Array Patterns Protection

Su Fang had naturally heard many tales of the legendary figures within Violet Star Palace. He looked over the graves before him.

Some graves were built rather large, while others were smaller.

Some were even so luxurious that they resembled palaces.

Su Fang had not stayed here for long yesterday, nor had he ventured very far in.

That was because Su Fang had possessed no cultivation yesterday, and his body had been far too weak.

Even now, Su Fang could still feel waves of cold energy beginning to invade his body once more.

Although the Dao Scripture Secret Canon was a god-tier cultivation art, how long had Su Fang been cultivating it? It was simply not enough to withstand the Yin Qi here.

The Yin Qi here was truly too powerful. Perhaps even the Dao Scripture Secret Canon could not completely refine such Yin Qi.

This was only the outskirts of the Gods and Devils Cemetery. If he went deeper into the cemetery, who knew how powerful the Yin Qi within would be?

"I still can't stay here for too long. The longer I remain, the less my body will be able to bear it."

Su Fang continued onward, examining the tombstones one by one.

Violet Star Palace had been passed down for more than fifty thousand years, gradually growing from a tiny sect.

The graves here began with the tenth generation palace master of Violet Star Palace. Only then did people begin to be buried here.

Yesterday, Su Fang had only reached the graves of the fourteenth generation before leaving.

Su Fang did not recognize most of those buried here, but there were still quite a few legendary figures from Violet Star Palace among them.

Su Fang searched and searched until he finally discovered the tombstone of someone familiar.

"Supreme Elder of the thirteenth generation of Violet Star Palace, Liu Changqing. Died at the age of eight hundred and sixty-six!"

Su Fang smiled as he looked at the tombstone.

Even in Violet Star Palace today, there were few who did not know the name Liu Changqing.

He had become a Supreme Elder because his contributions to Violet Star Palace had simply been too great.

He was also the first Supreme Elder in the history of Violet Star Palace.

Violet Star Palace had truly grown so powerful thanks to him.

He was a legendary figure!

Even more so, he was a heaven-blessed prodigy!

"Liu Changqing began cultivating at three, became a Martial Master at ten, a Martial Sect at twelve, a Martial Sect at fifteen... a Martial King at thirty-two... a Martial Saint at one hundred, and a Peak Martial Saint at two hundred!"

Whenever Su Fang thought of Liu Changqing's legends, he could not help but marvel.

Although Liu Changqing's cultivation speed was not the fastest in the history of the entire Heavenly Martial Continent, his life had been a legend, and he had made enormous contributions to the rise of Violet Star Palace.

Most importantly, Liu Changqing had left behind several pseudo-god-tier martial arts!

It was also Liu Changqing who had elevated Violet Star Palace's former sacred martial art, the Violet Star Sacred Canon, to a pseudo-god-tier martial art.

Before Liu Changqing, the Violet Star Sacred Canon had always been an eighth-grade martial art.

Even so, it had been a top-tier martial art for Violet Star Palace at the time.

Violet Star Palace had already been a first-rate sect then, but it still could not be considered a top-tier sect.

After Liu Changqing advanced to Martial Saint, he roamed the entire Heavenly Martial Continent and brought back many martial arts and cultivation methods that had been passed down through the ages.

Relying on those inherited cultivation methods, Violet Star Palace continued to develop and grow stronger.

Only in his later years did Liu Changqing perfect Violet Star Palace's inherited martial art, the Violet Star Sacred Canon, raising the originally eighth-grade Violet Star Sacred Canon to pseudo-god-tier quality.

Liu Changqing spent much of his life wandering abroad. Even across the Heavenly Martial Continent, many legends about him remained.

He was a figure who had suppressed an entire generation.

Under his protection, Martial Saints emerged from Violet Star Palace one after another.

It was precisely because of Liu Changqing that Violet Star Palace rose from a first-rate sect to one of the Heavenly Martial Continent's top sects, remaining one of the continent's nine superpowers to this day.

The nine superpowers of the Heavenly Martial Continent could be summed up in one sentence: three sects, two halls, two kingdoms in east and west, Horizon Pavilion in the north, Violet Star Palace in the south.

The three sects referred to the Sword Sect, Buddhist Sect, and Sacred Heart Sect.

The two halls referred to the Witch Palace and Ghost Soul Palace.

The two kingdoms in east and west referred to two superpowers: the Nine Provinces Dynasty in the eastern region of the Heavenly Martial Continent.

The other was the Black Dragon Kingdom in the western region of the Heavenly Martial Continent.

Horizon Pavilion in the north and Violet Star Palace in the south referred to Horizon Pavilion of the northern region and the present Violet Star Palace.

The Witch Palace and Ghost Soul Palace had always been regarded as demon cults by Horizon Pavilion and Violet Star Palace, and the two sides had long been like fire and water.

Su Fang's former self had been falsely accused of colluding with the Witch Palace's Holy Maiden, which had led to his current fate.

Since Su Fang had seen this tombstone, he naturally had to make a move against it.

Since Violet Star Palace had treated him unjustly, it could not blame him for disrespecting the tombstone of Violet Star Palace's Supreme Elder.

Su Fang was just about to open the tombstone.

But!

A terrifying energy erupted from within the tombstone and shot toward Su Fang, sending him flying several hundred meters away.

Pfft!

Su Fang saw array patterns appear across the entire tombstone and sighed. "How could I have forgotten? How could a tomb like this possibly lack an array for protection?"

"And these are array patterns—array patterns even more powerful than ordinary arrays. Even after thousands of years, they would not be damaged."

"Moreover, as later generations continue to reinforce the sealing power, they will keep protecting the safety of these tombstones."

"To break these array patterns, one would either need extremely profound attainments in array patterns or equally powerful strength."

Su Fang covered his chest and rose to his feet, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"The graves of the Dao Sect should originally have had array patterns guarding them as well. But as the Dao Sect declined, no more experts were buried there. Naturally, no descendants of the Dao Sect remained to reinforce those array patterns, and the patterns eventually disappeared."

Only then did Su Fang realize that he was actually quite fortunate.

Yet Su Fang was still unwilling to accept it. With so many ancestors of Violet Star Palace buried here, how could he be content without digging them open and taking a look?

"One day, I'll open every single grave here!" Su Fang picked up the broom from the ground and left unwillingly.

After returning to his residence, Su Fang shut the door and began cultivating once more.

Having suffered the backlash of the array patterns this time, Su Fang began circulating the Dao Scripture Secret Canon to repair his injured body.

It had to be said that the Dao Scripture Secret Canon truly deserved to be called a god-tier cultivation art. It placed great emphasis on foundations and had remarkable restorative effects.

After cultivating for a long while, Su Fang could already feel that his injuries had recovered.

Once he had recovered, Su Fang sensed that some of the Yin Qi that had previously entered his body still remained within him.

Su Fang circulated the Dao Scripture Secret Canon again to refine it, but he found that this Yin Qi was extremely difficult to refine and could only be expelled from his body.

"Even a god-tier cultivation art like the Dao Scripture Secret Canon can't refine this Yin Qi. Just what is the origin of the Yin Qi deep within those tombs?"

Su Fang was deeply shocked.

The Yin Qi within his body had all been brought back from the tombs.

The Yin Qi around the tombs was vastly different from the Yin Qi in this area.

The two were simply not energy forms on the same level.

"The Dao Scripture Secret Canon can refine the Yin Qi here, but it can't refine the Yin Qi that invaded my body from the tombs. Just how high-grade is that Yin Qi?"

Su Fang was extremely curious!

One had to know that the Dao Scripture Secret Canon was a god-tier cultivation art.

If even such a cultivation art could not refine it, one could well imagine just how terrifying the Yin Qi in that area was.

Moreover, Su Fang felt that the Yin Qi around those tombs was definitely far from simple.

"The Gods and Devils Cemetery truly holds too many secrets and strange things. The two places clearly aren't far apart, yet they always feel somehow different."

Su Fang was still too weak now and could not do many things. He decided to cultivate diligently during this period. As for the graves, he would deal with them after becoming stronger.

"Since the array patterns at the Dao Sect have disappeared, I'll go there tomorrow and scout the place out again."

Su Fang had found a target for his next move.

Although he still had not fully comprehended the Creation Golden Core, he had to scout the place out in advance.