Jiang Ziya remained unconscious, and his condition was growing increasingly severe.
Although Daoist Burning Lamp possessed profound cultivation, even he could not discern the cause at a single glance.
The only thing that could be known was that Jiang Ziya's soul was slowly slipping away.
Hiding inside the Emperor's Belt at Ji Fa's waist, Wang Ming watched everything calmly through the eyes of his avatar Gui Gu.
Jiang Ziya's condition was simply the handiwork of Heavenly Lord Yao, one of the Ten Heavenly Lords of Golden Turtle Island.
The Ten Heavenly Lords had set up the Ten Ultimates Formation, and then with extreme magnanimity allowed Jiang Ziya to enter the formation first to observe it once, promising not to activate the formation to harm anyone.
As a result,
while Jiang Ziya was observing the formation, Heavenly Lord Yao secretly intercepted Jiang Ziya's vital opportunity and prematurely activated the Fallen Soul Formation, attempting to curse Jiang Ziya to death and blow out his oil and snuff his wick within twenty-one days.
The Chan Sect immortals were disciples under the sage Yuanshi, true, but were the Ten Heavenly Lords not likewise disciples of the sage Tongtian?
The Ten Ultimates Formation was a secret array of the Interception Teaching, so naturally it was not something Burning Lamp could instantly see through to find the problem.
All these days, the people of the Chan Sect had been trying every method to cure Jiang Ziya.
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The open ground in the center of the Xi Qi army camp.
A reclining chair was placed upon it, and Wang Ming's Gui Gu avatar was lying on it basking in the sun.
"You clearly could have saved him." A gentle female voice suddenly sounded beside Wang Ming.
"You shouldn't have come."
Wang Ming got up, opened his eyes,