Arc 14The Formation and Tiangong

Su Zhan survived the mastermind’s elaborate formation and defeated him, then escaped the trap with the help of a copper key. He rejected True Person Tiangong’s demand to surrender his soul, and Tiangong revealed his plan to take Su Zhan’s body before attacking.

  • Su Zhan entered the formation world, spent centuries exploring and cultivating there, then returned to his body with Law Treasures from the mastermind.
  • The mastermind admitted he wanted Su Zhan’s body and talent, but Su Zhan broke his formations, killed him, and rescued the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon.
  • Su Zhan and his companions discovered that another formation still trapped them, and Su Zhan found its key after stabbing himself and reaching its center.
  • After the formation collapsed into a copper key, Su Zhan traveled to a city with the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to rest and train.
  • True Person Tiangong approached Su Zhan and offered to take him as a disciple, but Su Zhan initially refused despite Tiangong’s display of power and offer of a Phantom Mist Jade.
  • Su Zhan briefly agreed to become Tiangong’s disciple, then left when Tiangong demanded that he place his soul in a burning lamp.
  • True Person Tiangong confessed that he planned to kill Su Zhan and occupy his body, then attacked him.
Chapters 326–350 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 326Deliberately Leaving a Flaw

Su Zhan confronted the mastermind after he deliberately left an opening and was injured, refusing to accept his apology without an explanation. The mastermind asked Su Zhan to help break a formation, explaining that he had to keep it stable for it to exist.

  • The mastermind deliberately left an opening, took Su Zhan's palm strike, and staggered back vomiting blood.
  • Su Zhan demanded to continue fighting, but the mastermind said he had not come to fight and apologized for causing trouble.
  • The mastermind told Su Zhan a long story and showed him some of his memories, but Su Zhan remained unconvinced.
  • The mastermind proposed that he and Su Zhan cooperate to break a difficult formation and claim the rewards inside.
  • The mastermind explained that he could not enter alone because he had to maintain the formation's stability.

Ch. 327We Split It Between Us

The man behind the scenes proposed that he and Su Zhan split the reward evenly, and Su Zhan demanded proof that he could be trusted. After the man handed over the Formation Eye and began setting up the formation, a massive iron gate appeared before Su Zhan and his companions.

  • The man behind the scenes asked Su Zhan to cooperate and split the reward evenly.
  • The Moon Beast warned Su Zhan not to trust the man, so Su Zhan asked him for something to prove his sincerity.
  • The man gave Su Zhan the crimson Formation Eye and explained that crushing it would kill him or severely weaken him.
  • Su Zhan passed the crystal to the Moon Beast, which put it in the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon's mouth as leverage.
  • The man behind the scenes set up the formation, revealing a massive iron gate before Su Zhan and the others.

Ch. 328Explaining Quickly

Su Zhan entered the Formation after the man behind it all opened its iron gate to prove his honesty. Inside, Su Zhan found a vast, seemingly real world and questioned a man carrying a Stone Stele about the place, hoping to find a way out.

  • The Moon Beast stopped Su Zhan from opening the iron gate and made the man behind it all push it open instead.
  • Su Zhan agreed to trust the man, while the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon promised to watch him closely.
  • Su Zhan entered the Formation and found a vast area filled with vegetation that felt real.
  • Su Zhan blocked a man carrying a Stone Stele and confirmed that the man was real, not an illusion.
  • Su Zhan explained that he had arrived there unexpectedly and asked the man to tell him about the place.

Ch. 329Keep Moving Forward

Su Zhan explored the formation’s world, learned and unified its cultivation methods, and grew powerful over two centuries. After seekers of immortality captured him, he defeated them and became an untouchable figure, having forgotten the instructions of the person behind the scenes.

  • Su Zhan decided to explore the world inside the formation and cultivate there, trusting the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to guard his body.
  • Su Zhan learned the arts of major sects and unified and improved the world’s cultivation methods.
  • After a hundred years, people who learned Su Zhan had not died sought his secret of immortality, and some eventually captured him.
  • Su Zhan killed the crooked cultivators and others with impure intentions, establishing his reputation as invincible.
  • Su Zhan dominated the region and remained in the formation world for nearly another hundred years, forgetting the instructions he had been given.

Ch. 330It Was Time for Him to Leave

Su Zhan wandered through a strange space and entered an enormous building where he completed trials for several hundred years. As he tried to leave again, the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon waited anxiously while the man behind the scenes assured them Su Zhan would soon emerge.

  • Su Zhan left the space where only his consciousness remained and walked through alternating light and darkness toward an enormous building.
  • Su Zhan entered the bustling building, learned he had to complete trials to leave, and easily handled its tasks.
  • Su Zhan stayed in the building for several hundred years before deciding he did not belong there and leaving again.
  • The Moon Beast asked the man behind the scenes why Su Zhan had not emerged, and he reassured the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon that Su Zhan would come out soon.

Ch. 331Then Don't Blame Us for Being Rude

The person behind the scenes reassured the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon before reviving Su Zhan, hoping to test his talent and later take over his body. Su Zhan woke up in his own body as the two companions waited for him to recover.

  • The person behind the scenes told the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon that he would not harm Su Zhan, though he secretly planned to test Su Zhan and seize his body.
  • The Moon Beast demanded an explanation, and the person behind the scenes stimulated Su Zhan's power and healed him.
  • Su Zhan saw a flash of light, regained consciousness, and returned to his own body.
  • The Moon Beast apologized to the person behind the scenes, and he waved away the apology.
  • The Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon waited while Su Zhan remained dazed.

Ch. 332Did Not Urge Su Zhan

Su Zhan recovered after a dangerous encounter in a formation that connected to other worlds. The person behind the scenes gave him Law Treasures as compensation before leaving, and Su Zhan offered to help him again in the future.

  • The Moon Beast told Su Zhan that his hazy consciousness and labored breathing had worried them, so they had asked the person behind the scenes to get him out.
  • Su Zhan learned that the formation connected to other worlds and that the person behind the scenes could not control it.
  • Su Zhan offered the cultivation methods he had obtained, but the person behind the scenes said he needed something else and gave him Law Treasures as compensation.
  • Su Zhan accepted the storage realm and offered to help the person behind the scenes in the future.
  • The person behind the scenes said goodbye to Su Zhan and the others and left.

Ch. 333Something Wasn't Quite Right

After giving Su Zhan a Storage Ring, the man behind the scenes secretly prepared to lure him into a trap and seize his body and talent. A month later, his preparations were complete, and he sent out a puppet.

  • Su Zhan and his companions examined the Storage Ring, and the Moon Beast warned him not to trust the man behind the scenes.
  • Su Zhan said the gifts had only slightly lowered his guard and that he would not trust the man completely.
  • The man behind the scenes revealed that he had tampered with the formation to lure Su Zhan into a prepared trap for Body Snatching.
  • Su Zhan, the Moon Beast, and the others traveled and improved their strength while puppets monitored them.
  • After a month of preparations, the man behind the scenes decided it was time to act and sent out a puppet.

Ch. 334What Was His Real Purpose?

Su Zhan confronted the man behind the scenes about his repeated visits and suspected that he wanted to obtain something. The man behind the scenes realized Su Zhan had seen through his intentions.

  • The man behind the scenes sent a puppet to scout Su Zhan and the Moon Beast, then set out after receiving good news.
  • The man behind the scenes appeared before Su Zhan, the Moon Beast, and their companions, but their wary expressions unsettled him.
  • Su Zhan asked the man behind the scenes what he wanted and accused him of repeatedly approaching him with an ulterior motive.
  • Su Zhan explained that the man’s careful behavior and gift of Law Treasures had made him suspicious.
  • The man behind the scenes sighed, surprised that Su Zhan had discerned his intentions.

Ch. 335He Spoke

Su Zhan confronted the mastermind, who admitted he wanted to take Su Zhan’s body and talent. Su Zhan attacked before the mastermind could finish drawing what might be a formation, driving him back.

  • Su Zhan rejected the mastermind’s claim that he had come to reminisce and demanded to know his true plan.
  • The mastermind admitted he had grown jealous of Su Zhan’s talent and planned to defeat him, take his body, and obtain that talent.
  • Su Zhan told the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to step back so he could fight the mastermind alone.
  • The mastermind began tracing lines in the air, and Su Zhan attacked before he could complete a possible formation.
  • Su Zhan’s fierce assault drove the mastermind back repeatedly.

Ch. 336The Power to Resist

The mastermind lured Su Zhan into a formation by insulting him, then trapped the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon when they tried to help. Su Zhan remained trapped and under attack as the mastermind urged him to submit to Body Snatching.

  • Su Zhan kept attacking the mastermind without chasing him, refusing to fall for his feigned weakness.
  • The mastermind insulted Su Zhan, provoking him to charge into the formation.
  • The Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon bit apart a fake red crystal, then attacked the mastermind to help Su Zhan.
  • The mastermind trapped the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon in a magic array and made them disappear.
  • The mastermind watched Su Zhan struggle inside the formation and urged him to submit to Body Snatching.

Ch. 337Keep Living

Su Zhan escaped the mastermind’s formation instead of being driven mad by its black gas, turning the tables on his would-be Body Snatcher. The mastermind fled in terror until he crashed into a stone wall.

  • The mastermind offered to find Su Zhan a body, but Su Zhan rejected him and struck at him with eerie red light.
  • The mastermind strengthened the formation, filling some of its eyes with black gas that could influence people’s minds.
  • Su Zhan dodged the attacks, then charged toward the thickest black Qi as the mastermind expected him to lose control.
  • Su Zhan emerged from the left side of the formation and taunted the stunned mastermind.
  • Su Zhan advanced while the mastermind retreated, then the mastermind slammed into a stone wall.

Ch. 338Su Zhan Approached

Su Zhan saw through the mastermind’s Illusion Formation and killed him for real. He rescued the unconscious Moon Beast and Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon, then found a wealth of treasures in the mastermind’s Storage Ring.

  • Su Zhan realized his apparent killing of the mastermind had been an illusion and disrupted his Law Power to break the Illusion Formation.
  • Su Zhan attacked before the mastermind could react and severed his head with a knife-hand strike.
  • Su Zhan sensed the Moon Beast and Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon underground and brought them to the surface.
  • Su Zhan took the mastermind’s Storage Ring, erased its restrictions, and discovered it contained many pills and single-use Law Treasures.

Ch. 339Hardly Any Law Treasures

After killing the mastermind, Su Zhan shared the Storage Ring’s treasures with Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon, then refined the remaining pills and Law Treasures to increase his strength. He was left processing the powerful weapons, which proved more difficult to refine.

  • Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon woke after an hour, and Su Zhan helped them up.
  • Su Zhan showed them the mastermind’s Storage Ring, confirmed he had killed the mastermind, and invited them to take what they needed.
  • Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon picked out Law Treasures and pills, then left with their spoils.
  • Su Zhan sorted the remaining items, keeping healing and poison-counteracting pills in the Storage Ring and setting aside the other pills and Law Treasures to refine.
  • Su Zhan refined the pills and single-use Law Treasures into power, then began refining the weapons, which were difficult to process.

Ch. 340Absorbing Spiritual Qi

After absorbing Spiritual Qi, Su Zhan learned that he and his companions were still trapped inside a fusion formation protected by a membrane. He left the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon behind while he took charge of finding a way out.

  • Su Zhan crushed the refined items one by one and absorbed their Spiritual Qi, feeling his strength improve.
  • The Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon returned looking troubled and told Su Zhan they were still inside a formation.
  • The Moon Beast explained that the person who created the formation may have left a contingency to trap Su Zhan even after his death.
  • The Moon Beast said he and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon had found a thin membrane they could not break, suggesting the illusion formation was fused with another formation.
  • Su Zhan told the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to wait while he handled the situation.

Ch. 341Within the Illusion Formation

Su Zhan returned to the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon without finding a way out of the illusion formation, but shared clues he had gathered. The Moon Beast deduced that the formation’s key point was likely in the air or on a mountain peak.

  • Su Zhan searched the illusion formation for a way out and gathered clues, but could not locate its key point alone.
  • Su Zhan returned to the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon and asked them to discuss his findings with him.
  • Su Zhan explained that the animals in the mountains stumbled as though they lacked a sense of balance.
  • The Moon Beast reasoned that the animals’ imbalance distinguished them from the group and suggested the formation’s source was in the air or on a mountain peak.

Ch. 342It Did Make Sense

Su Zhan searched the sky and mountains for the formation's eye and found a cave with a powerful killing formation. After an ice bed trapped him and summoned armed puppets, he shattered them with his power.

  • Su Zhan asked the Moon Beast and its companion to keep watch while he searched for clues in the sky and mountains.
  • Su Zhan searched the area enclosed by the formation from the sky but found nothing.
  • Su Zhan entered a cave where cold Qi poured out and discovered a powerful killing formation inside.
  • Su Zhan reached an ice bed, examined it, and lay down on it.
  • The ice bed restrained Su Zhan as ice puppets attacked him with sabers, and he shattered the puppets with his power.

Ch. 343A Hard Stomp of His Right Foot

Su Zhan destroyed the cave and the Killing Formation after realizing the cave had been a trap, leaving the group without a way out. After two days of rest and another failed search, the Moon Beast began to suspect the key to breaking the formation might be on someone's person.

  • Su Zhan stomped through the ice bed, destroyed the cave, and caused the mountain to collapse.
  • Su Zhan told the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon that the cave had been a trap and that he had destroyed the Killing Formation.
  • The Moon Beast realized they could no longer use the formation's clues to find a way out, and the three decided to rest.
  • After two days, Su Zhan searched again and returned in the evening, dejected.
  • The Moon Beast continued thinking and wondered whether the key to breaking the formation was on someone's person.

Ch. 344Looking at the Moon Beast

The Moon Beast proposed that the formation’s key might be hidden within Su Zhan, and Su Zhan tested the theory by stabbing himself. A power fluctuation appeared inside him, leaving the Moon Beast to see blood flowing from Su Zhan’s chest as he smiled.

  • The Moon Beast called Su Zhan over and shared his theory that the key to breaking the formation might be connected to him.
  • Su Zhan agreed to test the theory and took out a dagger, but the Moon Beast stopped him and explained a method involving Su Zhan’s power.
  • Su Zhan said he had already tried using his power without effect and decided that stabbing himself was worth attempting.
  • Su Zhan snatched back the dagger and plunged it into his body, causing a power fluctuation within him.
  • The Moon Beast saw blood flowing from Su Zhan’s chest as Su Zhan smiled.

Ch. 345Far Too Strange

After failing to use the mysterious power within himself, Su Zhan found a Bagua formation’s center and obtained a copper-colored key that absorbed the formation. He urged Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to train harder, then took them to a nearby city to stay.

  • Moon Beast sealed Su Zhan’s wound, and Su Zhan searched for a way to break the formation but could not use the power inside him.
  • Su Zhan wandered along an unfamiliar path and reached the formation’s center, where he found a Bagua Diagram surrounded by eight copper coins.
  • The coins flew to Su Zhan and melted into Copper Water, which became a Copper-Colored Key when it could not attach to him.
  • Su Zhan put away the Bagua-engraved stone slab, and the formation shrank into the key in his hand.
  • Su Zhan told Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to improve their strength, and they agreed to train with him.
  • Su Zhan took Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to a nearby city to stay.

Ch. 346Taking Out the Key

Su Zhan revealed to Moon Beast that the copper key contained the formation he had controlled. As they set off from the city, True Person Tiangong stopped them and said he had come to see Su Zhan’s remarkable strength and talent.

  • Su Zhan showed Moon Beast the copper key and explained that it contained the formation, which would only reveal itself when he released it.
  • Moon Beast accepted Su Zhan’s explanation, and the two left the subject behind.
  • After two days in the city, Su Zhan and Moon Beast set off, but True Person Tiangong blocked their path.
  • Moon Beast challenged True Person Tiangong for following them after they changed direction.
  • True Person Tiangong said he had heard of a young man with exceptional strength and talent and had come to see Su Zhan.

Ch. 347Rumors Could Not Be Taken as Truth

Su Zhan tried to leave with the Moon Beast, but True Person Tiangong kept blocking him and asked him to become his disciple. Su Zhan refused, leaving True Person Tiangong stunned.

  • Su Zhan dismissed the rumors and tried to leave with the Moon Beast.
  • True Person Tiangong appeared in front of Su Zhan again, and Su Zhan threatened to kill him if he kept blocking the way.
  • The Moon Beast warned Su Zhan to pay attention to his condition, prompting Su Zhan to regain his composure and apologize to True Person Tiangong.
  • True Person Tiangong explained that Su Zhan’s killing of the person behind the scenes had made him want to take Su Zhan as his disciple.
  • True Person Tiangong demonstrated his power by making a nearby mountain peak explode, but Su Zhan turned down his offer.
  • True Person Tiangong rubbed his eyes and wondered aloud whether he had imagined being rejected.

Ch. 348Nothing but Wry Smiles

Su Zhan rejected True Person Tiangong’s repeated offer to become his disciple, but hesitated when Tiangong offered him a Phantom Mist Jade. Tiangong expected the rare treasure to sway him, while the Moon Beast and Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon watched Tiangong warily.

  • Su Zhan told True Person Tiangong that he did not want a master and was satisfied with his own strength.
  • True Person Tiangong warned Su Zhan that the chance to become his disciple would not come again, but Su Zhan repeated his refusal.
  • True Person Tiangong produced a Phantom Mist Jade and offered it to Su Zhan if he would become his disciple.
  • Su Zhan fell silent as he weighed the precious jade against his reluctance to accept Tiangong as his master.
  • The Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon watched True Person Tiangong warily, suspecting he had ulterior motives.

Ch. 349Taking Him as a Disciple

Su Zhan agreed to become True Person Tiangong’s disciple, but grew suspicious when Tiangong withheld the Phantom Mist Jade and demanded that Su Zhan expose his soul to a burning lamp. Su Zhan walked away, leaving Tiangong roaring in anger as the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon followed him.

  • True Person Tiangong celebrated after Su Zhan nodded and offered him a welcoming gift, but put the Phantom Mist Jade away.
  • Su Zhan asked why Tiangong had taken back the jade, and Tiangong said he would only hand over his treasures after he was sure Su Zhan would not change his mind.
  • Su Zhan asked what he needed to do to prove his sincerity, and Tiangong brought out a burning oil lamp.
  • True Person Tiangong demanded that Su Zhan place his soul in the lamp’s flame, and Su Zhan turned and left.
  • The Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon followed Su Zhan with relief while True Person Tiangong roared angrily.

Ch. 350Time-Space Demon Sealing

Su Zhan confronted True Person Tiangong, who admitted that he had planned to make Su Zhan his disciple before killing him and taking his body. True Person Tiangong attacked, while Su Zhan stayed guarded and waited to see what tricks he would use.

  • Su Zhan told the Moon Beast and the Time-Space Sealing Demon Dragon to move aside, then demanded that True Person Tiangong stop blocking his path.
  • True Person Tiangong admitted that he had intended to train Su Zhan, kill him, and occupy his body.
  • True Person Tiangong charged at Su Zhan, who remained cautious and did not rush to attack.
  • Su Zhan taunted True Person Tiangong for hesitating, angering him into launching a swift, ferocious attack.
Arc 14 of 29
Arc 14 of 29