Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme

Chapter 1204: Chapter 723: Termination Array

Xu Yang stepped forward, from east to west, directly entering the Execution Immortal Formation Gate.

No sooner had he entered the formation than the Exterminating Immortal began to shake, and with it, the heavens and the earth changed, and a yellow mist and red light slowly emerged.

The yellow mist pervasive, the red light brilliant, it was the overturning of heaven and earth manifesting a killing machine, Qiankun violently refining immortal gods.

Xu Yang’s expression unchanged, merely urged his Taoism, emitting a golden light of ten thousand feet from above, all imbued with the Qi of Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, Yellow; behind him appeared further the black and white Tai Chi, evolving Yin Yang Two Extremes, Five Elements and Four Laws, his Taoism reaching the extreme of Dao Protection.

Even so…

“Bang!!!”

The Exterminating Immortal wavered, the formation suddenly shifted, a Sword Qi emerged, in an instant shot to the front, tore open the golden light of myriad paths, destroyed the Yin Yang Two Extremes; Xu Yang’s body light as willow catkins, swaying with the wind, walking among the cosmic spacetime with Supreme Taoist Skill, yet still unable to avoid, was slashed by a sword injuring his Taoist Body, blood splattering, a shocking sight.

This is the might of Exterminating Immortal, this is the power of a Golden Immortal!

Four Immortal Swords, together with that Formation Map, were originally objects from the Creation of Heaven and Earth, after being consecrated into treasures by the Supreme Taoist Ancestor, they ascended to the Twelve Stages, stepping into the Golden Immortal Realm, possessing the ability of “Immortality.”

Such treasures, even without someone wielding them, merely with their own power, can severely injure a Heavenly Immortal, even causing their fall.

Only because at that time the Primordial Heavenly Demon was also extraordinary, in his possession an Innate Object from the Primordial Demon Realm, granting him the Golden Immortal opportunity complemented by acquired proficiency, forging it into an equally immortal Golden Immortal Demon Treasure.

Though the Golden Immortal Treasures were immortal, such confrontation would also destroy both, eventually the Primordial Demon Treasure turned to dust, this Exterminating Immortal Sword Formation also suffered severe damage, to this day has not been seen restored.

Were it not so, Xu Yang would not dare to enter the formation, with his newly advanced Heavenly Immortal Dao Body, testing the might of the Golden Immortal Formation.

Indeed, the Golden Immortal Formation was worthy of the name, even severely damaged, unmanned, the autonomously released Sword Qi still possessed the might of the Great Dao, ordinary Heavenly Immortals, if trapped within, might face mortal peril.

Although Xu Yang was extraordinary, facing this Termination Array, he could not guarantee to emerge unscathed, a confrontation and he was pierced by that Exterminating Immortal Sword Qi, wounding his Heavenly Immortal Dao Body.

But this was expected, Xu Yang not surprised at all, instead felt consoled, even somewhat delighted.

What he desired was the strength of this Exterminating Immortal Sword Formation!

If it were not strong, how could he break the situation?

If it were not sharp, how could he exterminate demons?

As long as it’s in his possession, this strength, this sharpness, would become his own strength, his own advantage!

Xu Yang unspoken, urged his Taoism, recovering from his Dao Body injury, then moved within the formation, resisting the Exterminating Immortal Sword Qi while observing the operation of the formation, understanding the logic changes, preparing to use the formation to break the formation, plucking this Exterminating Immortal Sword, even the central Exterminating Immortal Array Map.

Were there someone commanding, this method would likely not succeed, the disparity between a Golden Immortal and a Heavenly Immortal like heaven and earth, with a body of a Heavenly Immortal to forcibly resist the Golden Immortal formation, while seeking its principles to counter break the Great Array… such a thing is impossible.

But this ‘if’ doesn’t hold, this Exterminating Immortal Sword Formation not only lacks a commander, it also suffers from irreparable severe damage, even a Heavenly Immortal might hold out for a while within it.

Xu Yang was not only a Heavenly Immortal but also cultivated the Supreme Dao, deeply familiar with the Theory of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements, shared the same path and cultivation with that Exterminating Immortal Sword Formation, sharing the same origin. As long as he persisted persistently and diligently, eventually, he would be able to decipher its formation principles and take this supreme treasure into his possession and use for his own.

Therefore…

“Rumble!”

Inside the Exterminating Immortal Array, thunder roared and lightning flashed, practicing the elements of earth, wind, fire, water, scenes of Creation of Heaven and Earth unfolded.

From existence to non-existence, from non-existence to existence, it’s the life force of the Great Dao, also the killing intent of the Great Dao, seeming to be able to refine heaven and earth anew, to exterminate immortals and slaughter gods.

Xu Yang, having achieved Heavenly Immortal, also reached the realm of the Great Dao, knew the Creation of Heaven and Earth was the feat to create the rank of a Golden Immortal, he also had a rough understanding and plan for this.

But it was just a rough understanding, before reaching that realm, all were just inferior assumptions and derivations, with a significant gap from the mighty deeds created by such mighty power.

Now even more so, in this Sword Formation, Xu Yang felt his “Creation of Heaven and Earth” ideas were so naive, so pale, experiencing a sense of being overturned, overthrown, like a child’s scribbles compared to a master’s painting, the contrast so stark, the gap so vast.

What Nine Forms Creation of Heaven, what All Paths One Method, were truly narrow in sight!

The stark contrast, the insurmountable gap, brought a huge shock, even thoughts of self-denial emerged, wanting to abandon his own self, to merge into this formation, to integrate with that Great Dao.

But as soon as this thought emerged, it was decisively slain by Xu Yang with one sword stroke, all disheartened thoughts were resolutely discarded, once again solidifying his self-belief, his own way, his own Taoism; calmly and steadily reflecting on the formation’s strategy and principles, to complete his own self.

That is another peril overcome!

Heard of the Dao in the morning; dying in the evening is acceptable_, this is a belief in cultivational pursuit, but sometimes this belief can also turn into a demon in one’s heart, in seeking the Great Dao, not hesitating to discard the self, ultimately seeming to merge with the Dao but in reality becoming enslaved by the Dao, turning into a “Dao-transformed” evil being.

This situation is very common in cultivation, a type of inner demon, even Heavenly Immortals cannot completely avoid it. On the contrary, many who have encountered Golden Immortals or obtained some Golden Immortal power often are disturbed by this evil, even because of it becoming Dao-transformed, becoming a terrifying existence lost between the two but completely losing themselves, causing chaos in All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, devouring Ten Thousand Realms.

Fortunately, Xu Yang was more fortunate, he had not encountered such Dao-transformed evils, but in the Mystic Yellow Realm during discussions with the Xuanhuang Emperor Qiong Gao, he talked about similar events, even astonishingly alerting the few remaining Golden Immortals across All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds.

Had Xu Yang also sunk in this, merging with the Exterminating Immortal Sword Formation, he might also become one of those Dao-transformed evils, a terrifying existence that only a Golden Immortal could suppress.

Fortunately, his Dao Heart was like iron, already on the path of Supreme Forgetting Emotion, additionally possessing a series of Skill Characteristics, such thoughts just emerged were decisively cut off by him.

Firming up the self, solidifying oneself, cultivating the Tao not just to seek the Dao, achieving the Dao to merge with the Dao.

And so…

Cultivation has no sun or moon, years unknown in the Dao.

Thousands of ages, like water flowing away.

Inside the Exterminating Immortal Array, still thunder roars and wind howls.

Earth, wind, fire, water, refining the world, machinery of Creation of Heaven and Earth unfolding, rationale of destroying Heaven and annihilating Earth.

Xu Yang, amidst the turbulence, moved with the flow at times and against it at others. His Heavenly Immortal Dao Body was covered with sword marks that he hadn’t had time to mend, and his Taoist Origin Power was nearly exhausted. Yet, the light in his eyes grew increasingly intense, as if he had glimpsed the ultimate truth of the Great Dao.

Finally…

“Boom!!!”

Xu Yang reached out with one hand, his body emanated brilliant golden light, transforming into a golden bridge that instantly quelled the raging elemental forces of earth, wind, fire, and water, taking a step forward to the Execution Immortal Gate, grasping the Immortal Slaying Sword above it.

Then, with a sweep of his sleeve, he saw the Immortal Slaying Sword fall and transform into a beam of radiance, which he collected into his sleeve.

This was just the beginning. Having secured the Immortal Slaying Sword, Xu Yang then headed south and effortlessly retrieved the Slaughter Immortal Sword, followed by the Entrapping Immortal Sword and the Extinguishing Immortal Sword.

Finally, all four swords were collected, all four gates were broken, the earth, wind, fire, and water were pacified, leaving only a Formation Map, still fluctuating at the core, still displaying the scene of Creation of Heaven and Earth, but devoid of the power of earth, wind, fire, and water, ultimately reverting to a single seal.

The Heaven Creation Seal!

This is the true form of the Execution Immortal Array Map!

In ancient times, the Supreme Elder forged the four Innate Spiritual Treasures, combining them with the powers of earth, wind, fire, and water, and refined these four items. He assimilated the scene and principle of Creation of Heaven and Earth into this Heaven Creation Seal, also known as the Execution Immortal Array Map.

With this map, together with the Four Execution Immortal Swords, one can recreate the scene of Creation of Heaven and Earth, remolding heaven and earth with the power of earth, wind, fire, and water, making the slaying of Heavenly Immortals effortless and even battling a Golden Immortal possible. This is the supreme treasure left in this realm by the Supreme Elder, also a unique inheritance that can aid Heavenly Immortals in comprehending the methods of Creation of Heaven and Earth, giving them a chance to advance into the Golden Immortal Realm.

From this, it can be seen, the capability of the Supreme Elder, is perhaps among the summit even within Golden Immortals.

Now that Xu Yang had collected the four swords, he naturally wouldn’t be polite with the corresponding Formation Map, taking it into his sleeve with one hand.

“Rumble!”

As soon as the Formation Map was collected, a dark light surfaced in the void, revealing a destructive mechanism.

Xu Yang looked coldly, seeing within the dark light, what seemed to be the spearhead of a remnant weapon.

Godslayer Spear!

Primordial Demon Treasure, Golden Immortal Remnant!

The Exterminating Immortal Sword Formation hadn’t completely destroyed it?

It seems the Golden Immortal mechanism controlled by the Primordial Heavenly Demon indeed has a significant origin, not a trifling existence.

However, Xu Yang didn’t care, nor did he intend to claim it for himself, giving the other party a chance to resurrect and make a comeback.

So…

“Boom!!!”

Xu Yang waved his sleeve, the Heaven Creation Seal reappeared, transforming into the Execution Immortal Array Map, with the Four Innate Swords refining earth, wind, fire, and water, trapping that speck of dark light containing the Godslayer Spearhead within, the four swords swirling with boundless killing intent.

The way of the Formation, there’s always been a differentiation between having someone to preside over it and not.

Let’s not mention others, just consider the previous Exterminating Immortal Sword Formation.

Had someone been presiding over, executing control from the center, then Xu Yang, who entered the formation earlier, would have faced not just one gate, one sword, but the joint slaughter of four gates, four swords.

In that case, could he still have survived and deciphered the Formation to collect the four swords?

Clearly not!

Now the same principle applies, obtaining Exterminating Immortal, the Sword Formation manifesting its might, although it was just a slight exertion, not to be underestimated, under the refinement of earth, wind, fire, and water, that speck of dark light ultimately dispersed like smoke, the contained Godslayer Spear also dissolving into nothingness.

And because of this…

“Whoosh!!!”

The Taoist Origin Power immediately depleted, almost causing Xu Yang to plummet from the sky, he quickly stabilized his body, then waved his sleeve again, retracting the Execution Immortal Array Map and the Four Exterminating Immortal Swords.

This consumption… too terrifying!

But also expected, after all, how could a formation of the Golden Immortal level be used casually.

No wonder that in ancient times, Taos and Immortal Gods gathered in the “Heavenly Secret Realm,” drawing from the power of Ten Thousand Dao and Ten Thousand Immortals to activate this Exterminating Immortal Sword Formation, even a Heavenly Immortal Daoist Master would struggle to operate such a treasured weapon alone.

It consumes not just Immortal Yuan Power, but even the Tao Origin, without the support of a Golden Immortal’s stature, only the Root of Heaven and Earth, the Essence of the World can be used, no wonder after that great battle the Earth Immortal Realm fell into silence, ultimately leading to a disruption of civilization.

The same applies to the Godslayer Spear, it seems, but since the Primordial Heavenly Demon was the master of the Demon Dao Realm, and this Earth Immortal Realm was once the Primordial Demon Realm, he could use the power of demons and some mutated gods to counteract the various Great Heaven Honoreds and group of Taos and Immortals in the Execution Immortal Array.

Unfortunately, the outcome of this Immortal Demon War was mutual destruction, no victor emerged to survive in the end, only creating Xu Yang, a later comer.

“From this, it seems, to support this Exterminating Immortal Sword Formation, the power of Ten Thousand Dao and Ten Thousand Immortals is indispensable.”

“Zhuang Zhou Dreams of Butterflies, Butterfly Dreams of Zhuang Zhou, whether all realms are interconnected, can this Exterminating Immortal Sword Formation also be sent to the Azure Star Realm, and the present Supreme Mysterious Realm?”

“Both must be explored, both must be attempted…”

“Besides, the damage to this sword formation must also be repaired.”

“The Supreme Dao, the Principle of Heaven and Earth, might be effective.”

“Time, time…”

Xu Yang collected the Four Exterminating Immortal Swords, turned to look into the distance, watching over all realms, his expression in his eyes shifting unpredictably.

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