Arc 28The Mountain Formation
Zhang Xuezhou reached the Sacred Land, helped Zou Bugui treat the wounded Tiger Strength Demon King, and broke through to the Consciousness Creation Realm. The Exalted One enlisted Zhang and the other masters to alter the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains formation, leaving Zhang flying toward its central acupoint to measure it.
- Zhang Xuezhou arrived at the Sacred Land with Lingyu as Li Guang's attack left the demons afraid, then met the Venerable One, whose Yang Corporeal Soul had taken form.
- The Venerable One sent Zhang Xuezhou to help Zou Bugui refine Longevity Pills, while Zou warned Zhang about Jin Chang and taught him Yin-Yang School techniques.
- Zou Bugui and Zhang Xuezhou gave the injured Tiger Strength Demon King an oversized Longevity Pill, then Zhang persuaded the Goat Strength Demon King to provide treasures and help him break through in exchange for treatment.
- With medicine and Emperor Jing's luck, Zhang Xuezhou broke through to the Consciousness Creation Realm as the Dao Lord and Nine Spirits Primal Sage arrived to discuss changing the mountain formation.
- Zhang Xuezhou proposed that the Exalted One exchange his Yin and Yang Eyes for the Dao Lord's and Nine Spirits Primal Sage's treasures, helping the masters agree to work together.
- The Exalted One revealed that Li Guang had attacked the secret realm's gate, and the masters led Zhang Xuezhou and Zou Bugui beneath the Geomagnetic Primal Light to draw the hidden realms together.
- Zhang Xuezhou used the Exalted One's colored glass to study the formation, located its major acupoint between the three hidden realms, and asked the masters to measure the distance to its inscriptions.
- Nine Spirits Primal Sage gave up 1,632 hairs to make a measuring rope, and Zhang Xuezhou flew toward the formation's center with it as the others hoped he would survive.