Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
The humongous formation’s appearance in the void started to stabilize the ocean of chaos brought by the shattering of the Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation and the wild Nine Heavens Squall Formation.
The insane amount of energy released by the new formation continuously exerted pressure against the currents within the void. It was the same Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation, but it was completely different from the one which Li Yuanfang casted when he was still in the Advanced Nascent Soul stage.
The powerful formation before everyone was not sluggish in its transformation and with the opening of all four heavenly gates, the energy of the four different elements was seamless in their interactions, giving the impression that the entire formation was very cohesive. Its power kept increasing especially with the harmonious nature of the four elements, as it surprised everyone who was present.
Following Li Yuanfang’s attainment of the Immortal Soul stage, his Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation was also perfected and now demonstrated an authoritative aura, one which could make a huge impression on anyone.
With his advancement, Li Yuanfang’s mana and mantras had also become stronger, and his formations were also becoming increasingly complex. He had become stronger and tougher for many of his different attributes.
Following a short exhalation, Li Yuanfang’s immortal soul broke free from the human form and transformed into the Nine Palace Taichi Diagram as he covered the entire sky with his new form.
The Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation, which was under his control, continued to expand and was now looking towards enveloping all of the cultivators and puppets from the Hall of the Dead along with the Cakravarti King and King Pingdeng.
Brilliant white flashes of light could be seen within the formation. They looked like cosmic light but they also resembled something like a shooting star. Anyone or object which were to come into contact with the white flashes of light would probably be entranced and stuck within the formation.
Gu Yuankai, Mo Xiuluo, King Yanluo, Cang Heaven Spell Blade, and the rest had all noticed Li Yuanfang’s transformation.
They were all originally extremely shocked by Li Yuanfang’s intention to attain the Immortal Soul stage. It was totally unexpected for Li Yuanfang to attempt to do such an audacious and crazy thing during his intense battle with the Cakravarti King and King Pingdeng. And the most unexpected thing was how Li Yuanfang managed to attain the Immortal Soul stage in such a short period of time.
At that point of time, it was not just the Cakravarti King or King Pingdeng who had wanted to exterminate Li Yuanfang. All of the cultivators from the Hall of the Dead bore that intention right there right then.
However, Gu Yuankai, the Cang Heaven Spell Blade and the rest were also aware of this sudden surge in these malevolent thoughts and hence attempted to hold them back. But the outcome was still one that exceeded everyone’s expectations.
Gu Yuankai looked at Li Yuanfang as a thought surface din his mind, “For a cultivator who had just attained the Immortal Soul stage to possess such powers… Disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders are truly very talented individuals!”
Gu Yuankai could feel for himself how powerful and mystical the new Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation was after Li Yuanfang had attained the Immortal Soul stage.
After being forced back by the Cang Heaven Spell Blade, Mo Xiuluo was a little distracted as he stopped his attacks. He thought, “Li Yuanfang’s attainment of the Immortal Soul stage probably means the balance of the battle would be upsetted once again.”
In front of everyone’s eyes, Li Yuanfang’s Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation continued to expand as it started to envelop the cultivators from the Hall of the Dead one by one, a scene seemingly similar to when the Formation of Nine Bends of the Heaven River was just casted.
The Heavenly Demon Ape Puppet, under instructions from King Yanluo, launched another scathing attack onto the Heluo Heavenly gate Formation.
The Cang Heaven Spell Blade was already prepared for this as it speared through the chest of the puppet from its back with a single flash of its sword radiance. Even though the Heavenly Demon Ape Puppet was unafraid of death after being refined into a puppet, any damages to its vital components would still result in serious injuries.
Under the manipulation from King Yanluo, the Heavenly Demon Ape Puppet raised one of its hand to parry the strike from the Cang Heaven Spell Blade. However, its black arm was speared through once again, resulting in a flurry of blood and flesh.
Its other palm was used to deliver a resounding slam onto the surface of the Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation as it attempted to shatter the formation.
The white light within the Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation continued to flash as it transformed into a long river of white light to bind the claws of the Heavenly Demon Ape Puppet.
Upon coming into contact with the mysterious whit elight, the enormous body of the Heavenly Demon Ape Puppet shook and immediately lost all of its vitality. Its movement became sluggish as the puppet had appeared to finally turned into a walking dead.
Kin Yanluo frowned as he knew immediately that it was the effect of the Black Nightmare Saint-Trapping Formation within the Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation. The formation had taken advantage of the flaw of the Heavenly Demon Ape Puppet and affected the control which King Yanluo had over the puppet.
At this moment, the attacks from the Cang Heaven Spell Blade grew in intensity. Under the command from King Yanluo, the Heavenly Demon Ape Puppet shook away the effects from the Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation as it leapt and sped away from the influence of both the formation and the Cang Heaven Spell Blade.
When the Cang Heaven Spell Blade was about to chase after the Heavenly Demon Ape Puppet, Mo Xiuluo and the Bastille Black Dragon Puppet had already arrived and launched their attacks on it.
In a flash of another sword radiance, the Cang Heaven Spell Blade dodged the attacks from Mo Xiuluo and the Bastille Black Dragon Puppet. But because of the intervention, the Heavenly Demon Ape Puppet was forced to retreat and hence, Li Yuanfang’s Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation was allowed to continue its trod of expansion.
In the meantime, the trapped Cakravarti King and King Pingdeng were suffering under the onslaught from the mana energy within the formation.
The Cakravarti King had lost the advantage of close combat and at this very instant, his vulnerabilities as a martial way specialist against a formation specialist were fully exposed. He was trapped within the formation and had no business other than to be on the receiving end of an endless onslaught. It would be near impossible for him to turn the tides. He could not even continue in his attack on Li Yuanfang less escape from this formation.
The Cakravarti King was now similar to being stuck in a marsh as he ould only watch himself sink into this bottomless pit.
King Pingdeng busily steered his Boat of River Luo like a captain trying to ride away to safety in his dinghy within a calamitous storm. But regardless of how powerful his skills were, they were futile against the powerful Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation which was now like a thick fog which enshrouded the boat, leaving it trapped within the formation.
Occasionally, King Pingdeng would gasp in delight as he would think that he had managed to discover some loopholes in the formation before sinking back into the familiar disappointment after seeing though the facade.
The complex and abstract philosophy within the formation made the once arrogant and egoistic King Pingdeng felt like an ignorant child once again. She had always seen herself as a genius when it came to formations.
Normally, if she were to observe the formation silently from the fence, she might just be able to decode this formation. But right now, when she was stuck knee-deep within the formation and against all sorts of powerful attack, she had no time to figure out all of these.
The violent and wild white light within the formation not only suppressed her consciousness but was putting her into a deep slumber without her knowing. Her consciousness was about to be stripped away from her as the white light readied to launch an even stronger onslaught.
Under the powerful attacks from the white light, King Pingdeng’s Soul-Amassing Lamp shattered first!
The multi-directional attacks extinguished any remaining hope within King Pingdeng as she thought, “The power of the formation casted by this person is probably stronger than the one casted by Ming Zun!”
During the dying struggles of the Cakravarti King and King Pingdeng, they could sense the Li Yuanfang’s emotions from the Heluo Heavenly Gate Formation.
It was the emotion of dissatisfaction. And it was dissatisfaction towards himself. Li Yuanfang thought, “The battle previously had dealt too much damage to my cosmic form and had injured the foundation of my mana. Even though I have already attained the Immortal Soul stage, I’m still quite a distance from my peak pwoers…”
Li Yuanfang did not try to express his thoughts on purpose. He merely channeled these thoughts outwards just as one would mutter his or her thoughts in times of deep thinking. But it was also because of this that let all of the cultivators including the Cakravarti King and King Pingdeng to feel dizzied by the thought of how powerful Li Yuanfang could have been.
And while Li Yuanfang was caught up in the intense battle between the Cakravarti King and King Pingdeng, Yang Qing on the other side was also reaching the climax of his battle.
The Heavenly Cloud Holy Man, Shen Qifeng had countless rings of white light revolving around his body as he launched an attack on Yang Qing.
The white light moved to Shen Qifeng’s head and concentrated into a humongous light projection. The head of the light figure was so high up that it looked as though it could touch the sky. Even though it was only present in the void, a place devoid of the concept of space, it could still give off the impression that it was humongous.
The light projection radiated an aura of nobility as though it was a deity who was looking over the life of the masses.
Sakra-Devanam-Indra!
The light projection of Sakra-Devanam-Indra had white rings of light moving up and down its body. They were both playing the offensive role of attacking Yang Qing and the defensive role of guarding Shen Qifeng.
“In the past, when we were both still disciples, we sparred once. Now that we are both masters of disciples and much stronger than we were before since the Spiritual Conference of Kunlun Mountains, let’s spear again.” Shen Qifeng’s face exuded a calm and confident look as he smiled gently as though he was catching up with an old pal.
Shen Qifeng looked at Yang Qing and smiled, “The mantra from your sect is indeed impressive. Even though you are merely at the Advanced Nascent Soul stage, I would never have been able to win you in a battle back when I was at the same cultivation level. Hence, I can only put up with the embarrassment and request for a spar after attaining the Immortal Soul stage.”
Yang Qing remained calm and in fact a little cold. Just now when he observed Shen Qifeng’s movements, he had already realized how Shen Qifeng was close to cultivating the virtual entity and attaining the Immortal Soul Second Level.
Shen Qifeng’s strength and power definitely belonged to the cream of the crop amongst all the Immortal Soul stage cultivators.
However, Yang Qing did not reveal any emotions after hearing what Shen Qifeng had said as he merely mumbled, “You’ve exaggerated.”
As he spoke, Yang Qing unleashed his mantras and mana as streams of colorful jade-green water were released into the void and came into contact with the light projection above Shen Qifeng’s head. Upon contact, the jade green water transformed into a white light which paralleled the one which belonged to the light projection as they rolled with much power towards Shen Qifeng.
But the more shocking thing was how the white rings of brilliance formed from Shen Qifeng’s mana began to turn themselves around and charged towards their owner.
Shen Qifeng blinked his eyes clearly as a thought surfaced in his head, “This spell… I think I’ve seen it before… It’s called the…Imperius Grand Moon Curse? It used to be nothing more than a strange sight… But the power it possessed now is truly quite impressive. Not only has it been closer to perfection but it has also improved and became more powerful with the improvement in his cultivation level.”
The brilliant stream of water was the materialized product of Yang Qing’s Imperius Grand Moon Curse.
Following the improvement in Yang Qing’s cultivation, Yang Qing had a deeper understanding of the The Heavenly Classic of the Way’s Virtues. He had also referred to Miao Shihao’s Ray Reflecting Mirror, Demonic Shadow Sect’s Dark Shadow Ancient Mirror and the Lu Yuan’s Ten Thousand Mirror Appearances before he sharpened and refined his technique for today’s brilliant showcase!
Facing Yang Qing’s mysterious and domineering Imperius Grand Moon Curse, Shen Qifeng frowned lightly as he brought his palms together to give birth to a tiny spark which looked liked a baby red lotus.
