After hiding in the temporary cave dwelling for two days, Xiao Fei did not return to Yicheng.
He concealed his cultivation, disguised himself, and joined a merchant caravan, heading towards the West Sea.
Along the caravan's route, no one noticed a small fox, keeping a discreet distance, following in the same direction.
When the caravan reached the West Sea, Xiao Fei found an excuse to leave and flew alone into the depths of the West Sea.
With the opening of the natural formation drawing nearer, he could go there to wait.
It took him several months to return to the vicinity of the Absolute Spirit Locking Heaven Array.
Having spent decades in the Tianyuan Realm, he had gained some understanding of this array.
He attempted to probe the array with his divine sense, but it was like a mud ox entering the sea, with no reaction whatsoever.
He tried several other locations, all with the same result: the array remained unresponsive and impossible to probe.
His individual strength was still too weak in the face of this grand formation.
However, he had other methods.
"Disperse!"
Xiao Fei extended a hand into the darkness ahead, a profound law circulating on his palm.
Gradually, centered on his hand, the surrounding darkness receded.
Using the power of law, he forcefully carved out a law domain of over three feet in the darkness.
Within this three-foot-wide domain, Xiao Fei was the absolute master.
Then, under Xiao Fei's control, this three-foot-wide domain slowly deformed, its width narrowing and its length extending.
Without hesitation, Xiao Fei strode forward, his law space continuously expanding ahead.
As he advanced, the entrance of his law domain left behind grew progressively smaller.
At this moment, a small fox suddenly darted out, zipping through the entrance Xiao Fei had left behind.
Xiao Fei, with complete control over his domain, was naturally aware of the intruding fox.
Yet, he continued forward calmly, and the exit behind him continued to shrink.
It was now only as thick as a finger, like a rope connecting to the outside, providing him with coordinates to prevent him from getting lost.
This little fox, still too young and lacking experience, was cautiously following behind.
Unbeknownst to it, Xiao Fei had already discovered it.
Suddenly, the little fox felt a blur before its eyes and found itself directly in front of Xiao Fei.
"Speak! Why were you following me?"
Xiao Fei asked coldly, his eyes glinting with killing intent.
He had long since noticed the fox trailing him, and he even suspected if this little fox was involved in the massacre of the Jiang family.
"You might not believe me, but I don't know why I'm following you!"
"The first time I saw you, I felt very curious and wanted to stay by your side."
The little fox replied seemingly sincerely.
Xiao Fei wouldn't believe such glib talk even by a single punctuation mark.
Everyone in the cultivation world knew that foxes were the most cunning.
"It seems you won't shed tears until you see the coffin!"
As Xiao Fei spoke, he took out his somewhat exaggeratedly large pair of purple-gold hammers, clanged them together in front of him, making his ears ring.
Seeing this, the little fox attempted to flee, only to find darkness behind it.
The path it had come through was now only a finger-sized opening, impossible to pass.
The little fox's tail stood on end in nervousness, its two small front paws clasped together, nervously rubbing its fingers.
Seeing Xiao Fei's ferocious expression and raising his large hammer to smash down upon it, it finally made up its mind: escape!
At this moment, the little fox emitted a dazzling white light all over its body, then pushed off with its hind legs and burrowed into the surrounding darkness, vanishing without a trace.
Xiao Fei was also surprised by the white light emitted by the little fox.
It should be a power of law, yet it could easily break through his law domain and move freely within it.
This little fox must have mastered a powerful law, even more potent than Xiao Fei's law of dispersal and gathering.
All the laws of heaven and earth, the more powerful they were, the harder they were to comprehend, requiring more time and effort.
Xiao Fei's comprehension of the law of dispersal and gathering was achieved through cheating.
Not only did he have tens of times more time in his spatial realm, but he also had Enlightenment Spring Water, which helped him comprehend quickly.
This little fox, clearly not yet an adult, had managed to comprehend a law stronger than Xiao Fei's law of dispersal and gathering, which was truly not to be underestimated.
It was a pity that he failed to capture the little fox this time; it would be much harder to create such a trap again in the future.
However, whether this little fox, having mistakenly entered the Absolute Spirit Locking Heaven Array, could successfully emerge from it remained an unknown.
Anyone entering this array would become blind and deaf, unable to see the outside or locate their geographical coordinates.
They could only stumble around, with an extremely slim chance of successfully exiting.
Since the little fox had escaped, Xiao Fei decided not to venture further in.
With his current cultivation and strength, it would be difficult to sustain his law domain for too long or travel too far within this array.
The way back was simple; he just needed to follow the thin, rope-like law domain he had left behind.
As he walked back, he retracted his law domain.
When he emerged from the darkness of the Absolute Spirit Locking Heaven Array and returned to the West Sea, he fully withdrew the domain he had left in the darkness.
He looked around, scanning his surroundings, and seeing no trace of the little fox, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, he had shaken off this little fox!
Otherwise, with a tail following him, he wouldn't dare to activate the teleportation array.
Xiao Fei concealed his aura, dived into the sea, and swam towards the island where the ancient teleportation array was hidden.
After swimming underwater for several days, he finally returned to the island and the ancient ruins.
Previously, he had worried that the island was occupied and dared not damage it carelessly.
Now that he knew the place was long abandoned by its owners, he would not be polite.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
Xiao Fei directly summoned his purple-gold great hammers and smashed them down upon the island, particularly at the location of the cave entrance.
After a few blows, rocks crumbled, the cave collapsed, and the island's topography was completely altered.
From now on, no one would know that beneath this ruin lay an ancient teleportation array.
After collapsing the cave, Xiao Fei could only use the Earth Escape technique to burrow underground.
Following the directions in his memory, he quickly found the stone chamber hall, its floor covered with intricate runic formations.
He placed 360 high-grade spirit stones into the recesses, then stood in the center and cast a series of complex hand seals.
A familiar white light enveloped him, and the next moment, the white light dissipated, and Xiao Fei vanished from the hall.
When Xiao Fei came to his senses, he had returned to Turtle Island, within the ancient ruins.