It worked!
The Eight Formations Diagram's components shared a mysterious connection.
The [Heaven-Covering Formation] had failed precisely because it was influenced by the [Wind-Raising Formation] and [Cloud-Draping Disk]. Two against one made it easier for the [Heaven-Covering Formation], which shared their origin, to acknowledge him as its master.
Delight flashed in Lu Changfeng's eyes!
One of his chief objectives on this trip to Youzhou had actually been achieved at this moment, in this fashion!
With this formation disk, not only would his combat strength rise another notch, but his understanding of the Eight Formations Diagram as a whole would deepen. He might even glimpse heaven's secrets through it and discover the whereabouts of the remaining formation disks.
Wang Jingxian, who had been watching Lu Changfeng all along, keenly caught the joyful smile that bloomed across his face for an instant. Without even realizing it, the corners of her own lips lifted slightly in response, like a ripple quietly thawing across a frozen lake.
By then, Xue Ne had ordered his personal soldiers to collect the [Thunderclap Sword] Murong Wanli had left behind, along with all sixteen [Blood Soul Sub-Swords] scattered around the site.
Before Xue Ne arrived, the Thunderclap Sword's fate had already been settled with its master's defeat and death, making it spoils belonging to Lu Changfeng and Wang Jingxian. As for the sixteen Blood Soul Sub-Swords, they were ominous, evil objects. As a general of the orthodox establishment, Xue Ne had no interest in such things, nor did he wish to keep them in his army.
He waved a large hand and said generously, "Lord Lu, Sima Wang, these weapons were all won through your bloody struggle. The Thunderclap Sword should be a divine artifact forged by Xu Lu. Though the forging process... belonged to the Evil Path,