Cavern Heaven, Formed

Accompanied by a mix of luck and greed, several Origin Immortals quickly laid down a simple formation, then cast incantations to probe the unfamiliar figure undergoing tribulation.

"Strange—there's no one?"

"Impossible. I've been watching the whole time. No one left."

"Then maybe they're hiding."

"Search!"

If someone could hide from their Immortal Sense, it could only be a top-tier cave-dwelling treasure.

Perhaps that was exactly the spiritual treasure.

With greed already in their hearts, they naturally rationalized everything.

"Why bother?"

From a thousand li away, Li Yang sighed. If these people had simply turned back, everything would have been fine. But they...

"Forget it, forget it.

I'm far too soft-hearted."

So Li Yang formed a hand seal, and the Composite Grand Array he had prepared but never activated roared to life.

"No good—this is a trap."

The Origin Immortals cried out in alarm, sensing danger, and swiftly fled outward.

They flew over ten thousand li before finally letting out a breath.

"Lucky, lucky I—"

His words suddenly caught. This place... it looked familiar.

He searched his Immortal Infant's sea of consciousness, and his face went pale.

"No good—I'm trapped inside the formation."

In an instant, he realized the problem: they were likely about to be picked off one by one by this tribulation-crossing immortal.

Panic gave way to calm.

That was how Loose Immortals were—ruthless, perhaps, but if you weren't ruthless, you couldn't stand firm.

"Explode!"

Another Origin Immortal spotted the issue and acted without hesitation, pulling out a strange Jade Talisman and hurling it before detonating it.

"Boom!"

A thunderous roar shook the formation. Seizing the moment, he pulled out another talisman, crushed it, and turned into a streak of light, shooting out of the array.

But before he could rejoice, an endless tide of killing intent surged toward him.

"Damn it—where did all these formations come from?"

With a mournful cry, that Origin Immortal perished completely within the Killing Array.

A thousand li away, Li Yang carefully observed everything, gathering a wealth of data.

"This Composite Grand Array, laid down at the Returning Dao Realm, is enough to trap and kill Origin Immortals. But from the looks of it, it's far from enough to trap and kill a True Immortal."

Originally, Li Yang had designed this Composite Grand Array to trap and kill True Immortals.

But now it seemed trapping was possible, killing was not.

"Still, with all this information collected and my formation dao improving, I can see many problems with this Composite Grand Array. Some formations clearly conflict and need adjustment."

Through his Avatar, Li Yang observed while calculating a new formation.

He was confident that this time, he could create a formation capable of trapping and killing Celestial Immortals.

As for trapping and killing Golden Immortals—he didn't dare to wish for that.

Because Li Yang understood that without the enhancement of traits, his current comprehension, cultivation, realm, and insight were all insufficient to truly understand Golden Immortal Stage immortals.

"But I can use other data and descriptions to sketch out the power of a Golden Immortal. Maybe I can design a suitable formation."

What he called a "suitable formation" was really just enough to provide experiential reference for using traits.

And so, along the way, Li Yang carefully watched the Origin Immortals inside the formation.

He made no move, simply observing as they fell one by one to the myriad Killing Arrays in various ways.

"A bunch of Old Sixes."

Li Yang snorted coldly and directly activated the grand formation.

"Ah!"

With a scream, a figure flew out from another part of the formation—clearly having used a death-substitution technique.

An Immortal Infant burst out of a body, someone preparing to abandon their immortal flesh in search of possession or reincarnation.

But no matter what methods they tried, they were all firmly trapped within the Composite Grand Array, then refined.

"Fellow daoist, spare me! I am willing to acknowledge you as my master. Please, spare my life!"

Faced with a life-or-death crisis, someone finally couldn't hold back.

Gradually, one by one, they all chose to beg for mercy, which showed just how flexible these Loose Immortals' bottom lines truly were.

However, Li Yang had no need for that.

"Formation, rise!"

The Avatar formed a hand seal, and the formation's power suddenly intensified. This hundred-mile radius region seemed to transform into a great furnace, scorching and refining immortal bodies and Divine Souls.

In an instant, immortal bodies and Immortal Infants all vanished, reduced to ashes, followed by a full funeral send-off.

"Formation, extinguish!"

He formed another hand seal, and every trace of the formation dissipated like smoke.

Having done this, Li Yang's Avatar did not leave but instead transformed into a speck of dust, merging into this heaven and earth, silently monitoring.

Time limit: one month.

Meanwhile, Li Yang's True Body had already fled over a hundred thousand miles away.

He found a Star Stone vein. This time, relying on his immortal cultivation, he grabbed it in one go, refined it, and turned it into materials stored in the Sanctuary.

He took out an iron vein and filled it in, causing the Sanctuary to transform into a speck of dust and merge within.

"There's not much time left before the agreed meeting with Senior Brother. It's time to refine the Origin Immortal Stage 'Golden Pill' Avatar."

Li Yang arrived before the alchemy furnace. He raised his hand, and tens of thousands of stars in the sky suddenly blazed brightly, then fell like raindrops into the furnace.

"True Fire, rise!"

Li Yang spat out Samadhi True Fire, scorching the furnace and smelting the 'Golden Pill.'

"Star Stone, rise!"

His Immortal Sense surged out, cutting large amounts of Star Stone into blocks, then placing them into the furnace, followed by increasing the fire.

In the days that followed, Li Yang continuously struck out countless dharma formulas, burning in array runes one after another, as various materials endlessly merged within.

Days passed one by one. After forty-nine days, thirty-six thousand five hundred 'Golden Pills' burst forth from the furnace, flying straight into the sky, then landing in different positions according to the formation.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound rang out beside Li Yang's ear, and then he discovered in terror that a grayish-brown gas, accompanied by void power, had fallen into the Star Formation.

This gas gave Li Yang an extremely terrifying feeling, as if it could dissolve all things, yet also seemed to be the source of all things.

Vaguely, he recalled something recorded only in the sect's ancient texts.

"Chaos Qi!"

Li Yang cried out in shock. He hadn't expected the formation to actually draw in Chaos Qi.

Could this formation withstand it?

Even though Li Yang was the formation's creator, even though he had reached the Heavenly Immortal Realm, he was still filled with fear and worry toward this unfamiliar, terrifying power recorded only in ancient texts.

Just then, the Grand Formation of Celestial Stars suddenly linked together. Brilliant starlight blazed, and countless void powers were transformed into spiritual energy, which then became the driving energy of the Star Formation, forcibly resisting the Chaos Qi.

Cracking sounds rang out continuously. This was a weight the Sanctuary space could not bear. Even the Avatar, which had suppressed the space and merged with the Star Stone, could not withstand the dissolution of the Chaos Qi.

"No, wait—this is holding."

Li Yang immediately sensed something was off. These were all his Avatars; how could he not understand their state?

Severely damaged, but their bodies were rapidly repairing, and their quality was swiftly rising.

"That's right. The ancient Celestial Stars themselves have the ability to block Chaos Qi from entering the Primordial Wilderness and to transform Chaos Qi into spiritual energy."

Li Yang's eyes blazed with light, and then he flew into the sky, personally presiding over the formation.

"Boom!"

As this strand of Chaos Qi was digested, the Celestial Star Avatars were clearly greatly enhanced. Though they were still at Origin Immortal combat power, their bodies had become several to over ten times stronger.

Then, endless void power surged in again, and another strand of Chaos Qi followed. The Grand Formation of Celestial Stars gradually no longer struggled.

After an unknown amount of time, each Star Avatar's body had undergone a tremendous enhancement. Li Yang could clearly feel that he himself could no longer destroy them.

And at this moment, another strand of Chaos Qi surged in, transformed by the stars into countless spiritual energies, pouring down like a waterfall.

This spiritual energy was of extremely high quality, and at the same time, strands of heavy Turbid Qi were also transformed.

These Turbid Qi landed first, merging into the earth. Li Yang could clearly feel that this Sanctuary space seemed to have been elevated by a level.

Heaven and earth seemed to unite, yet also seemed to separate. High-grade spiritual energy filled the entire space.

He thought of something he had intended to create but had obtained through this accident.

"A Cavern Heaven!!"