Just as the Scarlet Vertical Eye appeared, a gigantic triangular shadow began turning in the southern sky. Then another triangle started to turn, followed by another and another, until there were five in all. Each was several times larger than the eye, like a gear installed above the Upper Realm, slowly rotating. Every turn made the Upper Realm tremble. Lu Yin was certain each triangle was enormous; together, they might not be much smaller than the Upper Realm itself, like a vast continent.
"The formation's core is activating. This is bad!" Qing Chen gritted his teeth, grabbed Lu Yin, and vanished. He had never looked so tense. It wasn't just Qing Chen—Lu Yin also saw a Star Envoy-level expert tearing through the void nearby, though Qing Chen soon left him far behind.
Qing Chen moved at his fastest, finding a place before pressing one hand down. The ground cracked and crumbled, and the void was pierced. The area of destruction spread wider and wider, until it grew beyond Lu Yin's sight. Then a gigantic square platform appeared underground. That square platform was an Original Treasure Formation.
Lu Yin had no time to be surprised before Qing Chen's voice reached him. "We need to replenish the formation's core with star energy. If anyone tries to destroy it, stop them even if it costs you your life." With that, Qing Chen leaped down, landed on the platform, and sat cross-legged. A vast surge of star energy swept out, then vanished into the ground.
An old man arrived. Without even glancing at Lu Yin, he appeared on the platform and sat cross-legged, just like Qing Chen. His star energy flowed into the square platform through the ground.
Not long afterward, two women appeared. Both were exceptionally beautiful, with bewitching features and looks that