Su Changkong flew through the skies, taking in the scenery below.
"Amazing... The Spirit Veins are like the mountain ranges and rivers, forming the base of the Formation, and the people within the Formation are its essence."
The more Su Changkong delved into it, the more he marveled at the depth of this grand Formation—it was a true formation utilizing heaven, earth, and man!
With the speed of Su Changkong’s Swift of the Wind God, it didn’t take long to travel through the entire Ancient Holy Country.
After spending the better part of a year, Su Changkong had visited the lands of the Holy Country’s Nineteen Domains, and in his mind, he had constructed a formation chart based on the entirety of the Ancient Holy Country.
"So that’s it, to use the heaven and earth as a formation is the foundation of the Array Path!"
Looking at the formation chart in his mind, Su Changkong gained much insight, and his mastery over formations grew rapidly. Unconsciously, his knowledge of formations entered the 12th realm!
Array Path (12 realms, Transcend the Saint 1%)
In just about four years, Su Changkong went from having no foundation in the Array Path to reaching the pinnacle realm within the Ancient Holy Country—it was astonishing to all who heard of it!
"Whether it’s the Refining Sky Array or this grand formation of the Ancient Holy Country, they share one characteristic: the presence of law-constructed patterns, which are the Array Patterns…"
Su Changkong’s understanding grew ever deeper.
"Then... let’s give it a try. Using the heavens and the earth as the formation, as fire, using myself as the crucible, to refine a supreme Golden Core!"
Su Changkong’s eyes shone brightly; he knew it was time to attempt a breakthrough.
Whether studying Alchemy or formation techniques, Su Changkong’s ultimate goal was to assist his path, his Martial Arts!
To elevate himself to a higher realm!
Within an unpopulated mountain range blessed with spiritual beauty in the territory of the Ancient Holy Country, Su Changkong sat quietly on a giant rock. Although he appeared to be sitting still, his Guiding Technique was in motion, drawing in the spiritual energy of nature from nearly ten thousand miles around.
A vast amount of Spiritual Energy, under Su Changkong’s control, began to transform into mysterious Array Patterns. These patterns intertwined, winding across the void, faintly forming a Formation with Su Changkong at its core.
"Let’s begin..."
Su Changkong took a deep breath and activated the grand formation.
"Boom!"
The void trembled slightly as the Array Patterns sparked with faint light, and then flames appeared out of nowhere. These flames had a curious shape, without any temperature, but were capable of igniting a person’s internal Spiritual Energy from the inside out.
A massive amount of flames enveloped and wrapped around Su Changkong, causing the Spiritual Energy and blood in his body to boil, as if he’d plunged into a hell of raging fire.
But Su Changkong’s expression remained unchanged as he sat quietly, and within his Dantian, the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core began to spin. As the fire generated by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth engulfed it, the refinement commenced.
Su Changkong’s Mysterious Turtle Golden Core, composed of the purest True Yuan, began to rapidly shrink under the burning of the heavenly and earthly fire, about to be burned to nothingness.
Boom!
But a great deal of nature’s spiritual energy was drawn by Su Changkong, pouring in from above his head, and he reached into his Storage Treasure to pull out a handful of Holy Pills, stuffed them into his mouth, and refined them into the purest energy, injecting it into the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core, replenishing its consumption.
The Mysterious Turtle Golden Core, already pure and free of impurities, became even more refined and purer under the tempering of the heavenly and earthly fire, as water turns into ice, and iron into refined steel!
With the heavens and earth as the fire and himself as the furnace, Su Changkong focused intently on refining a Golden Core, allowing the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core to undergo a metamorphosis!
As time flowed, the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core did grow under Su Changkong’s continuous tempering, but it was still far from the point of qualitative change.
Su Changkong understood that simply imitating this process was hardly enough to advance his Turtle Breath Technique to the 13th realm.
"Why not treat my Mysterious Turtle Golden Core as a Pill, and also as the foundation for a grand formation, and construct Array Patterns over it..."
Su Changkong, who had extraordinary comprehension, soon had a brilliant idea and put it into practice.
With just a thought, Su Changkong drew in the Spiritual Energy of the heavens and earth, applying his understanding of the Array Path onto his Mysterious Turtle Golden Core, etching Array Patterns upon it.
One after another, these Array Patterns built a Formation, then a second and a third!
Su Changkong etched all of his understanding of the Array Path into his Mysterious Turtle Golden Core and continued to temper it with the heavenly and earthly fire.
The Kill Array, Illusion Array, and Enemy Trapping Array, various formation methods, were all inscribed upon a tiny Mysterious Turtle Golden Core.
The Mysterious Turtle Golden Core, seemingly only the size of the tip of a thumb, actually possessed an infinitely vast space, much like a mustard seed containing Mount Sumeru!
Originally, the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core was a piece of uncarved jade, and what Su Changkong was doing now was sculpting it to perfection!
Su Changkong inscribed every kind of Kill Array, Illusion Array, and Trapping Array he knew into the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core, but this was still not enough, the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core hadn’t reached the threshold of qualitative change.
"Inscribe the grand formation of the Ancient Holy Country and the Refining Sky Array into it as well!"
Su Changkong’s eyes were very bright.
The grand formation that used the entire Ancient Holy Country as an array, as well as the Refining Sky Array, were undoubtedly masterpieces at the pinnacle of Array Path, and Su Changkong was going to inscribe them into the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core as well.
The difficulty of inscribing the Ancient Holy Country grand formation and the Refining Sky Array into the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core was hundreds, thousands of times greater than the other arrays, but Su Changkong was patient, meticulously engraving.
He ceaselessly inscribed Array Patterns and forged the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core with the fire of heaven and earth, sublimating and metamorphosing it until it broke through that critical point!
Time ticked by and after three years, Su Changkong managed to fully inscribe the Ancient Holy Country grand formation into the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core, which touched a certain limit.
Without pausing for a moment, Su Changkong continued to inscribe the Refining Sky Array into the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core; the difficulty was by no means less than that of the Ancient Holy Country grand formation.
And Su Changkong was able to inscribe the Refining Sky Array, naturally, due to possessing the Mirror Heaven and Earth Great Divine Seed, which could project everything Su Changkong had seen.
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Seasons changed, and in another flash of three years, when the last Array Pattern was inscribed into the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core, the Refining Sky Array was also completely engraved!
From studying the Array Path to tempering the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core, Su Changkong had spent a total of ten years, and all of his efforts were finally about to bear fruit.
"Boom!"
When Su Changkong inscribed the Refining Sky Array into the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core as well, the Mysterious Turtle Divine Seed in Su Changkong’s heart grew and transformed rapidly.
At this moment, as the heaven and earth quaked, Su Changkong’s Mysterious Turtle Golden Core emerged from his Dantian.
At this moment, the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core had undergone a significant change from before; its pale blue surface was like a boundless ocean, and upon it were inscribed faint lines that appeared and disappeared.
Having been tempered thousands of times, the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core had metamorphosed from an ordinary Pill Medicine into a Holy Pill; the strength of the Mysterious Turtle True Yuan had increased by dozens of times!
A wisp of True Yuan spread out, as vast as the ocean.
Every single line upon it was an Array Pattern that Su Changkong had engraved!
The tiny Mysterious Turtle Golden Core quietly hovered there, yet it seemed even vaster than heaven and earth.
Turtle Breath Technique (13th realm unprecedented 1%)
Su Changkong let out a sigh and, gazing at the newly transformed Mysterious Turtle Golden Core floating before him, a sincere smile appeared on his lips, "Finally... it’s done!"
After ten years of arduous cultivation, Su Changkong had finally managed to combine his research in Array Path and Alchemy, using both to elevate his Turtle Breath Technique to the 13th realm, on par with the Five Animal Frolics!
"Powerful... far too powerful! The Mysterious Turtle Golden Core has undergone a transformation, the quality of the True Yuan far surpasses what it was before, enough to increase the power of the Divine Skills, Great Divine Powers that I wield by several times!"
Su Changkong’s eyes shone brightly as he carefully explored the changes in the Turtle Breath Technique after the breakthrough.
The Golden Core True Yuan of the Turtle Breath Technique at the 13th realm, when used to fuel the Five Animal Frolics at the same realm, combined with the two Great Divine Powers, would unleash a force greatly surpassing anything before!
"If I were to face that Demon Elephant King again, combining my two Great Divine Powers into one devastating move, it would pulverize him to dust with a single strike!"
Su Changkong clenched his fist, feeling the metamorphosis of his own power.
One Great Divine Power and two Great Divine Powers were completely different concepts!
"Besides, the greatest change is the various formations merged into my Mysterious Turtle Golden Core which, with a single thought, can form arrays; Kill Arrays, Illusion Arrays, Enemy Trapping Arrays, arrays that enhance oneself, and even the Refining Sky Array, all within easy reach!"
Su Changkong looked at the Array Patterns engraved on the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core with a smile forming at the corner of his mouth. A thought could shape an array, and these arrays were far more powerful and mystical than ordinary ones!
Even the Refining Sky Array could be manipulated by Su Changkong through the Mysterious Turtle Golden Core!