Chapter 4653
Seeing Kai accept the storage bag, Master Luan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
If Kai wanted the bag, it likely meant his life would be spared.
After all, there’s a saying: when someone accepts your offering, they are less inclined to harm you.
Master Luan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling slightly more at ease.
Kai examined the storage bag, pulled out a formation jade slip, and sent his divine sense into it.
However, the jade slip seemed to have certain restrictions. Kai’s divine sense was unable to penetrate it, leaving him clueless about the formation it contained.
“There’s something unusual here—it’s even blocking my divine sense!”
Kai was momentarily surprised but quickly increased the strength of his divine sense.
In his sea of consciousness, a seemingly disorganized starry sky began to form. The stars, flickering between brightness and darkness, spread across the entire expanse of his mind.
“What is this?” The Red Cloud Demon Lord, startled by the sudden vision, couldn’t hide his shock.
Kai observed the scene and quickly deduced the truth. “This is a formation diagram embedded within the jade slip. It needs to be cracked before the divine sense can fully enter.”
Using his advanced knowledge of formations, Kai began deciphering the diagram.
What had stumped Master Luan for years was unraveled by Kai in moments.
As the formation was cracked, Kai’s divine sense seamlessly entered the jade slip.
Suddenly, he felt a wave of dizziness, and a vast expanse of pure white engulfed him.
Within this blank space, he couldn’t sense any spiritual power or detect the formation’s presence.
“What kind of formation is this? Why is it completely imperceptible?”
Kai frowned in confusion.
Immersed in the white void, he focused, determined to uncover even the faintest hint about this enigmatic formation.
As time passed, Kai felt an inexplicable force welling up in his heart, as though it resonated with the fundamental laws of heaven and earth.
“This… Is this the legendary Great Formation of Heaven and Earth?”
Kai was stunned. He realized he might have stumbled upon one of the most forbidden and mysterious aspects of the heavenly world.
The Great Formation of Heaven and Earth was said to have been constructed by ancient powers, using heaven and earth as its fabric and stars as its chess pieces. This grand formation severed the connection between realms, preventing monks left behind in the heavenly world from returning to their original plane.
Although Kai didn’t know who created this formation or their original intentions, he understood that its power was far beyond his current cultivation level.
“No wonder even my divine consciousness couldn’t penetrate it. How could such a formation be discerned by ordinary means?”
He marveled at the revelation, a mixture of shock and excitement coursing through him.
Kai recognized the formation’s potential. If he could fully comprehend and master it, he might be able to dismantle it and allow the stranded monks—ancestral divine pattern masters, array demons, and others—to return to the heavenly world they longed for.
After exploring the jade slip for some time, Kai discovered that it only contained a fragment of the Great Formation of Heaven and Earth.
“Could the four jade slips together form the complete formation?”
Curious, Kai retrieved another jade slip, but no matter how much effort he exerted, his divine consciousness couldn’t penetrate it.
Gazing at the jade slip in his hand, Kai felt a pang of frustration but also understood that forcing the matter was futile.
“Forget it. The opportunity hasn’t arrived yet, and forcing it won’t help.”
Sighing, he set the jade slips aside and turned his attention to Master Luan, who knelt nearby with a face full of hope.
“Although you acted under Qiu Tu’s orders, I’ll spare your life today because of your genuine interest in studying formations,” Kai declared, his voice carrying an undeniable authority.
“However, while you may escape death, you won’t escape punishment. You attacked me, and I can’t let that go unaddressed. Otherwise, others will think I, Kai, am easy to bully. As punishment, I’ll cripple your hands.”