The Phoenix Dharma Aspect struck, breaking through the Red Sand Formation's obstruction and directly slaying Song Yuan, who had been presiding over the formation. Even his Dao-transformation phenomenon was suppressed and smoothed away.
Liang Zhaohuang brought Liang Ruiqin into the Red Sand Formation. What came next was no longer within his control; whether Liang Ruiqin could take command of this Red Sand Formation would ultimately depend on his skill in the Dao of formations. Though the Phoenix Dharma Aspect possessed the power of the immortal rank, it was not omnipotent.
"Thank you, Patriarch." Liang Ruiqin was brimming with confidence. His decades of studying the Ten Absolute Formation on Ten Absolute Islands had not been for nothing. After thanking Liang Zhaohuang, he raised the formation diagrams and compass in his hands and made his way to the core formation eye of the Red Sand Formation.
Along the way, surging red sand, tornado sandstorms, and other powers spontaneously generated by the grand formation tried to bar his path, but Liang Ruiqin broke through them all with various formation techniques. Upon finally reaching the formation eye, he took out the formation diagrams he had previously obtained from the formation masters he had rescued, reactivated and raised them one by one, and arranged them throughout the Red Sand Formation.
After this bout of work, which lasted a full half hour, Liang Ruiqin successfully took over the entire Red Sand Formation and brought it under his control.
Only then did Liang Zhaohuang relax. After giving the other man a few instructions, he thought it over and left behind the Lotus Dharma Body as well before continuing deeper into the Ten Absolute Formation.
During the time he had spent backing up Liang Ruiqin as he seized the Red Sand Formation, several distant and nearby roars and