Atop Buzhou Mountain, within the Nine Heavens Astral Layer, the Nine Heavens Astral Wind howled, and endless astral winds filled the place.
Wave after wave of world-destroying astral wind blasted toward Red Cloud, as though determined to erase him completely.
Divine light shone from Red Cloud's body as he endured the astral winds tempering his flesh, gritting through the pain as he continued climbing.
One step, two steps, three steps...
The higher he climbed, the greater the destructive power contained within the astral winds became. Red Cloud had no choice but to circulate his Profound Technique with all his strength.
Besides using the Nine Heavens Astral Wind to temper his body, Red Cloud also searched the Nine Heavens Astral Layer for treasures. Apart from the violent astral winds, heavenly materials and earthly treasures would occasionally form here.
Whenever Red Cloud encountered such heavenly materials and earthly treasures, he collected them all. Every one of them was a top-grade material.
As he traveled through the Nine Heavens Astral Layer, Red Cloud suddenly stirred, vaguely sensing something.
"Could it be that an opportunity here is calling to me?"
At that thought, Red Cloud's heart surged with excitement, and he immediately headed toward the place from which the sensation came.
Battered by the Nine Heavens Astral Wind, Red Cloud arrived at a valley on Buzhou Mountain. Though it was clearly within the Nine Heavens Astral Layer, there was no sign of astral winds sweeping through this place.
Moreover, Red Cloud could sense that the valley contained a rich power of the wind element.
"Haha, there really is an Innate Formation!"
Red Cloud swept the area with his divine sense and indeed discovered a faint fluctuation of a formation hidden within the valley.
Rather than directly breaking the formation and entering, Red Cloud began