Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 99 The Way of Formations

"Haha, fellow Daoist, you are meticulous and insightful. Indeed, the four ancient immortals are all powerful beings at the Taiyi realm. After all, only those who have reached the Taiyi realm are qualified to participate in the decision-making of major events in the world."

"Brother Guangchengzi, Brother Ningfengzi (also known as Brother Longqiao), Brother Chisongzi, and then there is me, who is in last place."

"Guang Chengzi, Ning Fengzi, Chi Jingzi, Chi Songzi."

Taiwei murmured the Daoist titles of the four ancient immortals, recalling the Longqiao who was skilled in weapon crafting and the Guangchengzi who was proficient in the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiend Divine Powers. Looking at Chijingzi, who now also cultivated the Dao of Arrays and whose Qi was pure, a different kind of light appeared in his eyes.

"Guang Chengzi, Ning Fengzi, Chi Jingzi, Chi Songzi, Guang Chengzi is skilled in magic control, Fellow Daoist Long Qiao is skilled in weapon forging, and Fellow Daoist, if I'm not mistaken, you are skilled in array formation. So, the remaining Chi Songzi should be skilled in alchemy."

"Oh? Brother Dao is quite quick-witted, you saw it at a glance."

Chi Jingzi looked at Taiwei with some surprise, and his evaluation of Taiwei rose again.

"Indeed, the four ancient immortals of the Xuanmen are each skilled in alchemy, artifact crafting, and magic arrays, so they each have their own strengths. If our Xuanmen wants to develop in the Western Regions, we can't do without something of note."

"You've just revealed all the secrets of your Xuanmen sect to me like this? Aren't you worried that Yuanshi will cause you trouble later?"

Taiwei looked at Chijingzi, silently calculating further information about the Four Ancient Immortals, only to find that his divine sense was blocked by a force no weaker than his own.

Although this power was divided into four parts, they were able to merge with each other as one. Even when it collided with Taiwei's divine sense, it did not fall into a disadvantageous position.

"The four ancient immortals joining forces are actually comparable to a top-tier powerhouse of heaven and earth? No wonder the Supreme Lord didn't send Lingbao to the Western Regions. With the four ancient immortals, it's indeed enough to protect the interests of the Xuanmen in the Western Regions."

Taiwei withdrew his divine sense and understood Chijingzi's status in the Xuanmen. With the four ancient immortals joining forces, he was capable of contending with any top-level Primordial True Saint in the primordial world.

Although victory is impossible, as long as those top-tier Primordial True Saints do not use their supreme treasures of the Void, these four ancient immortals will not lose in the short term.

Therefore, the Four Ancient Immortals were actually the heads of the Xuanmen sect in the Western Regions of the Primordial World, overseeing all Xuanmen affairs in the Western Regions of the Primordial World.

After understanding this, Taiwei looked at Chijingzi with even greater fervor. Chijingzi's ability to become one of the four ancient immortals of the Xuanmen was enough to demonstrate his capabilities. In the Xuanmen, and even in the entire prehistoric world, there should be few who could rival Chijingzi in the art of formations.

What followed was a natural progression: Taiwei invited Chijingzi into the Zhou Tian Flying Tiger Ship and began a discussion on the Dao with Chijingzi.

In this discussion, part of the true meaning of the Taiwei White Tiger Seven Constellations Myriad Evils Formation was explained, which can be considered a reward to Chi Jingzi.

After experiencing the profound mystery of the White Tiger Seven Constellations Myriad Fiends Formation, Chi Jingzi was grateful and shared his understanding and insights on the Dao of Formations without reservation.

Aside from his concentrated thoughts and ideas concerning his own foundation in array formations, Chi Jingzi poured out all his knowledge.

Inside the ship, countless stars rippled and flowed around Taiwei's body, interpreting various array principles: Kui Wood Wolf, Lou Golden Dog, Wei Earth Pheasant, Zi Fire Monkey, Shen Water Ape, Bi Moon Crow, and Mao Sun Chicken.

Seven top-tier divine beasts wielding the immense power of the ancient stars vanished in a flash. A white tiger sacred beast, composed of countless towering celestial bodies, slowly took shape behind Taiwei. It remained motionless, having attained the position of True One, influenced by the Five Elements, and achieved the ultimate essence.

Chi Jingzi stared intently at the magnificent and ever-changing star array behind Taiwei, his expression one of utter fascination.

The Dao of Arrays is so vast that it encompasses everything. Chi Jingzi believes that his mastery of arrays has reached the pinnacle among countless beings in the primordial world at this stage.

However, after witnessing the White Tiger Seven Constellations Myriad Evils Formation manifested by Taiwei, Chijingzi realized that he had been looking at the sky from the bottom of a well.

Although Chi Jingzi had already realized that the White Tiger Seven Constellations Myriad Fiends Grand Array was not a grand array evolved by Taiwei himself, it did not matter. From this grand array, Chi Jingzi saw an opportunity to further advance his own array skills.

The art of formations is all-encompassing. While Chi Jingzi is powerful enough to set up countless formations with a wave of his hand, he does not possess any truly top-tier formations.

If he can master all his formations and create a top-tier heaven and earth formation involving the four paths of gods, demons, immortals, and Buddhas, and encompassing the three thousand primordial heavenly paths.

Perhaps his foundation and aptitude could be leveraged by the great power of the array to ascend to the heavens in one step, becoming a true peak power comparable to the top primordial beings.

Chi Jingzi didn't care that his own array foundation had been evolved. Taking advantage of the inspiration that was bursting in his heart, Chi Jingzi began to reorganize his array foundation in front of Taiwei.

Thousands upon thousands of divine, immortal, Buddhist, and demonic formations were manifested amidst the ethereal immortal light emanating from Chi Jingzi's body: the Primordial Chaos Formation, the Yin-Yang Formation, the Eight Trigrams Formation, the Nine Palaces Formation, the Five Elements Formation, the Mysterious Darkness Formation, the Star Formation, the Taiyin Formation, the Four Extremes Formation, the Qiankun Formation...

Countless basic formations appeared before Chi Jingzi, with countless array patterns interwoven together, both merging and distinct.

Above these countless basic formations are even higher-level formations such as the Primordial Chaos Formation, the Taiji Yin-Yang Formation, the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams Formation, the Nine Palaces and Seven Stars Formation, the Five Elements and Five Directions Formation, and the Xuanming North Pole Formation, among many other advanced formations.

Finally, there are the fully evolved and perfected celestial arrays deduced by Chi Jingzi himself: the Primordial Chaos Qi Array, the Taiji Yin-Yang Great Dao, the Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams Senluo Array, the Nine Palaces and Seven Stars Myriad Phenomena Array, and the Five Elements Revolving Array.

Thousands upon thousands of grand formations appeared one after another before Taiwei, and the vast and ethereal true meaning of the Dao of Formations continuously evolved. Almost instantly, Taiwei's understanding of the Dao of Formations rose to a new level.

The White Tiger Seven Constellations Starry Sky Myriad Fiends Formation, which he had previously thought could not evolve any further, suddenly underwent a new change. Even the Nine Li Secret Technique, whose evolution had almost stalled, began to evolve again at this moment.

With thousands of profound meanings of array formations reflected in his eyes, Taiwei activated his divine sense at full power, continuously recording Chijingzi's insights and accumulations on array formations over countless years.

The purple-gold light of the Dao also evolved into a scaled-down version of the White Tiger Seven Mansions Formation in front of Taiwei. Amidst the countless starlight, Chijingzi's own evolution and reorganization of billions of formations instantly accelerated several times.

(End of this chapter)