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For Su Xin, the fact that the power of the Reverse Yin-Yang Heaven-Burying Grand Method had not been suppressed was absolutely an unexpected delight.
The Reverse Yin-Yang Heaven-Burying Grand Method had not been painstakingly cultivated by Su Xin. Rather, after using the formation to grind countless martial artists to death, he had extracted the power of reversed yin and yang from their bodies. He then opened up a separate meridian within himself, storing this power there without allowing it to merge with his other forces.
Thus, while all of Su Xin's other powers were suppressed by the formation, the Reverse Yin-Yang Heaven-Burying Grand Method had unexpectedly remained unaffected, still retaining its normal might.
But Su Xin's thoughts went further. Why had the Reverse Yin-Yang Heaven-Burying Grand Method been created in the first place? It had been a powerful secret art developed jointly by numerous experts of the Heavenly Court and Underworld in their resistance against the First Dynasty. Though it harmed the harmony of Heaven, it combined rapid cultivation, tremendous power, and the trait of growing stronger with every kill.
In other words, they had believed this secret art could allow them to contend against the First Dynasty, against the Human Emperor.
And this formation before them had been specifically prepared by the First Dynasty to restrain martial artists from the Heavenly Court and Underworld.
Comparing the two, could Su Xin interpret this to mean that he could likewise use the Reverse Yin-Yang Heaven-Burying Grand Method to break the formation?
Thus, before Great Emperor of Northern Ziwei and Gongyang Qi could make a move, two powerful auras instantly erupted from Su Xin's body.
One yin and one yang, one life and one death. Yet these two powers