But very soon, his expression grew increasingly astonished.

    "No one?"

    Orifice Perception had searched every nook and cranny of this Floating Immortal Isle, but surprisingly, no one was found?

    He had actually let him escape!

    "Send the order, lock down the entire Floating Immortal Isles, and enter alert status," the middle-aged man said with a heavy voice.

    "Yes!"

    All the people responded in unison, leaving with serious expressions.

    The middle-aged man looked at the broken Formation Stone, lost in thought.

    ——

    Xiang Beifei was hiding inside a large tree, where Erha had created a vacuum and then healed the tree without any damage. He then used his black and white Orifice Perception to protect himself, restoring the tree to its normal appearance. When that terrifying Perception had probed just now, it had nearly discovered him.

    This floating isle was equipped with a very powerful Formation, which basically linked all things together, including the trees. Any slight variation in the Formation would cause fluctuations. Fortunately, Xiang Beifei relied on a brick and his own black and white Spiritual Power to infiltrate the Formation within the tree and then swiftly restore normality.

    The other party probably didn''t expect Xiang Beifei to hide inside the tree. The abnormality of the tree was not detected, as the Orifice Perception merely rippled over it without lingering too much.

    "That was close."

    The Perception just now was so strong that even he wasn''t sure whether he could evade it. He had used his powerful spiritual power to hide himself, yet he was still seen by that young man.

    And that young man wasn''t even as strong as him!

    Not to mention the master of that powerful Orifice Perception.

    There was definitely something strange about this place.

    "Owo?" Erha inquired.

    "I don''t know how I got here either, it was just touching that ring, maybe the ring signifies something," Xiang Beifei speculated.

    It seemed that the ring had transported him to this place. If the ring had induced an illusion, that would be one thing, but what was weird was that he was actually able to fight with the other person and even alert them. This didn''t seem like something an illusion could achieve.

    For now, they were trapped here with no better way out. They could only hide in the tree for a while to avoid the immediate danger and think about how to leave the isle.

    The Floating Immortal Isles seemed to have entered a state of alert, as everyone was searching for the intruder. To find Xiang Beifei, the "Yi Tribes'' insider," they searched for two whole days, leaving no stone unturned.

    During this time, they even came to inspect Xiang Beifei''s hiding spot—the tree—to check whether it was still part of the Formation. After confirming that it was still connected, they left, for there were thousands of trees on the island, and they couldn''t possibly focus only on this one.

    But during these two days, Xiang Beifei wasn''t just hiding. He sent Xiaohei out to gather information. Fortunately, Xiaohei''s ability to become invisible was still unbeatable, allowing it to roam everywhere without being detected, as long as it was careful not to disturb the Formation.

    Xiang Beifei also relied on his own Perception to stealthily eavesdrop on conversations outside. Many people went back and forth, discussing the search. Piecing together bits of conversation with Xiaohei''s intelligence, he finally got a preliminary grasp of the place.

    This was a sect of immortal cultivators named the Floating Immortal Sect, located on eight massive floating isles which they called the Floating Immortal Isles. At this moment, Xiang Beifei was on one of them, which seemed to be the main isle.

    The Floating Immortal Isles were full of powerful cultivators who also called themselves Daoists. The sect was teeming with masters. Leaving aside those with relatively lower strength, just within these few days, Xiang Beifei had perceived three hundred twenty-one experts in the orifice transforming stage, sixty-three in the Heavenly Connection realm, and their Sect Leader—Daoist Qingyang—was an expert in the Immortal Realm!

    But that was just the number of masters on one isle. Because an intruder had been detected here, many masters had specifically come from other isles. With a total of eight isles, multiplying the number of the orifice transforming and Heavenly Connection realm experts by a few times was not an unreasonable estimate by Xiang Beifei!

    Beneath the Floating Immortal Isles was a large Human Race country named Hanxia. Hanxia Kingdom was inhabited by countless ordinary humans, most of whom were ordinary people without cultivation. The Floating Immortal Isles'' immortals protected Hanxia Kingdom.

    In this vast wilderness, numerous Yi Tribes would invade Hanxia Kingdom. It was the duty of the Floating Immortal Sect to resist the Yi Tribes and protect the people of Hanxia.

    As for what "Yi Tribe" meant, Xiang Beifei was not entirely sure. Over these past two days of hiding, everyone had been searching for him as a member of the "Yi Tribe," but he was not quite clear on why he was called a "Yi Tribe." Was it simply because he was wearing clothes completely different from those of these ancient people?

    "The Human Race of this place is actually also this strong,"

    Xiang Beifei couldn''t help but think to himself.

    Overall, it seemed that the strength of the Floating Immortal Isles was about the same as that of Jiuzhou, perhaps even stronger.

    Jiuzhou also had many Orifice Transforming stage experts, probably in the thousands, while there were fewer Heavenly Connection realm masters, roughly fifty to sixty people, mostly in the alliance and elite universities. But there were no Immortal Realm masters in Jiuzhou—

    Strictly speaking, there might be one, if the amnesic Xiang Qingde could be counted.

    The similarity in strength scale between this ancient immortal sect and Jiuzhou greatly surprised Xiang Beifei. Other than these people''s ancient clothing, behavior, and etiquette, as well as the lack of a system, relying solely on self-cultivation, many things were very similar to the people of Jiuzhou.

    He had also not expected to encounter such a strange place in the foreign wilderness.

    Xiang Beifei really wanted to go out and ask, but considering he had inexplicably become a fugitive, and with so many experts outside, he was certain he wouldn''t be able to clear things up if he did go out, so he opted to cultivate within the tree and wait for the situation to die down before venturing out.

    However, he didn''t have to wait long. On the fourth day of hiding in the tree, the outside suddenly became very noisy, as if something important had happened.

    "Quick! Block them off!"

    "How did the Yi Tribe get in here?"

    "It must be that Yi Tribe spy who sneaked in the other day causing trouble; we can''t let them destroy us Hanxia Human Race!"

    Countless cultivators were shouting in alarm and anger, intense Spiritual Power fluctuations spreading to every corner of the isle; it was as if there was a huge impact from outside, the whole isle rumbling, even the ground trembling.

    "Qingyang, you Hanxia Human Race have violated the Heavenly Dao, insulted the Heavenly Might, the deities are outraged, and we are here on behalf of the Heavenly God to punish you!"

    A gloomy voice rolled in like muffled thunder, deafening, echoing through the skies, resounding in every corner of the Floating Immortal Isles.

    "How dare you! Eternal Night, you Yi Tribe are seeking death!"

    The dignified voice of Daoist Qingyang, the Sect Leader of the Floating Immortal Sect, also rose to the heavens, breaking the clouds above the Floating Immortal Isles, a terrifying pressure spreading to every corner of the Isle.

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    Two powerful auras collided in the sky, the explosive impact causing the massive Floating Immortal Isles to shake.

    But at that moment, seven or eight powerful pressures suddenly burst forth in the sky, trembling like thunder, striking towards Daoist Qingyang''s momentum. His momentum became unstable at once, and the previously immensely powerful Formation of the Floating Immortal Isles shook violently, trembling fiercely again.

    "It seems you hold me, Qingyang, in high regard, mobilizing such a grand force!"

    The voice of Daoist Qingyang was full of anger.

    "Hahaha! Qingyang, the Human Race has violated the Heavenly Dao, we of the Moon God Race are commanded by the heavens, specifically here to carry out the Heavenly Dao!" A chilling laughter spread ominously across the entire sky.

    "What audacity to ''carry out the Heavenly Dao''! How many races have you, a group only capable of destruction, annihilated under the pretense of carrying out the Heavenly Dao! If you desire the Dao embryo, just say it outright, why beat around the bush!" Qingyang shouted angrily.

    "Human Race, you are the next race that needs to face justice! Enough talk, hand over the Dao embryo!"

    "We''ll have to see if you have the ability!"

    Boom! Boom! Boom!

    The terrifying auras intertwined again in the sky, shaking the heavens and the earth, causing the Formation of the Floating Immortal Isles to start cracking, with the sound of snaps and cracks. Countless trees and buildings collapsed, and the tree where Xiang Beifei had been hiding also shattered, forcing him to burrow out.