The scroll was packed with thirty-six thousand runes, seventy-two formation cores, and three hundred and sixty nodes. Its complexity was dizzying.
Fang Chen closed his eyes and swept his Divine Sense across the array diagram.
Three breaths later, he opened his eyes. "I can set it up."
"By yourself?"
Gu Daozi stared at him in disbelief. "This formation requires—"
"I'm enough on my own."
Fang Chen cut him off and stepped beneath the Red Sea.
He took a deep breath and slowly released his Innate Eight Trigrams Diagram manifestation.
Hum—
An enormous Eight Trigrams Diagram unfolded beneath Fang Chen's feet!
The diagram held eight positions: Heaven, Earth, Thunder, Wind, Water, Fire, Mountain, and Lake.
None of the eight trigrams were ordinary. They were the oldest, most primal Innate Eight Trigrams!
As the trigrams slowly revolved, Yin-Yang Fish appeared within the central Taiji Diagram.
But more astonishing still, a hazy figure sat cross-legged at the very center of the Taiji Diagram!
The figure's face was impossible to make out. Shrouded in Chaos Mist, he merely sat there, yet the Dao Resonance he gave off made all the heavens tremble.
"What is that?"
Gu Daozi's voice shook. "The array diagram has given birth to a spirit? Legend says only formation grandmasters who have reached the divine realm of the Formation Dao can give birth to a spirit within their manifestations! If this spirit of the formation grows, it will be able to deduce countless formations on its own and set them up as easily as breathing!"
Fang Chen paid no attention to Gu Daozi's shock. He had noticed that, as his strength had grown, the Innate Eight Trigrams Array Diagram had changed considerably. The figure at its center was more solid than before.
He began forming seals with both hands.
"Rise!"
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