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Chapter 628 - 3 Guan Bao Hong (Thanks to the Alliance Leader of Mountain King Ash!)

Chapter 628: Chapter 3 Guan Bao Hong (Thanks to the Alliance Leader of Mountain King Ash!)

Formations and Artifact Refining are different.

Formations, just like the electronic programs from An Jing’s previous life, are constantly iterating and optimizing, with the related technologies, Spiritual Patterns, runic patterns, and base structures all rapidly improving and updating.

Subdue Evil claimed to be a Sword Array master, but all of his stuff is outdated. An Jing, together with Subdue Evil and Huo Qing, took a look at the Formation manuscripts of the Tianyuan Realm, which immediately made Subdue Evil give up the idea of teaching An Jing, instead allowing An Jing to self-study.

"Originally, we used the ’Four Symbols Totem’, followed by ’Eight Diagram Formation Patterns’, ’Nine Palace Star Talisman’, ’Ten Heavenly Stems’, and ’Thirty-Six Heavenly Gang and Seventy-two Earth Fiend’ as the basis for composing Formations."

Subdue Evil complained: "I thought 108 bans were already the limit, complex enough with sufficient effects, but Tianyuan Realm’s Formation manuscripts start off with ’Three Thousand Daoist Patterns’? Plus various variants of Daoist Patterns and all sorts of brand new runes I’ve never seen before?"

"The progress of these Formations is too fast!"

Indeed, that is the case.

Due to technologies such as ’Spiritual Network’ and ’Spiritual Network Chips’, the Formations of the Tianyuan Realm have developed to a level that is difficult for other worlds to comprehend.

In fact, Formations with three thousand Daoist Patterns do not provide much more power than the Eight Diagram Formation Patterns, and they are not even as solid and durable.

However, the more complex the basis for the Formation Patterns, the more subtle and numerous the functionalities become - for example, the Formation Patterns based on the 108 Heavenly Gang and Earth Fiend of the Huai Xu Realm already cover over 90% of all needs of a cultivator, be it for offense or defense, Body Refinement or Refining God, all of it can be applied.

But the Formations of Tianyuan Realm are not just about cultivation, but about all aspects of life.

It’s quite simple.

The Water Mirror technology of the Huai Xu Realm can communicate, talk, display images, and that’s about it.

Whereas, the Water Mirror of the Tianyuan Realm can browse the Spiritual Network, search for information, record data, and it’s almost akin to the computers and mobile phones from the previous life, and even includes various integrated functions; it can be used for games, for aiding cultivation, for assisting in the casting of Art of Magic - An Jing suspects that the Divine Soul Chip is an advanced variant of the Water Mirror technique, and a powerful enough Divine Soul Chip can even achieve something similar to having a second Primordial Spirit.

When it comes to power, the range that the Water Mirror can connect to, and the accuracy of the imaging, whether it’s the Four Symbols Totem or the Eight Diagram Formation Patterns, or the 108 bans or three thousand Formation Patterns, are mostly consistent in this respect.

Even the ’Black Tortoise Totem’ from the Four Symbols creates a Water Mirror that is more distant, less susceptible to interference, and more durable. Once set up, it won’t change for ten thousand years unless faced with a great catastrophe.

But the more complex the Formation Patterns, the more variations and functionalities there are.

Even if stability is sacrificed, it is completely worth it.

The only problem is that these things are just too complicated.

In the past three months, An Jing has been studying Formations with Huo Qing, learning the textbooks of the Tianyuan Realm.

His learning speed has far exceeded Huo Qing’s imagination, who finds it incredible.

Even so, he has only just entered the door of Tianyuan Realm’s Formations.

"That’s already amazing; you have entered the door and can set up a Minor Gathering Spirit Formation. This means that even if you don’t learn anything else in the future, you can rely on this skill to make a living!"

"Many people study for ten or twenty years and only reach this level!"

When An Jing inscribed the Formation Patterns and set up the Minor Gathering Spirit Formation, Huo Qing was very excited, but An Jing was still somewhat stunned: "Gathering Spirit Formations should be simple, why are today’s Formation techniques so complex?"

"To resist Demonic Qi," Huo Qing said as a matter of course: "The simpler the Formation, the easier it is to be contaminated by Demonic Qi. The more complex it is, the reverse is true. The chips in our heads also rely on complexity to help us resist the contamination of the Soul and Spirit by Demonic Qi, indeed useful."

An Jing reluctantly accepted this point and didn’t find the complexity troublesome – in a world filled with Demonic Qi, being able to resist Demonic Qi is a great advantage.

Of course, he couldn’t have only learned Formations for so long.

During these months, An Jing adjusted the ’Inner Array Realm Tai Shi Taiyi’ within his body to the most perfect state and also solidified his progress with ’Taibai Luminous Godly Ban’.

As his second Divine Skill ’Resonating Shang Sound’ was accomplished, he also prepared to break through to the Foundation Establishment of his Immortal Path Cultivation Technique.

In the Immortal Path of cultivating Qi, one must first solidify qi to nourish the body, harvesting externally and refining internally, to ensure the flesh and blood are replete; then, condensing spirit to nurture life, complete form repair, filling the meridians, organs, and Spiritual Fiends; and finally, nourishing the essence and nourishing the spirit, embracing the void and maintaining quietude, maturing and enlarging the soul and spirit.

After the soul and spirit are strengthened, bifurcate into the ’Spiritual Divine Power’ of [Foundation Transformation to Origin] and the ’Life Qi Immortal Body’ of [Nourishing the Holy Embryo].

[Foundation Transformation to Origin] focuses on refining Spiritual Fiends, merging the Immortal Foundation with the soul and spirit, uniting the soul and spirit with the Art of Magic and internal Spiritual Fiends, where a mere thought can bring forth Divine Skills and even transform the entire person into a Dharma Body of Divine Skills; the soul and spirit wander between heaven and earth, almost making one indestructible.

[Nourishing the Holy Embryo] concentrates on refining the body, melding the Immortal Foundation into the flesh, making the body itself a domain and a realm of laws, possessing immense strength, movements steeped in Art of Magic and Divine Skills, able to break magic with the bare body, capture Magical Soldiers, fearless towards most poisons and detrimental influences, indestructible and unbreakable.

This is the difference with the new methods; the old laws naturally required dual cultivation of life and nature,

The [Resonating Shang Sound] of the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban is essentially a precursor to Foundation Transformation to Origin, and what An Jing has within him, the Tai Shi Yuan Evil, is its final product, which An Jing has already completed.

And the Nourishing the Holy Embryo is also nearing completion. The reason why An Jing is still grinding progress is mainly because the Formation Realm within his body is too powerful, and the Spiritual Fiends too strong, to the extent that even his physical body can’t keep up with the strength of his Spiritual Fiends.

"The Taibai Luminous Godly Ban, its Divine Skill at the Foundation Establishment Realm, is named [White Rainbow]."

Subdue Evil explained to An Jing the key points of the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban at the foundation level: "At this point in the cultivation of refining Qi, even with the same Cultivation Technique, everyone’s uniqueness will manifest, and the ’Immortal Foundation’ formed will naturally differ."

"For example, you, An Jing, have fought bloody battles against Heavenly Demons, triumphed in hundreds of combats, dominated a domain, your forged Immortal Foundation essence will have the additional traits of [Punish the World, Breaking Calamities]; you might even forge the [White Emperor Heavenly Punishment]—and if another fellow Magic Cultivator has always been in sect seclusion, the forged Immortal Foundation essence will be the most ordinary [Taibai Su Ling]."

"In the future, your Immortal Foundation might be [White Emperor Heavenly Punishment, Cutting Calamities Breaking Torment], while that of a fellow practitioner of Divine Prohibition may be [Five Metals Unified, Western Spirits Pure White]... it’s a complete crushing defeat, you lift a finger, and the other party might destabilize their Golden Qi, needing to kneel before you."

While he says this, Subdue Evil also laughs: "But making it to the foundation level with Taibai Luminous Godly Ban means he can’t be that weak, so this is the maximal theoretical dominance at the same stage, which is nearly impossible to achieve."

"So, that means,"

An Jing muses, "this Immortal Foundation bears some resemblance to Fate Pattern—providing the cultivator with unique abilities and advantages, the stronger the Immortal Foundation, just like the stronger Fate Pattern, can provide the cultivator with greater potential and advantage."

"It’ll be useful for the future Golden Core as well, right?"

"Indeed." Subdue Evil nods: "So, I’ve realized, you Fate Pattern Martial Artists often don’t need refinement and accumulation; fighting to your heart’s content naturally leads to a breakthrough—it appears now, this is because your Fate Patterns are inherently a kind of ’Immortal Foundation’, even a prototype of ’metallic nature’, where you don’t need to build up slowly by yourself, just need to dye and refine through strong will to transform them into your own strength."

"It works the other way around, too." An Jing seems to have discovered another similarity between the realization of Fate Pattern and the Immortal Path of Qi cultivation: "The process of forging an Immortal Foundation is similar to that of a Martial Artist actualizing their Fate Pattern; both require the accomplishment of Merit to gain a better Immortal Foundation, a stronger Fate Pattern, hence if a Cultivator has great ambitions, they must leave the Sect to stir the waters and make a big impact!"

"It doesn’t have to be a big affair; don’t always think about causing trouble. Our Immortal Path of Qi cultivation isn’t that bothersome."

Subdue Evil rejects An Jing’s overly Martial Artist way of thinking: "A cultivator experiencing Heaven and Earth Phenomena, admiring the world’s wonders, appreciating the beauty of the Great Dao; these can also elevate the quality of the Immortal Foundation, even extensive reading and Enlightenment do the same."

"So at that time, our cultivators fancy entering the mortal world, roaming the world, unlike Martial Artists who can only incite karma among living beings to do great deeds, causing disturbances throughout the world; the whole advancement methods are completely different."

"There are still similarities."

Yet An Jing understands, this only means Martial Artists are in this respect restricted by heaven and earth and does not demonstrate a difference from the Immortal Path.

Subdue Evil also revealed the particular nature of the Divine Skill of the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban at the Foundation Building Stage: "Depending on the Immortal Foundation, [White Rainbow] will differ."

"With Immortal Foundation merged into the body, there is [Drinking White Rainbow]. Immortal Foundation infused into the soul is [Transform White Rainbow]. Immortal Foundation pristine is [Pure White Rainbow]. With skill reaching the heavens, it is [Crossing White Rainbow]."

"A Sword Cultivator entering the Dao, there is [White Rainbow Raising], an elixir cauldron entering the Dao, there is [White Rainbow]."

"All this has such refinement?"

Hearing this, An Jing grows curious: "Then what about me? With my foundation, if I perfect the Nine Prohibitions at foundation level, what [White Rainbow] could I achieve?"

"Need it be said?"

Subdue Evil laughs: "You practice dual cultivation of life and nature, your foundations are pure and robust, your Art of Magic and Skills are not weak, and you are also a Sword Cultivator... It’s ambition reaching the vast sky, the sincerest [Guan Bao Hong]."

"Your White Rainbow will be the ’Sun Piercing Radiance’, the same [Guan Bao Hong] like mine!"