A Heaven-Defying Grand Formation That Would End the Dao of Formations!

Chen Changqing's gaze flickered slightly as another thought arose.

He recalled the Chen Family's existing clan-protecting grand formation.

Though that formation was of no low grade and could withstand an attack from a Quasi-Emperor Realm expert, it now seemed far too crude in his eyes.

Since he was rebuilding the formation anyway, why not directly incorporate offensive arts into it and create an entirely new clan-protecting grand formation?

His ten fingers swept repeatedly through the air, and countless formation patterns flowed from his fingertips, burrowing like swimming fish into the formation model.

One killing formation pattern after another began to be inscribed into the grand formation's core.

As the killing-type formation patterns merged into it, the power of this grand formation had already surpassed the Chen Family's current clan-protecting formation.

Even if a Great Emperor arrived in person, they would likely have to keep their distance!

"Right... there's also this..."

With the comprehension of a million years layered upon him, Chen Changqing's thoughts raced at lightning speed.

A sudden flash of inspiration struck him, giving rise to another wondrous idea.

Since he possessed a mastery of formations far beyond this world's current standards, and the other Chen Family members would not be able to grasp it anytime soon, while he could not possibly remain with the Chen Family forever to forge magical treasures for them, why not integrate his understanding of the Dao of artifact forging into the grand formation as well?

The moment this thought emerged, it spread like a single spark setting the prairie ablaze.

With a movement of his mind, the formation model in his sea of consciousness expanded once more.

At the outskirts of the vast formation, a sub-formation dedicated to artifact forging slowly took shape.

At the core of this sub-formation was a formation artifact spirit Chen Changqing had distilled from tens of millions of artifact-forging manuals.

From this day onward, as long as Chen Family members placed the required materials inside, the artifact spirit would automatically assess their attributes, grades, and quantities, match them with the most suitable forging plan, and then drive the formation to complete the refinement.

From the lowest Yellow-grade magical treasures to the highest Saint-grade Dao artifacts, this artifact-forging sub-formation could handle them all.

Even Emperor-grade Dao artifacts might be worth attempting if sufficient materials were available.

"Since artifact forging can be automated, why can't alchemy and talisman crafting be as well?"

The smile on Chen Changqing's lips grew increasingly pronounced.

He slapped his storage ring, and his figure reappeared within the Scripture Repository.

This time, he brought out every manual related to alchemy and talisman crafting.

Myriad Transformations Alchemy Art, Heavenly Talisman Treasured Register, Compendium of Ten Thousand Herbs, Complete Collection of Ancient Alchemical Recipes...

Just as before, Chen Changqing absorbed this knowledge at an astonishing speed.

Each jade slip remained in his hands for only a few breaths, yet he had already completely mastered its contents, drawing inferences from one instance to countless others and deducing even more variations upon that foundation.

By the time he set down the final jade slip containing a pill recipe, he had utterly become a supreme master of alchemy!

Chen Changqing sat cross-legged, while the formation model in his sea of consciousness had grown to an astonishing scale.

Beside the artifact-forging sub-formation, an alchemy sub-formation was taking shape.

The pill furnace was condensed from the power of the formation, the pill fire transformed from starlight. Medicinal properties, heat control, the timing of pill condensation—nothing required human intervention.

Chen Family members needed only toss in the corresponding spirit herbs and wait for the pills to form.

Further to the side, a talisman-crafting sub-formation was also slowly emerging.

Talisman paper, talisman ink, and talisman brushes were likewise condensed from starlight. As long as the appropriate blank talisman paper and spirit ink were supplied, talismans could be refined in batches.

"Mm... now that's more like it."

Chen Changqing nodded in satisfaction. With every function one could want, this was what a truly perfect formation should be.

"Additionally—"

"Since the grand formation can connect to every clan member through their personal jade talismans, why not add storage functions as well?"

"That way, when clan members contend for treasures, even if their cultivation is inferior to their opponents', they won't have to miss out on a fortunate opportunity!"

Chen Changqing's thoughts leapt forward at an outrageously rapid pace.

One second he was considering alchemy and talisman crafting; the next, he had thought of storage functions.

When he wanted something done, he did it.

With a thought, he lightly tapped the air with one finger, and another transformation appeared in the formation model.

From that moment on, every sub-formation jade talisman worn by a clan member would possess a storage function.

Not only that, if a clan member urgently needed supplies, they could submit a request through the jade talisman. Once approved, they could retrieve them from the warehouse at the grand formation's core.

"Since it can transmit objects, why can't it transmit people?"

Chen Changqing's eyes shone brighter and brighter.

He added another set of teleportation formation patterns to the grand formation.

If a Chen Family member encountered mortal danger outside, they needed only activate the teleportation imprint within their jade talisman to be instantly transported back to a safe area within the Chen Family Star Domain.

This was the final means of preserving one's life, allowing Chen Family descendants to venture outside without any lingering worries.

In short...

One thought after another surged forth in Chen Changqing's sea of consciousness like springs bursting from the earth.

Next.

He added a communication function to the grand formation. No matter how far apart clan members wearing jade talismans were, as long as they remained within the same star domain, they could communicate through divine sense at any time.

He added a combat assistance function to the grand formation, allowing it to provide clan members with real-time battlefield information during battle, analyze the flaws in an opponent's cultivation arts through calculations made by the grand formation's core, and offer the optimal tactical advice.

By the end.

There were functions such as "contribution points," through which clan members could earn points by completing family missions, turning in heavenly treasures, challenging powerful enemies, and other means, then exchange those points for pills, magical treasures, talismans, and other resources.

There were functions such as "Dao discussion and exchange," where clan members could communicate through the power of their minds, spar with one another using divine abilities, and share insights gained from comprehending the Dao.

As his ideas multiplied.

The formation model within his sea of consciousness had now expanded to an utterly unimaginable extent.

Hundreds of millions of formation patterns intertwined and coiled together, forming a colossal entity that would drive any formation master in the Great Desolate Realm mad with awe and terror.

Yet Chen Changqing's deductions continued.

Finally—

When the final formation pattern was embedded into its node, when the final sub-formation merged into the core, and when the formation diagram could no longer bear any more formation patterns...

An indescribable radiance suddenly bloomed within Chen Changqing's sea of consciousness.

That light pierced through his sea of consciousness, through the dome of the Scripture Repository, through layer after layer of restrictions around the Chen Clan Ancestral Land, and shot straight into the heavens.

In that instant!

Above the entire Purple Star, hundreds of millions of glowing rays appeared out of nowhere.

Every ray was a complete law of the Dao of formations, and every law was enough to drive formation experts throughout the world mad with obsession and pursuit.

Immediately after!

Countless golden formation patterns manifested on their own from the void.

Those patterns were dense and boundless, covering heaven and earth, turning the entire starry sky into an ocean of formations.

Every formation pattern rapidly revolved, as though announcing to the entire Great Desolate Realm that a heaven-defying grand formation capable of ending the Dao of formations in this world had been born today!

Visible to the naked eye!

At the very center of those endless formation patterns, the phantom of a colossal grand formation slowly emerged.

That phantom was unimaginably vast, covering the Chen Family's entire Purple Star Domain. The profundity of its formation principles far exceeded the limits of understanding of every formation master in the Great Desolate Realm.

At this moment—

Every formation master in the Great Desolate Realm, whether a novice formation apprentice who had only just entered the path or a grandmaster of formations, inexplicably felt a sense of submission welling up from the depths of their souls.

Countless formation masters involuntarily fell to their knees. They did not understand why they had to kneel; they only felt that failing to do so would be an act of blasphemy against that unseen existence.

Those ancient powers that had been speculating over the source before all fell silent.

No one dared utter another disrespectful word.

Because they finally understood—

The existence that had caused all of this had likely already gone far beyond anything they could comprehend.