Taiyi Dao Fruit-Chapter 1138 - 362: Return to the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation

The power is increasing, but more crucial is the absorption of the wisdom belonging to human civilization from long history.

The pure pinnacle of Human Attribute Dao Fruit is the third grade. People like Laozi and the Awakened represent the zenith of humanity. Beyond that point, it's no longer purely human, but mixed with other attributes, as with the Dao Fruits of Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang, which have both divine and human categories.

At this moment, Jiang Li is at the third grade. In a sense, he now stands at the human zenith and, from this height, can comprehend ninety-nine percent of the wisdom in the human path's torrent.

The benefits brought by completing the Dao Fruit this time are far greater than expected.

Jiang Li is eager to swim in the ocean of knowledge, but unfortunately, time doesn't allow him to indulge now.

'What a pity...'

This thought flashed in his mind as Jiang Li stood up, disappearing from the secluded valley.

In the next instant, space shifts, and he appears among the great army, causing his Qi Mechanism to trigger the appearance of those who had been waiting.

Tianxuan, Gongsun Qingyue, Primordial Lord Rain Master, the Princess, Daoist Guang Cheng, Yin Tulong, Imperial College Sacrificial Officer, Chief of Sword Discussion Sea Shang Jianling, and Taibai True Monarch were all present, with a trace of Sword Qi emanating from the Dharma Platform.

Jiang Li looked at the crowd and slowly said, "Everyone, the time has come."

The time for the decisive battle has come.

"I will lead the army to Yu State," Gongsun Qingyue said.

Yin Tulong also wanted to go with her but was stopped by Jiang Li, "Tulong, leave you here."

Yin Tulong felt a bit puzzled, but since Jiang Li said so, he didn't ask further and stayed directly.

Yet there was one thing...

'I should be the senior brother,' he murmured to himself, but looking at his stature, he sighed helplessly.

'Forget it, staying here is fine, just in time to deal with that traitor Shen Hou.'

After determining the army's direction, what remained was to attack the side of the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation.

Jiang Li looked afar at the black mist on the sky dome and said, "I shall take the lead in this battle."

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At the junction of Jingyang, the gloomy wind howled, and the black fog obscured the sky.

After days of operation, the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation has covered the surrounding water veins, further absorbing the evil and filthy Qi, even turning the Five Vile Qi into part of the gloomy wind and black fog.

Space was sealed, and any moving technique couldn't cross this place. If someone attempted to shuttle through space nearby, they would likely be pulled into the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation.

As the formation's operation time increased, the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation was even expanding outward, with a faint tendency to include Jingzhou. Even though Jiang Li had previously issued a divine prohibition against allowing mountains and rivers to bear the array, it seemed to be nearly broken.

Compared to the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation initially set in the Buddha Country, the present formation was even more perilous. Just as Lingxuzi said earlier, even the third-grade couldn't break through, and even supreme ones arriving would be blocked for some time.

Except for Jiang Li.

So...

A majestic Qi Mechanism descended, revealing the grand force of the Nine Provinces and Buddha Country, with the rivers surging and the ground shaking. The gloomy wind and black fog in the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation seemed about to be forcibly dispersed.

Heaven and Earth echoed with the descending figure. A formless grand force pressed forward with his appearance, causing the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation's space to oscillate.

"He has arrived."

Within the great formation, a man and a woman simultaneously sensed the enormous oppressive feeling. Even within the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation, they felt a vague sense of dread.

"Fear not, even the Emperor is subject to the erosion of the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation..."

Ji Suyun clenched her teeth and said.

Her maternal clan was the Ji Family, and due to taking her mother's surname and on the Heavenly Monarch's approval, she also cultivated a technique derived from the "Form Tomb."

Through a homologous cultivation technique, Ji Suyun immediately sensed the opponent's identity through that grand force and Qi Mechanism. Such overwhelming momentum, even stalling her internal talismanic seed, could only belong to the current Emperor.

Had there not been the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation cutting off part of the Qi Mechanism, she might find it hard to speak at this moment.

Thanks to the formation's effect, she had a basic measure of confidence.

However, in the next instant, the array cracked, with a gap splitting open in the gloomy wind and black fog. Vast Qi Mechanism began to enter... no, force into the great formation.

The Nine Curves Yellow River Formation hid innate secrets, life and death mechanisms, nothing was straight in the curved tracks, wonders exhausted the marvel of creation, expounding the secrets of the gods, and able to evolve space within the formation. Externally, the great formation spanned hundreds of miles, but internally, the space evolved into three thousand miles, further transitioning with the array formation, overlapping and transforming, immeasurable in area.

But at this moment, the formation space was nearing the point of being filled.

The squeezing feeling even caused evident fluctuations in the gloomy wind and black fog, with the array formation's operation delayed.

Strong!

Undeniably strong!

Without even seeing his figure, despair already engulfed the two.

Fortunately, in the next moment, turbid yellow water light surged skyward, and a massive figure like a mountain appeared in the water light. With dense and heavy yet cold Qi Mechanism colliding with this grand force, the feeling of lag disappeared, and the flow resumed.

"Xuanwu, indeed."

Already stepping into the great formation, Jiang Li gazed at the mountain-like figure of Turtle and Snake.

Compared to the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation he saw last time, the current great formation seemed more profound and mysterious. Under the gloomy wind and black fog, where the Yellow River winded and extended endlessly, the world was engulfed in darkness, and Dirt Evil filled every inch of space.

Mere contact was enough to wear down the power of a third-grade strong person, corroding their Essence, Qi, and Spirit, possibly even being devoured by the Five Vile Qi.

Although third-grade strong people likely had ways to resist, prolonged exposure might really grind them to death. Adding Xuanwu King's strength could exponentially increase danger levels.

Besides Jiang Li, endowed with the "Green Emperor Longevity" divine skill and always in peak state, no one else in the world should entirely ignore the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation's peril.

Xuanwu King revealed his demon body, the dragon head and turtle body swirling in mid-air, with heavy mist formed by Primeval Heavy Water enveloping him, within which a fierce shadow of a serpent faintly showed.

With his appearance, the formation's operation grew more menacing, linking the Nine Palace Patterns on the turtle shell to the Nine Curves Yellow River Formation. The gloomy wind and black fog blended with ups and downs, and the turbid yellow water light held wind and thunder within.

This wasn't just perception confusion, but genuine spatial disorder.

Heavens and Earth flipped, directions became indistinguishable, inside and outside isolated, even cutting off Jiang Li's linkage to the Nine Provinces, restricting his divine skill's application.

Yet—

"Boom!"

Thunderous was the sudden emergence of wind and thunder, violently shaking the formation space. Air currents surged vertically and horizontally, filling every part with the disordered space's relentless chaos.

The Nine Curves Yellow River Formation couldn't shut out Jiang Li's divine skill.

Jiang Li wasn't resisting; it was simply that the formation couldn't achieve it.