Although three of the main formations in the Myriad Immortals Formation had been broken, the formation as a whole remained intact. It was all-encompassing, containing the changes of yin and yang and the five elements of Heaven and Earth. Its workings were peerless, its power boundless. In particular, Saint Tongtian had summoned the Nine Luminaries and Twenty-Eight Mansions and arranged them according to their positions. Twenty-eight Daoists, divided into four groups of seven, emerged in perfect formation, circling left and right as they clustered around him. Rosy clouds and clear purple lightning flashed; layers upon layers of figures appeared, fierce and unruly. Killing intent surged, and gloomy clouds stretched across the sky. It was truly formidable.
Hua Dou's thoughts, however, were fixed on Turtle Spirit Mother, whom Jieyin had taken away. Turtle Spirit Mother was a descendant of Xuanwu and the first Mystic Turtle in Heaven and Earth since the beginning of the primordial world. The mysterious patterns on her back recorded the laws of Heaven and Earth. Blessed with the water and earth laws, she had fused them into the peculiar Mountain of Stillness law. She was exceptionally fortunate, yet Heaven's path had abandoned her, leaving her to drift through the cycle of reincarnation.
Mystic Turtle had originally shared Kun Peng's fate: calamity had struck at her birth, and Mystic Ice Daoist had restricted her Spiritual Intelligence, preventing her from taking human form for a long time. In later generations, she had nearly perished at his hands. Kun Peng, however, had enjoyed great fortune. He had followed Dao Ancestor Hongjun early on and listened to his teachings, turning his fate around from the very beginning. Mystic Turtle, on the other hand, had slowly accumulated merit until she attained such a profound nature.
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