Chapter 38 The Shangqing Faction Has Changed?

Just as that Chunyang (pure yang) master had said, Ji Xiang was about to reach the Nine Heavens Palace, but the illusion shattered before his eyes, and formations appeared. Clearly, they had been set up here long ago.

No killing formations, just confinement formations. Because Ji Xiang had not absorbed the confinement formations within the stone pillars, he hadn't noticed it at first, and was now trapped. In an instant, dozens of profound iron divine chains rose up between heaven and earth, binding Ji Xiang tightly!

Only then did the blank divine tablet "belatedly" list the strategies for Ji Xiang.

[Shangqing Dragon Confinement Formation: Even if a dragon ascends to heaven, it cannot escape!]

[The mana of those who enter the formation is reduced by half, and they are continuously drawn upon by the formation. The formation becomes one with the entrant, and the entrant becomes the core of the formation. To break the formation conventionally, one must injure oneself to escape!]

[To break this formation, one can use the *Central Jade Book* to create a dragon shape. Although not a true dragon, having the form is enough. Use incense to condense it. The main function of dragons in Taoism is to help cultivators ascend to heaven and descend to earth, communicating with the gods. Use the dragon to break the formation. As the imprisoned dragon ascends, the mysterious chains will dissolve.]

[Chanting Ge Hong's *Yellow and White Arts* can gradually disintegrate this formation.]

[Or use the *Daoji Sutra* to replace oneself with one's nascent soul, allowing one to escape the formation.]

Ji Xiang's expression went from astonishment to anger, then to confusion, followed by contemplation, and finally returned to calm.

"There's been a change in Shangqing."

"I was unaware of the passage of time within the True Spirit Rank Chart. I'm afraid many days have passed. But why would the Shangqing faction suddenly use formations against me? And I only see the formations here, not the people who set them up."

No one was guarding the formations. Clearly, they had been set up long ago, and their power was immense.

Ji Xiang didn't understand. The Shangqing faction, which had been quite amiable with him before, had suddenly turned against him after only a few days?

Could it be because he had swallowed the formations within the stone pillars, causing the faces of those Maoshan sect leaders to be disgraced?

But no matter how disgraced they were, they couldn't possibly oppose the Maoshan Mountain Lord. So, did the Mountain Lord set up this formation? To save face, or to test him?

"This is truly interesting. They dropped a formation here as if they knew I would inevitably pass by this place... No, perhaps many formations have been set up in other locations around the Grand Yuan Treasure Hall...."

"These formations are hidden, indistinguishable from the mountains and rivers in normal circumstances. Within this Shangqing world, the activation of the formations is powered by the strength of Maoshan itself. Therefore, Shangqing Maoshan itself is a peerless grand formation."

"Once I enter this place, the formations are immediately activated, trapping me within. But there is no killing intent, clearly intending to delay my actions, or to completely lock me here...."

"They didn't leave a killing formation because I obtained the stone pillar killing formation, fearing that I would break their formations here? Why would the Shangqing faction do such a thing?"

Questions arose one after another, and without seeing anyone, Ji Xiang couldn't get any answers by guessing. He merely analyzed the possible conflicts that might have arisen, but in the end, he could only shake his head to himself.

"In any case, this makes me very unhappy."

Within Ji Xiang's eyes, the methods to break this grand formation appeared. After a while, the "Shangqing Dragon Confinement Formation" gradually disintegrated as Ji Xiang chanted the scriptures. Incense energy gradually rose from Ji Xiang's body, creating a dragon shape that flew outward and entangled the chains. Soon, the profound iron chains gradually disappeared, turning into balls of primordial energy that merged into heaven and earth.

"I haven't learned the nascent soul technique of the *Daoji Sutra* yet, so of course I can't use it well. But the *Yellow and White Arts* is enough!"

"Break the formation!"

Ji Xiang shouted, and the formation shattered with a rumble.

However, just as the formation was broken, a second formation suddenly enveloped him!

Waves of majestic yang energy, violent and unparalleled, surged. This seemed to be a killing formation that Ji Xiang had seen in the stone forest before, but its essence was different!

Ji Xiang was both shocked and angry!

"Well done, Shangqing, are you kidding me?"

The surrounding yang energy gathered, fierce and unparalleled, endlessly looping, making it almost impossible to find the key to breaking it, with no weaknesses to exploit. At this moment, the ten directions of heaven and earth were filled with blazing sunlight, illuminating the mountains and rivers without a trace of shadow!

"This formation is like a Yang Gathering Formation within a killing formation. However, this is a confinement formation, even more intense than a Yang Gathering Formation, only trapping and not killing, refining heaven and earth."

The blank divine tablet gave the answer!

[Shangqing Solar Essence Yang Soul Grand Formation: No shadow is seen in the sun, the yang soul merges with the ghost!]

[This formation locks one's yang energy. The stronger the yang energy, the stronger the locking force, because the core of this formation also uses the entrant as the core. To escape the formation, one must weaken one's yang energy, damaging one's cultivation!]

[For every moment trapped in the formation, the golden qi of the yang soul gradually dissipates, the water of the yin soul gradually hides as a wheel, the fire qi decreases, the physical body becomes defiled, gradually turning pure black and without light, transforming into a "dim body," without yang energy, refined into a half-yin half-yang form, unloved by the sun and moon, uncared for by the yin and yang realms, and will be eternally tormented.]

This was an extremely fierce and even vicious refining grand formation. This kind of formation was specifically used to deal with powerful heretics, a trump card among trump cards, capable of weakening a person's cultivation, disrupting their yang energy, and even permanently destroying their form and spirit. It could be said to be extremely powerful!

Ji Xiang was gradually becoming angry.

"What is Shangqing Maoshan doing? How dare they treat me like this?"

Within Ji Xiang's eyes, the words within his inner vision reappeared, this time concerning the method to break this formation.

This time it was simple and violent!

[Yang has fullness, and the moon has phases of waxing and waning. All yin and yang things cannot exceed their own bearing limit. Use the Three Capitals Seal from the *Scripture of Grotto Heaven*, combined with Chapter Twelve of the *Jade Purity Hidden Book*, the Chapter of Annihilation, to condense all the yang energy in the body into a single point, pointing it into the void, transforming it into the "Grand Creation Seal." When the light appears to shatter, use the Ascension Realm divine power to shatter the void, and you can break the formation!]

The methods given by the blank divine tablet were generally the optimal solutions. Ji Xiang was very satisfied when he saw this method.

"Instead of chanting scriptures, it wants me to make a big scene. Very good!"

"*Scripture of Grotto Heaven!*"

The Three Capitals Seal, Three Sovereigns Seal, and Nine Heavens Giant Seal from the *Scripture of Grotto Heaven*. He hadn't obtained all the hand seal cultivation methods, but that wasn't a big problem. With the True Meaning of the Three Teachings, the subsequent seals could be deduced by sacrificing other scriptures.

Ji Xiang condensed his yang energy into a single point, and then pushed it out with a hand seal!

The three powers are heaven, earth, and man!

The Three Powers Seal is to condense all the yang energy of the human body into one point, combining it with the qi of heaven and earth, to attack a certain fixed point with great power. However, if the qi of heaven and earth is chaotic, the power of the Three Powers Seal will be greatly reduced. To unleash the full power of the Three Powers Seal, one must have the right timing, location, and his own perfect state.

No matter how low the level of the *Scripture of Grotto Heaven* is, it is still an offensive method derived from the Donghua Immortal Scripture. Not to mention in the surface world, even in the inner world it is an extremely powerful offensive technique!

At this moment, combined with Chapter Twelve of the *Jade Purity Hidden Book*, the Chapter of Annihilation, which slays all tangible and intangible things in heaven and earth, causing them to disappear like frost meeting the sun, carrying a magnificent demonic might that descends from the sky, all demons and heretics, and evil ghosts, will be annihilated by the techniques of this chapter, and even righteous and fierce techniques will collapse from within, destroying their power!

Ji Xiang followed the method given by the blank divine tablet, combined the two great techniques into one, and his hand seal changed. An unseen mark appeared in the void. This was a new mark formed by the Chapter of Annihilation to cooperate with the Three Capitals Seal!

The Grand Creation Seal!

Ji Xiang pointed the seal forward, and light shattered in the void. At this moment, he transformed the seal into a palm!

Shatter the void!

Boom!

The heavens and earth shook violently, and this magnificent formation collapsed with a rumble, turning into nothingness. Everything ceased to exist. However, the shattering of this formation seemed to have been unexpected by the formation setter. The other formations outside only began to activate slowly after this formation was broken.

But Ji Xiang was already prepared!

"Hmph! Did you think that grand formation could trap me! Of course, I was almost trapped by you, but everyone has their own tricks!"

"These formations, there's no need to keep them anymore!"

Ji Xiang reached down, and five lightning rays surged from his five fingers!

The Thirty-Six Transformations of Tiangang, Master of the Five Thunders!

The Five Thunders roared, directly smashing the ten oncoming confinement grand formations on the spot!

Then, Ji Xiang took out the Bright Light Heavenly Book, pointed with incense, and generated natural flying profound qi. The Thirteen Heavenly Formations he had obtained in the stone forest came in handy at this moment!

The heavens and earth suddenly changed, and Ji Xiang was using the Heavenly Tribulation Grand Formation, the most destructive of them all!

Whether it was people or formations, whether they were alive or dead, everything that appeared within the formation would be completely shattered by the Heavenly Tribulation Grand Formation, leaving no trace behind!

"Fourfold Thunder Tribulation Grand Formation! Arise!"

"The might of Scarlet Heaven, the sun and moon hide their radiance; the stars are dim, the ghosts cry, and the gods grieve...!"

"In the fourfold heavens, nothing I cannot destroy!"

Ji Xiang chanted the incantation, and the Heavenly Tribulation Grand Formation rumbled down, instantly submerging those rushing formations in a sea of thunder. This place turned into scorched earth. After this formation fell, nothing could survive!