Immortality Through Array Formations

Chapter 348 - 347: Above Ten Patterns (Thanks to the Alliance Leader who rewarded me for the naming)_1

Mo Hua returned home and immediately started to read the jade slip of the Five Elements Slaughter Demon Great Formation without waiting.

But he had been reading until evening and hadn’t finished a single jade slip.

There were ten jade slips in total for the entire set of the Large Formation.

Mo Hua couldn’t help but sigh, acknowledging that a Large Formation truly deserved its name—its complexity was enormous, and even just the jade slips recording the construction methods were so numerous.

Time was of the essence, yet Mo Hua couldn’t hurry.

The Large Formation was of great importance, and there couldn’t be a single error.

He had to be patient and study diligently, without any carelessness.

If he made a mistake due to negligence, it could lead to a domino effect and cause the entire Formation to collapse.

But if he studied this way, it would indeed take too much time...

After considering for a moment, Mo Hua decided to prioritize and focus on the essentials, starting with the most important parts.

He first spent some time briefly scanning through all ten jade slips from start to finish.

Then he extracted the main Formation Pivots and Formation eyes, leaving the remaining contents, including Formation Patterns arrangement, Single Formation compatibility, and Formation Media Construction, for later consideration.

Mo Hua started with the Formation Pivots.

The Formation Pivots of the Great Formation were much more difficult compared to the Compound Formation Pivots he had learned before.

The difficulty of these Formation Pivots had reached the pinnacle among the pinnacles of First-grade Formation Methods.

The Formation Pivots of the Great Formation had to be robust, resilient, stable, and inclusive due to their role in orchestrating the entire set and connecting numerous Single Formations.

Inside the Formation Pivots, there needed to be a pathway for the trajectories of various spiritual powers, controlling their opening and closing, direction, initiation, and flow.

On the outer edges of the Formation Pivots, interfaces had to be left to accommodate Single Formations with varied effects.

In the Great Formation, if Single Formations were likened to capillaries, then the Formation Pivots would be the major veins; if Single Formations were the flesh, then the Formation Pivots would be the bones.

The Formation Pivots were the skeleton of the entire Great Formation, the hub of the spiritual power flow.

Mo Hua had understood these principles before, but now that he was truly beginning to study them, he gained a deeper insight.

Mo Hua first memorized part of the Formation Pivots of the Great Formation, and at night, his Divine Sense sank into the Sea of Consciousness to practice on the Taoist Stele.

After practicing twice, Mo Hua discovered something unbelievable:

His Divine Sense was far from enough!

He had only memorized part of the Great Formation’s Formation Pivots, and even so, his Divine Sense was exhausted before he could finish drawing them.

The requirement for the strength of Divine Sense was absurdly high...

Was this really a First-grade ten-patterned Great Formation?

For a moment, Mo Hua found it hard to believe.

But on second thought, if it wasn’t that difficult, the Formation wouldn’t be known as the Ultimate Formation, wouldn’t be revered as the strongest Formation Method, nor would it be the lifelong pursuit of all Formation Masters.

Thus, however difficult, it all made sense.

Instead of complaining here, it was better to practice a few more times.

Formation studies require persistence, and as long as one was relentless, there would eventually come a breakthrough.

If it didn’t work the first time, then draw it ten times; if ten times wasn’t enough, then a hundred...

Even if in the end, he still couldn’t learn it, at least he would have no regrets.

Mo Hua thus forced himself to calm down.

Not worrying about the difficulty of the Great Formation, not concerned about whether he could ultimately learn it or not, he began to learn bit by bit, practicing over and over again.

Mo Hua would draw a Formation Pivot, his Divine Sense would be exhausted, he would erase what he’d done, and then continue drawing.

The patterns on the Taoist Stele went from nonexistence to existence, then from existence to nonexistence, cycling through this process repeatedly.

Time passed, and Mo Hua seemed to sense a subtle and indescribable charm emerging from the Taoist Stele.

This touch of charm was elusive and hard to describe, but it made his mood more peaceful, his mind more focused, and his understanding of the Formation Pivots gradually deepened.

The Formation Pivots of the Great Formation, compared to Compound Formations and Single Formations, were of the same origin but entirely different.

The Formation Pivots of Single Formations were extremely simple, consisting only of a few strokes.

Even the simplest Formation Pivots didn’t require any specific strokes; they relied solely on the structure of the Formation itself to serve as the Pivot.

If a Formation Pivot was needed, then the Formation Pivot of a Compound Formation was more challenging, with thicker strokes and greater consumption of Divine Sense.

However, the Great Formation’s Formation Pivot was much more complex.

The Formation Pivot of the Great Formation wasn’t composed of a single stroke but a multitude of fine strokes that combined to form a single unified pattern, which then constituted the Pivot.

The unified pattern was the direction of the Formation Pivot, and the numerous fine strokes that formed the pattern indicated the precise trajectories of spiritual power flow.

This unified pattern, on the surface, appeared as a thicker stroke than that of a Compound Formation Pivot, but in reality, it was filled with countless fine strokes, each complying with specific lengths, shapes, and pathways.

It was like braiding a rope from fine hemp.

However, each strand of hemp had to be woven in a precise shape, angle, and sequence.

That’s why the Formation Pivot was so complex, and why the consumption of Divine Sense was so tremendous.

Understanding the principle of this kind of Formation Pivot, Mo Hua couldn’t help but be amazed.

How was such a strategy for constructing Formations conceived?

Or, to put it another way, was this really something a human could come up with?

He was struggling to learn it; the Formation Master who had established such a Great Formation must have had an understanding of the Heavenly Dao and knowledge of Formation Methods that verged on the unfathomable.

Mo Hua felt a sigh welling up in his heart.

After all, the more he studied formation, the more he realized his own ignorance, the more he studied, the more he felt his own lack of knowledge.

And the more he felt his shortcoming and recognized his ignorance, the more he wanted to learn.

Mo Hua made up his mind, began to discard distractions, and focused on studying the Formation Pivot.

In the following days, Mo Hua worked day and night, forgetting to sleep and eat as he practiced the pivot of the Large Formation.

Even while eating, his hands would sometimes inadvertently sketch out something.

Sometimes he would zone out while eating, staring blankly, caught up in his thoughts until the food in front of him turned cold.

Liu Ruhua had no choice but to reheat it for him again.

Mo Shan simply watched his son quietly, without interrupting.

Originally, both Mo Shan and his partner planned to relocate to the city, where their monster-hunting brothers and neighbors would join them.

But they could not put their minds at ease about Mo Hua.

Mo Hua was their flesh and blood, no matter how he chose, what he did, or what the future held; they wanted to stay by his side.

Several days later, Mo Hua made significant progress in his understanding of the Formation Pivot.

The reason was that his Divine Sense had grown, and quite significantly at that.

Mo Hua thought for a moment and then understood.

Mr. Zhuang had said that Divine Sense had its limits.

The closer one was to those limits, the harder it was for the Divine Sense to grow.

The limit of Divine Sense in the Qi Refinement Realm is at the Foundation Establishment of First-grade ten Pattern.

Therefore, Mo Hua, previously relying solely on practicing Formation to refine his Divine Sense, found it growing very slowly.

However, after Mo Hua "ate" the Little Green-faced Ghost and fused the Divine Thought of the Contemplation Map, he had established his Divine Sense’s foundation and had already broken through the ten Pattern limitation.

In other words, Mo Hua’s current limit for Divine Sense was that of Foundation Establishment.

The limit of Foundation Establishment was still far off for Mo Hua.

Therefore, by relying on practicing complex Formations, his Divine Sense could still experience considerable enhancement!

Mo Hua had not realized this before because the Formations he learned weren’t difficult enough, not consuming enough Divine Sense; hence, the intensity of the refinement wasn’t high, and the growth of his Divine Sense wasn’t fast.

But now, the Large Formation was difficult enough, consuming enough Divine Sense, and naturally, the growth of his Divine Sense was fast enough.

Based on his current progress, with the continuous strengthening of Divine Sense, he really might be able to learn the Five Elements Slaughter Demon Great Formation before the city’s relocation!

With this thought, Mo Hua’s eyes lit up brightly.

With hope, he practiced with even less concern for sleep or food.

When he encountered a difficult point, he would ask Mr. Zhuang for advice.

If Mr. Zhuang was resting, Mo Hua would wait outside the bamboo room or under the big locust tree.

While waiting, he would simultaneously take out paper and ink, practicing the Formation Pivot of the Five Elements Slaughter Demon Great Formation.

One day, as Mo Hua was practicing under the large locust tree, Bai Zisheng saw him and became curious. He put down his book, craned his neck to have a look, and his brows furrowed.

"What is this?"

It was densely packed and looked complicated.

It seemed like casual ink brushwork, yet it wasn’t as orderly, like Drawing Formation, but he hadn’t seen this kind of Formation before.

"Formation Pivot."

Mo Hua answered, but didn’t lift his head, and his hands didn’t stop; he continued to draw with full concentration.

Bai Zisheng was taken aback.

Formation Pivot?

What kind of Formation Pivot is this complex?

He wanted to understand, but seeing Mo Hua so immersed in Drawing Formation, he didn’t have the heart to disturb him.

Yet his curiosity got the better of him, and he stood by, watching Mo Hua draw.

As he watched, Bai Zisheng clasped his forehead, feeling dizzy and experiencing a surge of mental exhaustion, thinking to himself:

"Not good, I’ve overextended my Divine Sense..."

He quickly averted his gaze and rested for half a day before recovering, looking at Mo Hua with a hint of shock in his eyes.

What on earth was Mo Hua drawing?!

"I only watched for a moment, how could my Divine Sense be exhausted?"

Bai Zisheng was incredulous.

In a daze, he felt that the Formation Mo Hua was drawing was not the same as the one he understood...

Seeing this, Bai Zixi also became puzzled, her light footsteps carrying her quietly to Mo Hua’s side, taking a look at the Formation he was drawing.

Bai Zixi’s eyebrows furrowed slightly. As she watched, she suddenly had a guess, and her expression froze for a moment.

"Zixi..."

Just as Bai Zisheng was about to speak, Bai Zixi shook her head at him, signaling him not to disturb Mo Hua as he drew the Formation.

When Mo Hua’s Divine Sense was exhausted and he stopped to rest, he suddenly became aware of two pairs of beautiful eyes gazing intently at him.

One pair with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, the other with limpid, watery eyes.