The Liu Household.
A green willow rose to support the heavens. Liu Qiuqi stood above it, its branches hanging down like divine chains, weaving together to seal off the entire Azure Field region and hold back the Nether Radiance ahead.
Liu Qiuqi had little hope for his own formation. Even the Duan Clan's Mountain-Moving Origin-Transposition Formation had been broken. How could his hastily built Azurewood Sumeru Blossom Formation withstand this?
"Last crown prince of Great Qi, Heaven-Mending Lord Yingguang, Daoist Tianguang, Ye Lingxiao."
Whenever he recited that string of honorifics, Liu Qiuqi could not help grumbling inwardly. What grandeur. This last crown prince of the Qi Kingdom had perished with his nation, yet that string of titles sounded less like someone at the purple mansion middle stage than a golden core cultivator.
"Fortunately, he's dead now. Otherwise, if he ran into the Upper Firmament Sect, he'd probably have to change his name."
Liu Qiuqi steadied his mind and concentrated on sensing the tomb beneath Azure Field Mountain. He seemed able to glimpse something of its formation.
Taboo wood was the wood of wandering ghosts and spirits, the wood of tombs and burial vaults. It also governed all wood spirits and plant sprites. Like nurturing earth, it lay exceedingly close to the netherworld, yet the two remained forever separated.
Liu Qiuqi calmed his mind and looked into the distance. Layer upon layer of nether radiance rose, and nearly a hundred soldiers in bronze armor stood silently, mounted on warhorses with stark white bones exposed. All manner of strange features appeared on them-three heads and six arms, dragon heads and feathered wings-until they looked almost like a pack of monsters.
Razor-sharp swords, sabers, axes, and halberds pointed toward Azure Field Mountain, their killing intent gathering. The troops had yet to move, but