Chapter 422: Array

Above, there was a complex star chart.

Above the six Jia, the Big Dipper rotated, establishing the combined gods of the twelve months, placing the ten stems between the twelve generals, followed by the twenty-eight lunar mansions and thirty-six stars.

Observing the heavenly stem of the day, the earthly branch of the hour, and the Yin and Yang, to form four lessons. The god above the heavenly stem of the day is the Yang branch of the day; the god obtained from the original position of the god above the day is the Yin branch of the day; the god above the earthly branch of the hour is the Yang branch of the hour; the god obtained from the original position of the god above the hour is the Yin branch of the hour. Is this like four lessons? This is the Formation pivot, a kind of basic assumption.

Jiaode is in Si, Yangzi in Wu, Life Qi in Mao, Death in You, Punishment and Disaster in Shen. This is the Formation base, seemingly describing the different positions of several Country Lords?

There are also star positions: the sun rises at the second quarter of Yin, the moon rises at the second quarter of Xu, there are sixty-two quarters in the day and thirty-eight quarters in the night, with each quarter approximately nine-point-two tenths of a narrow convergence, and a curve of sixteen thousand three hundred eighty-four. Multiplying this by the twelfth curve value of sixteen thousand three hundred eighty-four yields three thousand one hundred forty-one inches, five fen, nine li, and two hao. This is for marking and calculating the positions and movements of all worlds.

Li Qi paid attention to these, only to realize that this was a star chart marking the positions of all worlds in this world cluster.

This Formation diagram needs to be modified by himself.

The Formation diagram is just a solution, not a tool; it requires the user to survey and calculate themselves.

It must be known that worlds are not static; in the endless Void Realm, under the influence of gravity, they are constantly moving forward, changing their positions.

And this star chart marks numerous parameters and calculation methods. As long as the star chart is imported into it, it can calculate how each world will move in the next moment and where its position will appear.

This is an extremely difficult and complex matter. It must be known that these worlds are mutually guided by gravity; you pull me, and I pull you, intertwined with each other.

However, this star chart, through a peculiar algorithm, made these worlds and many areas outside the domain ‘unaffected by force,’ greatly simplifying complex calculations and even eliminating ‘gravity,’ allowing the demon star to exist normally without affecting other objects, only needing to be expanded when necessary.

Thus, the demon star can serve as the Formation core. Through its own pull on all worlds, combined with several Formation bases—that is, the anchoring of other Country Lords—it can gradually pull the entire world cluster towards the desired direction.

The reinterpretation of gravity brought other paths for the power of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord, this demonized neutron star, broadening his Dao path.

The Great Master of Formation who created this Formation diagram, with his Genius-like approach, indeed had unique insights.

Li Qi continued to observe, all his senses fully open, his True Knowledge Dao Resonance carefully scrutinizing this Formation diagram.

He didn't concern himself with the specific data and constituent structures; his focus was on the principle of this Formation diagram.

When the True Knowledge Dao Resonance first appeared in progress bar mode, Li Qi could utilize its characteristics to achieve speed reading, memorization, and recitation.

As long as he read a book once, and the progress bar was full, he would automatically memorize it. A spell was the same; he could directly learn it.

Essentially, this stemmed from the True Knowledge Dao Resonance’s ability to ‘read information.’ The True Knowledge Dao Resonance could directly read information from things and then engrave it into Li Qi’s mind.

Now, on this Formation diagram, it was the same.

Li Qi didn't need to memorize data; he was grasping the ‘principles’ at a speed that surpassed the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord’s imagination.

A quarter of an hour later, Li Qi looked up.

“Thank you, Demon Lord. This Formation diagram is truly marvelous. To interpret gravity from such an angle, it must have been specially crafted for you, right?” Li Qi said.

“Indeed,” the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord said, putting his shirt back on, smiling with that face that changed every time he blinked.

Li Qi nodded, then cupped his hands: “Then I won’t see the Demon Lord out. The Lu Mountain God is just outside the world barrier. Take care.”

“Then I shall take my leave,” the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord said courteously, then vanished from the spot.

Li Qi waited until the world barrier clearly reacted to the departure of a terrifyingly powerful expert who had made the world tremble, then suddenly crouched down.

His eyes were bloodshot! His mind instantly emitted extreme heat, just like a steam engine opening its boiler, his human body’s microcosm was in disarray, and his Nascent Soul was damaged!

The Nascent Soul was not the Spirit Soul, but the first of Li Qi’s inner body spirits that he had condensed, and also his information processing center.

Analyzing a fifth-grade Formation, even just its principles, was a heavy burden for Li Qi.

Fortunately, just moments ago, in front of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord, he drank a large can of penglai immortal tea as if it were free, using this miraculous treasure to suppress his injuries, not showing any weakness in front of the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord.

This way, in the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord’s eyes, he truly was just ‘looking around.’

For now, that’s it.

As for the Lu Mountain God…

Even the Lingxiao Kingdom Lord could suppress the Five Aggregates Demonic Blood, so Li Qi didn't think the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord would be helpless.

The Five Aggregates Demonic Blood merely added a fifth-grade control method. This was like placing a chip on the scale, trading the Lu Mountain God as a pawn, creating the illusion for the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord that there was a ‘third fifth-grade’ expert.

But this doesn’t mean Li Qi was going to let the other party off. He had already sent a message to Zhong Minglou via his terminal, asking him for a favor: to use Shaman God Mountain’s connections to send a message to the Green Mountain Kingdom Lord.

Given the conflict of interest between the Green Mountain Kingdom Lord and the Lu Mountain God, this time, the two sides were bound to have a definitive outcome.

Green Mountain, this was a ‘blessed land’ from the world, a pure Jin Qi (Metal Energy) mountain that naturally produced innate Jin Qi (Metal Energy) at regular intervals. It was impossible for the Green Mountain Kingdom Lord not to covet it.

But that had nothing to do with Li Qi anymore.

If the Lu Mountain God could survive, then he deserved to live, and Li Qi would not pursue him further.

If he died, it would be the Green Mountain Kingdom Lord's doing, and it would also have nothing to do with Li Qi.

While Li Qi was cooling down, Shen Shuibi immediately rushed out of the room behind him, holding him in her arms, and condensing Lunar Qi with her hand to inject into Li Qi's Nascent Soul, protecting his thoughts.

Li Qi, his face pressed against her chest, coughed and said, “I got the Formation diagram principles… *cough*, with your Formation expertise, as long as you find the Materials, you should be able to reproduce it.”

Yes, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord was right.

It would definitely require a Great Master of Formation to replicate it.

But coincidentally, Li Qi had one right by his side.

The rabbit’s Formation mastery was quite formidable. With the data Li Qi provided, they could deduce a Formation diagram that might not be as good as the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord’s, but would be sufficient for their use.

This way, collecting the world cluster would just be manual labor.

Yang Ning had also rushed out, but seeing Shen Shuibi holding Li Qi in her arms, she covered her eyes, her expression pained, and simply transformed into a small golden-red bird, flying into the sky.

She didn't want to say a single word.

She wished she could burn this place down.

Too bad she couldn't.

Qi.

——————

Several hours passed.

At this moment, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord had already taken the Lu Mountain God and found Jin Buhuan.

However, just as they appeared outside the domain, they heard Jin Buhuan frantically say: “Demon Lord! Demon Lord! I just remembered something!”

“What is it? Oh, my virtuous nephew, your father is here, no need to worry. He’s just under an enemy’s curse and temporarily immobilized, but I know an expert who specializes in this. He’ll recover in no time.” The Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord placed Jin Chi, who was frozen in place, beside Jin Buhuan.

However, Jin Buhuan’s first reaction was not to help his father, but to immediately use a spell to outline the shape and properties of a token, and frantically said: “Demon Lord! I only remembered after I left you all! That Li Qi, that Li Qi, he has a Grand Invoker token!”

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord, who had been smiling gently, instantly stiffened. He vanished in an instant, then reappeared in front of Jin Buhuan, his expression cold. He grabbed his collar directly and gritted his teeth, saying: “Why didn’t you say so before!?”

Jin Buhuan showed a mournful expression and trembled as he replied: “I… I forgot.”

This answer almost made the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord faint from anger.

However, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord was not someone who would be blinded by rage. In just an instant, he realized that Jin Buhuan was absolutely not someone who would forget important matters.

Which meant…

He was tricked, by that seventh-grade Shaman?

“Virtuous nephew, I’m afraid you also fell victim to his wicked spell. He must have intentionally made you forget, and then intentionally made you remember at this very moment,” the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord said with a long sigh of relief.

Jin Buhuan was reminded, and his face immediately turned ashen.

He also realized it.

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord thought more deeply and quickly found the answer.

This was a trap. If Jin Buhuan had come with the news of the Grand Invoker token at that time, given the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord’s nature, he would never have gone, and then his goal would not have been achieved.

Then, by revealing the matter of the Grand Invoker token at this moment, he could avoid appearing himself, being millions of miles away, and easily dispelling the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord’s idea of finding someone with connections for revenge.

What a well-calculated plan.

“Forget it, this person is probably a Grand Invoker Disciple, so he’s a genuine Young Master of Shaman God Mountain. Such a status already puts him on equal footing with me. Even if I were to seek out my Master, he might not be willing to offend a Grand Invoker,” the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord shook his head and then said, “Virtuous nephew, recall carefully and see if you can reproduce more details of this token for me to examine, so I can determine which Grand Invoker it came from.”

Jin Buhuan naturally agreed immediately, then carefully reproduced the appearance of the token bit by bit.

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord beside him also began to recall based on the features and aura.

However, halfway through the reconstruction, he suddenly remembered something.

Hundreds of years ago, his Master had mentioned an anecdote that occurred in Penglai.

A Grand Invoker from Shaman God Mountain openly snatched three penglai immortal tea trees, angering several Earth Immortals, who pursued him for decades. In the end, the elders of both sides had to intervene to calm the situation.

He had heard of that Grand Invoker; he was a notorious wanderer, roaming the world, acting whimsically and strangely, with extremely poor interpersonal skills. Even within Shaman God Mountain, many people disliked him. He acted without regard for consequences, yet he still lived a carefree life, causing numerous troubles that Shaman God helped clean up. There were rumors that he was extremely favored.

“Zhu San… and his Disciple? That would explain such outrageous behavior, and even daring to collude with the Mount Luofu remnants. Perhaps this is the tradition of this lineage—reckless, willful, and oblivious to danger,” the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord muttered to himself.

This was also a warning, perhaps. The reputation of this lineage had already stopped the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord from seeking revenge.

Don't bother with a madman; it's easy to suffer losses. Now, it's just the loss of a sixth-grade world. Taking a step back is nothing. If the other party tries to take an inch and ask for a mile, then it's not too late to call for help.

But preparations also need to be made, lest this little madman truly considers himself the Grand Invoker himself and acts without restraint.

If he truly is like that, then he is both rude and unreasonable. At that time, gathering allies and taking action would be justified, and he wouldn't fear being labeled as bullying the small. If the other party's elders were to act, he also had his own sect.

All calculations were made.

Immediately, the Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord turned: “Virtuous nephew, come with me. This place is not suitable for long stays. Let’s leave first.”

Jin Buhuan immediately nodded like a pecking chick.

The Heaven-Devouring Demon Lord took Jin Buhuan and quickly fled through the Void Realm, using the pull of gravity to rapidly increase his speed and leave the place.

——————

Time gradually passed.

In the blink of an eye, half a year had gone by.

The war in the Holy Flame World finally came to an end.

The disappearance of the Lu Mountain God caused the army of believers to completely collapse, losing their backbone and the divine spells granted by the Lu Mountain God. Under the offensive of Ga Ga, the Child of Destiny, they did not hold out for long at all.

And Ga Ga’s achievements were also incredibly outrageous.

The opponents also had strategists who set a trap, ambushing Ga Ga, leaving him out of supplies and in a desperate situation.

But Ga Ga, with four thousand men, charged into a surrounding army of five hundred thousand. At this moment, the earth shook, a hurricane swept in, and a natural disaster literally tore open the enemy’s military Formation.

Then, Ga Ga’s charge, like a sharp knife, directly pierced through the enemy’s defenses, and he actually achieved victory in the end.

With the help of natural disasters, favorable timing and terrain, coupled with his use of Qi military methods to command the army, he achieved unimaginable military results.

Ga Ga became famous in one battle, finally emerging from the ‘many warlords’ to become a prominent figure in the Holy Flame World. For a time, his enemies fled in terror, and countless people came to pledge allegiance to him.

He temporarily became a figure similar to an ‘alliance leader.’ His prestige and reputation grew day by day, becoming more magnificent each day. As the enemies retreated steadily, the territory he governed grew larger and larger.

In half a year, from a local warlord, he experienced many things: separation and death, finding true love among many beauties, and… learning about the death of the Ancient Holy King.

Many of these things had a strong impact on him, but they also allowed him to gradually grow.

And Li Qi and Shen Shuibi silently watched all of this from behind.

Once this new Holy King, with whom they had an agreement, matured, the matters of the Holy Flame World would truly come to an end. This place would produce a continuous supply of Sacred Flame for Li Qi’s industrial chain.

Li Qi quietly waited for all of this to happen. Once it was done, the matters outside the domain would come to a close.