At this moment, if one looked closely, one would see that the surfaces of Yi Xuanbai's gray-white bones were covered in densely packed formation patterns.
The world knew that cultivators of the Way of Formations needed the support of all manner of magical artifacts to form their techniques. Before setting a formation, they also had to observe appearances and assess the lay of the land. Only after the formation foundation, formation veins, formation patterns, and formation eye were all in place could a formation be activated.
Yet Formation Cultivators who had reached Yi Xuanbai's realm possessed some ability to raise formations with a word, though this was limited to formations created through ordinary means.
Like the two grand formations he had activated earlier, they still required advance arrangement and preparation to achieve their intended effects.
The limitations inherent to this path meant that Formation Cultivators could not unleash their full strength within a short time when faced with sudden developments.
If they encountered enemies seeking revenge, attacking from behind or laying an ambush, then without preparation, they could very well die on the spot.
Back when Liu Zihao had escaped the Formation Pavilion, he had experienced such an attack after being followed.
For thousands of years, countless great talents of the Way of Formations across the Canglan Continent had explored and experimented with this dilemma, hoping that fellow cultivators of later generations would no longer be bound by it.
And the ancestor of the hidden cultivation lineage to which Yi Xuanbai belonged was the one who had brought this path to its pinnacle.
Formation artifacts could not be laid down at any time, and the movements of the heavens and terrain differed everywhere, so there was no need to waste effort on that level any longer.
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