world.
But in a small fourth-tier city like Spirit City, most residents were people who had been eliminated from the Sect World.
They had failed to pass the Sect World's successive trials, ultimately losing their sects and becoming ordinary people again, returning to normal lives. This was also where most people ended up.
As alarms rang out throughout Spirit City, the awakened who still retained their sects immediately rushed toward the city center. One after another, they began summoning their sects and directing their disciples to fight these invading creatures of other races.
Meanwhile, awakened with a talent for organizing directed those sects to surround the center of the merger-the place where those otherworldly creatures appeared-while organizing the evacuation of ordinary people from the central area.
Spirit City High School.
Shortly after the alarms sounded in Spirit City, Spirit City High School received a notice requiring all teachers to immediately organize students who had awakened sects and advanced them to Qi Refining sects to head to the main merger zone downtown and slay the invading creatures of other races.
The Spirit City High School seniors, who had still been in the Sect World, accelerating their cultivation under a hundredfold flow of time, now returned to reality one after another.
After being notified by their respective homeroom teachers, the seniors whose sects had already reached the Qi Refining level looked toward downtown Spirit City with excitement in their eyes, along with a trace of nervousness. Then they headed downtown with their homeroom teachers.
Lin Dong, the Grand Ambition Class's homeroom teacher, also looked toward downtown with a grave, murderous expression before quickly sweeping his gaze over the students of the Grand Ambition Class.
When his gaze passed over Lin Feng and Lin Wan'er, a trace of worry appeared in his eyes.
Based on past experience with small-scale world mergers, the invading creatures of other races from other worlds ranged in strength from the Houtian realm to the Foundation Establishment realm.
Ever since all information about these two prodigies in their Grand Ambition Class had been completely concealed, even he, their homeroom teacher, did not know what realms they had reached. But one thing was certain: with their talent, both must already have advanced their sects to Qi Refining sects and stood among the best at that level.
While resisting this invasion by other races, he would have to be cautious in protecting them. Spirit City High School could not lose these two prodigies.