Lu Xiaotian used his spiritual sense to control the Formless Profound Fire as it entered the Fire-Infused Dawn Pearl. The profound fire inside the pearl began dividing the space, forming nine independent sections. When ordinary formation masters wanted to carve formation patterns into the Fire-Infused Dawn Pearl, they would usually begin with the Qian Palace. The Qian Palace governed water. The highest virtue was like water: it benefited all things yet contended with none. Proceeding from shallow to deep, carving the Qian Palace's formation patterns well would greatly benefit the progress that followed.
If a formation master had witnessed Lu Xiaotian's actions at that moment, they would surely have been dumbstruck. Lu Xiaotian had actually begun carving the Nine-Palace formation patterns simultaneously. Forget an ordinary formation master—even an Integrated Body Great Talent would find it exceedingly difficult to accomplish such a thing with ease.
In truth, Lu Xiaotian was certainly not acting on a whim. He had his own calculations regarding how to refine the Fire-Infused Dawn Pearl. Although beginning with the Qian Palace according to conventional refining methods made success easier, those who chose this method did so because of the limitations of their Primordial Spirits. Even with an exceptionally powerful Primordial Spirit, it was absolutely not easy to divide one's attention among multiple tasks without making mistakes. Lu Xiaotian, however, possessed more than a dozen Primordial Spirits. Beginning to carve the Nine Palaces simultaneously was entirely feasible for him.
Using conventional methods, one would first carve the Qian Palace's formation patterns, then add the palaces one by one. Each addition would be constrained by what came before, greatly limiting the flexibility of the formation patterns in the later palaces. They had to rely on the Qian Palace's ability to bear the burden and bring the power of the