Peach Blossom Mountain Liu Jiaxiu's Biography

Chapter 1464 Qiankun Yin Yang Wuji Star Array

After defeating two invasions by the Azure Dragon Clan and winning the Battle of Tierra del Fuego, the construction of Tierra del Fuego entered a period of rapid development.

News of Liu Changxu's two victories over the Azure Dragon Clan quickly spread throughout the human realm, and Fireland Island soon became the focus of attention.

In order to seize the initiative in this newly opened fertile land of the human race, more and more high-level cultivators are coming to settle down with their families.

Among them were alchemy masters and formation masters who had been renowned in other regions, and even entire families of cultivators who had migrated.

These new immigrants brought their own skills and resources, and quickly settled down on the island by cultivating fields and opening shops.

Liu Changxu, the patriarch of the Liu family and the Great Han Immortal Emperor, delegated all the daily construction and governance of Tierra del Fuego to his wife and children, allowing them to use their talents to jointly build this new home.

Liu Changxu himself devoted all his energy to the crafting and deployment of the island's protective array. He knew that to maintain the long-term peace and stability of Fireland Island, an indestructible defensive barrier was essential.

In order to make Fireland Island a truly stable foothold for the human race, he decided to set up an astonishingly high-level, mid-grade ninth-rank Qiankun Yin Yang Wuji Star Array there.

This formation is based on the Yin and Yang of Heaven and Earth, drawing upon the power of the stars. Once completed, it can not only withstand the full-force attacks of peak ninth-tier demonic beasts, but also nourish the spiritual veins of the entire island with the power of the stars. It is truly a peerless formation that combines offense and defense.

In order to complete the crafting of the array artifacts required for this mid-grade ninth-order array as soon as possible, Liu Changxu personally oversaw the crafting hall of the Ruyi Lotus Palace, leading the Liu family's top high-level crafting masters and array masters to work day and night.

Inside the weapon-refining hall, heat waves surged, and the Great Sun Purple Gold Cauldron at the very center floated in mid-air, its mouth spewing forth blazing Great Sun True Fire. The flames were a dazzling gold, burning silently yet radiating a terrifying power to incinerate all things, even distorting the surrounding air slightly from the heat.

Countless extremely precious high-grade spirit metals were thrown into the cauldron, where they were quickly softened by the scorching heat of the Great Sun True Fire, turning into drops of flowing golden liquid. Impurities were completely quenched by the flames, leaving only the purest spirit metal essence.

The weapon refiners held their breath and concentrated, using their powerful magic to guide the golden liquid to take shape inside the cauldron. Before long, the rough forms of array weapons, shimmering with light and color, slowly condensed.

Once the rough form of the array artifact was complete, it was the turn of the high-level array masters to take the stage. Pale blue spiritual energy swirled around their fingertips as they traced intricate array runes on the surface of the rough form, inscribing them with fine, hair-like patterns.

As the last array pattern was completed, a dazzling spiritual light suddenly shone on the rough metal, instantly penetrating all the patterns. The once cold metal seemed to be infused with a soul. A magical artifact, shimmering with starlight and capable of drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, was thus completed.

This process unfolds day after day within the Refining Hall. The Great Sun True Fire burns ceaselessly, and the refiners and array masters work in shifts. Countless rare spiritual metals and materials are reborn in the flames, ultimately transforming into array artifacts that bear the power of the grand array, quietly awaiting the day they will be integrated into the Qiankun Yin Yang Wuji Star Array.

Even with Liu Changxu, a ninth-grade mid-level weapon refiner and array master, personally overseeing the project, and with the combined efforts of the family's top weapon refiners and array masters, the crafting of this ninth-grade mid-level island-protecting array still took a full thirty years.

During this period, the fire in the Refining Hall of the Ruyi Lotus Palace never went out. It wasn't until the last array artifact was completed that all 3,600 main array artifacts and 100,800 auxiliary array artifacts required for the entire array were finally refined.

Next, Liu Changxu led the Liu family's most skilled high-level array masters to various key locations on Fireland Island to begin setting up the array artifacts for the Qiankun Yin Yang Wuji Star Array.

From the source of the surging spiritual veins to the winding coastline of the island; from the towering peaks to the deep-sea reefs beneath the waves, the placement of every array device is shrouded in mystery—some need to be buried three feet deep to connect with the spiritual power of the earth's veins; some need to be suspended in mid-air to draw upon the power of the stars; and some even require the use of life essence as a guide to allow the array device to completely merge with the island's aura.

The array masters, compasses in hand, meticulously calculated the angles and positions, ensuring that each array artifact was precisely fitted onto the nodes of the array diagram, allowing no room for error. As each artifact was placed in place, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth became increasingly active, flowing like a tide over the island, causing even the vegetation to flourish. In the night sky, the previously hazy stars seemed to have been cleansed of dust, becoming exceptionally bright, their starlight falling like silver gauze, echoing the array artifacts on the ground, faintly forming a flowing star map.

When the last array device was set up at the deep-sea reef, Liu Changxu stood ten thousand feet in the sky and slowly poured his magic power into the array control plate in his hand.

In an instant, all the arrays and artifacts on the island lit up simultaneously, and streams of light surged out from the arrays, weaving into a net along invisible veins.

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth suddenly surged, and the starlight converged into a river, as if the entire Fireland Island was shrouded in a dazzling light shield.

"rise!"

With a low shout, Liu Changxu activated the Qiankun Yin Yang Wuji Star Array. The light shield slowly rose into the air, resonating completely with the power of the stars. The array patterns flowed in the void, sometimes transforming into a yin-yang symbol, sometimes into a sky full of stars, exuding a majestic power that suppressed heaven and earth.

From this moment on, this ninth-grade mid-level Qiankun Yin Yang Wuji Star Array became the most solid protective barrier for Fireland Island.

After the grand formation was activated, in order to thoroughly test the true defensive capabilities of this Qiankun Yin Yang Wuji Star Array, Liu Changxu turned to his wife Murong Yuyao beside him and said:
"Yuyao, you take control of the formation. I'll test its capabilities myself."

A hint of seriousness flashed in Murong Yuyao's eyes, but she didn't hesitate. She immediately took the control plate of the great formation from her husband and slowly poured her magic power into it. The light barrier of the great formation rippled slightly, and the star patterns flowed faster and faster, clearly indicating that it had entered its optimal defensive state.

Liu Changxu retreated to a point a thousand miles outside the island, his body surging with magical energy, his aura rising steadily. He pointed his fingers like a sword and gently slashed towards the direction of Fire Land Island. A golden sword aura, condensed to its extreme, burst forth from the sky with the power to tear apart the heavens, heading straight for the great array's light shield.

"Om-"

The moment the sword energy struck the light shield, the great formation trembled violently, and the star patterns on its surface instantly lit up. Countless starlight condensed into a shield, forcefully blocking the sword energy from entering. The golden sword energy continued to impact, and ripples spread across the light shield layer by layer, but no cracks ever appeared.

"Come again!"

With a thought, Liu Changxu unleashed a crimson lotus sword that shot out from his body and hurtled towards the array's protective barrier.

This time, the star patterns on the light shield swirled even faster, and the yin and yang energies transformed into a tai chi pattern on the shield's surface, firmly keeping the Crimson Lotus Immortal Sword outside the light shield.

After several rounds of fierce attacks, Liu Changxu stopped, gazing at the still-stable light barrier with satisfaction in his eyes. He nodded to Murong Yuyao and said:

"Indeed, the defense of this formation far exceeds expectations. The attacks of ordinary mid-stage Mahayana experts cannot break through its defense at all."

Murong Yuyao let out a long sigh, withdrew her magic power, and smiled:

"It seems that the efforts of the past thirty years have not been in vain, as it was able to withstand His Majesty's personal intervention."

Liu Changxu's personal test of the array's defensive capabilities not only reassured him but also put the cultivators on the island at ease.