Immortality Through Array Formations

Chapter 2406: Chapter 1093: Taotie (Part 3)

During this period, Mo Hua also worked on deciphering. When faced with difficulties in interpreting ancient texts, he would seek guidance from senior disciples several years ahead of him. If unsure, he would consult Elder Chu for advice.

”Of every three people walking, one can definitely serve as my teacher.”

Being relatively young in cultivation, Mo Hua had not yet explored many of the Taoist teachings. Therefore, whenever possible, he would humbly ask questions and learn earnestly, striving to expand his knowledge and perspective.

For a cultivator, strong cultivation is just one form of strength.

The power of knowledge and understanding is equally important.

Mo Hua learned while deciphering, immersing himself in the study of Taoist knowledge, fully focused, as if drinking a sweet spring.

Elder Master Xun occasionally checked on Mo Hua, often finding him thriving in the Scripture Pavilion like a fish in water.

Several Inner Sect Elders, along with a group of senior inner disciples, surrounded Mo Hua, busily researching something.

What they discovered would need Mo Hua’s ”review” as well.

This made Mo Hua, the little Outer Gate disciple, akin to an Inner Gate ”Big Senior Brother.”

Elder Master Xun sighed lightly, unsure of what to say at the moment.

”This child truly manages to become acquainted anywhere he goes...”

Elder Master Xun shook his head.

Nonetheless, Mo Hua getting along well in the Inner Gate was indeed a good thing.

As for what exactly Mo Hua was researching, he had his plans, and Elder Master Xun did not meddle much in it.

After all, if Mo Hua encountered any issues, he would resolve them himself.

Those that he couldn’t resolve would eventually require him to seek help.

Elder Master Xun wasn’t worried.

He silently observed Mo Hua again, confirming his Sea of Consciousness was stable, emotions were normal, and his Life Chart showed no signs of evil, only then did he nod slightly and silently vanish.

Inside the Scripture Pavilion, Mo Hua continued studying the Ancient Wilderness Text.

With the knowledgeable guidance of Elder Chu and teamwork of senior inner disciples, the deciphering progressed rapidly.

In less than half a month, the Ancient Wilderness Text from the Evil God Bone Scroll was roughly translated.

Mo Hua was naturally extremely grateful, expressing his thanks repeatedly to Elder Chu and the senior disciples.

And with these days of effort, Mo Hua finally grasped the basics of the Ancient Wilderness Text, learning about the origins of this Ancient Wild Extinct Formation:

As Second Elder had said, this formation indeed originated from the Great Witch of the Barbaric Wilderness years ago.

This Great Witch understood astronomy and was proficient in witchcraft. By integrating various formations from the Great Wilderness into a unique system, he became an extraordinary talent of the world.

Later, after mistakenly entering the Abyssal Swamp, he narrowly escaped death and encountered a stroke of fortune, obtaining an ancient ”Taotie Fierce Formation.”

However, the Taotie Formation, formed by Fierce Beast Formation Patterns, was not meant for human use.

Moreover, as an ancient and ferocious formation, it was incompatible with any orthodox cultivation systems, whether from the Taoist Court or the Great Wilderness, thus unable to unleash its potential.

Unwilling to accept this, the Great Witch poured his heart and soul, exhaustively delving into ancient texts, depleting his lifelong Divine Thought and Divine Sense Calculation Power. Eventually, he modified this Taotie Ancient Formation into one usable by cultivators.

This is precisely the Twelve Scripture Gluttonous Spirit Corpse Formation!

But the problem is, this formation is not simple at all.

Despite the Great Witch’s utmost efforts, the difficulty of Second Grade and Twenty Patterns still was daunting, enough to intimidate all Formation Masters.

Thus, as time passed, the formation became buried in darkness.

The Bone Scroll’s recorded origins only went that far.

This record is not particularly detailed.

It likely involves more secrets, like why the royal family of the Great Wilderness sealed this Ultimate Formation, which the Bone Scroll does not mention.

But these are not vital; what Mo Hua most wants to know is the principles and diagrams of the Twelve Scripture Gluttonous Spirit Corpse Formation.

Mo Hua continues to flip through.

The Bone Scroll’s construct is layered, like the joints of a giant beast, quite peculiar.

Each record is shrouded in a layer of black mist.

Only by understanding the previous layer of Ancient Wilderness Text could one proceed to view deeper texts and images.

After the origins, came the principles and essentials of the formation.

Mo Hua took a brief glance, just enough to grasp the basic principles, and felt a shiver down his spine, shock seeping through him.

This was an unexpected, inventive concept for a formation.

It features fantastical designs, divine craftsmanship, and methods as novel as a unicorn hiding its horn.

Some of his previous speculations were correct.

The Twelve Scripture refers to the twelve regular meridians within a cultivator’s body, interlinking organs like the Sanjiao, revolving in tune with the twelve-hour changes, adhering to natural circulation.

Taotie refers to that greedily fierce ancient formation, being the formation’s origin.

In ”Spiritual Remains,” ’Spirit’ denotes Spiritual Power, while ’Remains’ signifies the cultivator’s bones.

The so-called ’Spiritual Remains’ means the remains of Spiritual Power.

Incorporating the Taotie Ancient Formation with a cultivator’s twelve meridians and surrounding bones, forming an ”external spiritual bone” for holding immense Spiritual Power.

By then, Spiritual Power can be stored within the Taotie Spiritual Remains.

Once engaged in a duel, when depleted of Spiritual Power, one can unlock the formation’s seal and release the tremendous stored Spiritual Power from the Taotie Spiritual Remains.

Devouring Spiritual Power, transforming into Taotie.

This Ancient Wild Extinct Formation would transform one into a terrifying Fierce Beast with endless power.

Mo Hua felt his emotions surge within.

Using the Twelve Scripture Gluttonous Spirit Corpse Formation as his Lifebound Formation, integrated into his twelve meridians and surrounding bones, would massively compensate for his lack of Spiritual Power.

His own mana would then become as vast as the sea, boundless and inexhaustible.

Then...

With the support of the Spiritual Corpse Formation, his mastery of all skills would no longer be limited to the cyclical flow of the Little Five Elements Skill.

Medium-grade Daoist skills could be learned and performed without worrying about exhaustion of Spiritual Power.

Even highly potent and massively consuming Superior Daoist Magic wouldn’t be out of reach.

Mo Hua’s heart grew warm.

The world of skills, only speed is unbeatable.

This was a principle Grandpa Gui taught him years ago.

The stronger the Divine Sense, the stronger the control, the faster the spell.

But what Grandpa Gui referred to back then was about Fireball Technique and some lower-tier spells ”only speed is unbeatable.”

But what if he could achieve the same ”only speed is unbeatable” with Superior Daoist Magic as with Fireball Technique, would it mean he could truly create...

”Instant-cast Superior Daoist Magic?”

If the Twelve Scripture Gluttonous Spirit Corpse Formation could devour and store enough Spiritual Power, then such ”instant-cast Superior Daoist Magic,” at the same time, might not just be limited to one?

All laws are connected, Five Elements flow.

The flow is the instant-cast Superior Daoist Magic.

Moreover... it’s ”consecutive instant casts” of Superior Daoist Magic.

Mo Hua drew a sharp breath.

The terrifying nature of this vision was beyond anything he dared to imagine.

He would become a genuine ”spell cannon”... or rather, a beastly ”spell monster,” ferocious like a Taotie.