Chapter 314: The Secret of the Spirit Lock Array

Different from the usual tests.

Because the Heavenly Profound Spirit Lock Array's core hubs are extremely rare, it is impossible to mobilize thousands of them to the Tianyu Province for a single test.

Therefore, this practical formation assessment is not conducted simultaneously for all formation students. Instead, it is organized into groups of fifty people, with assessments conducted in sequence for each group.

The order of participation in the assessment is based on the comprehensive test scores of everyone in their usual studies.

Li Fan was ranked in a slightly above-average position, so he didn't have to wait too long.

The scale of the Heavenly Profound Spirit Lock Array is massive, and even if one is a genius, it would take several years to fully construct it.

In the end, it was just a test to assess everyone's formation skills. It was impossible to really waste so much time.

So, the specific rules were as follows: a limit of seven days to construct the central core structure of the formation as much as possible.

The final ranking would be determined by the actual formation situation.

Li Fan was in the sixth group, which meant, conservatively estimating, it would be more than forty days before his turn.

During the assessment, leaving the premises was strictly prohibited.

Only the students who had completed the assessment were allowed to leave the Huan Yu Academy and relax in Tianyu City.

However, learning from the previous experience, leaving Tianyu City was still not allowed.

While waiting, Li Fan started studying the small black box that Zhang Zhiliang had given him.

Before, Li Fan had attempted to crack it.

However, at that time, Zhang Zhiliang was still alive, and there seemed to be an unknown prohibition on the small black box, aside from the sealing formation. Li Fan tried several times but was unsuccessful, so he temporarily gave up.

Now that Zhang Zhiliang had fallen, Li Fan noticed that the prohibition had spontaneously disappeared.

It indicated that it was time to open Zhang Zhiliang's legacy.

Without much effort, as a silver thread lit up on the small black box, the sealing formation was broken by Li Fan.

The contents inside also revealed themselves, not much different from when he saw it in the twelfth century.

It contained an encrypted jade slip with unlimited laws, Heart Ape Incense, Knowledge Spirit Sphere, Inheritance Elixir, and an ordinary jade slip containing Zhang Zhiliang's last words.

Li Fan first read Zhang Zhiliang's last words.

After a moment, he expressed his emotions and set the jade slip aside.

In the last words, Zhang Zhiliang briefly explained that several years ago, through a fortuitous coincidence, he learned about the imminent arrival of the Crimson Blaze in the Congyun Sea.

In order to advance to the realm of Dao Fusion, he began a desperate plan.

If Li Fan could see the words in the jade slip, it meant that he had failed in Dao Fusion and died.

Zhang Zhiliang's tone was full of regret, but he also expressed no regrets.

In the battle of Tian Lingzhou, the cultivators of the Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders Association fought each other, falling one after another like ants.

Zhang Zhiliang even witnessed several cultivators who had been good friends with him die miserably in front of him.

The entire sky was occupied by the strange sight of cultivators falling.

Often, before the death of one could be clearly seen, it would be covered by the strange sight of the falling cultivator.

In the war, Zhang Zhiliang, proud as a Nascent Soul formation master, was completely crushed to pieces.

Not to mention Nascent Soul, even Nascent Soul cultivators could only go with the flow, their life and death dictated by fate.

"Under Dao Fusion, all are ants."

In his awakening, Zhang Zhiliang couldn't help but give birth to an infinite ambition for Dao Fusion.

Surviving the catastrophe and returning to the Congyun Sea, he had some enlightenment, advancing to the Nascent Soul realm.

And now that an opportunity had appeared, how could he give it up?

If defeated, he would die. He had long been prepared for this.

Fearful that the [Unlimited Laws] he had learned throughout his life would disappear, he left behind an inheritance in advance.

...

Because most of his savings were used to make formation crowns, the contribution points remaining in this world's inheritance were slightly less than before, only a little over two hundred thousand points.

For Li Fan now, it was just better than nothing.

What Li Fan valued more was the unlimited laws of Zhang Zhiliang, who was in the Dao Fusion realm. How different was it compared to when he was in the Nascent Soul realm?

Igniting the Heart Ape Incense, Li Fan picked up the encrypted jade slip with gold edges on all four corners and carefully read it.

After reaching the Golden Core realm, the intensity of his divine sense skyrocketed.

This time, there was no dizziness, and Li Fan quickly browsed through the content of the jade slip.

Li Fan was already familiar with the original content of the unlimited laws.

By comparing it with this new version, he quickly noticed the differences or improvements.

The core concept of the unlimited laws was that the formation could continuously evolve, constantly in a state of growth.

The most crucial point was the lack of a central core that could provide computational support for the unlimited evolution of the formation.

In the twelfth century, due to the limitations of the Nascent Soul realm's perspective, Zhang Zhiliang did not clearly mention possible reference objects for this core.

However, this time, Zhang Zhiliang was outspoken. The most suitable central core for the unlimited laws was the treasure of the Immortal Alliance, the Heavenly Profound Mirror.

Whenever countless cultivators of the Immortal Alliance used the Heavenly Profound Mirror at the same time, it would not experience any lag.

Not to mention that the Heavenly Profound Mirror also had to simultaneously control prices, regulate the flow of information, and handle other affairs.

This showed how unimaginably powerful its data processing capability was.

Moreover, the Heavenly Profound Mirror had its own spiritual intelligence, making it a perfect fit for the unlimited laws.

Previously, due to its unique position in the Immortal Alliance, Zhang Zhiliang never thought in this direction.

However, after the Tian Lingzhou battle, the emergence of the Heavenly Profound Spirit Lock Array gave him inspiration.

"The Heavenly Profound Spirit Lock Array is a great attempt to combine the capabilities of the Heavenly Profound Mirror with formations."

"They all thought that this attempt had some earth-shattering significance, but in my opinion, it is still somewhat conservative."

"However, the Heavenly Profound Mirror is too important. Once an error occurs, the Immortal Alliance will inevitably fall into intense turmoil. It's only natural to be cautious."

"Even so, with the Heavenly Profound Spirit Lock Array, with the new mirrored core as the hub, compared to other formations in the world, it has undergone a qualitative change."

"When you undergo closed training in Tianyu Province, you may already have an understanding of how to build it."

"But you may not be clear about the true power of the Heavenly Profound Spirit Lock Array."

"Nine Mountain Province, when the Heavenly Profound Spirit Lock Array made its debut, I personally went to experience it."

"When I saw those pillars of light penetrating the heavens and earth, when I felt the looming sense of being monitored and threatened all over my body, when the fluctuations of the Heavenly Profound Mirror swept over me."

"A trembling feeling from the depths of the soul spontaneously arose."

"Ji Hongdao and the others are true geniuses, creating real monsters."

"Think about it, when one Heavenly Profound Spirit Lock Array after another is completed, covering all the territories of the Immortal Alliance, what will happen?"

"Heavenly Profound Spirit Lock Array, nothing can escape. Everything that happens in the world, every movement, will be meticulously observed by the Heavenly Profound Mirror."

"In front of the Heavenly Profound Mirror, there will be no secrets left for cultivators in the world."

...

As Li Fan read to this point, he couldn't help but be startled.

(End of this chapter)