Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 241: Chapter 166: Nail Head (6800, no division)_3

Translator: 549690339

All these are doubtful points.

Xu Yang used the Heavenly Eye to probe and the Mysterious Light to inspect, but he couldn’t get any results.

Yet, having no results is also a kind of result.

With his current cultivation, not even the Supreme Elder of the Green Jade Sect, those late-stage Golden Core cultivators within the mountain gates, inside the Ancestor Master’s Hall, protected by the Great Array, could block his Heavenly Eye’s prying and the illuminating Mysterious Light.

Hence, when he used the Heavenly Eye Mysterious Light to inquire into the grand secrets of the Three Sects of Golden Core and the matters of the Liang Kingdom Cultivation Realm, he came up empty-handed.

What does this signify?

It signifies that within the Three Sects and the Liang Kingdom Cultivation Realm, there exists an even higher power capable of completely suppressing him on a fundamental level, rendering his Heavenly Eye ineffective and his Mysterious Light unclear, making it difficult to probe the heavens and earth, to see the truth.

An even higher power?

How high could it be?

Nascent Soul?

Divinity Transformation?

Or…

Xu Yang didn’t dare to make a definitive claim.

But he was certain that the Three Sects of Golden Core must know something, even perhaps, this was the fundamental reason they took root in Liang Country and were unwilling to relocate.

So…

“The only way is to fight it out.”

“Well, let it come. I’ll meet force with force, water with earth; it all comes down to one’s own abilities!”

Xu Yang smiled, not taking it too seriously.

The main intention of this embodiment was to test the foundations of all parties and stir up the winds and clouds of the cultivation world

Three Sects of Golden Core?

If they don’t come to him, he will go to them.

As it stands now, with the three sects joining forces, it fits his intentions perfectly.

After all, Lin Fengjue, who posed a threat to his true body, had already been blasted to ashes; even amidst the great battle, if he could just spare some effort to wipe out that enforcement lineage of the Green Jade Sect, or perhaps even annihilate the Green Jade Sect entirely, it would ensure the safety of his true body and Fish and Dragon Island, allowing for a new beginning.

And that was still the worst-case scenario.

The body he currently possessed was a Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor constructed from a hundred thousand magic artifacts.

The Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor, a creation of Tiangong, was profoundly marvelous.

At the Ten Thousand Artifacts Level, it was invincible when utilized by a Golden Core cultivator.

At the Million Artifacts Level, a Golden Core could control it to defeat Nascent Souls.

At the Ten Million Artifacts Level, a Nascent Soul could pilot it to battle Divinity Transformations.

At the Myriad Device Level, there were no data, but theoretically, it should possess the power of nine realms returning to void.

And this was only an ordinary Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor.

Due to skill traits, the performance and combat strength of Xu Yang’s Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor were a notch above the ordinary mechas.

Thus, his Ten Thousand Artifacts Level Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor could just barely be regarded as at the Million Artifacts Level.

At the Million Artifacts Level, without a Nascent Soul, none can withstand it.

Even for a Nascent Soul, capturing him would not be an easy task.

If necessary, he could destroy both the mech and himself, and even take the opponents with him.

Do the Three Sects of Golden Core have Nascent Souls?

No one knows, but to err on the side of caution, Xu Yang assumed they did, and not just one.

Numerous Nascent Souls laying siege would be enough to threaten him, and even destroy this mecha incarnation of his.

But self-destruction remained the last resort; he wouldn’t use it lightly unless it was a matter of life and death.

Even though he had the methods of Hiding the Soul and the Incense Golden Body to preserve his life, so his Divine Soul could be reborn even after the mech self-destructed, it would take at least decades for his Yang God to recover completely.

This kind of unnecessary waste and expenditure, it’s better avoided if possible.

Fortunately, if the enemy had something to rely on, he also had confidence.

Not to mention anything else, just the formations.

Using Purple Cloud Mountain as his base, he could set up a Golden Core Great Array, waiting at ease for the challenge from the three sects.

Although it’s also a Golden Core Great Array, the previous arrangement at Purple Cloud Mountain couldn’t withstand even one of his moves; it was directly shattered by the thunderbolt, but that’s not because the Great Array was too weak, but because he was too strong!

He was too incredibly strong!

Spirit-Treasure Mech Armor, invincible at Golden Core, might even fight against Nascent Souls.

Thunderbolt Taoist Skill, the majesty of a Heavenly Master, is honored above all others.

With skill traits bolstering him, the accumulated wisdom over a millennium of the Wandao School, the expertise in Array Formation of a Fourth Rank Grandmaster…

Under these circumstances, breaking the formation in one strike was to be expected.

If he couldn’t break it, there would be a problem.

It’s because he was too strong, not because formations were too weak or useless.

Formations have profound implications, with just their state involving several subcategories.

In terms of control over the formation, there are the Unmanned Array, the Manned Array, the Formation Master’s Array, and the Grandmaster’s Array.

In terms of spiritual energy supply, there are the Spirit-less Array, the Spirit Array, the Spirit Land Array, and the Spirit Vein Array.

In terms of formation setup, there are the Array Banner Array, the Array Plate Array, the Immortal Array, and the Heaven and Earth Array.

Regarding control, no need for elaboration, a formation without a controller versus one with a controller, a formation controlled by an ordinary cultivator versus a Formation Master, a formation controlled by an ordinary Formation Master versus one by a Grandmaster… The different person at the core of the formation can lead to differences like night and day or heaven and earth in terms of the formation’s power.

In terms of spiritual energy, no further explanation is needed, whether it’s powered by ordinary Spiritual Energy or sourced from Spirit Lands and Veins, the supply and transmission of spiritual energy directly affect the efficacy of a formation.

The layout of a formation is about adapting to local conditions, not copying mechanically; a crudely formed array using Array Flags and Plates will have significantly reduced power. If a Formation Master can personally inspect the site and arrange the formation intimately, creating an Immortal Array, or even a Heaven and Earth Great Array, then the power of the formation can be multiplied manifold.

The Great Array on Purple Cloud Mountain was an Array Plate setup with a Spirit Land as its source, a Manned Array.

The Third Elder of the Green Jade Sect, with his Golden Core cultivation, was not versed in the art of formations and couldn’t maximize the potential of this array.

Now with Xu Yang in charge, leveraging the Spirit Land of Purple Cloud Mountain to layout a Golden Core Great Array and personally presiding over it, that would be…

A Heaven and Earth Array with a Spirit Land as its source and a Grandmaster overseeing it!

Once such an array is in place, even a Nascent Soul, without considerable Array Formation skills, would face a perilous life-or-death situation.