Mysterious Sect Gate! Thanks to Director Ruan Who Loves Yuba Beef Brisket for the character summon!

At that moment, Nü Tu's expression changed again.

Ancient patterns were unexpectedly awakening within the darkness, gradually lighting up with a dim golden glow.

They looked exactly like the formation patterns surrounding the giant flower bud from before—dense and obscure, crisscrossing and winding outward along the surroundings.

At first, those formation patterns were merely faint points of light. Yet as Mysterious Yellow Qi continued to gather, their radiance grew brighter and brighter. The dark gold intertwined with the golden Mysterious Yellow Qi, illuminating the depths of the Earth Vein in magnificent splendor.

The scattered formation patterns gradually wove into a net, enveloping the vortex of Mysterious Yellow Qi at its center. It seemed to be both binding it and drawing it in.

Nü Tu pulled Xu Qiansui back several dozen feet, opening a safe distance.

These formation patterns shared the same origin as those around the flower bud. They had clearly also been laid down by the upper echelons of the Dongting Immortal Sect. Now that they had been activated by Mysterious Yellow Qi, no one knew what unforeseen change they might trigger.

While focusing her mind in vigilance, she cautiously spread out her Divine Sense toward the center, wanting to know what the source was that had gathered billions upon billions of strands of Mysterious Yellow Qi.

The Spirit Runes across Xu Qiansui's body all lit up as he stared fixedly at the golden vortex ahead.

The vortex continued to spin. Its golden light grew ever more brilliant, its rumbling ever louder, and the formation patterns ever brighter. Dark golden lines continued spreading over the ground and stone walls, turning the entire area into a Secret Realm woven from gold and dark gold.

The two of them, along with Xu Changqing, watched from neither too near nor too far