Chapter 10: Practicing the Dao of Formation and Creating Your Own Formation (asking for monthly votes) The sea of consciousness was like an opened dam. During the process of carving the array pattern, the spiritual consciousness in the sea of consciousness continued to flow out like a tide. The more spiritual consciousness flows out, the closer the sea of consciousness becomes to drying up, just like a riverbed after the water has receded, gradually drying up and causing a tingling sensation, and the scalp becomes slightly numb. Qin Tian gradually felt his thoughts stagnate, and the pattern of the third corner was drawn slower and slower. Suddenly, a needle-like pain came from his sea of consciousness. Qin Tian was distracted for a moment and lost his composure. The formation pattern also went wrong, causing the third corner of the formation to collapse directly. Before reaching a certain level, array patterns are more sophisticated than machines. Qin Tian had to stop, cover his head, and wait for the pain to slowly subside. It took Qin Tian a full cup of tea to recover. After thinking for a while, he finally understood: "It is a very high skill to directly use the divine mind to form an array. Generally speaking, when cultivators first learn the array, they usually use ink and drawings to imprint the array." "It is convenient and quick to directly use the power of heaven and earth with divine thoughts." "But it is extremely dangerous. Once the divine consciousness is exhausted, it will even damage the sea of consciousness and cause it to crack. Once the cracks are excessive, the sea of consciousness will directly shatter, and the cultivator will die as a result." "At least it's very dangerous before we build the Sendai."
Even a formation master like Hei Huang seldom uses his divine thoughts to directly form formations. It is too dangerous. If the divine thoughts come into direct contact with the rules of heaven and earth, they will either be confused by the Dao and become transformed into the Dao, or their divine consciousness will dry up. “However, fortunately, I have been a human in two lifetimes, and when I traveled through time, I was stained with a trace of the light of time and space. My soul is particularly tough, and the divine consciousness that was born is also very strong.” As Qin Tian thought, a dazzling light burst out from between his eyebrows. The silver divine consciousness was like flowing water, pure and flawless. Although most of it had been consumed, the remaining part was still far larger than that of ordinary people. Like a silver lake, pure and powerful, it slowly absorbs the moonlight and restores its spiritual power. Qin Tian closed his eyes, waited until he had finished recuperating, and then began to draw the formation again. This time, Qin Tian did not choose to draw the formation directly in the void, but chose to use a medium. Using divine power as ink and the earth as a map, he outlined a large formation. Soon, a complete formation with light blue patterns appeared in front of Qin Tian. The patterns of the magic circle are solemn and exquisite, with an unknown sense of mystery. The formation began to operate, gathering the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth and injecting it into the core of the formation. Streams of pure energy from heaven and earth flowed into Qin Tian's body, and the divine spring gushing out from the Life Spring reached a new level, with a faint rainbow light emerging from the bottom of the Life Spring. Qin Tian ignored the changes in his body and just stared blankly at the formation pattern under his feet. The array patterns were running, flickering in light and darkness, absorbing the vital energy of the surrounding heaven and earth with each breath, representing some unknown order and power of heaven and earth. This is the formation! Qin Tian was in a trance, as if there was nothing in the world more beautiful than this pattern that contained rules. Even if one only looked at it, one could not help but immerse oneself in it... "I like formations!" Qin Tian felt touched and looked at the magic circle in front of him with a little obsession. Interest is the best teacher. Although Qin Tian looked tired, he was very happy. He was intoxicated by the feeling of understanding and creating by himself, embodying the laws of nature through formations, and mastering the power of heaven and earth! Wind, rain, thunder and lightning, fire, earth, wood, water, all changes in nature originate from Yuan Qi.
In other words, with the help of the formation, he can control the power of heaven and earth and master all changes in the operation of the world. Qin Tian couldn't help but think of a sentence on the notebook: "What you have is for your benefit, what you don't have is for your use!" "The formation controls everything, knows everything, and is good at everything. Only the best of the world can be called a formation!" Qin Tian had an idea in his mind: "It would be great if we could control the world without the help of formations." Qin Tianxia became conscious, looked at the signature on the book, and thought of Cao Yusheng's path in the chaotic ancient era. "Use your body as a formation!" Cao Yusheng's path in the past was to use his body as a formation. Even after he was reborn after death, there were traces of the great way. Qin Tian saw some shadows of using the body as a formation from this notebook. An idea came to Qin Tian's mind: "Perhaps, I can transform the rules I have comprehended into a formation, engrave it in my body, and evolve a formation body the next day?" Then Qin Tian shook his head and suppressed the idea: "Don't be too ambitious, first practice the formation to the great power level." Qin Tian continued to copy the Spirit Gathering Formation. Although this was just a simple basic formation, it was a small step for Qin Tian to step into the path of formations. It was also the starting point for crossing the Great Wall in the future. It was the first drop of water that formed the great road and rivers, and it was also the source of everything. ......... next morning The Golden Crow sun rises from the east, and the glorious sun releases violent solar essence, which falls to the ground and turns into light that nourishes all living things. The sunlight entered the house through the gaps in the doors and windows, hitting Qin Tian's face and waking him up. After waking up, Qin Tian felt refreshed. Taking advantage of his sharp spiritual perception in the morning, he took out paper and pen, and began to copy the spirit gathering array stroke by stroke while his memory was still clear. Last night, Qin Tian had completely mastered the Spirit Gathering Array. This time, Qin Tian was trying to transform it. It is not enough to just be able to draw. A qualified array master needs to know the principles and uses of every Taoist pattern. If you just copy others, you will always be just an apprentice. Only those who can create their own array can be called a master. "It feels similar to programming!" Qin Tian couldn't help but touch his thick black hair, and the image of himself being bald emerged in his mind. Then he shook his head violently, trying to shake off this terrible future: "I am a monk, how can my hair fall out!" This time, it was not about setting up an array, but simply copying. Naturally, the cheapest and most ordinary ink and paper were used. They had no spiritual energy themselves, so the array drawn only had patterns and no effects. There was no need to worry about wasting resources due to failure. Qin Tian copied the formation in one go, and then began to modify the formation diagram. Time passed by little by little, the brush was almost bitten to pieces, and Qin Tian was unable to make the next stroke or change the slightest bit. Although it was just a casual work, it was Cao Yusheng's masterpiece after all. It was a spirit gathering array cast by the Emperor Dao Tianzun and was almost perfect. Even now when formations are constantly improving, it is not considered backward. “Let’s just destroy it and reconstruct it!” Qin Tian added two strokes casually to destroy its perfection, and then began to make major changes. On the basis of gathering spirits, he added elements to change and add some offensive power. Cao Yusheng left several battle formation diagrams in this volume of scriptures, including the sky-sealing and earth-locking battles, and the void-moving battles. However, they are basically of the type of escaping, saving lives, and assisting, and there is not a single attacking type formation. This forced Qin Tian to use his own brain to create an attack formation, and it didn't matter if it was a little weak. At least in the form of formation, it can exert an offensive force far beyond the other shore realm. Time passed quickly. Qin Tian was learning the art of formations while mining, doing two things at the same time. While mining, he also used his newly cultivated divine sense to sense the rhythm of the earth's veins and put his knowledge into practice.
After studying for this period of time, Qin Tian discovered that he had an extremely high talent in the art of formation. With the scriptures passed down personally by the Heavenly Venerable, he was able to grow rapidly, create some strong formations, and become a master of formations. At least the large formation set up around the source mine can no longer block it. (End of this chapter)