In recent days, a rumor had been spreading like wildfire across the Myriad Phenomena Domain, and the details were so vivid and convincing that people couldn't help but believe a good deal of it after hearing.
The rumor held that when the Myriad Phenomena Empire fell, two supreme national treasures had vanished without a trace. Even the forces of the Red Cauldron Central Domain — the ones who had destroyed the Myriad Phenomena Empire — had failed to locate these two treasures.
When these two national treasures appeared, it would be the day of the Myriad Phenomena Domain's revival.
And the latest version of the rumor claimed that a master diviner had calculated that the Imperial Jade Seal and the National Guardian Dragon Seal would appear during the upcoming Myriad Phenomena Grand Assembly.
Although this rumor had not spread widely, it had been circulating among the six great sects of the Myriad Phenomena Domain with remarkable specificity.
There was no denying it — this rumor clawed at the hearts of the various sect leaders like a cat's paw, making them itch with anticipation.
The allure of these two treasures was beyond question.
To obtain them meant acquiring the legacy tokens of the Myriad Phenomena Empire — equivalent to obtaining the credentials to unify the Myriad Phenomena Domain.
Virtually every top-tier sect in the Myriad Phenomena Domain harbored such ambitions.
Who wouldn't want to unify the Myriad Phenomena Domain and become its overlord?
Who wouldn't want to recreate the glory of the Myriad Phenomena Empire and achieve an imperishable dominion?
The benefits were obvious.
Elevation in status. Monopoly over resources.
These temptations were enough to set every ambitious powerhouse's heart racing.
Including Palace Master Danchi.
Though the upcoming Myriad Phenomena Grand Assembly was fraught with peril, and though the Myriad Phenomena Domain seemed poised on the brink of a storm, opportunity and risk always went hand in hand.
As for
However, Jiang Chen was far from idle. After returning to his own cave dwelling from
This formation still had many areas that could be improved.
At the time, due to a shortage of Ling Shi, Jiang Chen had only been able to unleash fifty to sixty percent of the formation's power. At best, it could defend against Heavenly Saint-level experts.
"At the Myriad Phenomena Grand Assembly, who knows what unexpected situations might arise? While I'm away from the sect, this formation really does need to be refined further."
Jiang Chen was now wealthy beyond measure. Previously, he had only had a few tens of thousands of high-grade Origin Spirit Stones at his disposal. But now, after several bountiful hauls, he had well over ten million Ling Shi in his pockets and was hardly lacking the stones needed for the formation's construction.
Moreover, he had obtained two sets of formation flags from the Danxiao Ancient Sect.
Both sets of formation flags were top-tier treasures of the Danxiao Ancient Sect. The two sets — one primary and one secondary — could be used separately. Jiang Chen took out the secondary set.
His plan was to go big this time and use the Danxiao Ancient Sect's legacy formation flags to construct the Nine Gates Burning Heaven Formation.
The formation foundation had already been established. Swapping in more powerful formation flags would only make it more robust. Through what he had gained from the Danxiao Ancient Sect, Jiang Chen had obtained certain formation insights, which he used to further refine the Nine Gates Burning Heaven Formation, investing over a million Ling Shi in the process.
Every detail of the formation was polished to perfection.
After three or four days of work, Jiang Chen finally had a fully upgraded Nine Gates Burning Heaven Formation — perfectly calibrated and ready to go.
Once refined, the formation's level had surged by more than tenfold.
"A formation of this caliber — even if
Since Jiang Chen knew about the Formation-Splitting Technique, he had naturally accounted for it when constructing the formation. He would leave no openings in the Nine Gates Burning Heaven Formation whatsoever.
After all, the reason those three had been able to use the Formation-Splitting Technique to infiltrate Huanbo Mountain wasn't because their technique was particularly formidable. The root cause was that the outer formation of the Danxiao Ancient Sect, having been passed down from ancient times, had significantly diminished in power. The spirit veins beneath it had become clogged, and the formation itself had developed numerous flaws.
Otherwise, forget the three of them — even Emperor Realm experts working in trinity would never be able to use the Formation-Splitting Technique to tear through an ancient formation.
Of course, Huanbo Mountain was merely the outer perimeter of the Danxiao Ancient Sect. The Danxiao Ancient Sect had obviously never intended to make the outer formation overly complex.
After all, the Danxiao Ancient Sect needed to leave a glimmer of hope for potential successors. If even the outer formations were built to be utterly impregnable, how would any successor ever make it inside?
In the end, Huanbo Mountain, as the outer formation of the Danxiao Ancient Sect, was not the formation's true core.
The real core was the Inheritance Forbidden Ground beyond the altar — that was where the Danxiao Ancient Sect's true formation power resided.
The formations within that area represented the true might of the Danxiao Ancient Sect.
Without the proper tokens, Jiang Chen could not have entered, let alone discerned the workings. For someone of Jiang Chen's caliber — across both his past life and this one — to be unable to even detect the mechanisms spoke volumes about the effort the Danxiao Ancient Sect had poured into their inner core formations!
The design of the Ancestor Cliff, the design of the Inheritance Tower — every link in the chain was perfectly interlocked, a flawless progression.
By comparison, the outer perimeter at Huanbo Mountain was merely child's play. It had never been the intention to completely seal off the outer paths.