On the second day after Liu Changxu arrived on Red Lotus Island, he and his wife, Li Zhenxin, began busily setting up the third-tier formations needed to upgrade its spirit vein.
They planned to set up a lower-grade third-tier Azure Sea Rising Tide Formation and a third-tier middle-grade Five-Element Spirit-Gathering Formation.
The Five-Element Spirit-Gathering Formation was used to upgrade the spirit vein and had no offensive or defensive capabilities.
The Azure Sea Rising Tide Formation, however, could both attack and defend, making it ideal as Red Lotus Island's Island-Guarding Grand Formation.
Setting up a grand formation required full consideration of the terrain and surrounding environment, so the work was extremely involved.
Although the formation implements and formation discs were ready-made, deciding exactly where to place them to best effect was the true test of the person setting up the formation. Their skill directly determined how much of the grand formation's power could be brought into play.
Li Zhenxin was already a second-tier top-grade formation master. Although her cultivation prevented her from becoming a third-tier formation master, she was still capable of setting up third-tier grand formations. With Liu Changxu, a Golden Core True Person, assisting her, the installation of both formations proceeded smoothly.
Even so, the couple worked tirelessly for over a month before they finished setting up the two formations.
When Liu Changxu activated the two formations in succession, the previously clear, cloudless sky over Red Lotus Island began to change. Multicolored spiritual energy from heaven and earth within a thousand li converged upon the island.
The Five-Element Spirit-Gathering Formation on Red Lotus Island continuously drew in this gathering spiritual energy, forming a vast, funnel-shaped cloud of many colors above the island.
Under its influence, spiritual energy on Red Lotus Island, enveloped by the Five-Element Spirit-Gathering Formation, thickened into