Chapter 10: The Void Grand Formation

"This human race is still weak, and I have already dispatched the entire First Army of the Border Army. Among the First Army, there are also several 'first-generation children.' Everything they experience, we can see and feel, allowing us to observe this suddenly arrived human more closely." The Mother Emperor communicated through thought.

"Sister, you did the right thing."

"Observe this human carefully."

The three Mother Emperors who truly held dominion over the Broken Horn World, as the progenitors of a world, naturally far surpassed Ji Ning's level. Yet they were concerned about the human race that Ji Ning represented, and thus dared not be careless in the slightest.

These three Mother Emperors had once hatched a brood of children.

Their children continued to hatch children...

Generation after generation...

The origin of all the subjects in the Broken Horn World was these three Mother Emperors! The children directly hatched and nurtured by the Mother Emperors were called 'first-generation,' and they also had the greatest potential. Those hatched by the first-generation were called second-generation, whose potential was generally inferior to the first-generation. The children of the second-generation were third-generation, and so on.

For instance, among the nine great elders of the Elder Hall, eight were first-generation, and one was third-generation!

As for everything the first-generation experienced, the Mother Emperor who birthed them could fully know.

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This was a world of birdsong and floral fragrance.

Perhaps fate was indeed playing tricks in the unseen. Just as Ji Ning faced a crisis, Yu Wei also began her tribulation on this very day.

"Disciple, your past life was already powerful, and in this life you have taken me as your master... The power of this heavenly tribulation will be incomparably astonishing. Today you are to undergo the tribulation. There is nothing else I can do to help you; I can only act as your护法. Overcoming the tribulation depends on you alone." Lü Dongbin, carrying a flying sword on his back, looked at Yu Wei, who was dressed in black.

"Disciple understands." Yu Wei said respectfully.

"Go." Lü Dongbin nodded lightly.

Yu Wei immediately flew to the peak of a distant mountain, while Lü Dongbin watched from a mountain on this side. This small world was completely controlled by Lü Dongbin, a secret place of his, and was even layered with numerous formations. Even a True God or Dao Ancestor would need to expend considerable effort to break in directly.

Wind tribulation, fire tribulation, thunder tribulation, and heart demon tribulation were the four major tribulations of the heavenly tribulation.

Yu Wei's strength was indeed very formidable. Her past life was already extremely strong, and in this life, with the guidance of Patriarch Lü, she had already reached a very high realm. The wind tribulation and fire tribulation were passed smoothly and steadily.

"Not good." Lü Dongbin watched from afar, frowning slightly. "Although the wind tribulation and fire tribulation have been overcome, it is clear that the power of these wind and fire tribulations is greater than what many of my disciples encountered during their tribulations. They even approach the wind and fire tribulations I faced when I underwent my own tribulation."

Lü Dongbin was originally the Donghua Emperor. After reincarnating as Patriarch Lü, how could his tribulation be simple?

Although he was a Qi refiner, the thunder tribulation he faced during his heavenly tribulation was the inconceivable 'Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation'! However, Lü Dongbin had the foundation of his past life; the soul of the Donghua Emperor was no joke. Coupled with his impressive lineage—his master was one of the truly topmost existences in the Three Realms—he managed to endure the Nine-Nine Thunder Tribulation as a Qi refiner. In this life, his strength had reached the pinnacle of 'Pure Yang True Immortal,' and he was widely recognized as the most promising candidate to become a Dao Ancestor in the Three Realms. In fact, one foot was already across the threshold of Dao Ancestor.

"Judging by the wind and fire tribulations, my disciple's thunder tribulation is likely more than just a Six-Nine Thunder Tribulation." Lü Dongbin frowned. "Her past life had ordinary opportunities, and in this life, she only recently became my disciple. Normally, for disciples of Dao Ancestors who practice Qi refining, most face only the Six-Nine Thunder Tribulation. What exactly has she done to deserve such a powerful heavenly tribulation?"

Lü Dongbin had always felt that this disciple of his was hiding something, but even when he went to see Judge Cui and borrowed the Book of Life and Death to examine Yu Wei's past life, he found nothing.

Yet an inexplicable feeling told him something was amiss.

The power of the descending heavenly tribulation was determined by the heavens and naturally had its reasons.

"There is still half an hour before the thunder tribulation arrives." Lü Dongbin stopped pondering and watched silently.

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In the Extinction Domain outside the Ancient Ruins World, Ji Ning was flying swiftly, constantly increasing the distance between himself and that distant land. The sudden attack had made him sense something was wrong, especially when the other party claimed to be from the Broken Horn World and said this was their void territory.

Ji Ning understood... these beings came from the Ancient Ruins World, and he had already been discovered.

Flee!

Flee quickly!

The Ancient Ruins World was a place even True Gods and Dao Ancestors dared not trespass. Ji Ning naturally did not wish to have any contact with it.

"Hum~~~"

Suddenly, layers of golden light appeared in the originally dark void. In the third void circle of the Extinction Domain, nearly ten thousand outposts acted as nearly ten thousand nodes! Each node was a key point of this super grand formation. In an instant, a massive light barrier covering tens of millions of li was formed.

"This, this..." Ji Ning stared blankly at the scene before him.

Candlelight had already ignited in Ji Ning's eyes as he activated the Candle Dragon Eye, looking in all directions. No matter which direction—front, back, left, right, above, or below—all he saw was the endless golden light. Upon closer inspection, countless patterns flowed on the golden light barrier, and the nodes were especially dazzling, with the most brilliant golden light.

"A sealing formation covering tens of millions of li?" Ji Ning murmured to himself. "That's insane. Anchi Commandery is only a few million li in size."

An area of tens of millions of li was roughly equivalent to a hundred ordinary commanderies in the Xia World.

Such a super grand formation was indeed terrifying.

"It seems the power of this Broken Horn World is far beyond what I can resist. What should I do? What should I do?" Various thoughts surged in Ji Ning's mind. Although such a grand formation was shocking, Ji Ning had seen similar things before. For example, in the Crescent Moon World, Patriarch Subhuti had secretly set up many formations, some of which could cover an entire continent of the Crescent Moon World, nearly a third of the landmass of the Xia World. That was much larger than this sealing formation.

And the Heavenly Court!

The formations of the Heavenly Court also enveloped the entire location of the Heavenly Court.

In the Three Realms, there were many formations with extremely wide coverage, much larger than this sealing formation! However, such super grand formations were generally only deployable by Dao Ancestors. Even if a Pure Yang True Immortal could set them up, it would require one who was extremely skilled in formations among Pure Yang True Immortals, or a top-tier existence like Lü Dongbin.

Moreover, this tens of millions of li void grand formation was merely a defensive formation of this 'Broken Horn World,' likely not even a full display of its power.

Yet even what was revealed made Ji Ning uneasy.

Being able to set up such a void grand formation was beyond the capability of a little fellow like him who hadn't even passed his heavenly tribulation.

"And isn't there no Heavenly Dao here? How can formations still work?" Ji Ning wondered in confusion. "It seems I know far too little about the Ancient Ruins World."

Indeed, Ji Ning knew very little.

Among the ten great Heavenly Daos, Chaos was supreme. Life and Destruction were relative, as were Yin and Yang, both second only to 'Chaos.' The Five Elements of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth were the foundation of the entire Three Realms, but they were of a lower rank. Ji Ning had profound insights into the 'Water Drop Dao,' allowing him to barely sense the 'Water Heavenly Dao.' Yet in the Extinction Domain, he could not sense the Water Heavenly Dao, leading him to believe the Heavenly Dao did not exist!

In reality, even in the Extinction Domain of the Ancient Ruins World, only the other nine Heavenly Daos were absent. The Chaos Heavenly Dao still existed, for wherever things were born from Chaos, the Chaos Heavenly Dao was present.

"Regardless, I have to try."

"Swoosh."

Although Ji Ning felt it was unlikely he could break through such a terrifying grand formation of this scale, his will to survive drove him not to give up. He did not want to be captured by the Broken Horn World.

The nearest point of the light barrier was only a few million li away. Using the Nine Heavens Annihilating Wind, Ji Ning moved extremely fast. The Nine Heavens Annihilating Wind was a flight technique; during long-distance flight, once inertia was established, the consumption of divine power was minimal. Unlike divine abilities like the Star Picking Hand, which consumed a great deal of divine power.

"Here it is." Ji Ning looked at the endless light barrier tens of thousands of li away. The Luohou Bow appeared in his hand, and he immediately drew the bow, pulling it to a full moon. His divine power circulated, employing the techniques of the 'Houyi Archery Art.'

"Go."

Light emerged on the bow body, rapidly gathering and transmitting to the bowstring, then fully凝聚 on the arrow.

At the same time, Ji Ning's heartforce, which had reached near-perfection at the 'Ice Heart' level, was fully infused into the arrow.

"Boom~~~"

A dazzling fiery red streak instantly shot across the sky.

As the arrow flew, its light grew increasingly brilliant, and its power continuously increased, eventually transforming into a massive fiery meteor. Houyi's archery art generally allowed the arrow's power to increase after being shot, reaching a peak over a sufficient distance. In the Three Realms, this increase would be even more exaggerated because the arrow continuously absorbed the power of heaven and earth during flight. Here, unable to absorb such power, the increase was not too dramatic.

Nevertheless, the power of this arrow had already surpassed Ji Ning's close-combat strength.

Boom~~~

The fiery meteor struck the light barrier, which merely rippled before calming down. The arrow Ji Ning had shot was repelled, flying backward.

"It failed, as expected." Ji Ning showed no surprise. If such a terrifying sealing formation covering tens of millions of li could be pierced by a single arrow of his, that would be truly astonishing. But still... he was unwilling to accept it!

"What to do?"

"The void within thousands of li is completely sealed. I have nowhere to escape." Ji Ning's heart was anxious. "The Shaoyin clan sent me here—how ruthless."

The Extinction Domain of the Ancient Ruins World was indeed a famous death zone. Even Heavenly Gods and True Immortals who entered rarely escaped, let alone Ji Ning.

As for the even more dangerous 'Ancient Ruins World,' the Shaoyin clan naturally wanted to send Ji Ning to a more perilous place. Unfortunately, even the先天灵宝 'World Suppressing Tower' could only tear through the void and send Ji Ning to the Extinction Domain, not into the Ancient Ruins World itself.

"Hmm?" Ji Ning suddenly turned his head.

In the distant void, a massive ship suddenly appeared. This ship was tens of thousands of li long, comparable to a continent on Earth! It had been completely invisible before but now materialized out of thin air. The ship's hatch opened, and a dense multitude of towering warriors with blood-red curved horns and golden eyes, clad in black cloaks, flew out. Each warrior exuded an astonishing aura.

"The army of the Broken Horn World from the Ancient Ruins has come." Ji Ning's pupils contracted.

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