A nearly imperceptible whoosh sounded. Luo Qian could not move atop the enormous stone egg, nor could he see beneath it. The Primordial Immortal Formation had revealed its true face: sections of gleaming Immortal Jade pillars buried in the ground, with only half a meter of each exposed. Mysterious talismans surrounded these formation points, forming an intricate pattern. On closer inspection, the enormous talismans themselves were made up of countless smaller talismans and jade pillars, which in turn were made up of still smaller ones...
Anyone whose cultivation was too weak would have grown dizzy at the sight, as though trapped in a maze. This Primordial Immortal Formation was formidable indeed!
A strange radiance rose from the Immortal Formation, at once like light, mist, and lightning. Thread by thread, it seeped into the enormous stone egg. As it did, petals of lotus-like light danced gently, beautiful and graceful as a girl in the first bloom of youth. Yet boundless killing intent lurked within that beauty. Several bold Immortal Beasts approached. Their minds had awakened, and greed had overcome fear. Like the Demon Beasts of the Heavenly River, they wanted to seize the divine soul while they had the chance.
But before they could draw near, the beautiful petals of light lashed out like a serpent's tongue. Even Ninth-Rank Immortal Beasts fell in a single blow!
The process lasted a full two hours, and Luo Qian sat motionless atop the enormous stone egg throughout. By then, the strange phenomenon on Cloud Pillar Mountain had drawn the attention of nearby Immortals. Scattered figures had arrived among the mountains to investigate. But after seeing what had happened to the greedy Immortal Beasts, no one dared approach those seemingly harmless petals of light. Everyone guessed that a Sacred Beast cultivating in seclusion here was