Hearing this, the others did not try to dissuade him further.
The Lord of the Dao Palace spoke after some deliberation. "In that case, we shall lend you a hand."
"No rush." Chen Nianzhi shook his head and said, "The seven of you should first enter seclusion to cultivate your Dao Fruits. Leave refining the stellar origin and forging the world-suppressing treasure to me."
"When the Purple Yin Realm undergoes its heavenly ascension, you may seize the opportunity of the world's transformation to feather into immortality."
At this, everyone nodded slightly.
The Lord of the Dao Palace no longer insisted. He merely took a formation diagram and three thousand six hundred formation banners from his sleeve and handed them to Chen Nianzhi.
"This formation diagram was jointly deduced and forged by the seven of us over several thousand years."
"These three thousand formation banners were likewise refined through the combined efforts of us all, after we gathered countless immortal clans of the Purple Yin Realm. They may serve as the banners of a world formation."
"These two treasures had originally been prepared by us for the Purple Yin Realm's ascension, but we lacked the crucial formation eye and thus never had sufficient confidence."
"Now that you are presiding over it, we shall leave this matter to you."
Chen Nianzhi accepted the formation diagram and examined it. He found that it was unexpectedly a profound immortal-tier formation diagram, while the three thousand formation banners were also Spirit Treasures of immense value. He nodded faintly.
A slight smile appeared on his face as he nodded and said, "Though this formation diagram is somewhat crude, it is already eighty or ninety percent complete. With a few minor alterations, it can take shape and save me considerable effort."
"With these three thousand formation banners