Honghuang: My understanding is against the sky, I use the Gu Dao to prove the origin of the universe
Chapter 7 - The Rise of the Mysterious Yin Formation, Fierce Battle with Taiyi

Chapter 7  The Rise of the Mysterious Yin Formation, Fierce Battle with Taiyi

With a single thought, he no longer concealed his strength.

“Boom!”

In an instant, nine figures radiating overwhelming murderous aura and chilling energy appeared out of thin air, surrounding Chu Yuan protectively in the center.

At the forefront was none other than the peak Golden Immortal Zhu Yan, who had been refined into a Gu corpse. The other eight, equally formidable Golden Immortal-level beings of various shapes and forms, were all once powerful enemies slain by Chu Yuan over a millennium of wandering—now transformed into Gu corpses.

The moment the nine Gu corpses emerged, their terrifying aura instantly shattered the oppressive force bearing down on them. The two Golden Immortal beast cultivators who had been charging in froze mid-attack, their expressions drastically changing.

“Those are… puppets? No! Corpses—Corpse Puppets! Nine Golden Immortal Corpse Puppets?!”

One of the beast clan Golden Immortals’ pupils constricted sharply—but it was already too late.

“Mysterious Yin Grand Formation—Activate!”

With a low shout, Chu Yuan’s hands formed an intricate set of seals. The nine Gu corpses immediately moved into a precise and mysterious formation. Their auras interlinked, and the overwhelming Yin energy and killing intent surged and intertwined violently.

Buzz—!

The void trembled intensely as boundless black mist spread from beneath the feet of the Gu corpses, like ink dropped into clear water. Within moments, it engulfed the space for tens of thousands of miles in all directions.

In the blink of an eye, the world turned pitch-black—day and night ceased to exist. A massive, terrifying formation space manifested out of nothing, enveloping Yun Qilin, Feng Ling, the three Golden Immortal beast cultivators, and Chu Yuan himself.

Inside the formation, icy Yin winds howled, and the cries and wails of ghosts echoed unceasingly—like billions of vengeful souls shrieking in rage and agony.

Dense, inescapable Yin and demonic energy filled every inch of space. It carried a bone-piercing chill and a corrosive force that targeted the soul, bombarding every living being trapped within.

Even more disturbing were the countless twisted illusions drifting through the black mist—disorienting the mind and luring one into oblivion.

“What a strange and powerful formation!”

Yun Qilin’s expression changed slightly as he quickly raised a shield of celestial light around him. Yet, he could feel that under the corrosion of the Yin demonic energy, his protective light was rapidly dimming, and the flow of spiritual power within his body was becoming increasingly sluggish.

The three Golden Immortal beast generals were utterly terrified. They felt a stabbing pain in their souls, as if countless steel needles were piercing them.

The scene before their eyes turned blurry, filled with horrifying illusions that relentlessly assaulted their minds, making it difficult to concentrate. The Mysterious Yin Grand Array — its power lies in the number nine!

Gathering the most extreme Yin and baleful energy, and with the onset of the great tribulation, the world was now saturated with this deadly aura. This undoubtedly enhanced the array’s power by another thirty percent.

“Roar!”

Just as they were overwhelmed with fear and uncertainty, the Mysterious Yin Grand Array fully activated!

Empowered by the array, the aura of the nine Gu Corpses surged again. Their eyes glowed with bloodthirsty red light as they let out earth-shattering roars.

Like nine demonic gods from the deepest layers of the Netherworld, they charged at the enemies within the array, fearless and ferocious!

The strongest among them, the Gu Corpse of Zhu Yan, had its strength pushed to the very edge of the Taiyi Golden Immortal level thanks to the array’s support. The remaining eight Gu Corpses were also greatly empowered.

“Zhu Yan? You dare refine a beast general like me into a corpse puppet? Courting death!”

Only now did Cloud Qilin recognize Zhu Yan’s appearance. Enraged, it opened its mouth and spat out a treasure seal. It was the high-grade acquired spiritual treasure he had refined over many years: Qilin Cloudlight Seal!

A terrifying wave of destructive power swept forth. Yet under the suppression of the array’s baleful aura, his strength was diminished by at least thirty percent!

Combined with the amplification granted to the Gu Corpses by the array, he could only fight Zhu Yan’s Gu Corpse to a standstill, while also needing to divert part of his attention to resist the corrosive Yin energy and disturbing illusions. As for the three other Golden Immortal beast generals, their situation was even more tragic.

They were no match for nine Gu Corpses of equal rank to begin with — let alone while also being suppressed and disrupted by the grand array.

In just a few breaths, they were already in grave danger, with fresh wounds constantly appearing on their bodies. One of them, who was only at the early stage of Golden Immortal, made a fatal mistake. Two Gu Corpses seized the opening and instantly smashed him to death. Even his soul couldn’t escape — it was completely erased by the raging Yin baleful energy!

At the center of the formation stood Chu Yuan, shrouded in black mist, his expression calm as still water. His hands continuously formed incantation gestures, controlling the grand array.

At the edge of the formation, Feng Ling had already given up trying to flee. Staring in utter shock at the scene before him, his heart surged with towering waves of emotion.

At this time, heaven and earth had only just been formed. Apart from a few innate demon gods who were born with inherited knowledge, the vast majority of living beings were still groping their way along the path of cultivation — let alone the mysterious art of formation arrays.

What had seemed like a certain death trap was completely reversed by the sudden appearance of this mysterious cultivator!

With merely a mid-Golden Immortal cultivation, he had set up such a terrifying array, controlling nine corpse puppets of Golden Immortals, and forcibly trapped and suppressed a Taiyi Golden Immortal along with three other Golden Immortals!

What an utterly heaven-defying method!

If not witnessed firsthand, who could believe it?

It must be known that although the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm seems to differ from the Golden Immortal realm by only a single stage, the Taiyi Dao Fruit, which gathers the five energies within the chest, grants a level of mana that ordinary Golden Immortals simply cannot compare to.

With the fall of the first Golden Immortal beast, the remaining two were struck with dread and despair, their will to fight completely shattered. They only thought of how to escape from this hellish and terrifying formation.

With such a mindset, even if they had ten parts of strength, they could only exert five. Soon, the fearless corpse puppets seized the opportunity to slay them one by one. Their primordial spirits were extinguished, and only their true bodies remained, temporarily sealed away by Chu Yuan through the formation.

Seeing all his subordinates perish, Yun Qilin’s shock, rage, and humiliation reached a boiling point. As a direct descendant of the Qilin clan and a powerful early-stage Taiyi Golden Immortal, when had he ever suffered such disgrace?

To be driven into such a sorry state by an unknown mid-Golden Immortal cultivator using strange formations and corpse puppets!

“Argh! Break for me!”

Yun Qilin’s hair and beard bristled as he roared madly towards the sky. All of his mana burst forth without reservation, and behind him, a Dao Fruit phantom exuding profound and mysterious aura — the symbol of the Taiyi realm — faintly appeared!

Boom!

A terrifying shockwave, far stronger than before, erupted from him, blasting back the attacking Zhuyan corpse puppet and the others, clearing out a temporary space around him.

“Wretch! Today I will tear you to pieces and annihilate your soul!”

Yun Qilin’s eyes burned crimson as he locked onto Chu Yuan at the center of the formation, his voice seething with venom.

“Suppress!”

As the word rang out, Yun Qilin poured his vast mana into a treasured seal and let out a furious roar. The Kirin Cloudlight Seal shone with blinding light, expanded rapidly in the wind, and in an instant transformed into a towering phantom of a divine mountain, a thousand zhang tall.

Mist billowed around it, and kirin roars echoed, carrying the supreme might to suppress heaven and earth and annihilate all laws. It came crashing down toward the core of the Dark Yin Formation — right where Chu Yuan stood!

He intended to use absolute power to destroy this strange formation that had trapped him once and for all!