Beneath the night curtain of the Imperial Extreme Heavenly Capital, the lights blazed bright, and the lively clamor was far from limited to gambling houses and the talk in streets and alleys. Deep within those sect encampments and clan estates, another silent contest was also proceeding tensely.
"This boy's Dao Domain is no ordinary thing. It appears to rely on formation amplification, but in truth it uses body refinement as its foundation and the divine soul as its pivot, forcibly blending the traits of several top-tier cultivation methods to form a nascent chaos of its own. It combines offense and defense, and also possesses annihilation and the ability to warp space-time. Ordinary methods will likely find it hard to break."
Inside a quiet room, several elders dressed in star-patterned Daoist robes stood around a jade wall that continuously replayed the images of Chen Fei's battle with Cheng Yingjue, analyzing with grave expressions.
"Cheng Yingjue's Celestial Constellation Manifestation and Shattered Star Divine Weapon could by no means be called weak, and his Heavenly Secrets Deduction could also anticipate the enemy's moves. Yet once his attacks fell into that Dao Domain, seventy to eighty percent of their full power was dissolved, and his opponent used his own force against him, suppressing him step by step. It's clear that pure forceful bombardment and technical variations have limited effect against this Dao Domain."
A middle-aged cultivator with a face like polished jade spoke in a low voice.
"We must find its core weakness—or rather, its operating principle."
Another old woman with white hair and a youthful complexion stared like lightning at the silver-gray formation patterns constantly flashing across the body surface of Chen Fei's manifestation in the images. "Look. His Dao Domain clearly uses those silver-gray formation patterns as its skeleton, communicating with and