This formation, built upon the power of the five elements and unexpectedly fused with immense spatial fluctuations, had evolved over countless years into something akin to a barrier. At the same time, a powerful realm spirit had been born within it.
It was somewhat like the relationship between Extreme Cloud Demon Venerable and Lu Xiaotian. Back when Lu Xiaotian projected himself across planes, Extreme Cloud Demon Venerable had developed an independent consciousness due to certain accidents. He had wanted to break free from the original body, even turn the tables and devour Lu Xiaotian, the true original.
The realm spirit before them had been born from the formation laid down by the Primordial Unity Dao Ancestor. Its foundation was the Great Dao of the five-element laws. Likewise, only by devouring the Primordial Unity Dao Ancestor could it transcend its original shackles and break through its own limits.
Although this formation had been set down by the Primordial Unity Dao Ancestor, he had been hunted by the Five Elements Primordial Unity Sect at the time. To shake them off, he had used this place's unique spatial terrain to establish a grand formation, completely severing his aura from the outside world.
He had even shut himself off to prevent the Five Elements Primordial Unity Sect's experts from tracing the fluctuations of his divine consciousness all the way here.
For quite a long time, the Primordial Unity Dao Ancestor had completely sealed off his perception of the outside world, allowing the formation to operate on its own.
Later, violent spatial fluctuations arose here. Fragments of wandering souls in the void were inadvertently drawn into the formation by those fluctuations. As the days piled into years, by the time the Primordial Unity Dao Ancestor realized what was happening, it was already too late. A