Myriad Formation Spirit Palace

Biodata

Power Progression

History

Ancient Myriad Formation Spirit Palace

The original Myriad Formation Spirit Palace was renowned throughout the Dou Qi Continent for the Dao of formations. Enemies “from beyond the heavens” destroyed it while Formation Old Man was away. His low cultivation prevented him from rebuilding it alone; he later constructed a Formation Pavilion for the Savage Sect and was buried alongside that sect after another enemy attack 49.

After accepting Xiao Lin as his disciple, Formation Old Man revealed that the ancient palace’s location was concealed in Basic Formation Annotations. The book served as both instruction and a test: Xiao Lin would discover the location only after his formation attainments became sufficient. Formation Old Man believed the invading enemy might also have perished within the ruins, but warned that the site remained dangerous. Xiao Lin promised not to investigate before he was strong enough 49 50.

Xiao Lin eventually located the former site in the Devouring Abyss and opened its seal using inherited hand seals. The resulting pillar of light attracted Hun Ling and the attention of the Emperor Clans. Within the ruins, Xiao Lin learned from a fused Soul Body that his teacher was known as Zhen Gui and that an Extraterrestrial Evil Race Demon Emperor had invaded the ancient palace 1001 1018.

The ancient Palace Master, Shi Lingdao, trapped the invader and sacrificed himself, using a grand array to kill the Demon Emperor inside his own body. The demon’s remains corrupted that body, and a new soul was born within it. This blue-black man retained Shi Lingdao’s memories and claimed his identity, but Xiao Lin rejected that claim when they confronted each other in interwoven Spiritual Formations 1018 1019 1023.

Founding the Current Sect

After leaving Falling Phoenix Ridge through the Realm Bead, Xiao Lin and his companions searched for a suitable headquarters. They rejected the Southern Region because of the upheaval around Falling Phoenix Ridge and the Central Region because of its concentration of powerful factions. The Northern Region offered distance from the disturbance and fewer prominent competitors 326.

The founders constructed towers and pavilions, installed formations throughout the grounds, and transferred their special space from the Realm Bead into the new headquarters. In an era when formation cultivation had declined, the palace became the only contemporary sect on the continent openly devoted to that path 326 967.

Early recruitment was difficult. The founders’ families accounted for much of its initial population of roughly one hundred, while prospective recruits worried that the unfamiliar sect might quickly dissolve. Publicizing Lin Xiao’s role as Palace Master—and his earlier success against Yellow Springs Pavilion—helped attract Formation Masters. Even so, after half a year it had recruited only two to three hundred people 326.

Xiao Lin later explained to Ji Li that he had named the current sect after his teacher’s ancient palace and had inherited its formation legacy 963.

Expansion and Consolidation

The Ye Family’s decision to join supplied an established alchemical lineage. Its public announcement, together with Xiao Lin’s capture of the Three Thousand Burning Flame, triggered rapid recruitment and territorial growth. Rather than continue expanding unchecked, the leadership deliberately slowed development to consolidate its gains and avoid unnecessary enemies 383 384.

The palace later broadened its training beyond formation specialists, introduced cultivation-based disciple ranks, and opened competitive access to the Realm of Formations. Its first ranking tournament made cultivation resources and access to Essence of Life major incentives for advancement 448 449 452.

Conflict with the Heavenly Nether Sect

The conflict began over a mineral vein containing material needed for tier-four and higher Formation Disks. Although the palace had already paid for it, the Fire Cloud Sect repudiated the agreement. A Heavenly Nether Sect Dou Zun then injured and expelled the palace elder sent to claim the vein 574.

Xiao Lin declined to request Sound Valley’s help and dispatched five Dou Zun experts with supporting forces against the Fire Cloud Sect. The campaign was conducted openly to demonstrate that the palace would retaliate against provocation 576.

The dispute was ultimately traced to Gu You’s scheme: he had financed Tian Mingzi’s breakthrough while concealing the palace’s Lei Clan connection. Heavenly Underworld Old Demon discovered the deception and ended the confrontation. The palace destroyed the Fire Cloud Sect, leaving its former grounds beneath a lake 584.

During the campaign, Xi Miaoyun and Zuo He also identified wavering disciples and spies planted by other factions under Xiao Lin’s instructions 585.

Emperor Clan Attention and Later Conflicts

Xiao Lin’s use of Spirit Array Master techniques at the ancient palace exposed the existence of the lost art to the six Emperor Clans present. Their representatives subsequently visited the current palace to investigate. Ji Li revealed his Mid-Four-Star Dou Sheng strength but avoided disclosing the method for becoming a Spirit Array Master. The Lei Clan and the palace agreed to an alliance, and the Central Plains began referring to the leading public powers as One Hall, One Tower, One Palace 1023 1044 1046 1048.

After Xiao Lin’s two-year absence, he returned to reassure palace members who had feared for him. Ling Miao then reported Hun Clan activity near the Stone Realm, bringing their plan to expose the clan’s plot closer to action 1111.

The Soul Hall later attacked the palace’s vassals, forcing Ji Li to send most of its fighters to their aid. Ji Li and Ling Miao suspected the attacks were intended to draw away the defenders so a Hun Clan expert could strike the injured Xiao Lin during seclusion. In the ensuing conflict, the palace wiped out more than a third of the Soul Hall’s forces 1227 1228 1231.

When the Heavenly Mansion Alliance formed against the Soul Hall, the palace avoided joining it directly so as not to provoke open Hun Clan intervention. Instead, it promised to restrain Hun Clan experts if they entered the conflict and sent younger members to Starfall Pavilion for “exchange and study” 1311.

The palace later received an invitation to the Emperor Clan alliance against the Hun Clan. With Xiao Lin still in seclusion after breaking through to Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint, Ji Li prepared to lead a delegation of experts above the Dou Venerable level to the Gu Clan, traveling with Sound Valley and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan 1574 1575.

Organization and Membership

Leadership

When both Palace Masters were in seclusion during Hun Tu’s visit, the elders disagreed over whether to deploy Xuan Ting or consult a Palace Master. Zuo He went to the Realm of Formations to seek guidance from the Supremes and chief consecrator 1417.

Disciple Ranks and Training

• Ordinary, inner, and core disciples compete in separate ranking tournaments. The first tournament used cultivation brackets of Dou Ling and below, Dou Wang, and Dou Emperor and above 449 450.
• Core disciple eligibility includes reaching Dou Emperor before the age of fifty; stronger or older members may instead occupy elder or steward positions 448.
• Top-ten competitors in each bracket receive three months in the Realm of Formations. Higher placements also earn greater allocations of cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, pills, pill recipes, medicinal ingredients, formation diagrams, and Formation Disks 449 452.
• Formation-breaking is compulsory knowledge. Disciples need not all learn to construct formations, but every disciple is expected to understand how to break them 449.
• Personal territory is available to disciples who reach sufficient strength. They may arrange their residences as towers, courtyards, islands, or mountain peaks without a prescribed architectural style 902.

Notable Members

• Lei Guang and Lei Ya — Lei Clan youths sent to train under the palace’s rules. They rose from early Dou Wang to Peak Dou Emperor over six or seven years and became its leading core disciples 371 448.
• Xiao Ding — Entered as an ordinary disciple without special treatment. Initially, only Xiao Lin and Ji Li knew his family connection to the Palace Master; he later reached the Dou Sheng realm 409 1477.
• Xiao Li — Competed among ordinary disciples during the first ranking tournament; later shared Xiao Yun Peak with Xiao Ding and reached the Dou Sheng realm 450 902 1477.
• Qing Lin — A member whose Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils led Xiao Lin to regard her as a potential rival to Emperor Clan prodigies. She later reached Two-Star Dou Saint 451 960 1413.
• Ye Xinlan — Ye Family member who combined peak tier-four alchemy with the ability to construct level-two formations. She later became a Dou Venerable, Eighth-Tier Alchemist, and Fourth-Level Spirit Formation Master 636 637 1478.
• Xiao Yi Xian — Officially joined after Xiao Lin reassured her about her changed appearance and invited her to remain without informing Xiao Yan 869.
• Ling Miao’s four clansmen — Joined alongside her and were housed in the Realm of Formations to remain out of the Hun Clan’s sight 729.
• Bodhi — A high-level palace expert whose normal Four-Star Dou Sheng strength could briefly rise to the level of a Six-Star Dou Sheng 1413.

Internal Culture

The early palace had little infighting because its small membership consisted largely of Formation Masters and enthusiasts. Even after its growth, the senior leadership maintained a harmonious relationship: competition existed, but not scheming against one another 327 585.

Xiao Lin rejected automatic privileges for his relatives, while Mang Tianchi explicitly authorized the palace to discipline visiting Lei Clan youths without clan interference. The leadership also wanted its own disciples to distinguish themselves rather than let the sect appear dependent on Lei Clan support 371 409 451.

Headquarters and Facilities

Surface Grounds

• Main complex — Towers and pavilions built in a scenic, spiritually rich location, with numerous formations incorporated during construction 326.
• Tournament arena — Protected by defensive formations capable of containing the flame and lightning attacks used during the core disciple competition 454.
• Thousand Shadow Pavilion — Xiao Yi Xian’s residence during her initial stay 866.
• Xiao Yun Peak — Residence and training ground used by Xiao Ding and Xiao Li 902.
• Heaven and Earth Primordial Unity Formation — The sect-protecting formation, jointly deduced by Xiao Lin, Ji Li, and the Eight Elders and improved over the years. Without a controller it could withstand nearly half a day of uninterrupted low-star Dou Sheng attacks; when controlled, it could resist a Five-Star Dou Sheng briefly, though a Six-Star Dou Sheng could break it with one strike 1111.

Realm of Formations

The Realm of Formations is the palace’s concealed core, transferred from the Realm Bead into its headquarters 326 328.

• Access: An illusory gate admits the founders and authorized entrants while repelling others. Sufficiently powerful outsiders can force their way through 328.
• Environment: An enormous wutong forest whose trees gradually condense Essence of Life; the ancient Cangwu tree produces a substantially superior form 449.
• Cultivation resource: Essence of Life heals injuries and improves cultivation aptitude 448.
• Training trials: Formations enclose individual trees. Disciples must break through them to obtain the Essence of Life inside 449.
• Protected accommodation: Ling Miao and her surviving clansmen stayed within it while avoiding Hun Clan attention 729.
• Seclusion: Xiao Lin’s Late-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint breakthrough filled the realm with Astral Power and made it too oppressive for others to remain inside 1574.

Formation Pavilion

Xiao Lin personally built the Formation Pavilion over nearly half a year to teach the Nine Fundamental Formations. Each floor contains a fundamental formation; clearing it allows the challenger to comprehend that formation 969.

• Understanding several fundamental formations enables a practitioner to begin deducing formations independently.
• The ability to deduce higher-level formations depends on mastering enough fundamentals.
• Ji Li and the Eight Elders trained by condensing Spirit Seals while Xiao Lin constructed the pavilion 969.

Formation Arts and Economy

Formation Services

• Commissioned construction: The palace accepts invitations to establish formations for other factions 574.
• Formation Disk production: Outstanding disciples receive manufacturing instruction passed down by Xiao Lin and the Eight Elders 574.
• Near-monopoly: Few outsiders possess comparable manufacturing techniques, and independent producers are often recruited into the palace. Scarcity makes Formation Disks generally more valuable than equivalent-tier medicinal pills 574.
• External sales: Only tier-one through tier-three Formation Disks are normally sold. Tier-four and higher disks require better materials and, at the documented stage, can be manufactured only by Xiao Lin and the Eight Elders 574.
• Spirit Array Masters: Xiao Lin taught Ji Li and the Eight Elders to condense Spirit Seals, reviving the lost art within the sect. They intended eventually to teach others after improving their own attainments 968.

Resources and Standing

• Initial funding: The founders financed early development themselves; Ji Li was particularly wealthy 331.
• Lei Clan supplies: Periodic deliveries strengthened the palace’s resources and accumulated reserves 371 448 574.
• Alchemy: The Ye Family’s integration made the palace self-sufficient in medicinal pills 636.
• Essence of Life trade: The leadership identified surplus Essence of Life as a resource that could be exchanged externally rather than consumed entirely within the sect 498.
• Reputation among Formation Masters: Feng Xian described it as a sacred land for formation practitioners, occupying a position comparable to Danta’s standing among alchemists. Eventually, most independent Formation Masters across the continent joined it 922 1142.
• Stone Clan contributions: The Stone Clan sent Heaven Rank and Earth Rank cultivation methods and Dou Techniques when it entrusted two favored talents to the palace for protection, further strengthening the sect’s foundations 1226.

Myriad Formation Token

• An archaic, pitch-black token bearing intricate patterns and the character for “formation” 978.
• Represents the Palace Master’s supreme authority and can open any restriction within the palace or mobilize the organization’s power 978.
• Xiao Lin gave one to Medusa, entitling her to unconditional assistance from the palace if she encountered trouble. He later explained that Cai Lin could use it to command most of the palace’s forces, while refusing Xiao Yan’s request for a token of his own 979 1344.

External Relationships

• Lei Clan — Supplies resources and sends younger members for training. Its support helped persuade the Ye Family to join, but Xiao Lin sought to preserve the palace’s independent identity. The two later formalized an alliance 370 371 451 1048.
• Ye Family — Joined after inspecting the palace and witnessing Lei Clan support. Surrendered its permanent Danta elder seat for an opportunity to approach the Three Thousand Burning Flame, which it passed to Xiao Lin 371 383.
• Sound Valley — Formal ally. Yan Suxin personally brought elders and disciples to negotiate, and the alliance was publicly announced three days after their arrival. The two later planned to travel together to the Emperor Clan alliance gathering 492 498 1575.
• Jia Nan Academy — Recruitment partner for Inner Academy graduates. A Spatial Wormhole connects the academy with the palace, though its name was initially withheld from students 621 822.
• Starfall Pavilion — Maintains friendly exchanges and received a visit from Chief Disciple Tian Huangzi intended to deepen relations. The palace later sent reinforcements against the Soul Hall 677 922 1059.
• Heavenly Mansion Alliance — The palace initially declined direct membership to avoid provoking the Hun Clan, but promised to hold back Hun Clan experts and sent younger members to Starfall Pavilion. The two powers continued to cooperate rather than compete 1311 1589.
• Wind Lightning Pavilion — Initially adopted noninterference after Thunder Venerable confirmed that the palace did not threaten its interests. Its leadership later became alarmed by the palace’s military mobilization 327 576.
• Soul Hall — Enemy responsible for covert efforts to provoke conflict through the Heavenly Nether Sect. It later attacked the palace’s vassals and suffered heavy losses in the resulting conflict 576 584 1228 1231.
• Hun Clan — Hostile to the palace because of its opposition to the Soul Hall and its protection of Ling Clan survivors. Palace leaders suspected the clan of using the Soul Hall’s campaign as a diversion to target Xiao Lin 1201 1228.
• Stone Clan — Sought an alliance and sent Shi Yun and Yan Longzi to the palace for protection, together with valuable cultivation methods and Dou Techniques 1226.
• Heavenly Nether Sect — Fought the palace following the mineral-vein dispute, then withdrew after its involvement in Gu You’s scheme was exposed 574 584.
• Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan — Initially sent a delegation to seize Feng Qing’er. Xiao Lin, posing as Ji Li, declared her under palace protection and forcibly expelled the delegation. The two later became allies; Jiufeng rescued Zuo He’s group on Xiao Lin’s orders, exposing the relationship. Senior palace members knew Xiao Lin held portions of several clan Dou Sheng experts’ Soul Origins 687 690 1289.
• Yao Clan — Sent Yao Jing to invite the palace to its Medicine Ceremony. Xiao Lin accepted and attended under his original identity with Ye Xinlan 1478 1497.
• Xiao Yan — Initially viewed the palace ambivalently because Tian Huangzi had targeted him despite its friendship with Starfall Pavilion. Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian’s favorable accounts conflicted with his experience; their speculation about rival Palace Master factions was not an established division within the sect. He later learned more about his grandfather’s standing in the palace, although Xiao Lin continued to conceal Supreme Elder Lin’s identity 960 961 1344.