In the blink of an eye, three months had passed.
Inside Jiang Yun's cave abode on Skeleton Mountain.
Buzz—!
At that moment, the Eight Trigrams Cloudlight Handkerchief floated before Jiang Yun, giving off intimate ripples. It was clear that he had completely refined it.
Just then, that melodious notification sounded in Jiang Yun's mind once more!
[You have completely refined the high-grade acquired spirit treasure, the Eight Trigrams Cloudlight Handkerchief, and comprehended the ethereal formlessness of clouds and the profound mysteries of the turning Eight Trigrams...] [An inspiration has struck you, and you have created a formation—the Eight Trigrams Cloudlight Array!]
Jiang Yun's eyes lit up!
As expected of Heaven-Defying Comprehension!
Simply refining a magic treasure had allowed him to create a formation in the process!
This Eight Trigrams Cloudlight Array could use the Eight Trigrams Cloudlight Handkerchief as its core formation eye, supplemented by eighty-one Wonderful Cloud Banners.
Within the grand formation, a space would form on its own, with drifting clouds and mist capable of obscuring the primordial spirit!
Jiang Yun was confident that once this formation was deployed, even a Golden Immortal who entered it would be trapped to death!
"Another means of preserving my life and killing enemies!"
Jiang Yun nodded in satisfaction.
Obtaining those eighty-one Wonderful Cloud Banners would not be difficult. Spiritual materials were everywhere in the Primordial World; he could gather them while traveling.
Once he had made his preparations, Jiang Yun did not go bid Shi Ji farewell.
He feared that his rather dim-witted master would cling to him again and put on another tearful farewell.
Instead, he merely bowed three times respectfully toward Bone Cave halfway up the mountain.
"Master, this disciple is setting out to travel!"
As his voice fell, Jiang Yun turned into a streak of light and silently departed Skeleton Mountain.
The Primordial World was vast and boundless. Jiang Yun traveled eastward.
He had no definite destination, merely following his heart.
At times, he transformed into a rainbow streak and flew above the sea of clouds in the Ninth Heaven, overlooking the magnificent rivers and mountains of the Primordial World and sensing the vastness of heaven and earth.
At other times, he descended from the clouds and entered the mountains and forests.
Or he would enter human cities and tribes, experiencing the myriad states of the mortal world.
The human race was now the protagonist of heaven and earth, blessed with flourishing fortune, yet the Primordial World remained fraught with danger.
Demons and devils ran rampant, while monsters caused trouble. Whenever Jiang Yun encountered such fiends that harmed one region and were burdened by karma, he would eliminate them along the way and accumulate merit.
Cultivation refined not only one's magical power, but also one's state of mind!
This journey through the mortal world appeared to bring no improvement whatsoever to Jiang Yun's cultivation.
Yet in truth, his state of mind had greatly improved, and his understanding of the Grand Mystery Boundless Immortal Art had risen to another level.
The circulation of his magical power became smoother and more natural, while his Dao foundation grew ever more stable!
And so, another six months passed.
Jiang Yun had already ventured deep into the heartland of the Primordial World.
One day, as Jiang Yun flew through the air, his expression suddenly changed.
He discovered faint spiritual energy fluctuations coming from the continuous mountain range below.
Those fluctuations were extremely obscure. Had Jiang Yun's divine sense not been powerful and his magical power far exceeded those of his peers, he truly might not have noticed them.
"Something is strange!"
Jiang Yun descended from the clouds and landed below.
Pushing through layer after layer of mist, he soon discovered a deeply concealed formation!
This formation had arisen by relying on the mountains and earth veins, yet it also bore traces of artificial alteration. It was extraordinarily profound.
"It is actually an ancient grand formation!"
Jiang Yun's interest was immediately piqued. He promptly sat cross-legged outside the formation and began comprehending it.
Another three months passed as he sat there.
In Primordial World cultivation, time was the least valuable thing.
Three months later, that melodious notification sounded in Jiang Yun's mind again!
[You have discovered an ancient grand formation on an unnamed Spirit Mountain. After comprehending it day and night, you have perceived its mysteries.] [Combining it with the essence of the Eight Trigrams Cloudlight Array that you comprehended, you have discarded the old and created the new...] [You have created a formation—the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Misty Cloud Formation!]
Boom!
A brilliant light burst from Jiang Yun's eyes!
The Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Misty Cloud Formation!
Within this formation, the Nine Palaces were reversed, and misty clouds obscured the Eight Trigrams!
Compared to the previous Eight Trigrams Cloudlight Array, its profundity was more than tenfold greater!
This was no longer merely a trapping formation; it also contained the changes of illusion and destruction within the Nine Palaces!
Jiang Yun was confident that if he completed this grand formation, then unless someone was proficient in the Dao of formations... even an ordinary Taiyi Golden Immortal would find it impossible to escape easily after falling into it!
This was already a trump card capable of threatening Taiyi-level experts!
"What a tremendous harvest!"
Jiang Yun laughed and rose to his feet.
Having comprehended the grand formation's mysteries, the formation naturally could no longer stop him.
Forming a hand seal, he flashed forward and passed through the formation's mist with practiced ease.
The view before him suddenly opened up!
A dense spiritual energy, so concentrated it nearly became tangible, rushed toward him!
Before his eyes lay an immortal mountain and blessed land overflowing with spiritual energy!
Spiritual mist curled through the air, and purple qi rose. Mountain ganoderma and wild ginseng grew everywhere; vermilion fruits and spiritual herbs filled his sight.
Ancient pines and emerald cypresses twisted their gnarled branches, while immortal cranes occasionally cried across the marshes.
Clear springs babbled over the rocks, and spiritual deer drank from the streambanks.
"What a blessed land! I wonder which senior's cave abode this is!" Jiang Yun exclaimed in admiration.
Though the cave abode was excellent, it was clearly untended for a long time. Otherwise, Jiang Yun would not have entered so easily.
Jiang Yun did not stand on ceremony and headed straight for the ancient hall atop the mountain.
The hall was empty, clearly having been deserted for a very long time.
On a meditation cushion in the center, Jiang Yun discovered a jade tome containing a cultivation art.
The True Yang Record!
Jiang Yun swept it with his divine sense, and delight rose in his heart.
This was surprisingly a top-tier fire-element cultivation art that pointed directly toward the Daluo Dao Fruit!
One had to know that in the Primordial World, aside from the lineages of the Saints,
a Grand Unity Golden Immortal was already a realm ordinary cultivators did not even dare dream of.
In the outside world, such beings were also known as great supernatural experts.
Beside the cultivation art was a collection of travel notes left behind by the cave abode's owner.
Jiang Yun picked up the unnamed beast-skin journal.
The journal had been written in ancient demon script.
It recorded the identity of this cave abode's owner.
This person had actually been a demon god of the ancient Demon Race Heavenly Court!
He had attained the Daluo Dao Fruit, a genuine Grand Unity Golden Immortal-level great supernatural expert!
These notes had been left behind before he participated in the Witch-Demon Final Battle.
They recorded most of his life's experiences, his concerns regarding the war between witches and demons, and his hope that later generations of the demon race might inherit his legacy through this cave abode.
These experiences alone were supreme treasures to ordinary living beings.
They recorded a great deal about the Primordial World, including no shortage of secret accounts concerning the ancient Heavenly Court!
Looking at the long-abandoned cave abode, Jiang Yun understood.
The Witch-Demon Final Battle had shattered heaven and earth and blotted out the sun and moon. Even Mount Buzhou, the heavenly pillar, had ultimately been broken by the Ancestral Witch Gonggong.
On such a battlefield, even Grand Unity Golden Immortals were like ants, liable to perish at any moment.
That senior demon god had most likely already fallen in that great battle.
"Senior, this junior will accept your inheritance."
Jiang Yun put away the True Yang Record and the journal, then carefully searched through the cave abode.
The cave abode of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal was surely filled with treasures!
Before long, Jiang Yun discovered a bamboo grove in the back mountain that shimmered with purple light!
Dense innate wood spiritual energy rushed toward him, and when combined with the journal he had read earlier...
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