Truth Within the Painting

Gu Yuanqing stood in the plaza before the Dao Palace, starlight flowing through his eyes.

As he gradually located the Formation Base Artifacts of the four main Sword Formations, the primary framework of the Star Dou Heavenly Cycle Great Formation had steadily taken shape in his mind, undergoing subtle adjustments through constant verification.

The powers belonging to the other three within the Demon Subduing Sword Domain had already been completely dispersed or refined by Gu Yuanqing. Strands of divine sense, like spring rain moistening all things in silence, gradually branded his Soul Imprint into these seven Formation Base Artifacts.

The former owners of these Formation Base Artifacts had long since fallen into the river of time, leaving them ownerless. Gu Yuanqing refined them at a considerable pace.

Though fully connecting his mind and spirit to these formation artifacts and wielding them as easily as his own limbs would require many years, simple control was no longer a problem.

Although Gu Yuanqing had only roughly mastered the formation artifacts of the Demon Purging Sword Domain, each of the Four Great Sword Formations drew upon its own Sword Intent as the source driving the formation. Since he had never cultivated the Demon Purging Sword, forcing it into action would make it difficult to unleash the Sword Formation's power; it might even be inferior to letting the Sword Formation operate on its own.

Of course, Gu Yuanqing had no intention of borrowing its power. It was enough to keep it under his control.

Under the influence of the Demon Purging Sword Domain, the Demon Sealing Sword Domain and Heavenly Demon Sword Domain were already in a precarious situation.

The two were fighting separately, while Gu Yuanqing was instead using the power of the Demon Subduing Sword Domain to suppress both Sword Formations.

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