Asura Mad Emperor-Chapter 275: Ambush
From the moment Qinchuan laid eyes on Chi Hai, he knew why his soul and spirits were shattered.
He had fallen prey to the Seven Stars Slashing God Formation.
Once the Seven Stars Slashing God Formation was laid out, the caster would harness the power of the brightest seven Diwei stars each year to hook away the divine sense and soul of the person within the formation.
After forty-nine years, the soul and spirits of the person inside the formation would disperse, their true spirit would not enter reincarnation, and they would be directly absorbed into the Immortal Burial Site, making it a true soul-annihilating formation, exceedingly sinister.
Breaking this formation was actually simple because it relied on the power of the seven stars to lure the divine sense and soul of the person inside. Therefore, the Great Formation must be set up somewhere around the victim.
The first method was to find the 49 formation points and destroy them. Then the formation would be broken.
The second method, if the victim realized something was wrong and immediately left the range of the Great Formation and did not enter it again, they could also escape unharmed.
However, since the enemy intended to target a Quasi-Emperor, the person casting the spell must be of Great Emperor Level. It was likely that the formation covered the whole Fusang Mountain. Without an intent to search, it was not easy to discover those 49 formation points.
Moreover, the Seven Stars Slashing God Formation was notoriously vicious and despicable. Cultivators despised it, and it had already disappeared from history along with the people of Netherworld Hall. Now that it had reappeared in the cultivation world, not to mention Chi Hai, even Great Emperors who recognized this formation were few.
Chi Hai was also an ancestor of the Burning Heaven Sect, spending years on Fusang Mountain, never leaving. That was why he was secretly plotted against and ended up in the state he was in today.
Qinchuan wasn’t wrong. The next month, on that day, would be the brightest day of the Diwei seven stars, the last day for the soul summoning of the Seven Stars.
At that time, Chi Hai’s true spirit would shatter and he would no longer have the power to return.
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Fortunately, he had climbed the mountain in time; the Great Emperor’s Divine Soul suppressed Chi Hai’s divine sense and soul, preserving a glimmer of life.
Qinchuan gazed into the distance, stars flickering in his eyes as he muttered, "Netherworld Hall again! Good, very good! It seems this young master has been missing for too long, making you forget fear!"
First, the supreme treasure deep within the Great Wilderness, now targeting the Burning Heaven Sect, Netherworld Hall’s actions were certainly deliberate.
But his gaze soon retracted. What’s most important right now was to solve Chi Hai’s trouble. As for Netherworld Hall, if they had any schemes, they would inevitably clash sooner or later.
Now, only a trace of Chi Hai’s soul and spirits remained. Although Qinchuan’s Asura Emperor Soul was suppressing it for the moment, if they couldn’t quickly summon back the remaining strands, he wouldn’t be able to hold on for much longer.
After preventing the further dissipation of Chi Hai’s divine soul, Qinchuan left the room and beckoned to Chi Shan and two others who were guarding outside to come in.
Then he took out the Spring and Autumn Brush and waved it in the void.
The tip of the brush released the power of the Dao, turning it into paper.
After a while, a paper filled with characters drifted down from the void.
With a gentle wave from Qinchuan, it floated into the hands of the Great Elder.
Qinchuan said, "Gather these items listed on the paper as quickly as possible."
The Great Elder looked at it and saw that the paper was filled with Heavenly Materials and Treasures.
Destiny Glass, Silver Feather Immortal Rock, Spirit Fox Root...
Though the Great Elder was not skilled in the art of formation, he could tell that most of these items were commonly used materials for setting up formations.
The Great Elder was right; Qinchuan was indeed preparing to set up a formation.
Chi Hai’s soul had been hooked away by the seven Diwei stars, scattered between heaven and earth. At this point, the only way to save Chi Hai was to lay down a Soul Capturing Formation, summon back the dispersed divine sense and soul, and restore him.
The Great Elder took another close look at the list and then continued, "Most of the materials are available in the Burning Heaven Sect’s Spirit Repository; only a few are somewhat difficult to find. However, it’s not a big deal for our sect, and we should be able to locate them within three days."
Qinchuan nodded. This Soul Capturing Formation was not a defying heavenly formation, so the materials required were not hard to come by. Nevertheless, he reminded, "The rest are not an issue, but the Tianyuan Horn only comes from the Tianyuan beast itself. If I’m not mistaken, only the Jiuxiang Ancient Country breeds these creatures; you’ll probably have to go to some lengths to get one."
The Great Elder didn’t understand the reason and asked with confusion, "While it is true that only the Jiuxiang Ancient Country produces the Tianyuan Horn, it is rarely used, hence it’s not considered a treasure there. Why would you say that, young master?"
Qinchuan waved his hand without explaining and said, "You’ll understand the reasons behind this after a while. Just go prepare these materials for now. If the Jiuxiang Ancient Country truly refuses to give up the Tianyuan Horn, head to the southern part of the Great Swamp, the Poisonous Mire. There, you might find a wild Xuan Tian Giant Elephant, and half an elephant tusk might suffice as a replacement."
Although the Great Elder did not know what formation Qinchuan intended to set up, he knew the matter concerned the ancestral figure of the sect, so he dared not be careless and immediately agreed to leave and prepare.
After watching the Great Elder leave, Qinchuan flicked his Spring and Autumn Brush once more, and the principles of the Dao interwoven in the air, forming a piece of Dao paper.
Soon after, a massive Dao diagram illustrated with pictures descended from the void, floating down into the hands of the Second Elder.
The Second Elder looked closely and found that the diagram depicted Wei Wei’s Fusang Mountain, with certain places marked by small circles on the mountain.
Upon counting, there were roughly one hundred marked points.
Not understanding the purpose, the Second Elder looked at Qinchuan with confusion.
Without explaining too much, Qinchuan simply said, "These points on the map, Second Elder, I need you to personally investigate. Within a ten-mile radius, you may discover some Heavenly Treasures Materials. Collect them all. Remember, this task must be done by yourself without anyone else’s knowledge."
With Qinchuan’s words, he quickly grasped the situation, surmising that someone was setting up a Great Formation in Fusang Mountain, plotting against their ancestor. How could he then let someone else handle this matter?
He agreed right away and hastily left.
Having seen the two depart, Qinchuan put away the Spring and Autumn Brush, then turned to ask Chi Shan beside him, "Your Burning Heaven Sect borders the Jiuxiang Ancient Country. Has there been any unusual activity from them in the past thousand years?"
When Qinchuan had encountered Zhong Yun and Changsun Gu on the mountain earlier, he had already recognized the Jiuxiang Heart Sutra they practiced, clearly key confidants of the Jiuxiang Ancient Country’s imperial family, and their infiltration of the Burning Heaven Sect had a purpose.
Initially, he thought that the Jiuxiang Ancient Country, coveting the Fusang tree at the mountain peak of the Burning Heaven Sect, had planted spies within the sect, waiting for an opportunity to overthrow it.
But after encountering Chi Hai, he discarded that possibility.
Because the Seven Stars Slashing God Formation directly eradicates the opponent’s True Spirit, which violates the Heavenly Dao. Setting up this formation not only requires a vast amount of materials and Spiritual Power but also damages the fortune of those who lay it.
And to confront a Quasi-Emperor, even for the Jiuxiang Ancient Country, would surely damage the nation’s destiny.
National destiny, ephemeral as it may seem, does possess true existence. A weakening national destiny cannot be compensated for by a single Fusang tree.
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Furthermore, it’s highly possible that the Jiuxiang Ancient Country is entangled with the Netherworld Hall.
Thus, it was easy to infer that their plotting was inevitably not as simple as just the Fusang tree.
Chi Shan was taken aback, putting together Qinchuan’s previous words. He then realized, asking, "Are you suggesting, young master, that a force is scheming against the ancestor? And this force is the Jiuxiang Ancient Country?"
Qinchuan nodded but did not continue the conversation.
Chi Shan stood off to the side, deep in thought with furrowed brows. He could not think of anything amiss with the Jiuxiang Ancient Country over these thousands of years.
Seeing he couldn’t get anywhere with Chi Shan, Qinchuan shook his head and strode away.
After some time, his voice floated over from afar, "Place the Soul Calming Lamp you borrowed from the Tianyuan Royal Family seven feet from where the young one from Chi Hai’s feet meet."
Chi Shan, still pondering the matters of the Jiuxiang Ancient Country, was startled by Qinchuan’s words and remembered the Soul Calming Lamp borrowed from the Tianyuan Royal Family, immediately producing it.
At that moment, a flash of insight crossed his mind, and he suddenly recalled some matters.
