Journey to the head

Jiang Qingfeng and Wu Yan are no longer able to fight, and only Lu Qian and Yuan Pinzhu have to hold back Ji Shu and the eight-headed corpse demon, and protect Gu Nishang to break through in the battle and pass the calamity to become an infant!
In about ten breaths, can it help people overcome the great calamity of the inner demons that have changed the color of their golden elixir?

You have to know how many Jindan Zhenren, after achieving perfection, spent decades honing their minds, clearing their hearts, and collecting all kinds of spiritual objects, but even so, they still died in the end, and their reputations were lost in one day. Less than one in ten people can succeed.

In a state, the number of Yuanying Spirit Lords usually does not exceed ten.

Now, with her severely injured body, Gu Nishang wants to overcome the great calamity of her inner demon within ten breaths. Can she succeed?
However, this is the only solution now as reinforcements have not arrived!
Even if he used the remaining Creation Fire Pills and Innate Spirit Pills to allow Gu Nishang, Jiang Qingfeng or Wu Yan to recover and fight Ji Shu and the eight-headed golden elixir corpse monster together, they would not be able to hold out until the reinforcements arrived.

Therefore, Lu Qian could only choose to believe.

He stood up, blocking Jiang Qingfeng and Wu Yan behind him, opened his newly grown arms, and called for the formation diagram of the Five Elements Formation.

Then, he froze.

The formation has been destroyed!

The only way is to use the Five Elements Formation to hold back the eight corpse demons, while he and Yuanpinzhu fight to the death to hold back Ji Shu.

But now, the formation diagram was destroyed by Ji Shu!

Seeing this, Ji Shu sneered: "Without the formation diagram, the formation cultivator can't perform the formation. Trying to delay time is simply a daydream, go to hell!"

She slashed out with her palm, and the corpse demon flew through the clouds, knocking the advancing Yuanpin Pearl away again. The eight corpse demons roared in unison and pounced on them!

There were gusts of fishy wind and murderous aura, but Lu Qian stood there in a daze, his eyes out of focus.

When he realized that the formation diagram was destroyed and he could not call upon the formation, something that had existed in his heart for a long time suddenly shattered.

Without the formation diagram, you can’t use the formation?
Without a big formation, everyone will die?

No, something is wrong!
This time, the one rushing in front was a skeleton-like evil corpse. When it approached Lu Qian, its bones reorganized, its arms spun, and it turned into two bone pythons that bit down on Lu Qian's head.

It neighed triumphantly, it succeeded!
But the next moment, the bone python's fangs were already hovering in front of Lu Qian's skin, and its whole body could no longer move.

what? !

The withered corpse wanted to turn his head, but found that thousands of silk threads had fallen from the sky, with needle-like ends, tightly wrapping around every bone of his.

Not only himself, but also the other seven corpse demons were trapped in the chaos!
what happened? !
How can he still use the formation?

The skeleton demon stared in horror, only to see Lu Qian slowly rising into the air, with five-colored light flickering faintly in his eyes.

Gold, wood, water, fire and earth, five token-shaped array bases scattered everywhere have risen into the air, separated into five corners, and the rolling five elements of spiritual energy are being drawn, added and combined in the air, and five levels of changes are happening in an instant!

Lu Qian's voice floated in the air.

"Who said that you can't use the formation without a formation diagram?"

The soul-searching under the great terror and pressure between life and death shocked Lu Qian's soul and opened up his consciousness.

It is true that the formation diagram is gone, but who stipulates that a formation must have a formation diagram?
How did those great formation masters dominate the world ten thousand years ago before the formation diagram was invented?!

The formation diagram is a remarkable exploration and invention of ancient monks.

Before the invention of the formation diagram, the formation practitioner needed to activate the formation base and combine the spiritual energy himself before he could raise the formation, expand the formation area, activate the formation, and produce changes to kill the enemy.

After the invention of the formation diagram, the core, it can automatically control the formation base and deploy the large formation. It can also control the automatic operation of the formation base according to the changes in the formation recorded in advance by the formation cultivator to maintain the operation of the large formation.

After tens of thousands of years, the monks have long been accustomed to relying on formation diagrams and have forgotten their previous basic skills.

Who needs an abacus when we have computers?
However, it is not a bad idea to use an abacus, especially when Lu Qian possesses a strong ability to recognize hidden objects. The speed of the "abacus" may not be slower than that of the "computer"!
Without a formation diagram, you have to rely on yourself!

My mood suddenly became as smooth as a mirror and as clear as a lake.

The full text of "The Secret Book of Waves Formation", which could be said to have laid the foundation for his extraordinary formation, quickly flashed through his mind.

The first level is “Mirror Lake”.

The spiritual consciousness is like a mirror, revealing every detail; the spiritual consciousness is like a lake, with waves surging. This is the mystery of "stillness" and "movement".

When it is like a mirror, the operation of the formation can be clearly seen, and the changes in the formation will occur more smoothly and quickly, reducing the consumption of setting up the formation.

When it is like a lake, the actions of the enemies in the formation and the operation of the enemy formation are like a stone thrown into the lake, causing layers of water waves. By observing the waves, you can understand the secret, which will greatly improve your control over the enemy and the efficiency of breaking the formation.

The second level is “virtuality and reality”.

Within the array domain, the various array formations change, and where is virtual, where is real, where to strengthen, and where to weaken, all depends on the array cultivator's thoughts.

Real and unreal, flickering, all kinds of changes can appear at the right time and in the right place, which increases the control over the formation exponentially and greatly reduces the consumption of the formation.

Then, there is the realm that the genius author of the Secret Book himself has not yet achieved, and which only exists in his imagination and theory——

The third level, “existence and non-existence”!
Change the formation from tangible to intangible, reaching the state of "I am the formation diagram, I am the formation domain". With every move of the hands and feet, the formation operates as desired like a magic spell, and moves as the heart wishes. The consumption of spiritual energy, spiritual power and consciousness is further reduced.

"Mirror Lake" and "Reality and Illusion", these two realms did not trap Lu Qian for long. After just a few years of hard work, Lu Qian had achieved them by relying on his excellent knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism.

Over the next one hundred years or so, he practiced formations, first with the foundation of Jichuan Xuanjun's collection of books, and then, as the Yunshan School's strength continued to increase and his own prestige grew, he collected more of the essence of formations. Finally, it was the accumulated insights from countless life-and-death battles over the past hundred years.

Lu Qian had long felt that he was infinitely close to the realm of "existence and non-existence", but the barrier in front of him was as thin as a cicada's wing, and it was always difficult to break through. He never took this final step.

But today, at this moment, as the formation diagram was destroyed by Ji Shu, the invisible shackles in Lu Qian's heart were also destroyed!
He opened his arms, and the five array bases spun into a phantom. The five elements of spiritual energy were vibrating, cheering, and roaring!
Ji Shu widened his eyes, unable to believe it.

After more than a hundred years of accumulation, Lu Qian broke into the realm of "existence and non-existence" at the moment of life and death!
This is not simply "retro".

Instead, it changes from “seeing mountains as mountains and water as water” to “seeing mountains as not mountains and water as not water” and finally to “seeing mountains as still mountains and water as still water”!
The mountain is the same mountain, the water is the same water, but everything is different.

That is "authenticity"!
The ancient cultivators did not have formation diagrams, so Lu Qian invented formation diagrams. Now Lu Qian has abandoned formation diagrams. This is both a return to basics and a further step forward that integrates the essence of all formations and practical experience.

I am the formation diagram, I am the formation domain!
Five Elements Formation, rise!

The rolling spiritual fog that devoured the air blocked the field, devouring the spiritual consciousness and spiritual power. The muddy yellow and dark, bottomless Yellow Spring Swamp spread out, and countless wronged souls of strange shapes stretched out their hands and entangled the corpses. The pale Nine Nether Yin Fire burned towards the corpses with the chaotic knot, burning them so that they screamed and their spirits and souls began to freeze.

Four types of Nascent Soul Level Five Transformations were generated simultaneously!
This was something that was difficult to do in the past when using formation diagrams.

Although the array diagram is convenient and pre-sets the array base combination changes, it also hinders the free combination of the array bases to a certain extent.

Lu Qian, who has achieved the state of "existence and non-existence", truly feels that the five array bases are as easy to control as his own arms, and all the array formations change as he wishes.

Of course, Lu Qian also had a new realization, that is, under normal circumstances, the formation diagram is still very necessary.

Because of the existence of multiple spirit gathering arrays in the array diagram, the spiritual energy in the spirit stone can be directly used for energy. However, the cultivator needs to regulate his breathing and enter a state of concentration to circulate the Qi in order to transform the spiritual energy into spiritual power to operate the array base. It is impossible to directly draw spiritual energy from the spirit stone to operate the large array.

In other words, the consumption of the Five Elements Array must be borne entirely by Lu Qian's spiritual power.

Therefore, although the power of the Five Elements Formation has doubled now, Lu Qian’s local tyrant tactics have also been declared ineffective.

Fortunately, after being enhanced layer by layer through the three levels of "The Secret Book of Waves Formation", the consumption of Lu Qian's operation of the formation has been greatly reduced, and he has a solid spiritual power foundation, so he should be able to barely hold on.

At this time, Gu Nishang had already opened the jade bottle handed to her by Jiang Qingfeng, and swallowed the innate fetal breathing pill with a light green frost inside!

At the same time, Jiang Qingfeng also stuffed a treasure into her arms.

It was a piece of jade that emitted mysterious vibrations.

The Che Xin Bi that can withstand an attack from inner demons!
Gu Nishang did not refuse. She raised her five hearts to the sky, her mind and breath were connected, and the dark blue golden crow fire on her body was completely extinguished.

She forcefully pushed forward her "life skill" which had already been perfected, and was about to merge her life with her nature. Immediately, a huge wave arose in her sea of ​​consciousness, and her soul was shaken.

Inner demon, let’s fight!
The great calamity of the inner demon begins!
And in Lu Qian's eyes, the five-colored light seemed to condense into substance and radiate out!

The array of five-colored light shook, and terrifying fluctuations brewed in the air.

At the same time, Ji Shu had already thrown away the Yuanpin Pearl and plunged into the Five Elements Formation.

Then there was a loud thunder!
The purple thunder dragon danced, thunder flew across the sky, and directly hit Ji Shu, causing her to stagger, her long hair standing on end, and purple electric light spurting out from between her mouth and nose.

The Five Elements Formation·Five Levels of Change·Heavenly Punishment Thunder!

This is the purple thunder that simulates a heavenly calamity, extremely swift and domineering.

In charge of killing, destroying evil spirits, and punishing evildoers!

Now, after entering the realm of "existence and non-existence", under the full control of Lu Qianshizang, the Five Elements Array has undergone a total of five changes and has reached its limit.

Ji Shu was blocked by the sudden divine thunder of heavenly punishment, and then he heard the thunder explode again and a scream!
Among the corpse monsters that were dispersed by Lu Qian's Sky Devouring Spirit Mist and Reverse Chaos Net, bound by the Yellow Springs Swamp, and weakened by the continuous burning damage of the Nine Nether Yin Fire, one had his defensive magic weapon shattered by the Nascent Soul Level Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder, and turned into a pile of ashes.

That was a Jindan-level corpse slave!
Ji Shu may have one less chance to be resurrected!
Ji Shu's face became even more terrifying, the power of the corpse evil gushed out, and the entire Five Elements Formation began to shake!

She shot towards Lu Qian, the Sky Devouring Spiritual Mist could not suppress her perception, the Chaos Knot was all broken, the Nine Nether Yin Fire was blocked on the outside by her Black Evil Armor, and she walked across the Yellow Spring Swamp as if it were flat ground. Only her new trick, the Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder, could stop her for a moment, but the effect was getting weaker and weaker.

Just as she approached him, a ray of light flashed, and with a bang, Yuanpinzhu suddenly came to support him!
Lu Qian shouted loudly, his spiritual power surged, and there was another scream!
This time, every bone of the withered corpse was burned by the Nine Nether Yin Fire, and then completely torn to pieces by thousands of spiritual power threads!

Lu Qian clenched his teeth. It wasn't that he didn't want to kill another corpse slave, but he was controlling five fifth-level changes at the same time, and his spiritual power and consciousness had been strained to the limit. He could no longer attack accurately.

Ji Shu once again got rid of the Yuanpin Pearl. Lu Qian had to devote most of his energy to delaying Ji Shu by changing the formation. He could only trap the remaining six corpse demons and was unable to kill them.

At this time, five breaths have passed!
Gu Nishang, you'd better hurry up!
……

At this moment, Gu Nishang only felt that she was standing in nothingness.

Scenes flashed before her.

The Lantern Festival was lost due to the crowds, and people were abducted by human traffickers and became tortured slaves of wealthy families. They were then plundered by horse bandits and became servants in bandit dens. Human lives were worthless.

Finally, it was the Wild Wolf Gang that massacred the horse bandits and trained a group of young children, including Gu Nishang, into maniacs who only knew how to kill.

The dark water dungeon, the inhumane training, and the untrustworthy fellow disciples...

At the final ceremony, the fourteen-year-old self was asked to personally kill the friend who had promised to escape with him.

When the dagger pierced into her lungs, blood foamed from her mouth, a light of relief shone in her eyes, and she spoke with difficulty.

"Thank you."

Gu Nishang stared at all this blankly, and felt the cold fear, pain, disgust and hatred rushing up again, tightly entangling her body.

The emergence of inner demons can be divided into two types: going against one's original nature and confusing one's original nature.

For Gu Nishang, the main issue was going against her own heart, which caused her to feel depressed, angry, resentful or sad, and her inner demons grew.

Now that the great calamity of the inner demon has surged up, these negative emotions that go against one's nature have transformed into numerous illusions, trying to swallow up Gu Nishang.

But at this moment, a cool and warm breath was injected from the top of her head, forming a flexible barrier to protect her from being swallowed by these emotions.

This is the extremely precious innate elixir, which can be said to be one of the most powerful treasures to help overcome the inner demon calamity, and it has the effect of the innate fetal breathing elixir.

If it weren't for this pill, Gu Nishang would not be standing here, watching these painful memories. She would be pulled directly into the memories, experiencing all of this again thousands of times. The experiences in the illusion would be even more terrifying!
"Get out of my way!"

With the help of the elixir, Gu Nishang's body trembled slightly, but there was still a flame flickering in her eyes, and she suddenly scolded.

"It's all fake, it's all in the past!"

"I have defeated you and found the meaning of life! My life is wonderful!"

"I have already cultivated to the perfection of the Golden Core. If I take one more step, I will be able to break into the Nascent Soul and help Lu Qian survive the catastrophe—"

"Really?" Lu Qian suddenly appeared in front of him, and his face seemed to become extremely unfamiliar. "Are you sure I need you?"

His eyes became playful and he looked at Gu Nishang unscrupulously.

"I am just using you." He smiled maliciously, "I am using your power and coveting your beauty."

"When I'm done using you, I'll kick you away."

Jiang Qingfeng's gentle figure suddenly appeared beside him. Lu Qian held her in his arms, hugged her affectionately, and kissed her passionately.

"The only one I want to marry is my senior sister."

"As for you, you are just a useful tool."

"A ridiculous tool. This is your only value. Gu Nishang." (End of this chapter)