Imperial Cultivation

Chapter 1605: Chapter 1601: Array Formation

He looked up at the sky.

The sky was clear as if washed.

He surveyed the surroundings, the strong wind howling, and lush greenery greeted him.

Indeed, Qingyang Heaven is two levels more abundant in spiritual energy than Biyuan Heaven.

But these two levels do not amount to a qualitative change, unable to form an overwhelming force.

The most formidable aspect of the Heavenly Shadow Sect’s martial arts is its movement technique, followed by swordsmanship.

The power of the fists and kicks is relatively weak.

Everything has its pros and cons.

The Heavenly Shadow Sect’s mental method leans towards introversion and concealment, thus losing its sharpness and dominance.

It has an excess of yin softness but lacks fierceness and cannot achieve a balance of hardness and softness.

Its fist technique and hand skills are less powerful than Fuyun Sect, and its swordsmanship is also less powerful than the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Thus, overall strength is not as great as Guanghan Palace and barely comparable to the other three sects.

The only concern is their concealment and transformation, which need to be cracked.

He thought again and again.

An elephant beast appeared on his left shoulder.

As soon as the elephant beast appeared, it craned its neck, peered around, full of curiosity.

Chu Zhiyuan spoke in his mind about what he wanted to do and asked if there was a way.

The elephant beast snorted: ”That’s easy, just set up a Returning to Truth Formation. Once someone enters the formation, it will force their True Yuan to manifest outward, revealing the real and the false.”

Chu Zhiyuan asked: ”Is it difficult to set up this Returning to Truth Formation?”

”Very easy, a small formation.” The elephant beast said: ”Do you want to use it?”

Chu Zhiyuan pursed his lips: ”That Heavenly Shadow Sect intends to invade our Four Great Sects and stir up trouble.”

The elephant beast’s eyes narrowed into golden lines, glanced quickly, and snorted: ”Not much of a deal.”

Chu Zhiyuan asked: ”Can we make a formation to directly trap them inside?”

The elephant beast shook its head and said: ”They have a Sect’s Spiritual Artifact, normal formations cannot hold them.”

”Forget it then.” Chu Zhiyuan said: ”Setting up the Returning to Truth Formation isn’t difficult, right? Doesn’t require a Divine Stone?”

”The Returning to Truth Formation doesn’t require a Divine Stone, just carve array talismans from regular jade stones.”

”Let’s go, make the array talismans first.” Chu Zhiyuan said: ”Give them a surprise.”

He didn’t attack the Heavenly Shadow Sect directly, deciding to let the Four Great Sects handle it, no need to take everything upon himself.

Just the perfect opportunity to use the Heavenly Shadow Sect to shift the focus of the Venerables from the Four Great Sects.

So they won’t keep thinking about the New Cave Heaven.

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Guanghan Palace

Chu Zhiyuan placed eight jade tokens around the square, clapped his hands, and smiled: ”It’s done.”

The elephant beast had already explained the method to form the array, and he thought there was no problem.

Xiao Mingyue, Qi Qingmei, and Lu Xiaolu watched his actions, now surveying the surroundings.

Lu Xiaolu said: ”It seems like nothing has changed.”

Chu Zhiyuan smiled: ”Senior Sister, try going out and coming back in again.”

”I’ll give it a try.”

Lu Xiaolu fluttered away and soon returned, landing on the square as her dress billowed, a circle of light shield appeared with a faint crane shape.

”Huh?” Lu Xiaolu looked up at the sky above her, looked around her, and exclaimed: ”I didn’t intentionally operate my technique.”

Qi Qingmei said: ”Xiao Lu, try stopping your True Yuan and see.”

Lu Xiaolu said: ”I’ve already stopped, but the True Yuan circulates on its own, let me try again.”

She fluttered away from the square again, flew into the air and circled around, returning to the square.

As she was about to land on the square, she deliberately stopped operating her mental method.

But upon landing on the square, the True Yuan circulated itself, causing a light shield to appear, along with the shape of a crane.

She marveled: ”It’s very intriguing.”

Qi Qingmei and Xiao Mingyue both tried it and found that once they landed on the square, the True Yuan would circulate on its own, revealing the True Yuan shield and the image connotation of their mental method.

All in the shape of a crane, representing the rhythm of their mental method.

Qi Qingmei said: ”In this case, unless they practice the mental method first, then come in to hide it.”

She frowned: ”If Heavenly Shadow Sect masters secretly learn the mental method and practice it intensely, then come...”

Chu Zhiyuan laughed: ”In a short time, they can master your mental method, but the connotation is hard to change.”

The connotation requires long-term cultivation to gradually accumulate.

The connotation is difficult to form in a short time.

”That’s true.” Lu Xiaolu giggled and said: ”Junior brother, those Heavenly Shadow Sect guys are doomed, whoever comes will be slain!”

Qi Qingmei nodded: ”Yes, no mercy, and give them a harsh punishment. Junior brother, did you find their main altar?”

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

”No way to attack directly?”

”They have the Sect’s Spiritual Artifact; it cannot be shaken.” Chu Zhiyuan said.

Qi Qingmei said: ”Then we can’t just let it go like that, thinking of a way to retaliate is better.”

If not retaliated harshly, other sects might think the Four Great Sects are easy pickings.

Must intimidate them.

Otherwise, once a Heavenly Shadow Sect appeared, other sects would follow.

Lu Xiaolu tilted her head and asked: ”Senior Sister, how to retaliate?”

Qi Qingmei looked at Xiao Mingyue.

Xiao Mingyue said slowly: ”First, get a clear understanding of the Heavenly Shadow Sect’s reality, apprentice, the strength of the Heavenly Shadow Sect...”

”It’s similar to our Heavenly Sword Sect.” Chu Zhiyuan said.

Xiao Mingyue frowned: ”Seems difficult to deal with...only if the Four Sects work together.”

Chu Zhiyuan nodded.

The Four Sects joining forces would also shift the attention of the Venerables.

”Let’s handle the threat from the Heavenly Shadow Sect first, eliminate those who come to invade, then discuss other matters.”

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Divine Domain

Dragon Mountain

Chu Zhiyuan continued moving Dragon Mountain.

The matter of setting up formations for the Four Sects has not made progress yet.

Need more days for the information to spread and discuss further.

The Four Great Sects are top-tier sects, decisions are not made quickly, need to weigh all sides.

He no longer paid much attention and instead focused on his own improvement.

At this time, he was completely different from earlier, bending down to move bit by bit.

Walking with hands behind his back, strolling forward, wherever he went, pieces of earth and stone disappeared.

The trees and grass on the earth and stones vanished with them.

They were directly shifted to the Dragon Mountain within the Inner Universe.

The elephant beast stood on his left shoulder, its eyes narrowed into two golden lines, vigilantly looking around.

His progress was extremely fast.

He absorbed one-tenth of the Dragon Mountain in a day’s time.

The strange beasts on the Dragon Mountain moved away, avoiding his edge.

Already no strange beasts attacking him.

The Inner Universe grew stronger, each range of absorption enlarged.

The range he moved increased from one meter to ten meters.

Many strange beasts didn’t even have time to react and were shifted into the Inner Universe.

Advancing ten meters at a time, progress becomes several times faster.

He initially estimated it would take five to six days, considering such absorption is quite exhausting and requires pauses.

Now he found it could be thoroughly absorbed in three to two days.

Many strange beasts have fled this mountain, heading to neighboring Dragon Mountains.

Chu Zhiyuan ignored the migration of these strange beasts, focusing on moving Dragon Mountain.

The Golden-winged White Eagle hovered in the sky, not descending.

Chu Zhiyuan encountered two more kinds of strange beasts, those fiercely attacking strange beasts were directly absorbed into the Inner Universe.

Once inside the Inner Universe, they couldn’t create waves and became part of it.

At the same time, dozens of eyes formed by jade pendants continuously explored the Divine Domain.

Being vast and expansive, he was amazed and marveled at its wonders.

Several of those with jade pendants had fortuitous encounters.

They encountered the Divine Race’s cave mansions, but almost none could open them.

Over the long period, these mansions had been found by strange beasts or fierce beasts.

To forcibly open these mansions, they had to battle these beasts, possibly even fierce beasts.

Often, they were saved by the jade pendant, then relocated out of the Divine Domain.

Some encountered other Venerables, and even Spirit Venerables.

At such times, the jade pendant displayed its miraculous effect.

Chu Zhiyuan watched and shook his head repeatedly.

So many experts, yet none truly gained something.

More and more experts flooded into the Divine Domain, disputes increased.

Through the jade pendant, he saw experts from other realms, witnessed their martial arts.

He faintly felt a great conflict was on the horizon, not far away.