txolops Chapter 33 Zhou Tian Sha Qi
Chapter 33 Zhou Tian Sha Qi
With the Flying Golden Sword completed, Xuan Yao's anxiety was largely relieved.
With this mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure-level sword as his primary means of attack, he felt more confident navigating the perilous prehistoric world.
However, Xuan Yao did not stop there.
After storing the Flying Golden Sword in his dantian to nurture it, he immediately turned around and sat cross-legged once more under the Enlightenment Tea Tree that exuded a clear and serene Daoist aura.
This time, he is going to officially begin his seclusion to refine the natal evil flag that can truly carry his Great Dao!
However, Xuan Yao did not rush to activate the Yin-Yang Harmony Cauldron, nor did he simply copy the Nine Netherworld Bewitching Array Flags that he had taken from the green-robed Taoist.
Such a method of copying others' ideas would result in array flags with extremely low potential, which could not perfectly match his unique path of blessing and warding off evil.
He sat quietly under the Enlightenment Tea Tree for a long time.
In his mind, he repeatedly sorted through all his insights into the Dao of Formations over the years.
"My cultivation is based on virtue and protection against evil, and it is the foundation upon which I stand in the primordial world untouched by karmic obstacles."
"But the Dao of Formations and the Dao of Swords are my true means of combat, the sharpest weapons to protect the Great Dao!"
Xuan Yao silently calculated in his heart.
"If one simply crafts nine or twelve evil flags like that green-robed Taoist, and sets up some kind of bewitching or killing array, it can certainly be used, and its power is not insignificant."
"But such formations are ultimately too small in scale."
It simply cannot support my future path to the Great Luo realm, or even higher!
Xuan Yao pondered for a long time, his brows furrowed, but he still couldn't find a grand framework that could perfectly encompass his complex array concept.
Suddenly!
A flash of inspiration struck Xuan Yao!
He suddenly recalled the words of the domineering Demon Emperor Di Jun about the emperor and the way of the universe during the Peach Banquet at Yaochi!
The Great Dao that Di Jun spoke of was mainly about ruling over all living beings in the primordial world with the majesty of an emperor, and he occasionally mentioned the extremely profound principles of the movement of the stars in the celestial sphere.
Although Xuan Yao was only a Xuan Immortal at the time, he did not have a deep understanding of the profound and unfathomable Great Dao of the Heavenly Cycle. He only vaguely remembered some fragments.
But those grand ideas about "orderly star positions, a complete celestial system, and controlling the many with the few" were like seeds, always lurking deep within his mind.
Now, combined with his frantic deductions about the Dao over the past tens of thousands of years under the Enlightenment Tea Tree.
The collision of these two elements stirred an extremely strong and unique emotion within Xuan Yao's mind!
"The celestial constellations... their positions are orderly..."
Xuan Yao's eyes snapped open, flashing with an extremely terrifying light.
He boldly entertained an extremely crazy idea:
"Why can't I use the principles of the celestial sphere's movement as a framework to forge a set of celestial calamity flags?!"
"Use the evil flag to replace the stars, and use array patterns to simulate star trails."
In this way, the potential of this set of banners will become limitless! Enough to accompany me as I grow!
Of course, Xuan Yao was extremely clear-headed and was not blinded by this crazy idea.
He knew very well how vast and complex the truly complete number of the celestial sphere was!
That is an extremely vast and terrifying system corresponding to the 365 primordial stars, 14,800 secondary stars, and 148 million stars in the primordial starry sky!
This kind of heaven-defying creation, capable of evolving into the Zhou Tian Star Array, is the future foundation of the Demon Clan's Heavenly Court, and it requires the full strength of the entire Demon Clan to refine it.
With his current mere cultivation level of a newly attained Golden Immortal, and his shallow understanding of the Great Dao of the Heavenly Cycle as taught by Emperor Jun, he was at a disadvantage.
It's simply impossible to forge a complete set of Zhou Tian Sha Flags right from the start!
Therefore, Xuan Yao rationally suppressed his greed.
We decided to first take a preliminary form from this set of numbers.
After a series of extremely meticulous deductions.
Ultimately, Xuan Yao decided to first refine thirty-six Zhou Tian Sha Banners!
These thirty-six evil flags correspond to the thirty-six extremely important Heavenly General Star positions in the Zhou Tian Zheng Xing (a system of celestial constellations).
Using the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals as the core, we constructed the initial prototype of this natal formation!
"Open the furnace!"
Once he made up his mind, Xuan Yao didn't hesitate for a moment longer.
With a single finger, he activated the Yin-Yang Harmony Cauldron once more, unleashing a torrent of fiery Yin-Yang flames.
The process of forging these thirty-six evil flags was extremely difficult and tedious, even more dangerous than forging the Flying Gold Sword!
The thirty-six array flags are thirty-six magical treasures, but the difficulty of their crafting is more than thirty-six times greater.
Compared to a single offensive weapon like the Flying Golden Sword, these thirty-six flags must perfectly complement each other in terms of energy, and the array patterns must fit together seamlessly.
During the refining process, even the slightest error can cause the energy of one flag to clash with that of the others.
The entire array of flags would collapse instantly, and all efforts would be in vain!
Xuan Yao carefully sorted and placed the innate divine materials he had brought back from the Yaochi Treasure Vault into the cauldron.
He multitasked, using his powerful spiritual sense to control the heat, first melting them one by one, and with great difficulty, he forged thirty-six black flag blanks that exuded a chilling and malevolent aura.
Next comes the most crucial and mentally taxing step.
Xuan Yao sat cross-legged in front of the cauldron, his face extremely pale.
He used his immense Golden Immortal power as a guide to frantically activate the "Golden Palace Mysterious Demon True Explanation".
One by one, he channeled his own raging innate profound evil, extremely complex array patterns, and wisps of pure and auspicious energy.
It was gradually driven deep into the thirty-six flag blanks.
Such a meticulous and demanding task allows no room for distraction.
It took more than seven thousand years!
"Buzz—!!!"
Accompanied by an extremely violent tremor in the void, thirty-six dazzling black-gold beams of evil light shot into the sky from the Yin-Yang Harmony Cauldron.
These thirty-six evil flags have finally all taken shape!
Each flagpole was pitch black, like ink.
The flag is outlined with dark gold Daoist patterns, depicting an extremely mysterious celestial constellation.
Xuan Yao swept his divine sense across the area and was immediately overjoyed.
Each of these thirty-six evil flags had twenty-five extremely complex acquired restrictions perfectly inscribed inside.
Each one of them is a top-grade acquired spiritual treasure!
And when these thirty-six evil flags are combined together.
"rise!"
Xuan Yao let out a low shout.
The thirty-six evil flags instantly transformed into thirty-six streams of light, hovering in the void surrounding the icy pool.
As the flag was raised, a black and gold aura shot into the sky, obscuring the sun.
The thirty-six evil flags resonated with each other with extremely close energy, slowly swirling in mid-air.
It even faintly outlined an extremely profound image of the rotation of the celestial constellations in the void!
Xuan Yao stood in the center of the formation and excitedly tested the newly created natal formation.
He discovered that the variations of this Heavenly Gang Fiend Formation were simply endless!
It has many wonderful uses, including bewitching the mind and trapping the enemy.
Furthermore, due to Xuan Yao's unique method of using formations to control evil, this great formation can ingeniously borrow evil to generate formations and use formations to neutralize evil.
Within the formation, Xuan Yao could transform the thirty-six Heavenly Gang Killing Qi into extremely sharp killing Qi at any time, annihilating any powerful enemies trapped within the formation.
"Although this Heavenly Gang Fiend Formation is vastly different from the future Zhou Tian Star Array of the demon race..."
Xuan Yao stood in the center of the great formation, gazing at the thirty-six ever-swirling evil flags:
"But as the first fundamental array artifact in the nascent form of my Great Dao, it is already amazing enough!"
This Heavenly Gang Fiend Formation is the true foundation for Xuan Yao's future foothold in this prehistoric world!
Xuan Yao's resolve grew stronger.
If in the future, I can continuously collect innate divine materials and continuously improve the grade of this set of array flags.
Furthermore, as his understanding of the Great Dao of the Heavenly Cycle deepens, he will eventually be able to complete this formation from the thirty-six Heavenly Generals to the three hundred and sixty-five main stars, then to the fourteen thousand eight hundred evil spirits, and finally evolve into the true number of stars in the Heavenly Cycle.