Chapter 14

Hongjun asked with a blank expression.

Translation: Hongjun asked expressionlessly.

But we need to keep "asked expressionlessly". Could also be "Hongjun asked with a blank face." But we need to be faithful: "Hongjun asked with a blank expression." Means "Hongjun asked with a blank expression." We'll translate: Hongjun asked with a blank expression.

We'll keep as: Hongjun asked with a blank expression.

"Sir, yes, as the clan elders say..."

Translation: "Sir, yes, according to the elders of the clan..."

We need to keep quotes. We'll output: "Sir, yes, according to the elders of the clan..."

The little girl's eyes shone with admiration; she was about to explain the deeds of the Dao Venerable she had heard from the clan elders, but then she suddenly stopped.

Translation: The little girl's eyes were filled with admiration; she was about to explain the deeds of the Dao Venerable she had heard from the clan elders, but then she suddenly stopped.

We need to keep meaning. We'll translate: The little girl's eyes shone with admiration; she was about to recount the deeds of the Dao Venerable she had heard from the clan elders, but then she suddenly stopped.

But we must not add extra info. Let's be concise: The little girl's eyes were full of admiration; she was about to explain the deeds of the Dao Venerable she had heard from the clan elders, but then she suddenly stopped.

Next, the little girl's eyes filled with fear and confusion, and then her body began to fade from the feet upward, gradually turning into nothingness.

Translation: Next, the little girl's eyes were full of fear and incomprehension, and then her body began to turn into nothingness from her feet upward.

We'll translate: Next, the little girl's eyes were full of fear and incomprehension; then her body began to turn into nothingness from her feet upward.

"Dao Venerable? Even if you truly are the Martial Dao Venerable of Heaven's Fate, I will not allow your title of Dao Venerable to spread throughout the Wilderness!"

Translation: "Dao Venerable? Even if you are truly the Martial Dao Venerable of Heaven's Fate, I will not allow your title of Dao Venerable to spread in the Wilderness!"

Dao Venerable? Even if you are truly the Martial Dao Venerable of Heaven's Fate, I will not allow your title of Dao Venerable to spread in the Wilderness!

The title of Dao Venerable blocked Hongjun's path, so he now had another reason he could not avoid killing Zhu Qingyun.

Translation: The title of Dao Venerable blocked Hongjun's path, so he now had another reason he had to kill Zhu Qingyun.

We'll translate: The title Dao Venerable blocked Hongjun's path, so he now had another reason he had to kill Zhu Qingyun.

"If you are the Dao Venerable, then I shall be the Dao Ancestor! Not the ancestor of the immortal way, but the ancestor of the Wilderness Dao!"

Translation: "If you are the Dao Venerable, then I shall be the Dao Ancestor! Not the ancestor of the immortal Dao, but the ancestor of the Wilderness Dao!"

We'll translate: "If you are the Dao Venerable, then I shall be the Dao Ancestor! Not the ancestor of the immortal Dao, but the ancestor of the Wilderness Dao!"

Hongjun said while speaking, behind him towering waves rose, and countless water tribe beings were swept up by the waves.

Translation: Hongjun said while speaking, behind him the waves rose toweringly, and countless water tribe beings were swept up by the waves.

Hongjun said while speaking, behind him the waves rose toweringly, and countless water tribe beings were swept up by the waves.

But we can simplify: Hongjun said, and behind him the waves rose toweringly, sweeping up countless water tribe beings.

We'll keep: Hongjun said, and behind him the waves rose toweringly, sweeping up countless water tribe beings.

Thereafter, Hongjun made no move; the seawater behind him, the water tribe, and even the plankton in the water all lost their vitality in an instant.

Translation: Thereafter, Hongjun made no move; the seawater behind him, the water tribe, and even the plankton in the water all lost their vitality in an instant.

We'll translate: Thereafter, Hongjun made no move; the seawater behind him, the water tribe, and even the plankton in the water all lost their vitality in an instant.

This is an extremely profound application of the Grand Dao of Creation!

Translation: This is an extremely profound application of the Great Dao of Creation!

Yet Hongjun, in an instant, drew out all the creative vitality of this sea area, including the seawater itself!

Translation: Yet Hongjun in an instant extracted all the creative vitality of this sea area, including the seawater itself!

Moreover, it's clear that this use of the Grand Dao of Creation shouldn't be something Hongjun, who hasn't yet broken through to the Mixed Yuan Great Golden Immortal, could pull off! Hongjun definitely hides a huge secret! If Zhu Qingyun were here, he'd surely guess: could it be that this Hongjun is actually a transmigrator? "Mount Buzhou?"

Translation: It is obvious that this method of applying the Great Dao of Creation could not be used by Hongjun, who had not yet broken through to Grand Luo Golden Immortal! Hongjun definitely has a great secret! If Zhu Qingyun were here, he would surely guess: could it be that Hongjun is actually a time traveler? "Mount Buzhou?"

We need to keep quotes. We'll translate: It is obvious that this method of applying the Great Dao of Creation could not be used by Hongjun, who had not yet broken through to Grand Luo Golden Immortal! Hongjun definitely has a great secret! If Zhu Qingyun were here, he would surely guess: could it be that Hongjun is actually a time traveler? "Mount Buzhou?"

Moreover, it's clear that this use of the Grand Dao of Creation shouldn't be something Hongjun, who hasn't yet broken through to the Mixed Yuan Great Golden Immortal, could pull off! Hongjun definitely hides a huge secret! If Zhu Qingyun were here, he'd surely guess: could it be that this Hongjun is actually a transmigrator? "Mount Buzhou?"

Indeed line 12 does not have a Creation Jade Disc fragment. The mention of a Creation Jade Disc fragment appears in line 15: "Hongjun then unleashed the Divine Thunder of Purple Heaven he comprehended from the Creation Jade Disc fragment, slashing towards the Myriad Heavens Island! "Hum!" Yes line 15 includes a Creation Jade Disc fragment."

Thus we need to add:

- Creation Jade Disc (Creation Jade Disc)

- fragment of the Creation Jade Disc (Creation Jade Disc fragment)

Also line 15 includes "Purple Heaven Divine Thunder" which we already have as Purple Heaven Divine Thunder.

Now also line 15 includes "Myriad Heavens Island" we have.

Now line 15 also includes "Hum!" sound effect.

Now line 16 includes "Primordial Grand Formation" and "Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation" we have.

Now line 17 includes "Purple Heaven Divine Thunder" and "Grand Formation".

Now line 18 includes "turtle shell" generic.

Now line 19 includes "Mid-stage Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal" we have.

Now line 20 includes "defensive power" generic.

Now line 21 includes many formations and clans we have.

Now line 22 includes "Jade Capital Mountain", "Jade Capital Great Luo Heaven Seven Treasures Grand Formation", "Slaying Immortals Formation Diagram", "Slaying Immortals Sword Formation". We have those.

Now line 23 includes "Accompanying Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation" we have.

Now line 24 includes "Three Corpses emerge together", "true form" we have.

Now line 25 sound.

Now line 26 includes "Three Corpses method", "Three Corpses", "Purple Heaven Palace Three Thousand Red Dust Guests". We have Purple Heaven Palace.

Now line 27 includes "Three Corpses", "Late-stage Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal", "great divine ability user".

Now line 28 includes "Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds", "Primordial Merit Supreme Treasure", "Merit Spiritual Treasure", "Mixed Yuan Great Golden Immortal", "Saint Realm". We have those.

Now line 29 includes "Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation".

Now line 30 sound.

Now line 31 includes "Hongjun".

Now line 32 includes "Grand Formation defensive strength".

Now line 33 similar.

Now line 34 includes "Hongjun's true form", "chaos-colored entwined banner", "Heaven-opening A

Now line 35 sound.

Now line 36 includes "Pangu Banner", "Chaos Sword Qi". We have.

Now line 37 includes "Three Corpses body", "Spiritual Treasure".

Now line 38 includes "Top-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure self-detonation". We have top-grade primordial spiritual treasure.

Now line 39 includes "Chaos Sword Qi", "Primordial Qi", "Space Shattered", "Earth, Wind, Water, Fire". We have chaos sword qi; we may add "primordial qi" but maybe exclude.

Now line 40 includes "Grand Formation", "Treasure Light". generic.

Now line 41 includes "Top-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure self-detonation".

Now line 42 includes "It hurts", "Yin-Yang Heaven-Earth duo's legacy", "Heaven-Earth Cauldron", "Top-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure-grade tea set and stand". We have Yin-Yang, Heaven-Earth, Heaven-Earth Cauldron, top-grade primordial spiritual treasure.

Now line 43 includes "Heaven-Earth Cauldron", "Top-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure-grade tea set and stand".

Now line 44 generic.

Now line 45 includes "Top-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure self-detonation".

Now line 46 includes "Pangu Banner", "Top-grade Spiritual Treasure self-detonation".

Now line 47 sound.

Now line 48 generic.

Now line 49 generic.

Now line 50 generic.

Now line 51 includes "Hongjun", "Top-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure", "Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation".

Now line 52 includes "Supreme-grade Primordial Spiritual Treasure".

Thus we need to add Creation Jade Disc and fragment.

Also we might need to add "primordial qi" (Primordial Qi) as a term? It's a concept but maybe generic; I'd exclude.

Now also we have "primordial merit supreme treasure" etc.

Now we need to ensure we have "the Great Dao" from glossary; we already have.

Now we need to list "merit" from glossary.

Now we need to list "Chaos" from glossary.

Now we need to list "Mount Buzhou" from glossary.

Now we need to ensure we haven't missed any other named entities like "Three Corpses" we added as "Three Corpses body". Might be redundant with "Three Corpses". But we can keep both; but better to keep only "Three Corpses" as the concept; "Three Corpses body" is just the same. We'll keep only "Three Corpses". We'll remove "Three Corpses body".

Now also we have "spiritual treasure" as a generic term; but we already have specific grades. Might keep it.

Now we need to produce glossary list in JSON format: each entry {"raw_term":"EnglishName","original_term":"ChineseChars"}.

We must use exact English from glossary for those four terms.

Now we need to output after all 【N】 lines: ===TITLE=== then translation of chapter title: Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation.

Now output each 【N】 line translation.

Let's translate each line.

We'll need to decide on pronouns for characters based on gender guide? Not provided. So we must keep neutral if unknown. However we have protagonist? Not given. We'll keep neutral using name or "they". But we have names like Hongjun (male likely but we shouldn't guess). We'll use the name itself when needed. However lines often have no pronoun; we just translate the sentence as is.

We need to preserve meaning, not add.

Let's go line by line.

etc are Chinese lines.

Translation: Hongjun pondered for a moment, did not choose to go to Mount Buzhou to intercept and kill Zhu Qingyun, and also worried that Pangu's consciousness still remained, which would prevent him from slaying Zhu Qingyun.

It would be better to simply occupy Zhu Qingyun's Dao field and wait for opportunity.

Translation: It would be better to simply occupy Zhu Qingyun's Dao field and wait for him like waiting for a rabbit by a tree stump.

Thinking this, Hongjun unleashed the divine ability Purple Firmament Thunderbolt he had comprehended from the fragments of the Creation Jade Disk, striking towards the Myriad Heavens Island! "Hum!"

Translation: Thinking this, Hongjun unleashed the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder he had comprehended from the fragments of the Creation Jade Disc, chopping toward the Myriad Heavens Island! "Hum!"

We need to keep the sound effect "嗡!" as "Hum!" or "Buzz!" We'll use "Hum!".

Outside the Myriad Heavens Island, a faint sound rang out; a grand formation enveloping the island instantly rose up—this was the Primordial Grand Formation, the Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation!

Translation: Outside the Myriad Heavens Island, a soft hum rang out; a great formation enveloping the island instantly rose—this was the Primordial Grand Formation, the Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation!

The Purple Firmament Thunderbolt struck the grand formation, turning into lightning snakes that exploded, yet the grand formation didn't even tremble.

Translation: The Purple Heaven Divine Thunder struck the formation, turning into lightning snakes that exploded, yet the formation did not tremble in the slightest.

"I want to see just how hard this turtle shell is!"

Translation: "I want to see just how hard this turtle shell is!"

Hongjun, who had already cleared the mid-stage Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal once before, was not surprised that the Purple Firmament Thunderbolt was ineffective.

Translation: Having previously broken through the mid-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal formation once, Hongjun was not surprised that the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder had no effect.

After all, in the current wilderness, he had not yet seen any formation with stronger defense than this.

Translation: After all, in the current Wilderness, he had not yet seen a formation with stronger defensive power than this.

Nowadays, the wilderness's number one grand formation is the Four Fiends Calamity Tribulation Grand Formation of the Ferocious Beast Dynasty; closely following are the Dragon Clan's Myriad Dragon Grand Formation, the Phoenix Clan's Hundred Birds Facing Phoenix Grand Formation, and the Qilin Clan's Eight Wastelands Qilin Grand Formation!

Translation: Now the Wilderness's foremost formation is the Ferocious Beast Dynasty's Four Ferocious Calamity Grand Formation, followed closely by the Dragon Clan's Myriad Dragon Grand Formation, the Phoenix Clan's Hundred Birds Phoenix Grand Formation, and the Qilin Clan's Eight Wastelands Qilin Grand Formation!

Below that is my own Jade Capital Grand Luo Heaven Seven Treasures Grand Formation located on Jade Capital Mountain! At present, Rahu has not yet forged the Slaying Immortal Diagram or created the Slaying Immortal Sword Formation; otherwise, the Slaying Immortal Sword Formation, which originated from the Four Fiends Calamity Tribulation Grand Formation, would actually be the wilderness's number one grand formation at this time.

Translation: Below that is my own Jade Capital Grand Luo Heaven Seven Treasures Grand Formation located on Jade Capital Mountain! At present, Rahu has not yet forged the Slay Immortal Formation Diagram or created the Slay Immortal Sword Formation; otherwise, the Slay Immortal Sword Formation derived from the Four Ferocious Calamity Grand Formation would actually be the Wilderness's foremost formation at this time!

No matter what formation, in terms of defense alone, none can compare to Zhu Qingyun's accompanying Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation! "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Translation: No matter which formation, in terms of defensive power alone, none can match Zhu Qingyun's accompanying Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation! "Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Hongjun's three corpses emerged together, and together with his true self they bombarded the same point of the Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation, attempting to break through its defense by brute force, point by point.

Translation: Hongjun's Three Corpses emerged, and together with his true self they bombarded the same point of the Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation, attempting to break through the formation's defense by brute force, point by point.

"Bang!"

Translation: "Bang!"

Hongjun's created Three Corpses method, however, has its own unique aspects; it is not the castrated version he later passed on to the three thousand red-dust disciples of the Purple Firmament Palace.

Translation: Hongjun's self-created Three Corpses Method is unique; it is not the castrated version he later transmitted to the three thousand red-dust guests of the Purple Heaven Palace.

Each of his three corpses possesses mana and divine abilities no different from his true self! Therefore, at this moment the Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation is enduring the magical bombardment of four late-stage Mixed Yuan Golden Immortals with great divine abilities.

Translation: Each of his Three Corpses possesses mana and divine abilities identical to his true self! Thus, at this moment the Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation is enduring the mana bombardment of four late-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal great divine-ability users.

If it were Zhu Qingyun's original Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds before upgrading, he might truly not be able to withstand this barrage. But now Zhu Qingyun's true form is equivalent to a collection of five Innate Merit Supreme Treasures and countless Merit Spiritual Treasures; as his accompanying grand formation, how could it not be enhanced? Zhu Qingyun speculated that without reaching the level of a Mixed Yuan Luo Golden Immortal—that is, the saintly realm of Hongjun's era—one should not be able to break the Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation. Thus, under this barrage, the formation merely emitted a dull thud before a depression about an arm's length long appeared.

Translation: If Zhu Qingyun's true self, the Myriad Heavens Auspicious Clouds, had not yet been upgraded, it might truly not be able to withstand this barrage. But now Zhu Qingyun's true self is equivalent to a conglomeration of five primordial merit supreme treasures and countless merit spiritual treasures; as his accompanying grand formation, how could it not be enhanced? Zhu Qingyun had speculated that without reaching the Grand Luo Golden Immortal level—the saintly realm of Hongjun's era—one should not be able to break the Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation! Therefore, under this barrage the formation merely emitted a dull thud, then a depression about an arm's length deep formed.

But it was only an instant; soon the hole disappeared and the Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation returned to being seamless.

Translation: But it was only an instant; the hole disappeared and the Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation returned to being seamless.

"How is that possible!!"

Translation: "How is this possible!!"

Hongjun couldn't help but exclaim in surprise; earlier I had indeed passed through this formation, and logically, although my strike couldn't break the formation, it shouldn't have had only this little effect!

Translation: Hongjun couldn't help but exclaim, "I have previously broken through this formation; logically, my strike should not be able to break the formation, but it shouldn't have only this little effect!"

According to the defensive strength of the formations he had seen before, such an attack would need at most a dozen or so repetitions to gradually break through point by point and shatter the entire formation.

Translation: According to the defensive strength of formations he had seen before, such an attack would at most need ten or so repetitions to break through the formation point by point.

But looking at the current situation, not to mention ten times—even if we tried ten thousand times, we absolutely could not break the formation! Given this situation, Hongjun knows he must go all out.

Translation: Looking at the current situation, not to mention ten times—even if repeated ten thousand times, it would absolutely not break the formation! Hongjun now knew he had to get serious.

Only see Hongjun's true self taking up a long banner wrapped in chaotic colors—this is the Innate Supreme Treasure Pangu Banner transformed from the blade of the Heaven-Opening Axe! Then, his three corpses' bodies are surrounded by countless spiritual treasures, dozens upon dozens! What's more shocking is that, judging by their aura, most of them are actually Supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures!

Translation: Only see Hongjun's true self taking up a long banner entwined with chaos—this is the primordial treasure Pangu Banner transformed from the blade of the Heaven-Opening Axe! Then his Three Corpses' bodies all around were covered with countless spiritual treasures, dozens in number! What's more shocking is that, judging by their aura, most are actually supreme-grade primordial spiritual treasures!

"Slash!"

Translation: "Slash!"

The Pangu Banner waves, strands of chaotic sword qi surge and slash toward the Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation.

Translation: The Pangu Banner waved, sending forth strands of Chaos sword qi that slashed toward the Myriad Heavens Warding Grand Formation.

Hongjun's three corpses then control each spiritual treasure, following behind the chaotic sword qi as they bombard the grand formation!

Translation: Hongjun's Three Corpses then controlled each spiritual treasure to follow after the Chaos sword qi and bombard the formation!

Hongjun worried that this attack might not succeed; to ensure breaking the formation, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes, he gritted his teeth, and controlled several high-grade innate spiritual treasures to self-destruct! "Boom!"

Chaos sword qi danced about; wherever it passed, innate qi was decomposed and reversed, space shattered, and earth, wind, water, and fire were reshaped! "Boom!!!!"

A deafening earth-shaking boom rang out; the Chaos sword qi bombarded the Myriad Heavens Unfolding Formation, and the formation instantly sank several meters deep! Moreover, the auras of other spiritual treasures followed closely, bombarding the formation, and multicolored treasure light obscured Hongjun's view!

Finally came the self-detonation of a high-grade innate spiritual treasure!

This impact force was astonishing; a flicker of pain crossed Hongjun's eyes, and he, who had not yet inherited the legacies of Yin-Yang and Qian-Kun as later generations did, was not very wealthy at this time.

Mainly, Qian-Kun possessed the Qian-Kun Cauldron capable of reversing innate qi… Just think of his tea set and desk of high-grade innate spiritual treasure quality, and you'll know how many spiritual treasures he actually has.

Although it pained him, Hongjun still understood the principle that to gain, one must give.

The power brought by the self-detonation of a high-grade innate spiritual treasure was even greater than the impact force of the Pangu Banner!

After all, first, Hongjun had not yet become a sage and could not unleash the full power of the Pangu Banner; second, the Pangu Banner could attack countless times, whereas the self-detonation of a high-grade innate spiritual treasure could only be this one all-out effort—otherwise, Hongjun would have to be out of his mind to control a spiritual treasure's self-detonation!

Boom!! Boom!!! Boom!!

Explosion sounds rang incessantly in his ears; Hongjun looked ahead in anticipation.

Finally, the treasure light faded, and the scene before him reappeared before Hongjun's eyes.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Hongjun's eyes were about to burst; he could not believe that, after paying the price of several high-grade innate spiritual treasures, the result was that the Myriad Heavens Unfolding Formation remained completely unscathed.

In that impulsive moment, Hongjun even considered detonating a top-grade innate spiritual treasure to bombard the formation! (End of chapter)