Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 526: Chapter 320: End of the Map_2

Xu Yang traversed through the void, searching high and low, only to find himself back in the ruins of Tianshu Sect which he himself had shattered years ago.

The once-leading one of the Three Sects, the dominator of the Cultivation Realm in Liang Country, now lay in ruins.

A century’s time, heavens and earth merged, and even though the chaos in space caused by the great war had settled, it couldn’t restore everything as it was. The once number one Spirit Vein in Liang Country, the Tianshu sub-sect mountain gate, still remained a scarred wasteland.

Xu Yang said nothing, watching coldly, investigating every suspicious place.

Suddenly…

“Hmm!?”

Xu Yang’s gaze sharpened, his figure flickered, and he vanished into a patch of the void.

Upon entering the void, the boundaries suddenly shifted, and he found himself in front of a Cave Mansion.

The Cave Mansion was unremarkable, quite ordinary, nowhere near as resplendent as the Five Elements Immortal Mansion, but strangely hidden within the void. Even Xu Yang took a long time to find a trace of it.

The Cave Mansion had no door, nor any prohibitions. After surveying it for a moment, Xu Yang stepped inside to find everything in disrepair, desolate and dreary, save for a five-colored light swirling in the center.

Approaching it, he saw a pool of water with a pattern of five directions, with the colors green, yellow, red, white, and black shimmering within, hinting at the innate mechanism.

“Five Directions Merit Pool?”

“Not quite right, it’s an imitation!”

Xu Yang muttered to himself, focusing his gaze on the pool’s core, where an ancient tree stood.

The tree was simple and low, hardly half a person’s height, its bark dark and dull, its crown withered, devoid of branches, leaves, flowers, or fruit, seeming like a piece of dead, rotten wood.

Yet, it was this piece of decayed wood, rooted in the pool formed by the essence of the Innate Five Elements, that ceaselessly drew the power of the Five Elements and even the Heavenly Earth Prime Spirit from the void, like an endless black hole that could never be filled.

Xu Yang stepped forward, his divine consciousness probing into the ancient tree, vanishing like a clay ox into the sea without a response.

Xu Yang frowned, finding the ancient tree oddly familiar.

“The Power of the Void?”

“And… the Power of Time?”

“The essence of the Five Elements, the VOID, and time… could this Five Elements Immortal Root be a Heaven and Earth Seed?”

“No wonder it can root itself in the void, thoroughly concealed, even unseen by the Mahayana of the Immortal Sect Holy Land!”

Despite being Xu Yang, he was somewhat astonished at the sight of the ancient tree.

But that was as far as his surprise went.

Without hesitating, Xu Yang decisively made his move, sweeping his sleeve towards the ancient tree in the middle of the Five Directions Pool.

Sleeve Universe!

The Dao of the Void, the art of absorption, although not as formidable as an Immortal Gods’s ability to grasp the might of heaven and earth with a single hand, was still a top-notch technique in this mundane Cultivation Realm, second only to powers like the Great Five Elements Divine Light.

As the Qiankun enveloped it, the void was harvested, and even the Five Directions Pool was uprooted along with it.

“Boom!”

With a rumble, the void quaked open, the colors green, yellow, red, white, and black vanished, all entering his Sleeve Universe, and the ancient tree was no longer to be seen—only leaving behind a giant pit at the original site of the pool, disappearing into the void.

Could it have gone this smoothly?

As he secured the Five Directions Pool and the Heaven and Earth Root within his mechanical body, Xu Yang’s brow furrowed, and he immediately departed.

“Boom!”

No sooner had he left than the void vibrated again, and the Cave Mansion collapsed, vanishing into oblivion.

Xu Yang remained unaffected, flitting out.

However…

Just as he exited the Cave Mansion, he saw a sky full of dazzling stars arranged in the formation of the Big Dipper, sealing the space and time of the heavens and earth.

Under such radiance, even Xu Yang’s form was revealed.

“Esteemed fellow Daoist, such secretive actions are truly unbecoming of the Righteous Path,”

said a voice with a light laugh, ringing out clearly.

Xu Yang looked up, following the voice, only to see a young man standing proudly amid the heavenly stars, the Big Dipper forming patterns behind him, commandingly illuminating the light of the Cycle of Heaven Constellation.

It was none other than the Beidou Holy Son, the Tianshu Sect Master—Zhou Tian Shu!

Seeing him, Xu Yang remained impassive as he surveyed the stars in the surroundings, then at the Big Dipper constellations: “Beidou Myriad Stars Chart?”

“Indeed!”

Zhou Tian Shu nodded, replying with a light smile, “This is precisely the Beidou Myriad Stars Chart.”

To this, Xu Yang showed no concern: “Such a countermeasure seems quite feeble.”

“Admittedly,”

Zhou Tian Shu’s expression remained unchanged as he calmly spoke, “If a Daoist friend could enter this Void Spirit Cave Heaven so quietly and display such mastery over the Dao of the Void, even if not quite matching the once Void Spirit Monarch, you are not much inferior. Relying solely on this Beidou Myriad Stars Chart, indeed, I cannot detain you, however…”

His words took a turn, brimming with killing intent: “To obstruct you for a brief period will not pose a problem. I wonder if you have the courage to directly face the Saint Lord of Beidou, the Mahayana of the Immortal Sect?”

“Well, that depends on what you can do,” Xu Yang replied.

Hearing this, Xu Yang, who had already completely understood the formation, no longer wasted words and immediately took action, intending to break through the formation and leave.

As he had said before, there are countless heroes in the world. What he could think of, others could think of as well.

Therefore, the Void Spirit Cave Heaven must have contingency plans in place.

Zhou Tian Shu was the contingency of Big Dipper Immortal Sect; although he was newly advanced to Integration, as a Saint Heir and a natural prodigy, he was by no means inferior to the older generation.

Moreover, on his journey in the Ten Thousand Star Sea, he had even more opportunities to gain treasures and had refined the Beidou Myriad Stars Chart, one of the precious treasures within the Big Dipper Immortal Legend system!

The Beidou Myriad Stars, a middle-grade Immortal Spirit, were the rudimentary form of the superior Immortal Implement “Dipper Star Master’s Cycle of Heaven Constellation Chart,” capable of elevating the might of the Beidou Tianshu Grand Formation to its limit, turning it into a Sixth-order Ultimate Formation, second only to the Seventh Rank Immortal Formation.

In a Sixth-order Ultimate Formation, coupled with his status as the newly integrated Beidou Holy Son, he was confident that aside from the Immortal Sect Saint Lord and Mahayana level beings, no one could break through his heavily fortified formation.

That being said, even when hunting rabbits the lion uses its full strength. Faced with Xu Yang, whose origins were unknown and enigmatic, he still chose the most conservative battle strategy.

Drag it out!

Drag it out until reinforcements arrived, until a Mahayana descended!

Thousands of stars drew light, gathering celestial brightness, augmenting the momentum of Big Dipper and sealing off the space of heaven and earth.

What is a Sixth-order Ultimate Formation?

It is a formation where every front is perfected, the pinnacle of completion. Unless one makes further improvements and steps into the Seventh Rank, there is simply no further possibility of advancement.

In such a formation, there would be no gaps to exploit within the Sixth Rank Array Formation; the only way to break through would be to force one’s way.

Xu Yang was no exception; his cultivation in Array Formation was only at the sixth tier, and he could only scrutinize the principles of the formation, unable to find a clever way out.

But no matter, if not by cunning, then by force!

Xu Yang stepped through the void, space under his feet contracting, countless spirit stones vaporizing, myriad magic artifacts activating, all the way to the core of the formation eye.

The core of the formation eye was where Zhou Tian Shu, the main controller of the formation, was stationed—the strongest but also the weakest spot.

“Hmm!?”

Seeing the opponent charge forcefully, Zhou Tian Shu did not dare to neglect and promptly shifted the formation, transforming streaks of starlight into multiple barriers. With Big Dipper sealing and Seven Stars confining, even an Integration Great Power would find it difficult to break through these layers without a supremely powerful method.

However…

“Boom!!!”

Xu Yang advanced with large strides, unleashed Immortal Martial ultimate techniques through his dual cultivation methods, and the void behind him shattered, revealing the silhouette of a Demon God.

Mad as a lunatic, with a chaotic and frenzied will, he thrust forth his fists wildly, unleashing a boundless magnificent scene.

Momentarily, the Heavenly Spirits dramatically changed, Demonic Qi surged, causing Yin and Yang to fall out of balance, and Qiankun to be turned upside down!

Momentarily, the Earth Yuan churned like an ascending dragon, shaking the wilderness and extinguishing all ten directions!

Momentarily, flames raged fiercely, wrath swirling like a plummeting sun, scorching heaven and boiling the ocean!

Momentarily, the void froze over, crystalline barriers forming, as if it were an icy, deserted realm annihilating all beings!

Momentarily, winds howled and clouds scattered, lightning flashed and thunder roared, ravaging wildly and swallowing all vitality!

Momentarily, mountains crumbled and peaks shattered, power overwhelming the limits, causing even Vajra to break and Buddha to weep blood!

Ultimately, the seven forms unified as if a god or devil had descended to the world, Swallow Heaven and Annihilate Earth, dominating the vast sky!

The Heavenly Demon Divine Martial’s Seven Ultimate Limits!

“Boom!!!”

The True Martial God of War unleashed the Innate ultimate technique, amalgamating the traits of his power, Mecha’s capability, and as billions of magic artifacts roared, the void shattered like breaking ice.

“!!!!!!!!”

Zhou Tian Shu’s eyes narrowed in shock, and he hastily retreated, summoning the radiance of ten thousand stars before him to form the Big Dipper formation of Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Kaiyang, and Yao Guang to protect himself and fend off the deadly attack.

“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!”

One after another, explosive sounds rang out, seven rays of starlight shattered six, the Big Dipper formation destroyed layer after layer, the last one also teetering on the brink of collapse.

Zhou Tian Shu, now in horror, retreated to the extreme, urgently rallying the power of Cycle of Heaven Constellation to replenish the protective starlight that was furiously being restored.

However…

The void had shattered, leaving only a black hole dominating the space, with no sign of the enemy in sight.

“Damn it!”

Seeing this, even with Zhou Tian Shu’s composure, he couldn’t help but curse angrily, quickly gathering starlight to pursue outside the borders of Cave Heaven.

At the same time…

Outside the Tianshu Formation, the void shattered.

Xu Yang stepped out, ready to shift through the void.

But unexpectedly…

“Rebel, where do you think you’re going?”

A stern shout came, as five-colored light shone, forbidding the Five Elements of heaven and earth, forming another formation to seal him off.