Time flows unhurriedly.
In the blink of an eye, five hundred years had passed.
At this moment, within Buzhou Mountain.
Qin Mu continued climbing upward toward its peak.
When he first entered Buzhou Mountain, Qin Mu could only manage one step per day; later, he advanced to ten steps daily.
Now, he had grown accustomed to the mountain's oppressive pressure and could walk freely.
"This pressure from Buzhou Mountain truly offers unimaginable benefits for tempering the physical body!"
Qin Mu muttered to himself as he climbed.
Over these five hundred years, he had not used his own magical power to resist Buzhou Mountain's pressure.
Instead, he relied on that pressure to refine his flesh.
Five hundred years of tempering.
His Nine Revolutions Profound Skill had broken through the third revolution and reached the fourth.
Beyond that, his physical body was now as flawless as colored glaze, and every move he made could stir the fabric of space and time.
Thus, Qin Mu continued ascending Buzhou Mountain.
After traveling for a while, he suddenly stopped.
"Hm?"
Qin Mu furrowed his brow slightly. Where his gaze landed, three figures sat cross-legged.
Not far ahead of these three beings, a formation manifested, its array patterns dense and ever-shifting.
"Is that an Innate Formation?"
"If so, could there be a treasure here?"
Qin Mu murmured to himself.
He recognized at a glance that the obstacle before the three beings was an Innate Formation.
On the Primordial Land, where an Innate Formation guarded a place, an Innate Spiritual Treasure was usually present.
When Qin Mu first took form, Tongtian had broken an Innate Formation beside him and obtained the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Fire Spirit Pearl.
Earlier, during his journey with Duobao, they had also encountered an Innate Formation.
Qin Mu had forcefully shattered that formation and found one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots, the Yellow Central Plum, within the small world inside.
Now, encountering another Innate Formation here, it was highly likely that an Innate Spiritual Treasure lay within.
After a brief thought, Qin Mu shifted his gaze and examined the three beings.
He could tell that these three all had Dao rhythms flowing around them; their cultivation was not weak, each having reached the late stage of Primordial Unity Golden Immortal.
Just as Qin Mu was observing them, the three also noticed his arrival.
They were not particularly surprised. After glancing at Qin Mu, they turned their attention back to the Innate Formation.
Seeing this, Qin Mu hesitated slightly, then stepped forward.
As he drew near, before Qin Mu could say anything, one of them—a Green Robe Daoist—asked first:
"This fellow Daoist has also come to Buzhou Mountain to seek treasures?"
Hearing the Green Robe Daoist's question, Qin Mu nodded and replied lightly, "That's right."
With that, Qin Mu looked toward the formation ahead and inquired:
"Fellow Daoist, what secrets does this formation hold?"
"Judging by your appearance, you three must have been stationed here for a long time, yes?"
The Green Robe Daoist gave a bitter smile. After a pause, he sighed:
"We three have indeed been stationed here for a very long time."
"That formation ahead should be an Innate Formation."
"We have been trying to break it for ten thousand years."
"Alas, we still cannot open it!"
Hearing the Green Robe Daoist's words, Qin Mu frowned slightly, looking puzzled:
"Why not just break the formation by force?"
To Qin Mu's slight surprise.
Upon hearing this, the Green Robe Daoist and the other two all smiled in unison.
"What are you fellow Daoists laughing at?"
"Did I say something wrong?"
Qin Mu frowned, his face full of confusion.
After all, he himself had forcibly broken through an Innate Formation before.
"Daoist friend, would you like to give it a try?"
Just then, the Green Robe Daoist spoke with a smile, stepping aside to make way.
The other two, seeing this, also rose and moved out of the path.
"Hm?"
Qin Mu paused for a moment, his brow furrowing even deeper.
After a brief hesitation, he didn't overthink it and rose to approach the Innate Formation.
"Boom!"
The next moment, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from Qin Mu's body.
"Swish!"
Following that, he pressed his fingers together into a sword, and a terrifying Sword Qi slashed out, striking straight at the Innate Formation before him.
What left Qin Mu greatly astonished was—
After his Sword Qi struck the Innate Formation, it stirred no upheaval at all.
As the formation patterns flowed, the entire barrier rippled like water, then completely swallowed Qin Mu's Sword Qi.
"This?"
Qin Mu stared, taken aback.
He hadn't expected this Innate Formation to be different from the ones he'd encountered before—his attack was utterly ineffective!
Just then, the Green Robe Daoist spoke with a smile:
"Daoist friend, now do you understand why we don't forcibly break through this Innate Formation?"
"This formation is bizarre beyond measure; I'm afraid without Quasi-Saint cultivation, it simply cannot be shattered."
Hearing this, Qin Mu snapped back to his senses and nodded lightly:
"Quite interesting!"
With that, Qin Mu didn't dawdle and sat down cross-legged on the spot.
Seeing this, the Green Robe Daoist smiled and said:
"What? Is Daoist friend planning to comprehend this Innate Formation?"
Qin Mu didn't reply, only gave the Green Robe Daoist a meaningful smile, then closed his eyes to begin his comprehension.
The Green Robe Daoist, seeing this, shook his head with a helpless sigh.
The three of them had spent ten thousand years here comprehending this Innate Formation without cracking it.
Naturally, he didn't believe Qin Mu could succeed.
As for that, Qin Mu paid it no mind.
Another person might not be able to do it, but he was different.
Earlier, after refining and gazing upon the first Sword Leaf, his Exclusive Great Dao Level Cultivation Method had already advanced to the first layer.
He had also awakened a divine talent: Heaven-Defying Comprehension.
With Heaven-Defying Comprehension's blessing, any cultivation method, divine ability, or Great Dao Law could be understood by Qin Mu without any hindrance.
Then, Qin Mu directly activated his Heaven-Defying Comprehension at full power.
In his mind, a structural diagram of the Innate Formation before him instantly materialized.
The flow of countless formation patterns all manifested within his thoughts.
All Qin Mu needed to do was sort out the trajectories of those formation patterns.
And so, three hundred years passed.
On this day, Qin Mu, who had been sitting cross-legged before the Innate Formation, suddenly opened his eyes.
Golden light flickered in his gaze, dazzling and brilliant.
At the same time, the system's mechanical prompt sounded in his mind:
[Ding!]
[The host observed a supreme formation, sensed the aura of the Great Dao within it, absorbed its power, and comprehended the Eye of Shattering Delusion, capable of seeing through the weaknesses of all formations!]
"It worked!!"
Hearing the system prompt, Qin Mu's heart surged with excitement.
"Eye of Shattering Delusion!"
"Activate!"
Then, as Qin Mu looked once more at the Innate Formation before him, the entire array had transformed in his eyes into countless threads of Dao principles.
At the same time, the Green Robe Daoist and the other two were startled awake by Qin Mu's movements and all turned to look at him.
"Mm?"
"Could this brat be thinking of trying again?"
"We've spent so many years studying this formation and still haven't cracked it. He's only been here for three hundred years."
"..."
While the three were speaking, Qin Mu had already walked straight toward the Innate Formation ahead.
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