The Divine Path Sect was one of the Azure World's foremost powers, famed for its Formation Dao.
Chu Tiange had been a Formation Dao Saint King, extraordinarily powerful. He had once laid down a heaven-shaking killing formation and crushed a Saint King of the same realm.
Yet the Divine Path Sect had been wiped out a thousand years ago. So what was going on now?
Zhou Qiongtian was still Zhou Qiongtian, unaffected by Chu Tiange's memories. He immediately realized this was the work of that formation—he had been swept into it.
Was this an illusion, or something else? Was Lin Tian here too?
Zhou Qiongtian now wore Chu Tiange's appearance, but his cultivation was only at the Cycle Early Stage.
"System?" Zhou Qiongtian called softly.
Ding! I am here, Host.
Zhou Qiongtian let out a slight sigh of relief. It was good that the system could still function.
"So, I'm playing Chu Tiange now, but what am I supposed to do?" Zhou Qiongtian frowned, utterly at a loss.
On the other side, Lin Tian had likewise transformed into Chu Tiange. His injuries were gone, and the Demon God Core was nowhere to be found, yet Lin Tian was not the least bit flustered. Instead, delight appeared on his face.
Chu Tiange's inheritance was here. This inheritance was originally obtained three hundred years later by a Formation Dao prodigy. Lin Tian was acquainted with that prodigy, and by chance, the prodigy had told Lin Tian about it.
This was an illusion formation laid down by Chu Tiange. Within it, Lin Tian would play Chu Tiange and experience his entire life, learning Formation Dao knowledge in the process. This was an opportunity that came once in a thousand years.
The Divine Path Sect's attainments in the Formation Dao were exceptionally formidable even among Formation Dao sects five hundred years later. If Lin Tian could obtain Chu Tiange's inheritance, it would be immensely beneficial to him.
Not only that, after obtaining Chu Tiange's inheritance, Lin Tian would be able to temporarily control this formation. Though the formation's power had diminished considerably over the passage of a thousand years.
Coupled with the fact that Lin Tian was only at the late Divine Connection Stage and could unleash limited power from the formation, stopping Zhou Qiongtian would definitely not be a problem. Then he could escape.
He might even heavily injure Zhou Qiongtian. That would let him rest easy for a while and grind monsters to level up in peace.
That was right—Lin Tian had never considered using this grand formation to kill Zhou Qiongtian. That was unrealistic.
As the Young Master of the Zhou Clan and the son of the Savage Great Emperor, Zhou Qiongtian undoubtedly carried numerous life-saving treasures. Killing him would be harder than killing a Saint King.
"Junior Brother Chu, you really ran off here again..." Ye Xueqi walked up to Lin Tian with a smile curling her lips.
Memories of Chu Tiange surged forth like a tidal wave, and Lin Tian understood in an instant.
"Senior Sister, I'm going to study formations." Lin Tian sprang to his feet like a carp flipping over, then hurried without pause toward Chu Tiange's master, the Divine Path Sect's sect master.
"How strange. Why is Junior Brother Chu taking the initiative to study formations today? Did something stimulate him?" Ye Xueqi muttered to herself, looking astonished.
Meanwhile, Zhou Qiongtian fell into deep thought. Lin Tian was a reborn person who knew of future events. Since he had come here, Zhou Qiongtian was certain that Lin Tian knew about this formation.
Perhaps he even knew how to break it and was breaking the formation right now. In truth, Zhou Qiongtian had guessed correctly—Lin Tian was indeed breaking it.
This was a fine opportunity. Black fortune had already appeared within Lin Tian's destiny, representing the risk of his death. Zhou Qiongtian had a chance to kill Lin Tian!
Zhou Qiongtian had wanted to use the Heaven-Asking Talisman to learn how to break the formation, but this grand formation had been arranged by a supreme expert. Law Power permeated its interior, making the Heaven-Asking Talisman difficult to use.
"System, is there anything that can help me resolve my current predicament? Recommend something!"
Formation Breaking Talisman: Can break Saint-tier formations and has a certain effect on Sovereign-tier formations. Price: 40,000 Destiny Points.
Spatial Shift Talisman: Ignores space and teleports the user away. Destination is random. Price: 20,000 Destiny Points.
Death Curse Technique: A soul-path divine ability that uses another person's belongings as a medium to cast a death curse, striking directly at the Divine Soul and destroying the enemy. Price: 30,000 Destiny Points.
Destiny Guidance: A fortune-path divine ability. In the unseen, destiny guides the caster toward the most advantageous course of action, subtly steering the caster toward gain. Note: Has a certain chance of failure. Price: 30,000 Destiny Points.
The system recommended many things. Each could offer some help with his current predicament, but none came with absolute certainty.
Among them, the Formation Breaking Talisman seemed the most effective, but it could only break part of the formation. If it did not break the part he needed, he would suffer a huge loss.
Next, the Death Curse Technique also tempted Zhou Qiongtian. He liked this divine ability very much.
It might be useful against other people, but his opponent was a Child of Destiny. The possibility of killing him through a curse was practically zero. It might have some effect, but it would never be fatal.
"System, exchange for Destiny Guidance!"
Ding: 30,000 Destiny Points deducted. Destiny Guidance divine ability successfully exchanged!
Losing thirty thousand Destiny Points at once made Zhou Qiongtian's heart ache. Already poor, he had become even poorer.
Still, as long as he could kill Lin Tian, it would all be worth it.
Zhou Qiongtian immediately cast the Destiny Guidance divine ability, but he did not sense any change.
"Did it fail?"
Destiny Guidance had a certain chance of failure. Could it be that his very first use had failed? Was he really that unlucky?
Zhou Qiongtian then used the Fortune Sensing Divine Ability. The moment he saw his Fortune Pillar, he froze.
His Fortune Pillar was massive, carrying the momentum of soaring into the heavens. Beside it, a thin golden thread coiled around it. The thread was so tiny that compared to the Fortune Pillar, it was like a toothpick.
If one did not look carefully, it truly could be overlooked.
Had it succeeded?
But Zhou Qiongtian did not relax. Instead, his brows knitted tightly, and his expression turned grim.
That was because the black flames beneath his Fortune Pillar had become even more violent and far larger than before.
Though they were still tiny compared to the entire Fortune Pillar, Zhou Qiongtian felt as if a layer of gloomy mist shrouded his head.
What exactly were these black flames? Could they be some kind of calamity?
No matter how Zhou Qiongtian thought about it, he could not make heads or tails of it. Fortunately, he stopped dwelling on it and smiled faintly at Ye Xueqi.
Ye Xueqi suddenly said, "Oh, right, Junior Brother Chu. Earlier, I found a handwritten notebook among my father's stored scrolls. There was a treasure map tucked inside, and it seems to record the inheritance site of some senior. Shall we go take a look?"
Zhou Qiongtian was slightly startled. In Chu Tiange's memories, Ye Xueqi loved adventure and often explored secret realms. Though she frequently encountered danger, she never tired of it.
This time, Ye Xueqi had suggested exploring the inheritance site partly out of her own fondness for adventure, and partly because she wanted Zhou Qiongtian to pull himself together. After all, the sect master had been pressing him rather hard these past two days.
"Sure. When are we leaving?" Zhou Qiongtian slowly rose to his feet and spoke.
"Let's leave now. I can hardly wait."
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