[Ding, your fifth disciple “Chen Yao” has advanced from Daluo Golden Immortal to Quasi-Emperor. You have received a disciple advancement reward: “Mysterious Female Divine Talisman”.]
Lu Changsheng was pondering which disciple to impart the high-grade holy artifact level formation to when the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator sent a prompt.
Chen Yao, whose whereabouts are unknown, had actually broken through to the Quasi-Emperor level.
The Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady Physique of Chen Yao was more formidable than he had imagined.
Some special physiques do not appear particularly formidable in the early stages, not because the physiques are inadequate but because their potential has not been tapped, or it’s a case of accumulating before making a striking breakthrough.
What exactly is the “Mysterious Female Divine Talisman” rewarded by the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator?
In the treasure trove within Lu Changsheng’s Inner World, there was one more talisman.
This talisman was three inches wide and one foot long, lustrous like jade, with inscriptions drawn in cinnabar blood and faintly glowing.
Lu Changsheng attempted to refine the talisman.
However, the Mysterious Female Divine Talisman showed no change.
“Something’s not right, seriously not right.”
Lu Changsheng, unable to refine the Mysterious Female Divine Talisman, sensed that something was amiss.
“Mysterious Female Divine Talisman… Mysterious Female… Could it be that only the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady Physique can refine it?”
Lu Changsheng considered Chen Yao’s special physique, which was exactly the Nine Heavens Mysterious Lady Physique, and thought that the treasure returned by the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator was very likely related to Chen Yao.
It was a pity that Chen Yao was not here, or he could have directly passed the Mysterious Female Divine Talisman to her.
“The Mirror of True Fire of the Eight Desolation Fire Dragon and the Bahuang Fiery Dragon Law Banners will be awarded to Lin Qingzhi then.”
After thinking it through, Lu Changsheng decided to bestow this set of treasures to Lin Qingzhi.
Lu Changsheng called Lin Qingzhi over to pass on the treasures and the methods of setting up the formation.
[Ding, you have awarded your disciple Lin Qingzhi with the high-grade holy artifact Mirror of True Fire of the Eight Desolation Fire Dragon and the Bahuang Fiery Dragon Law Banners, obtaining a one billionfold return reward from the apprenticeship: 365 Minor Zhoutian Star Banners, “Minor Celestial Star Fighting Heart Method”.]
What???
The system returned over three hundred artifacts?! And a cultivation technique?
Lu Changsheng was first startled, then realized that this was a complete set of artifacts. Experience exclusive tales on My Virtual Library Empire
The 365 Minor Zhoutian Star Banners combined to form a set of high-grade Emperor-tier artifacts, capable of deploying the Zodiac Star Battle Array.
The Zodiac Star Battle Array of Mount Shu in the Mortal Realm used 365 mountain peaks as the formation, whereas this Zodiac Star Battle Array used 365 Minor Zhoutian Star Banners as the formation, making it portable and more versatile.
“High-grade Emperor-tier artifacts, powerful enough to suppress Accumulated Thunder Mountain. Even a fully-realized Immortal Emperor might not be able to breach the formation.”
Having acquired the 365 Minor Zhoutian Star Banners, Lu Changsheng could roughly ascertain the power of this set of formations.
If each Minor Zhoutian Star Banner were used individually, their power might be equivalent to just high-grade holy artifact-level treasures.
But the combined 365 Minor Zhoutian Star Banners formed an Emperor-tier supreme formation, capable of harnessing the strength of 365 main stars, endless in its magical power.
“So it turns out the Zodiac Star Battle Array from Mount Shu was this formidable, nearly invincible in the Mortal Realm. Back when I was on Mount Shu, it seems we hadn’t even utilized one ten-thousandth of the Zodiac Star Battle Array’s power.”
Lu Changsheng suddenly thought of Mount Shu in the Mortal Realm, pondering the possibility that beneath its 365 mountain peaks there might also be artifacts for setting up formations.
The Zodiac Star Battle Array, rumored to be a miraculous array created by the Ancestral Master of Mount Shu.
However, Lu Changsheng now seriously questioned whether the Ancestral Master could have possessed the ability to create such a grand formation before ascending through tribulation.
You have to understand, even an Immortal Emperor might not be able to create the Zodiac Star Battle Array on his own, let alone manufacture 365 Minor Zhoutian Star Banners necessary for the formation.
Thus, there’s another possibility; the Ancestral Master of Mount Shu might have stumbled upon the Zodiac Star Battle Array’s cultivation technique and formation treasures somewhere and then claimed to his disciples that he had created the formation.
It’s not entirely outside the realm of possibility.
After all, Lu Changsheng often claimed to the outside world that the treasures returned by the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator were discovered unintentionally…
The “Minor Celestial Star Fighting Heart Method” is a cultivation technique used to operate the Minor Celestial Circulation Star Battle Formation.
Upon flipping through a few pages, Lu Changsheng was stunned.
Wasn’t this the Supreme Purity Limitless Technique that had been passed down from Mount Shu?!
It couldn’t be said to be somewhat similar; it was exactly the same!
If there was a difference to be asserted, it was that the “Minor Celestial Star Fighting Heart Method” contained an extra dozen or so pages of mnemonic verses, the missing parts of the latter sections of the Supreme Purity Limitless Technique!
At this point, Lu Changsheng had completely understood.
The sect-defending skills of Mount Shu in the Mortal Realm, the Supreme Purity Limitless Technique, were plausibly remnants of the “Minor Celestial Star Fighting Heart Method” found by the Ancestral Master somewhere, with merely a name change.
Although the primary use of the “Minor Celestial Star Fighting Heart Method” is to manipulate the Minor Celestial Circulation Star Battle Formation, it is also a cultivation technique that can be used for practicing and combat, even if the power is somewhat ordinary.
The complete “Minor Celestial Star Fighting Heart Method” would equate to an Emperor-tier inferior cultivation technique if used for combat.
However, together with the 365 Minor Zhoutian Star Banners, its power would soar to rival an Emperor-tier superior cultivation technique.
Owing to his experience with the Supreme Purity Limitless Technique, Lu Changsheng estimated that he would soon fully master the “Minor Celestial Star Fighting Heart Method”.
Lu Changsheng took one year to refine the 365 Minor Zhoutian Star Banners.
From now on, Lu Changsheng had a new method of combat at his disposal, that was, setting up formations.
A formidable formation can refine countless living beings, scorches mountains and boils seas, and lays waste to heaven and earth.
If given sufficient time to set up a formation, Lu Changsheng believed he would have the strength to contend, even against a fully-realized Immortal Emperor.