Within Sword Hiding Hermitage, Lin Bai still sat steadily in the pavilion, spending his free time studying the classics in his hands and carefully pondering the path of cultivation. Before he knew it, Lin Bai had already begun taking steps toward the Dao Venerable realm, gaining an entirely new understanding of the Dao Venerable level.
The Dao Fruit within his body grew increasingly bright, radiating a captivating aura of Dao Resonance and Dao Intent.
Late the next night, as Lin Bai sat beneath the moon in the pavilion, reading the cultivation heart method, he suddenly sensed someone intruding into Five Elements Mountain. He immediately rose from the pavilion, turned his gaze toward Five Elements Mountain, and revealed a trace of killing intent.
The next moment, Lin Bai's figure blurred and vanished from the pavilion.
At the same time, under Lin Bai's activation, the Three Trillion Stars Formation began to slowly operate, and Sword Hiding Hermitage transformed into an impregnable fortress.
When Lin Bai was at Sword Hiding Hermitage, the Three Trillion Stars Formation remained deactivated. He did this to conserve some of the formation's power.
After all, the Three Trillion Stars Formation normally did not need Celestial Spirit Stones to maintain its strength. The formation contained a Spirit-Gathering Formation, which could independently absorb the power of heaven and earth and store it within the formation for emergencies.
However, even if the Three Trillion Stars Formation were fully charged, it could only maintain the Mountain Protection Formation for half a year. After six months, if it did not receive the support of Celestial Spirit Stones, the Mountain Protection Formation would automatically shut down and begin absorbing spiritual energy anew. Only after enough spiritual energy had accumulated would it activate again.
Thus, whenever Lin Bai was at Sword Hiding Hermitage, he kept