Chapter 20: The Seven-Star Treasure Light Array

Outside Beast Peak, the Four Sects—Taiyuan Gate, Qingyun Sect, Lanyang Palace, and Yingtian School—deployed all their strength to encircle it from all sides.
The leaders of the four sects agreed that as long as the three demon-cultivating sects—Jinyang Sect, Biyan Peak, and Cangyang Valley—attacked Moon-Biting Cliff, the four sects would simultaneously launch an attack on Beast Peak, preventing the three sects from coordinating or supporting each other.
At that moment, the members of the four sects had already flown into the sky, filling the entire heavens and sealing off Beast Peak completely.
A fierce aura swept toward Beast Peak, even stirring the spiritual energy in space into gusting winds that ravaged the peak. Especially the seventy Great Perfection-stage cultivators from the four sects, with their invisible murderous intent, guided the raging storms to fiercely attack, aiming to destroy every tree, rock, and soil on Beast Peak.
Suddenly, a green light burst forth from Beast Peak, turning the entire mountain into a light source that emitted dazzling green rays outward.
Notably, the mountain, which originally had seven color bands—white, gray, red, blue, green, purple, and yellow—from its summit to its base, now saw these seven colors flashing alternately. The white band would shine briefly before returning to white, followed by the gray band shining and then returning to normal, then the red band shining again… alternating continuously in a magnificent and awe-inspiring display.
The powerful green light swiftly shot toward the cultivators in the sky. Those below the Combined Stage felt their vital energy surging violently, almost to the point of bursting out, with their Nascent Souls on the verge of tearing apart.
“What! Beast Peak has actually developed the Seven-Star Treasure Light Array! Could it be they’ve already found the Wood Origin Stone?”
Suddenly, a Great Perfection-stage cultivator from Qingyun Sect shouted.
The leader of Qingyun Sect practiced wood-related cultivation techniques, and this Great Perfection-stage cultivator also cultivated wood-based methods. His body was about to fully transform into a Wood Origin body, so he was highly sensitive to changes in wood energy and immediately cried out.
As soon as he spoke, the seventy Great Perfection-stage cultivators from the four sects raised their hands, releasing the wood origin energy they had painstakingly refined. This created a barrier of origin energy across the entire starry sky, blocking the green light emitted by Beast Peak and preventing it from reaching the cultivators of the four sects.

The Seven-Star Treasure Light Array is a grand array that utilizes the power of the stars in the sky to transform and refine the primordial energy of the five elements. The green light emitted by it is generated by the primordial energy of wood. Primordial energy is akin to the dominant force within spiritual energy; it can draw upon various energies in the surrounding space, and thus can also activate the true essence within a cultivator’s body. Therefore, when this green light reaches the cultivators of the four sects, it induces their true essence to emerge from their bodies.

However, the core component for controlling this array is a primordial stone of wood—specifically, the Tight Wood Stone. This Tight Wood Stone, just like the Wood Spirit Stone obtained by Qu Yi, is also a primordial stone of wood, containing primordial energy of wood within it.

It’s no wonder that Bai Shou Peak has already found the Tight Wood Stone; thus, it can remain so calm while waiting for the attacks from the four sects despite being surrounded by them.

The cultivators at the Mahayana stage from the four sects joined forces to block the green light emanating from Bai Shou Peak. Although they were not affected by the green light, they were unable to invade Bai Shou Peak.

At that moment, a towering figure suddenly appeared atop Bai Shou Peak—it was the sect leader of Bai Shou Peak, One-Claw Green Dragon. Behind Green Dragon, thirty cultivators at the Mahayana stage also appeared immediately. Twenty of them were from Bai Shou Peak itself, while the other ten came from another demonic cultivation sect, Jiugong Island.

Green Dragon stood tall, casting a cold glance at the dense crowd of cultivators around him, before suddenly shouting, “Tai Ming, Qing Xu, Lan Wei, Ying Hua—you four think that by combining the strength of the four sects, you can sweep away our Bai Shou Peak? How absurd! I suggest you just go back quietly and stop wasting spiritual energy here.”

This was an outright insult, directed at the sect leaders of the four sects!

Tai Ming, Qing Xu, Lan Wei, and Ying Hua immediately looked uneasy. They had originally thought that combining the strength of the four sects to destroy Bai Shou Peak would be an easy task, but now they faced such a powerful array obstacle and were unable to conquer it.

The Seven-Star Treasure Light Array could be temporarily suppressed even if strong cultivators at the Mahayana stage launched a full-scale attack, but it required fifty such cultivators to fully contain the green light and prevent it from escaping from Bai Shou Peak. Yet, the four sects together only had seventy cultivators at the Mahayana stage—fifty short of what was needed. It would be extremely difficult for the remaining twenty to hold off the thirty cultivators from Bai Shou Peak.

Anger, frustration, worry… The sect leaders of the four sects all looked at a loss.

At that moment, a glint appeared in Tai Ming’s eyes. He then called the other three sect leaders over to discuss the situation together.

“The three of you, it seems that forcing an attack on Beast Peak won’t yield any benefits. There’s only one way now—gathering all the Mahayana-level experts from the seven sects to easily take control of Beast Peak,” Tai Ming said with a cold laugh.

Upon hearing this, Lan Wei calmly replied, “But how could Beast Peak allow our seven sects to gather so easily? They will surely try to create obstacles. Moreover, if our seven sects unite, the three demon cultivation sects will also gather at Beast Peak. Even if we win this battle, we will suffer heavy losses.”

Qing Xu and Ying Hua listened quietly without saying a word.

Tai Ming sneered, “Don’t worry, the three of you. Since Beast Peak uses a large formation for defense, we also have our own defensive formations. Let’s wait a few more days, return to our sect headquarters, bring the materials needed to set up formations, and place several large formations around Beast Peak. Then we can easily transfer the forces of the three magic cultivation sects over to attack Beast Peak together.”

At each sect’s base, more than a dozen space transmission arrays had already been set up, allowing easy communication with their respective headquarters and facilitating the deployment of cultivators.

Lan Wei, Qing Xu, and Ying Hua understood that Tai Ming planned to set up formations to defend against the attacks from the Mahayana-level beings at Beast Peak, while the four cultivation sects’ Mahayana-level cultivators would first head to the Shanghan Continent, join forces with the three magic cultivation sects, completely destroy Xianyue Cliff, and then return together to attack Beast Peak.

The ten major sects in the cultivation world had existed for millions of years and all had profound foundations. Since Beast Peak possessed the Seven-Star Treasure Light Formation, the other nine sects naturally also had their own defensive formations.

“Good, let’s do it this way,” the three sect leaders, Lan Wei, Qing Xu, and Ying Hua, immediately agreed.

Seeing that the three had agreed, Tai Ming turned his smiling face toward Beast Peak, stared directly at Qing Long, and shouted, “Qing Long, you think that by activating your mountain defense formation, you can live in peace? I’ll give Beast Peak a few more days before wiping you out completely.”

After saying that, the cultivators below the Tribulation stage from the Taiyuan Sect immediately flew back. The cultivators below the Tribulation stage from the other three sects also flew away under the orders of their sect leaders.

The seventy Mahayana-level experts from the four sects had been using their own primordial energy to sustain the green light. Now that all the cultivators from the four sects had retreated, they withdrew their primordial energy and flew away as well.

Qing Long sneered coldly. After seeing that all the cultivators from the four sects had left, he ordered the removal of the Seven-Star Treasure Light Formation.

The members of the Taiyuan Sect, Qingyun Sect, Lanyang Palace, and Yingtian Sect returned to their bases and immediately sent people to use the space transmission arrays to return to their respective sects to fetch the materials needed to set up formations.

Qu Yi flew across the starry sky from Tai Qian Star and soon arrived at Liu Pan Star, landing near Bai Shou Peak. With his soul at the early stage of the Tribulation phase, the spiritual awareness of the Artifact God had already surpassed that of a Mahayana cultivator, allowing it to sense everything that had just happened at Bai Shou Peak. After hearing the Artifact God’s description, Qu Yi immediately smiled and said, “Artifact God, I think the Golden-Winged Roc is also on Bai Shou Peak now. This piece can indeed be put to use now.” The Artifact God calmed down for a while before asking, “Qu Yi, what do you plan to do?” It turned out that the Artifact God had sensed Qu Yi’s intention to take action but couldn’t guess his plan, so it asked in confusion. Qu Yi smiled and said directly, “Artifact God, just inform the Golden-Winged Roc to go find the Green Dragon. I want to discuss with the Green Dragon staging a massacre.” The Golden-Winged Roc already had a soul shackle implanted by the Artifact God, so the Artifact God could convey Qu Yi’s message to it through spiritual waves. Upon hearing this, the Artifact God exclaimed in surprise, “Qu Yi, do you intend to massacre all the cultivators from the four sects?” Qu Yi smiled but didn’t reply. Meanwhile, on Bai Shou Peak, the Green Dragon, who had just repelled the four sects and returned to the Green Dragon Palace, was suddenly approached by the Golden-Winged Roc, who was now at the early stage of the Tribulation phase and said he had important news to convey. Seeing the Golden-Winged Roc’s excited expression, the Green Dragon knew it must be good news and immediately took him into a secret room. “Golden-Winged Roc, what do you want to tell me?” the Green Dragon asked cheerfully. “Master, let me tell you first that Qu Yi has already implanted a soul shackle in me; I’ve long become his demon pet,” the Golden-Winged Roc said calmly. This was Qu Yi’s own decision—he needed to show some sincerity to gain the Green Dragon’s trust. However, the Golden-Winged Roc was only allowed to reveal this secret; if he dared to disclose Qu Yi’s secret of mastering five elements simultaneously, his soul would be instantly shattered and he would die. What! The Green Dragon’s expression changed drastically, turning fierce, as if ready to slay the Golden-Winged Roc with a single palm strike. The Golden-Winged Roc hurriedly said, “Master, Qu Yi has already arrived near Bai Shou Peak. He sent me to see you, saying he wants to cooperate with you to massacre the cultivators from the four sects.” The Green Dragon’s expression softened, then turned joyful. He immediately looked at the Golden-Winged Roc kindly and said with a smile, “Tell me quickly what Qu Yi plans to do.” The Golden-Winged Roc then explained Qu Yi’s plan to him.

After hearing this, Qinglong burst into wild laughter, shaking the entire secret chamber.