The Bottomless Pit

Yi Yun coldly stared at the Purple Gold Medicine Saint and the others, remaining silent while calculating the time in his mind.

These people are underestimating Ling Xie'er's power and overestimating themselves. If it weren't for Ling Xie'er, this great formation wouldn't have lasted three months, let alone three.

They're taking over now, thinking it's a windfall, but they'll soon find out it's actually a meteorite.

After taking control of the Medicine Nurturing Great Formation, the Purple Gold Medicine Saint immediately began to study it. With the Nine Revolutions Spring Return Great Formation and his own fire seed as the Medicine Nurturing Great Formation's flame, it was only a matter of time before he thoroughly understood the Medicine Nurturing Great Formation.

However, at this point, he discovered that his Seven Emotions Fire could no longer absorb the power of the Evil God's Fire.

Although the Evil God's Fire was still trapped in the great formation, it had shrunk into a ball, its defenses flawless, making it impossible to devour.

Despite this, the Purple Gold Medicine Saint remained calm and composed, showing no sign of panic. He believed that as his understanding of the great formation deepened, the Evil God's Fire Seed would be his for the taking, and there was no way it could escape. At that time, he could refine the Evil God's Fire Seed in one fell swoop, and even directly obtain its spiritual body!

The Purple Gold Medicine Saint was still quite interested in Ling Xie'er's true form; otherwise, it would be a pity to only obtain her flame, which would lower the grade of the Evil God's Fire Seed by more than half.

The Purple Gold Medicine Saint couldn't help but look at Yi Yun, only to see Yi Yun standing in the void, his expression quite calm.

"I'd like to see how long you can maintain your composure," the Purple Gold Medicine Saint thought disdainfully.

At this moment, the High Priest naturally noticed the changes in the Medicine Nurturing Great Formation. Such an important array was inherently unstable, and any changes at this time displeased the High Priest, who always had an ominous premonition.

"High Priest, there's no need to worry. I've taken over this Medicine Nurturing Great Formation. Using my own fire as the array's core makes it easier for me to understand it. Although completing the array may take a long time, stabilizing it is not difficult. By then, the Your Highness the Witch Maiden will also know the difference between me and those medicine saints you speak of."

The Purple Gold Medicine Saint confidently stated that, with the Seven Emotions Fire as the core, Purple Gold Medicine Saint had essentially extended his perception directly into the interior of the Medicine Nurturing Great Formation!

The fire seed and its master are originally one in Divine Soul. Normally, when comprehending a formation, one comes from the outside, like looking at a mountain through fog, so of course one cannot see clearly. But now, with the fire seed as the eye, one can directly see the core and essence of the great formation, so the effect is naturally different.

In fact, if it weren't for the unexpected change in the grand formation, the Purple Gold Medicine Saint wouldn't have had this opportunity. Now that he has achieved this, completing the Medicine Nurturing Great Formation is only a matter of time.

"Perhaps this time, it really will turn out to be a blessing in disguise."

The High Priest pondered, as the saying goes, "Only by breaking through can one establish something new." In ancient times, when those alchemists were invited to comprehend the formation, they were all extremely cautious. Who would dare to do something so outrageous as to cause the formation to mutate?

This time, the chaos of the formation gave the apothecary more opportunities and the High Priest a glimmer of hope for completing the formation.

Boom boom boom!

Flames erupted. At this moment, in the core space of the great formation, Ling Xie'er's spirit body had returned to her evil god flames. She curled up in a dark corner, hugging her knees, her whole body surrounded by a layer of Black Flame, forming a perfect protection.

Standing before Ling Xie'er were a voluptuous woman in colorful clothes, a Fire Centipede, and a Fire Toad.

They surrounded Ling Xie'er, but because of the Black Flame protecting Ling Xie'er, they couldn't do anything to Ling Xie'er.

"Hmph! Little girl, don't think that just because you've reduced your power, I can't eat you. I have the Nine Revolutions Spring Return Great Formation to support me. What do you have? The power that our Fire Seed can unleash depends on its master. You might as well change that useless master and stay by my master's side as a little maid, serving him well. That would be a way out."

The voluptuous woman scoffed, ignoring Ling Xie'er for the moment. She turned to face the Medicine Nurturing Great Formation and channeled her power into Medicine Nurturing Great Formation.

She still had a task to complete: to use her own strength to help the Purple Gold Medicine Saint explore this great formation.

The voluptuous woman carefully controlled her power, which spread outwards from the core of the formation in all directions.

Upon merging with this Heaven and Earth Grand Array for the first time, the woman in colorful clothes felt as if she had instantly transformed into heaven and earth itself. Her vision became incredibly expansive, and her soul seemed to have undergone a sublimation, giving her the feeling of opening the door to a new world.

"Hmm? This little girl, she was merging with the great formation before, could she have experienced something similar?"

As the voluptuous woman was pondering this, she suddenly felt the suction force emanating from the great formation growing stronger and stronger. Originally, she was controlling her power to slowly fill the formation, but now the situation was completely reversed; the formation was absorbing her power.

"This..."

The voluptuous woman panicked instantly. Her pretty face paled, and she began to control her power, but no matter how she tried, her power was rapidly drained away.

She felt that the formation was like a giant spider web, and she was like a fly caught in the web.

Not only the voluptuous woman, but also the Fire Centipede and Fire Toad were stuck in the formation and couldn't move at all!

"Seven Emotions, what's going on?"

The Purple Gold Medicine Saint's heart was connected with that of the voluptuous woman; this unexpected turn of events startled him.

He wanted to use the Seven Emotions Fire to probe the formation, but before he could probe much, this unexpected turn of events occurred. But why did this happen? The Purple Gold Medicine Saint knew that before Yi Yun changed the formation fire, this great formation used the Southern Departure Fire.

The Southern Departure Fire wasn't considered a high-level fire seed, far inferior to his Seven Emotions Fire. So how come the Southern Departure Fire could be used to stabilize the great formation, but his Seven Emotions Fire, with the assistance of the other two strange fires, couldn't?

Could it be that after the great formation underwent an anomaly, the laws changed, and the power of the Seven Emotions Fire became insufficient?

But Yi Yun's fire seed had clearly spread its power throughout the entire formation single-handedly, and was even able to withdraw its power at the last moment to hold onto a corner...

Thinking of this, the Purple Gold Medicine Saint felt a sense of disbelief. Could it be that he had still underestimated the power of Yi Yun possessing that fire seed?

However, how could this be? The Seven Emotions Fire of the Purple Gold Medicine Saint is already one of the top-ranked existences in the Void Realm. Even the top-ranked Emperor Heaven Pure Fire and Samsara Flame are not necessarily much stronger than the Seven Emotions Fire.

What kind of flame is in Yi Yun's hand?

"Master, think of something quickly, my strength can't hold on any longer!"

A voluptuous woman's urgent yet delicate voice rang out, and the Purple Gold Medicine Saint's expression changed drastically. He looked at his disciples and said, "Put your own fire seeds into the great formation!"

In the Ruins of Return, although fire seeds are rare, they are not completely extinct. As disciples of the Purple Gold Medicine Saint, most of these young people possess fire seeds, though their grade is not high.

"Ah?"

The disciples of the Purple Gold Medicine Saint were stunned for a moment, then suddenly placed their own fire seeds into the Heaven and Earth Grand Array. They felt a little uneasy, but they would not doubt their master's orders, so they controlled their fire seeds to enter it.

Meanwhile, Danxin Old Ancestor and Ou Mingyin were also forced to have their disciples inject fire into the great formation.

They all felt the terror of this great formation; it was like a bottomless pit, frantically devouring the power of their fire seeds, making their fire seeds almost unable to hold on.

But how is that possible?

Previously, it was only Yi Yun's fire seed that was placed in the Medicine Nurturing Great Formation. Yi Yun's fire seed alone filled the array and also stabilized it to a certain extent, preventing it from changing prematurely.

They couldn't believe that something had gone wrong.

At this very moment, nineteen more fire seeds have appeared at the core of the Medicine Nurturing Great Formation!

However, apart from the Seven Emotions Fire, the other eighteen fire seeds combined are barely equal to the power of the Seven Emotions Fire.

That's simply not enough!

"Fellow Daoists, the great formation has encountered some minor changes. I need your assistance to contribute your fire seeds to fill the formation!"

The Purple Gold Medicine Saint addressed the other alchemists, saying that these alchemists were not his disciples, and he could not order them around.

However, no one responded to his words. Their respective flames were their lifeblood. As alchemists, they had also sensed the change in the Medicine Nurturing Great Formation. It seemed that the Purple Gold Medicine Saint was unable to control it. Under such circumstances, how could they dare to rashly put their flames into it?

Seeing that none of the more than 10,000 people had moved, the Purple Gold Medicine Saint frowned. Even if only a few percent of these guys possessed the Fire Seed, as long as they contributed it, the power required for this great formation would definitely be filled, and then the great formation would naturally be stabilized.

"Fellow cultivators, do you no longer trust me? Although this grand formation experiences violent energy fluctuations, everything is under my control. Originally, this grand formation was merely controlled by a single Southern Departure Fire. Now, with the Seven Emotions Fire, along with over a dozen other fire seeds, I have a firm grasp on the formation. Your act of placing your own fire seeds in is also an opportunity, allowing you to comprehend the mysteries of the formation's patterns firsthand, and enabling your alchemy cultivation to rapidly improve..."

The Purple Gold Medicine Saint stopped there, and suddenly—

Boom!

A tremendous sound resounded, as if the sky were collapsing and the earth were splitting apart. Inside the great formation, the earth cracked open, and raging flames shot into the sky, as if a volcano had suddenly erupted.

Such terrifying energy fluctuations came without warning. The Purple Gold Medicine Saint was the first to be affected. His body trembled violently, and the Nine Revolutions Spring Return Great Formation beneath him also immediately fluctuated violently.

What's going on!?

The alchemists present were all shocked. They all looked at the Purple- Purple Gold Medicine Saint, only to see that his face was extremely ugly. Clearly, this turn of events had completely exceeded Purple Gold Medicine Saint expectations.

He took a deep breath and said, "Fellow Daoists, although there has been a minor problem, the great formation is not out of control. Quickly inject your fire seeds into the great formation, and everything will stabilize!"

As the Purple Gold Medicine Saint was speaking, another loud bang suddenly rang out!

The ground beneath their feet suddenly cracked open!