Fortunately, the calamity they had feared never came to pass. After another full two days and nights, the Formless Nascent Soul swept a hand, and more than three hundred bolts of heavenly lightning plunged down like flood dragons. The entire Black Cloud Ridge shook as mountains and earth trembled. Immediately afterward, over three hundred streaks of radiance shot into the sky, weaving together in the air in rising and falling waves. Then they heard Xiao Hua shout sharply, "Suppress!!!"
"Whoosh..." All the radiance simultaneously vanished into his hand, and every tremor disappeared completely. In Xiao Hua's hand, there was now an additional jade tablet resembling a stone stele, covered in stars and blazing with brilliant light!
"Congratulations, Master, on the great completion of the formation! Congratulations, Master, on your sacred body's well-being..." The demons and cultivators of Black Cloud Ridge watched as the clouds parted and the moon emerged high above. Looking again at Black Cloud Ridge, they saw that nothing seemed to have changed, yet divine sense, Yuan sense, and every other kind of perception could no longer extend outward. All of them bowed down, their voices like a mountain-shaking chorus.
Xiao Hua looked at the crowd and waved his hand. "Rise! Now that Black Cloud Ridge's grand formation has been completed, it is even more impregnable than before. You may cultivate in peace."
"Thank you, Master!" The crowd rose and returned to their respective duties.
"Xiaoyao, take charge of this Mountain-Suppressing Spirit Stele. All its methods of use are recorded in the jade slip I gave you earlier," Xiao Hua said somewhat wearily as he tossed the jade tablet to Qin Xiaoyao.
Under everyone's envious gazes, Qin Xiaoyao accepted the jade tablet and bowed. "This disciple understands."
Afterward, Xiao Hua said no more. His figure descended into the