Fortunately, the disaster they had feared never came to pass. Another two days and two nights went by. When the Formless Nascent Soul waved its hand, more than three hundred bolts of heavenly lightning plunged down like flood dragons, making the entire Black Cloud Ridge quake and tremble. Then, more than three hundred streams of light shot into the sky, weaving together in the air in rising and falling waves. Xiao Hua suddenly shouted, "Suppress!!!"
"Whoosh..." All the lights vanished into his hand at once, and every tremor disappeared completely. In Xiao Hua's hand was now another jade tablet resembling a stone stele, covered in stars and blazing with brilliant radiance!
"Congratulations, Master, on the successful formation of the array! Congratulations, Master, on the health of your sacred body..." The demons and cultivators of Black Cloud Ridge saw the clouds part and the moon emerge high above, then looked around and saw that Black Cloud Ridge itself had not changed at all. Yet neither divine sense nor Yuan sense could probe outward. They all bowed down, their voices roaring like a mountain echo.
Xiao Hua looked at them and waved his hand. "Rise! Now that the great array of Black Cloud Ridge has been completed, it is even more impregnable than before. You may cultivate in peace."
"Many thanks, Master!" Everyone rose and returned to their respective tasks.
"Xiaoyao, you will take charge of this mountain-suppressing spirit stele. All its methods of use are recorded in the jade pupil I gave you earlier!" Xiao Hua said somewhat wearily, tossing the jade tablet to Qin Xiaoyao.
Under everyone's envious gazes, Qin Xiaoyao received the jade tablet and bowed. "This disciple understands."
Afterward, Xiao Hua said nothing more. He descended into the cave abode and shut himself away for quiet cultivation. Setting