The Spirit Taming Sect, Clear Spirit Grotto Heaven.
Tian Heng stood before an immense, majestic formation array, watching five-colored radiance swirl like clouds at sunset, dazzling in its splendor. His expression was calm and solemn.
Bei Yetang stood a few steps behind him, holding his breath and silently waiting in attendance.
Several dozen yards away, Lu Tianyao and the Shadow King stood back to back, bound to the same enormous pillar.
The pillar was forged from purple copper and carved with a giant dragon, its claws bared and jaws spread, radiating an imposing presence.
Beneath their feet, light flowed through the enormous formation array. Nearly tangible beams intertwined and shifted endlessly, projecting strange, illusory scenes of flickering figures across the vast clearing.
Those illusory scenes were actually memories from the minds of Lu Tianyao and the Shadow King.
Outside the enormous formation array, thirty-six array masters at the tenth turn of the human rank sat cross-legged in a circle, each controlling a ritual altar. Following Tian Heng's instructions, they used the formation array's power to draw out the two men's divine souls, continually reading their thoughts and memories and using special methods to project them into visible form.
Since many of the Shadow King's memories had already vanished, the images on his side were jumbled and fragmented. But Lu Tianyao still retained memories of the same events, gradually filling in the gaps.
Finally, on the enormous formation array shaped like a pair of Yin-Yang fish, the shifting images on both sides revealed the same place.
It was an enormous island spanning over ten thousand miles, shaped like a hemisphere. Mountains, rivers, and valleys were faintly visible on its flat face. Deep in its center stood a mighty city on a plain, as heavily fortified as a fortress.
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