I'll make you the furnace and the cauldron, so you can refine Yin and Yang and prove the Great

The night breeze on that solitary peak was cooler than elsewhere, carrying the crisp scent of the spirit wood forest.

As Li Hanshan took the array artifacts out of the jade box one by one, his fingertips touched the dark gold metal surface. He could feel an extremely stable spiritual energy rhythm contained in the silvery-white rune patterns, like a spring compressed to its limit, quietly dormant inside the array artifact, waiting to be activated.

He didn't rush to make a move. Teleportation arrays are different from ordinary arrays. The spiritual energy resonance between the twelve array artifacts must be precise to the millimeter. Any deviation at any node will cause the entire array to collapse when activated.

After planting positioning flags around the isolated peak platform, he first used his divine sense to carefully trace the direction of the earth vein tributaries to confirm the source, flow rate, and concentration distribution of spiritual energy before placing the first activation incantation on the base of the first array device.

The moment the array was embedded in the ground, its dark golden surface shone with a warm, silvery-white light, like a lamp that had been lit.

Li Hanshan stabilized the light with pure Yang energy, then picked up the second array artifact and embedded it into the ground at the pre-calculated position. The spiritual energy loop between the two array artifacts emitted a very faint hum the moment they connected. He sensed that the frequency of the hum perfectly matched the pulsation of the earth's vein tributary before completing the incantation for the second array artifact.

The third, the fourth, the fifth. With each array device embedded, the spiritual energy field on the entire platform became more complex.

The array artifacts resonated with each other like a net being woven, with each thread drawing spiritual energy from the depths of the earth's veins, circulating and replenishing each other between the artifacts.

Using his divine sense as a guide and pure yang energy as a shuttle, Li Hanshan threaded the needle among the threads, adjusting the angle of each connection point and the flow rate of each loop to perfectly match the blueprints he had deduced in his dream.

On the seventh day, when he embedded the sixth array device into the ground, the entire platform suddenly lit up. A layer of pale golden light rose simultaneously from between the six array devices, like six stars ignited at the same time, arranging themselves into a complete hexagon on the ground.

But the light lasted only a moment before dissipating. He crouched down, readjusted the half-inch deviation in the pattern on the edge of the sixth array's base, and then injected spiritual power again. The light rose again, this time much more stable than before, and the spiritual power loop between the six arrays had formed a preliminary closed loop.

On the twelfth day, the tenth array artifact was in place. The spiritual energy field on the platform was like a balloon being gradually inflated, becoming denser and heavier. Li Hanshan began to feel the pressure from the tributary of the earth vein. The originally docile spiritual vein became slightly restless after its spiritual energy was continuously drained, and its flow rate was nearly 20% faster than at the beginning.

He adjusted the angles of the three nodes in the regulating loop, reduced the extraction speed, and then laid a buffer array pattern upstream of the tributary of the earth vein, finally bringing the agitation back onto a stable track.

On the twentieth day, as the last array device was embedded into the ground, the entire solitary peak trembled slightly. All twelve array devices lit up simultaneously, and silvery-white light surged from the runes of each device, weaving into a dense net of light above the platform.

The net of light, like a slowly unfolding glass dome, extended from the center of the platform in all directions, enveloping the entire summit of the solitary peak. Li Hanshan stood in the center of the net of light, sensing that the complete spiritual energy cycle between the twelve array artifacts was operating at an extremely stable rhythm, like twelve stars connected by the same gravitational line on the same orbit.

He raised his right hand and cast the final activation spell into the positioning node at the center of the array. The node lit up instantly upon receiving the spell, and a silver-white beam of light shot into the sky from the array's center, piercing straight into the clouds shrouded in spiritual mist in the night sky.

The beam of light continued for several breaths before slowly dissipating, but the light of the entire teleportation array did not go out. Instead, it settled into a thin layer of silvery-white light film, like a layer of warm glaze adhering to the ground of the platform, quiet and stable.

The teleportation array is complete.

Li Hanshan stood at the edge of the array's core, drawing his pure Yang energy back into his dantian. He had consumed nearly 60% of his spiritual power, and his divine sense had also been largely depleted from over twenty days of intense simulation and calibration. But he felt a reassuring certainty—the teleportation array was operating more stably than he had anticipated; there were no turbulences in the spiritual energy circulation between the twelve array artifacts, and the spiritual energy supply from the earth's ley lines remained perfectly balanced.

He sat down cross-legged, swallowed a few Rejuvenation Pills, and slowly replenished his depleted spiritual energy. The night breeze on the solitary peak became gentler in the light of the teleportation array. The lights of Wanxian City in the distance still spread out like a galaxy in the night. Occasionally, a few streaks of light swept past from the direction of the city. No one noticed what was happening on this remote, solitary peak.

On the twenty-third day, Li Hanshan completed the final verification. He walked around the teleportation array three times, carefully sensing the spiritual energy fluctuations and circuit paths of each array artifact with his divine sense. After confirming that there were no deviations, he sat down again in the stone house and adjusted his condition to its peak.

On the twenty-seventh day, a silver-white streak of light swept in from the direction of Wanxian City. The light moved at a moderate speed, slowing slightly as it approached the solitary peak, and landed precisely in front of the spirit wood forest at the edge of the platform. After the light dissipated, Yinyue's figure appeared in the twilight. Her silver-white veil fluttered gently in the mountain breeze. She appeared slightly more tired than when she left, but her calm eyes held a certain certainty that came from confirmation.

There was a person standing next to her.

She was a tall, slender woman dressed in a long, silver-white dress, the hem embroidered with delicate silver ripples, like the surface of the sea shimmering under the moonlight. Her face was shrouded in a thin mist, making it difficult to see clearly; only her outline, cool yet gentle, could be vaguely discerned, like a meticulously sculpted jade statue placed in the moonlight.

Her aura was extremely restrained, like a bottomless lake, calm on the surface but containing a vast power capable of swallowing up the entire solitary peak and the surrounding area for hundreds of miles.

Li Hanshan's heart skipped a beat the moment the figure appeared. He recognized the aura. It was the vast, abyss-like pressure he had sensed from afar when he was undergoing his tribulation on the core immortal island—the silvery-white light and sky-piercing momentum that the third Dao Integration cultivator of the Immortal Alliance had used to slay the Dao Integration Flood Dragon was exactly the same as the figure shrouded in mist before him now.

She is the third Dao Integration cultivator in the Immortal Alliance.

Yin Yue arrived with a Dao Integration expert.

"This is Senior Silver Bell," Yin Yue said, her voice sounding particularly clear in the twilight. "A Dao Integration cultivator from the Immortal Alliance." She didn't explain further, but simply stepped aside to let the woman move to the front of the platform.

Yinling stood at the edge of the teleportation array, a thin layer of mist obscuring her face, but unable to hide her gaze as she examined the array. Her eyes swept over each of the twelve array artifacts, from the first to the last, at a measured pace, each pause as if she were sensing whether the spiritual energy fluctuations of that artifact met her expected standards. After a moment, she withdrew her gaze and turned to Yinyue.

"The array is well set up." Her voice was clear and gentle, like a stream flowing slowly in the mountains. "The spiritual energy circulation of all twelve array artifacts is aligned, and the spiritual energy extraction rate of the earth vein tributaries is also controlled within a safe range."

She paused for a moment, then asked, "How confident are you?"

Yin Yue stood half a step to her side, her silver veil fluttering gently in the night breeze. She didn't hesitate, her tone as resolute as ever: "Eighty percent."

Silver Bell tilted her head slightly. The mist rippled for a moment as she did so, vaguely revealing a section of her softly sculpted jawline. "Eighty percent," she repeated, nodding slightly. "Okay. Once you've set up the teleportation array, I'll go persuade them."

"Okay," Yin Yue replied.

Yinling turned around, her gaze falling on Li Hanshan. His eyes, hidden behind the mist, seemed clearer than before; they were a pale silver-gray, like a shallow stream bathed in moonlight, clear yet possessing a sharpness that dared not be looked at directly. Her gaze lingered on his face for a moment before she spoke, her tone flat: "You're Li Hanshan?"

Li Hanshan stood still, his pure Yang energy slowly circulating through his meridians, pressing the spiritual power that had naturally tightened due to the pressure of the Dao Integration Realm back onto a stable track. He nodded: "It's me."

Looking at his composed demeanor, Yinling smiled faintly. The smile held no malice, but rather a natural amusement that came from confirming certain suspicions: "A disciple of the Hehuan Sect dares to swagger into the Immortal Alliance and even manage to become a steward in the Array Hall. Interesting."

Li Hanshan paused slightly. His composure remained, but a wariness, a natural consequence of being unexpectedly struck in a vital spot, welled up in his eyes.

He turned to Yin Yue, his gaze fixed on her face: "You said it?"