Chapter 47: Breaking the Formation

The four members of Taiyuan Gate entered the “Heaven and Earth Harmony Formation,” a defensive formation. They had to use their own spells to attack and destroy each formation node in order to escape.

Inside the Heaven and Earth Harmony Formation, the scene resembled that of nature, but the energy there was extremely powerful. The energies of the five elements were harmoniously blended together, creating a sense of balance.

The four members of Taiyuan Gate did not dare to use their top-tier spiritual weapons at this moment. Instead, they each wielded a high-quality spiritual weapon and used their powerful metal-element spells to attack various parts of the formation. However, before their spells could take effect, the surrounding energies of the five elements overwhelmed their metal-element vital energy. The surroundings would only fluctuate slightly before returning to their original state.

It turned out that the Heaven and Earth Harmony Formation was designed so that the energies of the five elements were evenly mixed. Any single element entering the formation would be diluted by the combined energies, rendering even the most powerful spells ineffective.

After casting a few spells, the four members of Taiyuan Gate quickly realized the peculiar nature of this formation. They stopped recklessly casting spells, as that would only waste their vital energy. After some experimentation, they finally found a clue: casting spells near the formation nodes would slow down the dilution of the metal-element energy. Thus, by casting small spells in different locations, they could gradually locate the nodes and destroy them.

Once all the nodes were dealt with, the four members of Taiyuan Gate could exit the formation smoothly.

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The three members of Jin Yang Sect entered the “Five Movements Coordination Formation,” another defensive formation. They also had to use their attack spells to destroy each formation node.

As soon as they entered the formation, they used their high-quality spiritual weapons to attack. But they soon discovered that no matter what kind of metal-element spell they cast, the formation would generate an identical spell to counterattack them. If they remained still, the formation would not attack either.

At that moment, the three members of Jin Yang Sect understood the function of this formation: “If you move, I move; if you stay still, I stay still”—this was the true meaning of “coordination.”

Afterward, they tried attacking various parts of the formation and finally found a way to break through the “Five Movements Coordination Formation.” It turned out that near the formation nodes, the counterattacks from the formation were about 10% stronger.

Using this method, the three members of Jin Yang Sect located each of the formation nodes one by one.

The three demon cultivators from Bai Shou Peak entered the “Dust to Star Formation Array,” which was also a defensive formation, waiting for the attacks of the three demon cultivators to break through it. As soon as One-Claw Green Dragon, Howling Wind Jiao, and Green-Eyed Blue Phoenix entered the array, they cast a wood-type spell, causing leaves to fly everywhere like knives. However, the three demon cultivators quickly realized that although each leaf could normally cut through a mountain, it turned into fragments as it flew through space and disappeared swiftly. It seemed that every trace of spiritual energy in the entire array area was as solid as a planet. “One flower, one world; one grain of sand, one universe” perfectly described the situation in that area at that moment. Realizing that wood-type attack spells would be ineffective, the three demon cultivators tried some wood-type auxiliary spells—root spells, moss spells, and gentle wind spells. After some experimentation, they were surprised to discover the secret of the large array. Around each array node, the energies of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth would become chaotic at intervals, then combine and spread throughout the entire array area. Following this pattern, the three demon cultivators from Bai Shou Peak successfully located each array node.

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The three members of Qing Yun Sect entered the “Five Elements Thousand Mechanisms Array” and were immediately attacked by the array’s spells, with spells of all five elements pouring down like rain. The energy of the five elements in this array area was extremely abundant, seemingly inexhaustible, allowing the spells of all five elements to be cast continuously with sufficient energy. “Golden Sword Rainbow Shock!” A swarm of golden swords shot forward like locusts, leaving trails of rainbow light—both spectacular and extremely powerful. “Wood Wind Gale Explosion!” Wood generates wind, wind gathers into gales, and the entire space was filled with violent winds. “Water Ice Abyssal Frost!” Waterfalls descended from the sky, turning the ground into ice, freezing everything in utter cold. “Fire Spark Convergence Explosion!” Sparkles appeared in droplet shapes, and when ten of them gathered together, they would explode with power equivalent to the late stage of the tribulation phase. “Earth Thorns All Around!” Walls of massive earth thorns appeared in all directions, surrounding the target and either piercing them to death or crushing them to death. Faced with such an extreme attack array, the three members of Qing Yun Sect could only rely on their own spiritual energy to withstand it. After consuming a huge amount of spiritual energy, they also realized that the power of the array’s attack spells weakened with each use, indicating that the array’s energy was limited as well.

Three members of the Yingtian Sect entered the ‘Five Swords Violent Yuan Formation’. As soon as they entered, they were immediately attacked by the formation’s tactics. Within this formation, at every location, five swords in gold, green, blue, red, and yellow colors flew in the air, seemingly launching a sword-based attack against those who entered. When these five swords struck the opponents with their sharp edges, they would also cause the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—to explode, resulting in immense destructive power. However, the three members of the Yingtian Sect practiced earth-based cultivation techniques, giving them strong defensive capabilities due to their earth element energy. Thus, they were able to withstand the attacks of the five swords without sustaining any damage. After resisting for a while, they realized that the attacking power of the five swords gradually weakened over time. Therefore, they simply had to patiently defend themselves while exhausting the formation’s elemental energy.

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Three members of the Cangyang Valley entered the ‘Mystic Qi Nine Transformations Formation’ and found the entire space to be somewhat eerie, with each gust of wind seemingly containing nine different wind patterns. With their advanced cultivation level, their spiritual senses could clearly perceive the abnormalities in the surrounding space, so they quickly communicated among themselves and decided to wait for an opportunity to act. The nine wind patterns referred to the nine different forces generated by the wind, similar to a single punch containing nine types of hidden energy. The three members of Cangyang Valley didn’t have to wait long before the space around them changed drastically—ten thousand gray swords suddenly appeared in the air, each capable of piercing them. They tried to fly away but found it impossible, as the swords seemed to have a will of their own and followed them. Thus, they had no choice but to use defensive spells to protect themselves. After the swords were blocked, the space changed again, with ten thousand gray knives appearing, each capable of cutting through their bodies. Drawing on their previous experience, they once again relied on defensive spells for protection. Subsequently, the sky continued to change, with ten thousand gray arrows, axes, spears, sticks, forks, hammers, and lances appearing one after another, constantly attacking the three members of Cangyang Valley. They struggled to defend against them. Yet, despite their frustration, they were somewhat relieved to notice that after each wave of attacks from these nine types of weapons, their power would decrease slightly.

The three demon cultivators from Xianyue Cliff entered the ‘Starry Sky Void Formation’. From the very beginning, it shocked them greatly.
In the realm of cultivation, such phenomena were quite ordinary, but suddenly the surrounding space turned into nothingness, as if swallowed by another dimension. At the same time as this void space appeared, a spatial rift would form and attack the three demon cultivators around them.
The three demon cultivators were highly alert. After detecting this peculiar attack method of the formation, they kept carefully observing their surroundings. As long as they didn’t get dragged away by that void space, they could ensure their survival.
After all, those spatial rift attacks only appeared after the space turned into void, and given their quick reactions, they would naturally leave immediately.
Although the attacks in this formation were relatively easier, each time the space turned into void or a spatial rift attacked, its power did not diminish, forcing the three demon cultivators from Xianyue Cliff to fight desperately.
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The three demon cultivators from Jiugong Island entered the ‘Divided and United Blood River Formation’. At first glance, they saw rivers surging everywhere.
Suddenly, before they could properly observe the surroundings, the clear rivers suddenly changed color—from clear water to blood red—until all the water turned into blood.
Bubbles of blood emerged from the blood, and when those bubbles expanded and burst, a blood figure would fly out. In moments, the entire space was surrounded by countless blood figures.
Tens of thousands of blood figures suddenly pounced at once, howling loudly and biting ferociously, creating a terrifying atmosphere.
The three demon cultivators from Jiugong Island practiced water-based cultivation techniques, so they had no choice but to use top-grade spiritual artifacts to create ‘river and sea currents’ spells around them. The river water flowed into the sea, the sea water evaporated and fell back into the rivers, in a continuous cycle, to counter the attacks of the blood figures.
When those blood figures entered the ‘river and sea currents’ spell, they were washed away by the water currents and then torn apart by the river water.
The more blood figures died, the clearer the rivers in the formation area became, with the blood gradually turning back into river water.
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Although the masters of the eight major sects did not study the formations in depth, the formations arranged by Emperor Hao were not particularly powerful, seemingly meant to test their strength.
Thus, despite the eight formations appearing formidable, the masters of the eight major sects still managed to break through relying on their own strength.
As for Qu Yi, after successfully exiting the ‘Summit of Ten Thousand Spirits Formation’, he looked up at the sky and suddenly saw a line of words.

“Those who pass the formation can go to two places. On the left mountain, there are treasures for those destined to find them. On the right mountain, there is a space teleportation array that allows them to leave.” After reading these words, Qu Yi immediately saw two white mountains faintly appearing in the distant sky, one on each side.