Chapter 1017: Formation Prototype

Chapter 1017: Chapter 1017: Formation Prototype

Shi Nianyao and the other two received the Five Qi Gathering Pill from Shen Mo earlier, with the assistance of high-grade elixirs, their cultivation won’t be greatly hindered.

Moreover, the myriad forces of the Zhu Long lineage, like Heaven Phoenix Palace, Eight Trigrams Sect, and Dou Clan of Immortals, have gathered at Five Dragon Mountain; once the Earth Yuan Array is completed, they will also be protected, which is why the trio quickly adjusted their mindset and devoted their full enthusiasm to the task of relocating the Immortal Mountain!

Shen Mo initially thought of having them relocate twelve more lower-grade Immortal Mountains so he could refine the Mountain Jewel in his possession anew.

His cultivation level was insufficient back then to fuse the grand mountain of the Immortal Realm into the treasure bead, but now he could attempt it. Among the Immortal Mountains selected by Shi Nianyao and others, some are not suitable for arranging the Earth Yuan Array; however, refining them into Mountain Pearls to enhance their grade and power poses no problem.

To embed the Immortal Mountain into the bead and then to employ the Nine Turns of the Heavenly River method, equates to unleashing an entire lower-grade Immortal Mountain; even a True Immortal struck by such a bead would suffer grave injuries.

Thinking it over, Shen Mo decided not to bother Shi Nianyao and the others just yet.

Once he cultivates the Dharma Body himself, he plans to personally visit the southeastern region and refine the Mountain Pearl using the remaining selected Immortal Mountains. After all, even for a lower-grade Immortal, complete refinement is not an easy task, but with a higher cultivation level, the process would be much easier.

However, such conduct is indistinguishable from the Soaring Serpent or Bizarre Dragon consuming an Immortal Mountain and would harm the foundation of the Immortal Realm, earning a spot on the cosmic will’s blacklist.

Therefore, he must earn more merits to mitigate this karmic burden!

Once Shi Nianyao and the others left with the Mountain-moving Whip, Shen Mo looked towards the six people around him... In addition to Meng Biao, there were four more Golden Core Realm cultivators and one Divine Bridge cultivator.

Each of them wielded a minor Soul Refining Flag, their bodies enveloped in the light of demonic clouds, and behind each stood a sixth-rank Demon Soul General. These Demon Soul Generals, at such a realm, possess gnosis akin to common folks, their faces showing discontent, clearly unwilling to be wielded by others; however, under the repression of the Soul Refining Flag, they obediently cast spells to support Meng Biao and the others.

Not long ago, Meng Biao, who was studying the array diagram, felt the grand scale of the big array and the daunting task, sought out Shen Mo, and suggested recruiting more sect Array Masters, both to cultivate array talent for the sect and to expedite the formation setup.

Shen Mo considered it and agreed, issuing him a decree to select the right candidates from within the sect.

With experience setting Stars Circulation Array in the Nine Realms of the Horned Flood Dragon, Red Flame Sect boasts abundant array talent, though most are responsible for only small sections, and high-class Array Masters capable of handling bigger tasks are few; thus, Meng Biao only managed to gather five people.

The four Golden Core Realm sect members are elders from the Formation Method Hall of the Hundred Arts Hall, all principally Grade V Array Masters;

The sole Divine Bridge is a big demon from the Marine Race, Jing Fuhai, originally a Demon King from the Immortal Burial Sea, parallel to Ming Cang. Over the years, he has cultivated into humanoid form, and shifted to human race cultivation methods, now serving under Ming Yu at Ascending Lake!

Though the Marine Race generally isn’t adept at the Hundred Arts of Cultivation, Jing Fuhai is different. Even as a Demon King, he was intensely fascinated by human arts in pills, talismans, artifacts, and formations, even recruiting numerous rogue cultivators skilled in these areas from the Sea State of Red Flame Country. Since joining Red Flame Sect, he visits the Hundred Arts Hall daily aside from his cultivation.

However, his talent is limited, with proficiency in alchemy, talisman drawing, and forging pausing at Grades II or III, while his expertise in the Array Path barely reached Grade IV, thanks mostly to water-type formation augmentations.

Upon learning that Meng Biao received the Law Master’s decree to select Array Masters for deeper training, he immediately brought generous gifts to visit Meng Biao.

Being merely a humble Golden Core Realm cultivator, Meng Biao could hardly refuse him, and given Jing Fuhai’s Grade IV expertise in the Array Path and adequate cultivation level, he ultimately nodded in agreement!

Upon knowing this, Shen Mo simply provided Jing Fuhai and the others each with a minor Soul Refining Flag and passed down the Imperial Soul method alongside the Earth Yuan Array formation blueprint... To arrange such a grand-scale big array requires at least Formless Realm cultivation; otherwise, even just flying from one Immortal Mountain to another would consume months or even years. Luckily, Shen Mo possesses numerous sixth-rank Demon Soul Generals who can lend them aid!

"Let’s go!"

Shen Mo called out, then led Meng Biao and the six others to commence the prototype configuration of the big array.

The Earth Yuan Array somewhat resembles the God Slaying Array. Once nine Immortal Mountains are arranged to form the array prototype, considerable power can be harnessed, and each additional Immortal Mountain elevates the array’s power further.

The array can be maximized to encompass the Seventy-two Earth Fiends Magic count, ultimately extending to cover not only the entire Corpse Mountain Range but also two to three regions of Phoenix Continent, thereby encompassing Jade Spring Mountain and the remnants of Hollow Venerable’s cave thousands of miles away.

Though, barring unexpected circumstances, Shen Mo doesn’t plan to do so.

It would offend True Immortal figures like Jade Spring Fairy and greatly deplete the powers of earth vein and spiritual vein, causing places like Five Dragon Mountain to become desolate and barren, scarcely possessing rich resources, with thinned nature’s spiritual energy nearby, really a venture with no real return!

But simply safeguarding the seventy-two Immortal Mountain territories, maintaining moderate strength, won’t damage the earth vein or spiritual vein, allowing sustainable operation for millions of years without end.

Considering the current situation, Shen Mo plans to start by leading Meng Biao and the six to establish the prototype of the Earth Yuan Array, thereby immediately providing strong protection for Five Dragon Mountain.

Additionally, this allows Meng Biao and the others to familiarize themselves with the array since they possess good array path expertise but lack experience configuring such grand-scale formations. Upon completing the prototype, they should be capable solo; in the future, when Shi Nianyao and the other three Great Cultivators relocate Immortal Mountains, they can use their own strength to integrate the lower-grade Immortal Mountains into the formation, perfecting the subsequent formations!

A year later, the prototype of the Earth Yuan Array was officially completed.

Shen Mo immediately activated the big array, instantly triggering slight tremors across nine medium-grade Immortal Mountains, including Five Dragon Mountain, as if molten earth veins were flowing beneath the mountain bodies.

Amidst strange rumbling sounds, spiritual qi and demonic qi between heaven and earth were continuously drawn by the array, converting into fuel to sustain the big array’s operation;

In times of crisis, all creatures residing on the Immortal Mountains can provide mana to this big array. Of course, this source of mana is incomparable to the celestial source of Jade Spring Fairy and other Earth Immortals or the endless flow of nature’s spiritual energy, solely for emergencies!

Subsequently, grand array patterns composed of divine runes, akin to a sky-net, silently merged into the four directions of heaven and earth.

Yet Shen Mo could sense that this realm has been shrouded in an invisible power, vast, profound, deep, majestic, once unleashed, even a True Immortal would hardly escape unscathed!