King of Creation
Chapter 843 - 830 The Impenetrable Grand Formation

Chapter 843: Chapter 830 The Impenetrable Grand Formation

On the glittering plaque, the four ancient seal characters "Ground Fire Heart Palace" shimmer with a dazzling radiance, each character exceeding ten meters in height, harmonizing perfectly with the enormous palace gate that spans a hundred meters in width.

However, what Ye Zhen noticed was the imposing aura emanating from these four characters, "Ground Fire Heart Palace."

These four characters, when viewed with the naked eye, appear unremarkable, only extraordinarily brilliant, seemingly veiled in a layer of hazy luminescence.

But when you employ Divine Sense to observe them, those characters, which appear normal at first glance, instantly transform into masses of crimson flames, surging towards you in an instant, tearing your Divine Sense into shreds!

Even with Ye Zhen’s formidable Divine Sense, generated from the Four-colored Innate Soul Light, merely glancing at the "Ground Fire Heart Palace" characters resulted in it being incinerated into nothingness, startling Ye Zhen into a cold sweat, his face turning pale!

Given the strength of Ye Zhen’s Divine Soul Power, even the Divine Soul Power at the pinnacle of a Ninth Stage Establishment King couldn’t effortlessly annihilate Ye Zhen’s Divine Sense.

If just the fire intention contained within four characters possesses such power, how terrifying must the master of the Ground Fire Heart Palace be?

Immediately after Ye Zhen was startled into a cold sweat, exclamations of shock, and even screams, erupted continuously from the more than forty Establishment Kings present.

The reason being, as the Divine Soul Cultivation of martial artists becomes increasingly formidable, often, when they seek to discern the true nature or essence of an object, they do so not with the naked eye, but with Divine Sense.

Only Divine Sense can directly penetrate the surface to see the essence.

Then, the problem arises.

Those Establishment Kings using Divine Sense to look at these four characters each cried out in surprise. Some martial artists who exerted too much force even clutched their heads and screamed, evidently harmed by the fire intention within the "Ground Fire Heart Palace" characters.

Receiving such a severe lesson, all the Establishment Kings present calmed down and carefully examined the Ground Fire Heart Palace, realizing it was not a place to be explored hastily or recklessly.

The Ground Fire Heart Palace appeared to cover an extensive area.

Though located at the depth of the giant pit, it still spanned three thousand meters in circumference, yet the end of the palace walls wasn’t visible within this circumference, as more of the palace walls remained hidden under layers of earth reaching a depth of kilometers.

Of course, these palace walls did not require the martial artists present to excavate.

Despite the fact that these palace walls were entirely hidden beneath layers of earth thousands of meters deep, each section of the palace wall was densely covered with a thick crimson light curtain. Outside the crimson light curtain, a layer of shimmering Five-colored Treasure Light circulated, shielding against the heavy pressure of the earth above reaching kilometers in height.

As if there were nothing above, instead of the kilometers-deep earth.

The parts of the Ground Fire Heart Palace exposed, were tightly protected by the crimson light curtain and Five-colored Treasure Light, causing the faces of the Establishment Kings present to turn grim.

"If my observation is correct, this Grand Formation should be directly harnessing over ten subterranean Spirit Veins as the network for the Palace-Guarding Grand Formation, thereby forming this Palace-Guarding Great Formation!

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s directly harnessing, not channeling!" stated an Establishment King known as the Illusion Formation King.

"Illusion Formation King, what is the difference between channeling and harnessing? Explain clearly!" King Zhenshan queried, echoing the curiosity of all the Establishment Kings present.

"The difference is actually quite simple. If there’s a large river in front of your house and you dig a small canal to divert some water to irrigate your fields, that’s channeling.

Harnessing, on the other hand, is when your neighbor, a terrifyingly powerful individual, doesn’t bother with digging canals. With a wave of his hand, he reroutes the entire river, bringing it directly to the land around his fields.

Typically, when we deploy formations utilizing Earth Vein Spiritual Power, at most we channel, borrowing a tiny amount of power from the subterranean Spirit Vein, perhaps not even a ten-thousandth of the Spirit Vein’s power.

However, the owner of this Ground Fire Heart Palace directly rerouted the subterranean Spirit Veins, gathering them around his Ground Fire Heart Palace, and not just one. From what I can see, at least eighteen subterranean Spirit Veins are entrenched here!"

"How is that possible?"

With the Illusion Formation King’s revelation, King Zhenshan furrowed his brow, "I’ve done quite some research on Earth Veins. Altering the course of subterranean Spirit Veins is indeed something powerful individuals can achieve.

Like the founder of Chunhua Mountain, who channeled three Spirit Veins near Chunhua Mountain. However, altering any Spirit Vein’s course often causes massive changes in the geography.

The three Death Canyons, each over ten thousand meters deep, around Chunhua Mountain serve as proof of this, where no grass grows and no life exists to this day!

But around Tiger Mouth Gorge, there’s no such evidence!"

The Illusion Formation King was in no hurry. After a faint smile, he said, "This is precisely the brilliance of the master of this Ground Fire Heart Palace! Everyone might want to release your Divine Souls and carefully sense the surroundings of Tiger Mouth Gorge. You’ll find that there are twenty spiritual veins radiating outward from here, veins that are so weak they wouldn’t even qualify as Low Grade Spirit Veins.

I guess, the master of this Ground Fire Heart Palace probably led a branch from the surrounding spiritual veins, then turned the branch vein into a main vein, and the main vein into an extremely weak branch, thus preventing a great transformation of the mountains."

Upon saying that, the eyes of the Illusion Formation King suddenly gleamed brightly, "Gathering three spirit veins to create three absolute methods under Chunhua Mountain pales in comparison to the methods of the master of this Ground Fire Heart Palace!

I am most certain, the master of this Ground Fire Heart Palace was a terrifying existence from a thousand years ago or even earlier, and his Cultivation, possibly, not only exceeds the Establishment Realm!"

This statement implied derogation towards King Zhenshan’s Chunhua Mountain. Surprisingly, King Zhenshan did not retort, but gazed at the Ground Fire Heart Palace, concentrated with dense Five-colored Treasure Light and crimson glow, his eyes flickering with light.

"So, we have found the true Secret Mansion, a Secret Mansion from at least a thousand years ago, definitely containing great treasures, perhaps even Cultivation Techniques of the Spirit Tier, High Grade Spirit Tier, or even beyond!"

King Hengjiang Chii Yulong was filled with excitement, and with a flick of his fingers, a azure-blue water dragon roared and blasted towards the surface of the Ground Fire Heart Palace covered in Five-colored Treasure Light.

"Everyone, in that case, let’s break this light shield together and rush into the palace. Whoever finds the treasure will gain that fortune... Ugh!"

Before King Hengjiang Chii Yulong finished his words, the blue water dragon he had just released suddenly reversed, returning with an even faster and stronger speed, hitting his chest before he could react!

Just like that, the Protective Spirit Armor on King Hengjiang’s body, as strong as Refined Steel, shattered instantly. As another layer of Protective Treasure Light rose, his whole being was blasted away a hundred meters, and while still airborne, blood spurted out wildly.

By the time he landed, King Hengjiang was in bad shape. Although the injuries were not severe, his gaze towards the Ground Fire Heart Palace was filled with terror.

Fortunately, he had only made a very ordinary strike then, but even such an ordinary strike being bounced back already injured him. If he had given it his all, wouldn’t it have been his death?

This scene made many Ninth Stage Establishment Kings, who were about to make a move, halt in unison, each breaking into a cold sweat. Especially those who had already activated their Spiritual Artifacts to prepare for an attack, their souls were nearly scared out of them.

"Illusion Formation King, you are an expert in Formations, how do we break this Grand Formation? You give the directions, and I assure you, everyone present will follow your lead!" Upon seeing this, Palace Master Zhe Yang of the Green Sun Palace spoke up.

Zhe Yang’s words made Illusion Formation King hurriedly clasp his hands, "Palace Master Zhe, it’s not that I’m hiding something, but that this formation cannot be broken!"

"Cannot be broken, what do you mean?" Zhe Yang frowned.

"Palace Master Zhe, the primary issue is that the cultivation level of this Ground Fire Heart Palace master is too high. Utilizing twenty subterranean spirit veins, we would have to contend against these twenty subterranean spirit veins to break the formation.

We’d need to shatter the Formation Shield formed by the spiritual power condensed within these twenty subterranean spirit veins to break open this Grand Formation!

And the power contained within a single subterranean spirit vein is insurmountably terrifying. Even if all twenty veins here were High Grade Spirit Veins, or even just a single Low Grade Spirit Vein, I doubt there are many of us Ninth Stage Establishment Kings present who could sever it?" Illusion Formation King said.

Instantly, the faces of the martial artists present turned impossibly grim, including Palace Master Zhe Yang of the Green Sun Palace, "If it were one Low Grade Spirit Vein, I’d risk severe injuries and might still be able to break it, but these are High Grade Spirit Veins, and twenty of them...." As he spoke, Zhe Yang gave a bitter smile.

Ye Zhen, however, was taken aback. To be able to directly break a Low Grade Spirit Vein, how strong is Palace Master Zhe Yang’s Cultivation?

Shock aside, this treasure-hunting operation was also halted here, essentially over before it even began.

"Why must we break it? Wouldn’t blocking the spiritual power transmission from these twenty subterranean spirit veins suffice?" someone questioned.

"Blocking the power of the spirit veins? Ask Palace Master Zhe and King Zhenshan if they have that capability. The difficulty of blocking the power of spirit veins is tenfold higher than breaking spiritual power!" Illusion Formation King mocked with a sneer.

"So... does that mean we are just to stand and watch this Secret Mansion from a thousand years ago powerless, merely observing?" someone lamented.

"As it stands, I can’t think of a way to break this formation, but formations don’t always need to be broken to enter. There might be an alternative pathway formed by the array, but it depends on whether the master of this Earth Core Fire Palace left one, and everyone can give it a try!" Illusion Formation King suggested.

Upon hearing this, Palace Master Zhe Yang of the Green Sun Palace waved his hand, "In that case, fellow Daoists can try using different Divine Skills to see if we can find a way into this Ground Fire Heart Palace! However, everyone should be careful while trying, as this formation has powerful counter forces!"

With Zhe Yang’s command, over forty Ninth Stage Establishment Kings tried various means: Talisman Seals, Hand Formulas, Spiritual Power probes, subterranean vibrations, and even the likes of Nian Sijing and Shadow Moon Guard Commander Wu Ying beside Ye Zhen tried.

However, without exception, everyone failed.

Watching for a while, Ye Zhen felt that just standing idly was pointless, so, with a thought from his Divine Sense, he slowly approached the large gate to the Ground Fire Heart Palace.

There were two large copper rings on the massive gate of the Earth Core Fire Palace. Ye Zhen walked directly forward, grasped the copper rings, gently pulled, and suddenly, myriad rays of light burst forth! (To be continued. If you like this work, you’re welcome to visit Qidian.com and vote for recommendations, monthly tickets; your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com for reading.)