Covering the Heavens: Its fortune endures forever, sweeping across all heavens.

As a result, the ancient emperors followed suit and even went further, directly cutting down the Enlightenment Tea Tree to make coffin boards.

Later, even the Ancient Emperor followed suit and continued this bad trend.

The poor Enlightenment Tea Tree, even after reaching the Ninth Heaven, didn't have a single good day.

As expected of the source of all evil, the despicable Underworld Lord. Upon closer reflection, at least half of the blame for the Heaven-Covering Incident lies with the Underworld Emperor.

Needless to say, the Underworld lineage left behind quite a few problems during its time as a Transcending Tribulation Celestial Venerable. They passed down the method of achieving immortality after death, causing all living beings in the universe to aspire to become immortals after death.

There were even more dead people than living people, and some traces of this still exist even after the ancient times.

If it weren't for the appearance of Lingbao Tianzun at the crucial moment, who searched high and low, targeting corpses specifically to kill them, the entire universe would probably have become a vast underworld, a world of humans by day and a kingdom of corpses by night.

How did the indelible blood marks on the four swords of Zhuxian come about? They were created by chopping up corpses. They chopped from east to west across the universe, and the piles of corpses could cover several star fields.

In order to counter the possibility of the Heavenly Venerable of Crossing Tribulations who was reborn from death, he even created the Sutra of Salvation.

Thinking about it this way, Qin Tian couldn't help but gasp: "Transcending Tribulation Celestial Venerable, you're so wicked!"

"But... I love it!" Qin Tian smiled. Holding the scripture to his chest, his mind relaxed and gradually became clear.

boom!

In a daze, he saw the sea of ​​suffering turning, leaving marks on the wheel of life as time passed, and the death energy increasing accordingly.

The gushing of the life spring represents the life force that allows a person to "live." Cultivating the life spring is to cultivate life force and one's own lifespan in order to resist time and the rules of heaven and earth.

The so-called "defying fate" refers to the Life Spring Realm.

"Is this the secret realm technique?"

As Qin Tian peered into the true meaning of the Sea of ​​Wheels Secret Realm, he murmured to himself, "Every secret realm is not superfluous; each one has profound meaning, is of paramount importance, and is the key to transcending the mundane."

The next beam of divine light also flew out from the Spring of Life, representing a hazy light of transcendence, which plunged Qin Tian into the Dao Realm, allowing him to observe the Sea of ​​Wheels from an alternative perspective.

He saw the most essential things, he was captivated, he found it wonderful, building the most complex and powerful supernatural abilities from the most basic things, and this process allowed him to learn so much.

Qin Tian was so engrossed in his work that he forgot to eat and sleep, completely oblivious to everything else. At this moment, he was completely absorbed and felt an unparalleled sense of wonder.

After a long while, he finally broke free from the Dao Realm.

The original chapter on the Divine Bridge, which originally contained tens of thousands of words, was reduced and refined by Qin Tian to 7,777 words.

Even so, compared to the previous Sea of ​​Bitterness and Spring of Life chapters, it is still like a piece of junk, but compared to the tens of thousands of words of the previous Divine Bridge chapter, it is a huge improvement.

Compared to scriptures forged by some great beings and kings, it is in no way inferior.

Saints are different. Saints have already comprehended the rules of the Great Dao, and their perspective on the world is different from that of ordinary people.

And... that was already his limit!

The scenery Qin Tian had seen and the rules he had comprehended could only support him to this point.

……

That night, the moon was high in the sky, and strands of moonlight fell from the universe, like rainbows in the far north, like silk ribbons, like bolts of silk, beautiful beyond compare.

This was a sight unseen in his previous life. When he first arrived, Qin Tian would gaze at this beautiful scene every night to admire it.

But Qin Tian was no longer interested in this scene, because he had more important things to do.

Qin Tian used his mental power to outline the array patterns.

Qin Tian recalled the record in Cao Yusheng's notes: "Feel the rhythm of heaven and earth, guide it with your divine thoughts, and transform it for your own use."

Using his fingers as a brush, he drew array patterns in the void.

This is a simple battle formation recorded by Cao Yusheng in historical documents.

A formation that draws upon the primordial energy of heaven and earth; it is also the most basic formation. All formations that wish to maintain their longevity basically require a similar formation.

The pale blue lines moved nimbly with Qin Tian's fingers, gradually connecting from simple to complex, forming mysterious patterns and ultimately creating a corner of the array pattern.

The next moment, the vital energy flowing between heaven and earth converged on this corner of the array pattern, and the moonlight fell on it, giving it a silvery hue.

Repeating this process, after finishing the second corner of the array pattern, Qin Tian gradually felt an unprecedented fatigue and even pain as he continued to draw.

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Chapter 10 Cultivating the Dao of Arrays, Creating My Own Arrays

The sea of ​​consciousness is like an open dam; as the array patterns are being inscribed, the divine consciousness within it flows outward like a tide.

The more consciousness flows out, the closer the sea of ​​consciousness becomes to depletion, like a riverbed that has receded, gradually cracking and producing a stinging sensation, while the scalp also feels faintly numb.

Qin Tian gradually felt his thoughts stagnate, and he drew the third corner array pattern more and more slowly.

Suddenly, a needle-like pain came from his sea of ​​consciousness. Qin Tian was momentarily distracted and lost his composure. He also messed up one of the array patterns, causing the third corner array pattern to collapse directly.

Before reaching a certain level, array patterns are more sophisticated than machines.

Qin Tian had to stop, clutching his head, waiting for the pain to subside.

It took Qin Tian a full cup of tea to recover. After a moment of thought, he finally understood: "Directly creating an array with divine sense is an extremely high skill. Generally speaking, when cultivators first learn arrays, they usually use ink and blueprints to imprint large arrays."

"Using divine thought directly to drive the power of heaven and earth is convenient and quick."

"But it is extremely dangerous. Once the divine sense is exhausted, it may even damage and crack the sea of ​​consciousness. If the cracking is excessive, the sea of ​​consciousness will be directly shattered, and the cultivator will die and disappear as a result."

"It's dangerous, at least until the Sendai is built."

Even a master of formations like the Black Emperor rarely uses his divine sense to create formations directly. It's too dangerous. If one's divine sense directly comes into contact with the rules of heaven and earth, one will either be directly misled by the Great Dao, leading to Dao transformation, or one's divine sense will wither away.

"Fortunately, I have lived two lives, and I was also touched by a trace of the light of time and space when I transmigrated, so my soul is exceptionally resilient, and the divine sense that was born from it is also very strong."

As Qin Tian thought, a dazzling light shone from between his brows. His silver divine sense flowed like pure, flawless water. Although it had been mostly consumed, the remaining portion was still far larger than that of an ordinary person.

Like a silver lake, pure yet powerful, it slowly absorbs the essence of the moon to restore the power of one's primordial spirit.

Qin Tian closed his eyes and waited for his recovery before starting to draw the array again.

This time, Qin Tian did not choose to draw the array directly in the void, but instead chose to use a medium.

Using divine power as ink and the earth as a map, a grand array was drawn, and soon a complete array with light blue patterns was revealed before Qin Tian's eyes.

The magic array patterns are solemn and exquisite, possessing an unknown sense of mystery.

The formation began to operate, gathering the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth and injecting it into the core of the formation.

Pure primordial energy from heaven and earth flowed into Qin Tian's body, causing the divine spring gushing from his life spring to reach a new level, with faint rainbow light emerging from the bottom of the life spring.

Qin Tian ignored the changes within his body and just stared blankly at the array patterns beneath his feet.

The array patterns moved, their brightness fluctuating, drawing in the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) with each breath, representing some unknown order and power of heaven and earth.

This is a battle formation!

Qin Tian was in a daze, as if there was nothing more beautiful in the world than these patterns that contained rules, and even just looking at them made one involuntarily immerse oneself in them...

"I like formations!"

A feeling of emotion welled up in Qin Tian's heart as he gazed at the magic array before him with a touch of fascination.

Interest is the best teacher. Although he couldn't hide his fatigue, Qin Tian was very happy.

This feeling of comprehending and creating one's own formations to embody the rules of heaven and master the power of heaven and earth captivated him!

Wind, rain, thunder, lightning, fire, earth, wood, and water—all changes in nature originate from primordial energy.

In other words, by using the formation, he can harness the power of heaven and earth and control all changes in the world's operation.

A sentence from the notebook involuntarily surfaced in Qin Tian's mind: "What exists is for benefit, what does not exist is for use!"

"A formation is one that controls all things, is all-encompassing, and is advantageous in every way; only the greatest achievements in the world can be called a formation!"

A thought popped into Qin Tian's mind: "How wonderful it would be if I could control the world without the aid of formations."

Qin Tianxia became aware of this, looked at the signature on the book, and thought of the Chaotic Ancient Era and Cao Yusheng's path.

"Use yourselves as the battle line!"

Cao Yusheng's path in the past was to use his body as a battleground, and even after death and rebirth, the traces of the Great Dao remained.

Qin Tian saw a hint of self-defense in this notebook.

An idea popped into Qin Tian's mind: "Perhaps I can transform the rules I have comprehended into an array, engrave it within my body, and eventually evolve into an array-based body?"

Then Qin Tian shook his head, suppressing his thoughts: "I can't be too ambitious. Let's cultivate the formation to the level of a great master first."

Qin Tian continued to practice the Spirit Gathering Array. Although it was just a simple basic array, it was a small step for Qin Tian to step into the Dao of Arrays, the beginning of crossing the Great Wall in the future, the first drop of water that formed the Great Dao, and the source of everything.

.........

next morning

The golden sun rises from the east, its magnificent light releasing a raging solar energy that falls to the earth, transforming into light that nourishes all living things.

Sunlight streamed into the room through the cracks in the doors and windows, falling on Qin Tian's face and waking him up.

Waking up refreshed, Qin Tian took out paper and pen while his spiritual senses were still sharp and his memory of the Spirit Gathering Array was still clear, and began to copy it stroke by stroke.

Last night, Qin Tian had completely mastered the Spirit Gathering Array. This time, Qin Tian was trying to modify it.

Simply drawing isn't enough. A qualified array master needs to understand the principles and uses of every Dao pattern. Copying others will only ever make you an apprentice. Only by creating your own arrays can you become a master.

"It feels similar to programming!" Qin Tian unconsciously touched his thick, black hair, and the image of himself going bald involuntarily appeared in his mind.

Then he shook his head violently, trying to escape this terrible future: "I'm a monk, how could I lose my hair!"

This time, it's not about setting up an array, but simply copying. Naturally, the cheapest and most ordinary ink and paper are used, which do not possess any spiritual energy. The array drawn will only have patterns and no effect. There's no need to worry about wasting resources if it fails.

Qin Tian copied the formation in one go, and then began to modify the formation diagram.

Time passed slowly, and Qin Tian almost chewed the brush to pieces, yet he still couldn't make a single stroke or alter the slightest detail.

Although it was just a casual creation, it was still Cao Yusheng's masterpiece, a spirit-gathering array forged by an Emperor Dao Heavenly Venerable, almost perfect.

Even now, with the continuous advancement of formations, it is not considered outdated.

"Let's just destroy it and rebuild it!" Qin Tian casually added a couple of strokes, ruining its perfection, and then began to make major changes. On the basis of gathering spirit, he added elemental changes and added some offensive power.

In this scroll of scripture, Cao Yusheng left behind several array diagrams, including those for sealing the heavens and earth, and those for teleportation through the void.

However, they are mostly formations for escaping, protecting, and supporting; there isn't a single formation for attacking.

This forced Qin Tian to use his own brain to create an attack formation, even if it was a little weak.

At least in the form of array formations, it can unleash offensive power far exceeding that of the Other Shore Realm.

Time flew by. Qin Tian studied array formations while mining, doing two things at once. While mining, he also used his newly cultivated divine sense to sense the rhythm of the earth's veins, putting his knowledge into practice.

After studying for a period of time, Qin Tian discovered that he had an extremely high talent for array formations. Moreover, he had received scriptures personally taught by the Heavenly Venerable, which enabled him to grow rapidly and create some powerful array formations, becoming a master of array formations.

At least the large array set up around the source mine can no longer stop it.

Chapter 11 The Time Has Come, The Living Big Dipper

Realizing this, Qin Tian suddenly understood that, without realizing it, his mastery of array formations was no less than that of the person who set up the array, and they were at the same level.

Qin Tian then understood what the scriptures of an Emperor-level expert meant.

A being stands at the pinnacle of humanity, gazing up at the realm of immortals. Its exposition of the Great Dao, though ancient, has led to some views becoming common knowledge.

People today are not necessarily inferior to those of the past.

Cultivation is a step-by-step process, and so is the progress of the times. Later generations stand on the shoulders of giants, surpass their predecessors, and draw newer conclusions. Some principles that only sages and emperors of the past knew can now be clearly understood by ordinary cultivators ten thousand years later.

However, there are some aspects that ordinary people can never reach the level of the Great Emperor, and that is their insights into cultivation, which will never be outdated no matter how much time has passed.

They are geniuses, the strongest standing at the pinnacle of humanity.

No matter how much one engages with the mundane world, it is difficult to glimpse even a trace of that perspective or thought. Just like farmers, they imagine the emperor's life as one of using a golden hoe to till the land and eating flatbread for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

The scriptures contain wisdom and insight that transcends ordinary people. Even a slight understanding of them is enough to surpass the vast majority of living beings in the world.

Each reading brings new insights and new growth.

Although it is only a few tens of thousands of words long, it vividly explains the origin of the art of formations.

This allows people to understand the essence of the formation and grasp the "one," laying the most solid foundation for Qin Tian to master the "two" and "three."

Such profound cultivation inspired awe and reverence in everyone, a feeling that only abruptly ceased after Qin Tian met Duan De.