Time flowed on, and in the blink of an eye, a year and a half had passed. Lin Fan was nearly fourteen now. He had consolidated his foundation in the Array Formation Realm, advancing steadily as he worked through the Dao Arts.
During this period, he had spent almost all his time in seclusion, studying various Grand Formations and rarely venturing out.
Of course, Lin Fan's main goal was to break through the extreme realm of Array Formation. He wanted to go farther than ordinary people in this realm and possess unrivaled divine might.
However, this was no simple task. The more powerful an array was, the more dangerous it was to inscribe within his body. There was no room for the slightest carelessness or error.
A person was alive, not an inanimate object, constantly moving and changing. An array inscribed into flesh, internal organs, and bones could not follow the usual laws.
Thus, even a single corner of a magic array required serious contemplation and careful study to find a safe way to combine and inscribe it.
"Sure enough, only by delving deeper can I understand the mysteries and vastness of Array Formation.
"This is an act of creation, a monumental feat. Even with an existing array diagram, it's difficult to simply copy it by following the instructions," Lin Fan murmured.
The world outside was a great cosmos, while the human body was a small universe. They were alike yet different, and the laws governing their operation were difficult to grasp. Thus, the methods of inscription differed as well.
This was also why few dared to inscribe intricate Grand Formations within their bodies. Even established, safe magic arrays were steeped in the blood shed by the predecessors who had explored them.
By now, his admiration for Cao Yusheng had