Chapter 332: Twelve All-Heaven Stars Grand Formation

Yunhe waved his hand.

Immediately before him appeared that stone jade bed, as well as thousands upon thousands of gems and jewels.

However, these were originally just jewels inlaid on the wall as ornaments by Fuyun Shangren, but now they surrounded this stone jade bed like stars.

"These patterns."

Yunhe's eyes flickered with a faint light, and his divine sense unhesitatingly enveloped the stone jade bed and all the jewels.

The change in each jewel's position, the shift in direction between every few jewels, seemed to contain an extremely special regularity in his eyes.

"This is the Three Powers, this is the Four Symbols, Qian's hardness and Kun's softness, the music master's worry."

The more he tried to deeply understand these intricate changes, the more he felt their profundity, which could simply be described as myriad transformations.

"No!"

Yunhe suddenly closed his eyes; his temples on both sides throbbed rapidly, and his head felt as if the world were spinning upside down.

This feeling made Yunhe's heart tremble with shock.

He had felt this way before only when he forcibly tried to understand the Dragon Scale Pattern.

But it was also somewhat different.

Then, forcibly trying to understand the Dragon Scale Pattern was something he should not have touched, causing dizziness.

This time, although there was also the reason of exceeding his level, it was mostly due to excessive exhaustion of energy.

After a while, that sense of chaos in Yunhe's mind gradually faded.

Yet his astonishment grew ever stronger.

You must know, he is currently an early Nascent Soul cultivator, his divine sense is even comparable to most mid Nascent Soul cultivators; with his present ability, there actually exists something that makes him feel inadequate?

Without a doubt.

This stone jade bed together with the myriad jewels formed, is a formation!

Merely, the profundity of this formation is the greatest Yunhe has ever seen!

Even the formation outside Fuyun Shangren's cave dwelling, which required Yunhe and five other Yuan Ying cultivators to cooperate with the Five Directions Breaking Formation Flag to open a gap, pales in comparison.

Yunhe even suspected that not even Fuyun Shangren had fully mastered this formation.

He might not have even grasped half of it.

"This is at least a fifth-level formation, possibly even higher!"

After a while, the sense of chaos in Yunhe's mind finally completely dissipated; he glanced again at the jewels half-surrounding like stars.

He clearly understood that precisely because no true spirit-power-infused formation flag was used, this formation merely showed its outline and could not exert its power.

Yunhe carefully pondered it again, as if he had grasped something else.

"This formation seems to have the ability to seal space?"

Being able to seal space without using any space-type treasures shows that the spatial power involved in this formation is of an extremely high level.

No wonder after observing it for a while he felt dizzy just like staring long at the Dragon Scale Pattern; this stems both from the formation's profundity and from its involvement with spatial power.

"Perhaps many of the formations mastered by Fuyun Shangren possibly originate from this formation."

He felt this possibility was not without basis.

In other words, if he could learn more of Fuyun Shangren's formations, he might have a chance to reverse-engineer this one.

Pondering, Yunhe slowly walked to the side of that stone jade bed.

Earlier, when dividing the treasures, he had felt this stone jade bed was somewhat strange; that was detected with the aid of his spiritual eye, otherwise even if his formation attainments were decent, it would be hard to notice.

He gently placed his hand on the stone jade bed, slowly infusing his divine sense into it, searching carefully from outside to inside.

"Got it!"

Finally, after an extremely meticulous search, he finally found some traces of formation lines within this stone jade bed.

Moreover, he finally obtained some information from it.

"Formation, Twelve All-Heaven Stars Grand Formation!"

Although he does not know exactly what level this formation is, at least he has obtained a name, so he won't be completely ignorant of the formation he may need to spend much time exploring in the future.

"Compared to this grand formation, perhaps studying the Solitary Offering Formation would be more reliable."

Yunhe laughed self-mockingly.

Given his current attainment in formation arts, if he wanted to learn something from it, he would probably need a great deal of time; even with the aid of an Enlightenment Pill, his learning speed would likely be slow.

Compared to that, it would be better to first try to see if he could extract the Solitary Offering Formation from those puppets.

He flicked his sleeve, storing the stone jade bed and many gems and jewels into his storage bag; before him then appeared a large pile of damaged puppets.

Among them, what he valued most was the fourth-level puppet he himself had shattered.

"Trying to repair it is almost impossible; the damage is tolerable, but given my puppet craft ability, I shouldn't waste these efforts."

"On the other hand, those third-level puppets, although many are damaged, but since part of them is 'self-offering,' their bodies remain relatively intact; as long as there is the core energy to drive the puppets, restoring them does not require profound puppet craft."

"However, third-level puppets are of little use to me; it would be simpler to refine a few more corpses."

"This Solitary Offering Formation is best used naturally on puppets, for puppets lack sentience and will not resist."

"But actually using it on refined corpses is just as ordinary."

Moreover, Yunhe also possesses a complete Nascent Soul refined corpse.

With the current Corpse Soul Gu ability, refining a Nascent Soul refined corpse is nearly impossible, but if it is merely a Golden Core refined corpse, with sufficient time and resources it can be produced.

Then, Yunhe could likewise apply the Solitary Offering Formation to refined corpses; at that time, the Nascent Soul refined corpse could, under the formation's effect, exert power far beyond its own.

This can be used as a trump card.

Of course.

The premise is that Yunhe must be able to extract the Solitary Offering Formation from the patterns inscribed on those puppets.

This is also no easy task.

After visiting the cave dwelling of that Floating Cloud Senior, besides obtaining the follow-up cultivation method he needed, this collection of formations will likely become a major focus for him moving forward.

Still feel like there's not enough time.

He sat cross-legged on the ground, briefly organized his thoughts, and made a simple plan for what he needed to do next.

Increasing cultivation base is unquestionable; as the foundation of everything, even if all other means fall short, cultivation base remains paramount.

And to raise his cultivation base, condensing a more profound 'Five Elements Spirit Body' than the 'Lesser Five Elements Spirit Body' should be Yunhe's top priority.

Formation Dao.

Having obtained so many formations, not studying them or using them to improve his formation skill would truly be a waste.

In particular, he also obtained an extremely profound 'Twelve Heavens Stellar Grand Formation'; he feels that if he could fully master this formation, likely no one in this world could threaten him.

Alchemy Dao.

Although this exploration yielded no alchemy recipes, as the best aid for raising cultivation base, Yunhe naturally cannot give up; continuing to seek recipes that can boost the cultivation base of Yuan Ying cultivators has always been one of his goals.

Artifact Dao.

This Dao concerns all the magic treasures, spirit treasures, and ancient treasures he possesses, as well as their potential for further advancement.

Relatively speaking, it may not be that important, but by reforging the War Demon Armor and crafting the Ice Phoenix Wings, his artifact Dao level has reached the Fourth Level Tier, which should be sufficient for now, allowing him to devote some energy elsewhere.

Talisman Dao.

Talisman Dao can be said to be the one Yunhe currently neglects the most, but with the acquisition of the Phoenix Feather Pattern and the connection of the Dragon Scale Pattern to the Twelve Heavens Stellar Grand Formation, he may need to devote more energy to it in the coming period.

Whether it's the Dragon Scale Pattern or the Phoenix Feather Pattern, grasping even a part of them will directly enhance his abilities, combat proficiency, and survivability.

Besides that, there are also the Insect Control and Corpse Control Dao.

Just compared to the previous ones.

These two Dao are almost bound to his practiced 'Thousand Insects Myriad Worms Art'.

And after he found the 'Great Longevity Five Elements True Scripture,' the follow-up to the 'Thousand Insects Myriad Worms Art' cultivation method is also one of his goals.

He also knows roughly where he can obtain it.

Furthermore, the Insect Control Dao is tied to his Red Shadow Gold Wing Bee ability; this spirit bee's current evolution level lags behind his strength, not useless but needing a trigger for another metamorphosis.

Such opportunities are encountered but cannot be sought.

As for the Poison Control Dao, his natal poison worm, the Corpse Soul Poison Worm, has become agitated recently due to the abyss beast in the black abyss mist, and he has also obtained a black soul crystal of a fourth-level abyss beast.

However, whether this crystal has side effects and how it affects the Corpse Soul Poison Worm must be confirmed before use.

If the Corpse Soul Poison Worm can metamorphose again via this,

Combined with the 'Lone Offering Formation,' it would absolutely be a qualitative leap in Yunhe's strength.

More importantly.

Although he knows the location of the Heaven Insect Sect's ruins and suspects the follow-up to the 'Thousand Insects Myriad Worms Art' is likely there, there is also something that makes Yunhe wary.

Heaven Corpse Poison Worm!

This worm once caused the ancient great sect Heaven Insect Sect to perish; he cannot afford to be careless.

But if his Corpse Soul Poison Worm could advance further to a fourth-level poison worm tier, he might have a chance to contend with that Heaven Corpse Poison Worm.

After thinking it through carefully, Yunhe showed a look of helplessness.

"There are too many things I want to do."

If he didn't have the Demon Beast Body with its ten-thousand-year lifespan as a safety net, he would absolutely not dare to spread himself across so many Dao.

Like the Yuan Ying cultivators he previously encountered, none of them split their focus across as many Dao as he does; at most one would focus on a single Dao, and if more talented perhaps two, but someone like him is truly rare.

Of course, the Demon Beast Body being able to study and comprehend alongside the Cultivator Body is also a major factor.

"If only he could have another incarnation body."

He couldn't help but sigh.

But as soon as he said that, he froze for a moment.

Because.

It actually isn't impossible.

According to his knowledge, there is a rather profound divine ability in the cultivation world called 'External Incarnation,' also known as the 'Second Yuan Ying'!

This method would allow him, like having a Demon Beast Body, to possess another independent-minded incarnation; not only can it act freely, but it can also cultivate on its own, possessing its own magic treasures, secret techniques, and many other conveniences.

However, this method also has a major drawback: the incarnation carries a possibility of betrayal, and that possibility is not low!

After all, an incarnation with independent self-awareness differs from Yunhe controlling both Cultivator Body and Demon Beast Body with a single consciousness; that incarnation is a separate individual, possessing the same capacity for self-reflection as him.

Put yourself in his shoes: if Yunhe discovered he himself was merely an incarnation, there would be no problem in the short term, but once the separation time between incarnation and main body lengthens, it's inevitable to arise the thought 'Why shouldn't I be the one in charge?'

Therefore, the incarnation must periodically synchronize memories with the main body to correct this risk.

Examples of such incarnation betrayals are not nonexistent in the cultivation world.

No, even saying that virtually all cultivators who practice the incarnation secret art die due to their incarnation's betrayal.

However, this matter is still somewhat distant for him.

"Seeking the secret art of incarnation is probably far harder than finding the follow-ups to my two cultivation methods."

But if he ever encounters this secret art in the future, Yunhe feels he would certainly not let it slip.

Because the risk of incarnation betrayal stems from too long a separation, if he keeps the incarnation always by his side, merely assisting in cultivation or joining forces against strong enemies, the betrayal risk becomes negligible, so there's no need to worry.

(End of Chapter)