Beginning with the Five Animals Fist to Become a Saint

Chapter 790 Flying Immortal Cave, Immortal Cultivator!
Above Cloud Hidden Peak.

Rolling dark clouds came from all directions, converging into waves and transforming into a surging force.

In the blink of an eye, it covered the entire sky above Cloud Hidden Peak.

The cold wind turned fierce, its whistling sound like the mournful howl of a vengeful ghost, blowing across the mountain peaks with a deafening roar.

The gale whipped up the unmelted snow on the ground of Cloud Hidden Peak, and also the snow piled up on the tree trunks.

In an instant, the people of the Ferry Immortals Sect below looked up at the sky, their faces filled with puzzled confusion.

woohoo-

The cold wind howled.

"It's snowing!!" someone murmured from below.

Then everyone saw snowflakes falling from the clouds.

At first, they were scattered and inconspicuous.

Then came a dense, conspicuous array of them.

In the blink of an eye.

The snowflakes became as thick as goose feathers.

wow——

The snowflakes weren't scattered one by one, but rather seemed to be billions of snowflakes pouring down at once, blotting out the sky and the sun.

The snowfall was unprecedented in its intensity.

As far as the eye could see, the world turned into a vast expanse of white.

In just a few moments, snowflakes covered the earth, obscuring all other colors and leaving only pure white.

"What's going on?" someone asked, staring in astonishment.

at the same time.

Inside the main hall of the Immortal Crossing Gate.

Yun Yinzi looked at the image reflected in the mirror with a solemn expression.

He saw Jiang Ning standing in front of the Cloud Sea Misty Sky Array, his long robe billowing and his long hair dancing wildly.

Below Cloud Hidden Peak, everything was transformed into a vast expanse of white.

"Venerable One, what is the reason for this?" Yunyinzi asked.

The black-robed venerable one stared intently at the changes reflected in the mirror.

Then he looked up at the outside world.

The cold wind howled, and the heavy snow had already filled the world through the window.

"This is no ordinary celestial phenomenon. It is the activation of the power of the four seasons, turning the coldness of heaven and earth into its own use. Now is the dead of winter, the perfect time for this!"

He paused, then added, his tone becoming somewhat serious.

"It seems that the world has underestimated him. At such a young age, he has such a profound understanding of the principles of heaven and earth. If he were in ancient times, he would surely have been born an immortal."

Upon hearing this, Yun Yinzi's expression also turned solemn, and he then voiced the question that had been lingering in his mind.

"Venerable One, is he breaking the formation?"

The black-robed venerable one nodded slightly and continued, "The Cloud Sea Misty Sky Formation relies on the changes in the flow of clouds and water vapor to form its own cycle, isolating the inside from the outside. Now, with snow falling for thousands of miles, the world is desolate, and the cold air penetrates directly into the earth's veins. It is freezing the water vapor with pure extreme cold. The falling snow will also absorb the water vapor, which is to sever the foundation for the formation's operation!"

"He is not breaking the formation with brute force, but rather interfering with the foundation of the formation's operation using a higher level of the rules governing the operation of heaven and earth."

Upon hearing this, Yun Yinzi's expression changed slightly: "That great formation?"

"It's alright." The gray-robed Venerable withdrew his gaze and looked back at the mirror: "If an array could be broken so easily, then it wouldn't even be considered an array!"

Then he continued, "The foundation stones of the formation are buried in the nodes of the mountain's spiritual veins, protected by the earth's veins, and scattered in all directions. There is no way he could find them precisely!"

"To break this, he would have to freeze the entire Cloud Hidden Peak, completely freezing the entire mountain."

At this point, the black-robed venerable one revealed a rare smile: "But to achieve this, only an immortal reborn could possess such divine might!"

the other side.

At the foot of Yunyin Peak.

Shen Wenyuan looked at the changes in the world with a shocked expression.

He could feel the deep chill emanating from Jiang Ning not far ahead, and he could feel the biting cold wind blowing in.

It was a chill that made him feel cold.

He knew that the culprit behind this celestial phenomenon was Jiang Ning, who stood before him.

at the same time.

The Cloud Shadow Crane also cried out a few times, then lay down, spread its wings, and protected Ji Mingyue, shielding her from the cold wind.

In just a short while, a layer of snow had settled on everyone's heads.

"My lord, what are you doing?!" Zhuge Qingsong looked at the world around him, seemingly unable to believe it.

"Break the formation," Jiang Ning said calmly.

To Zhuge Qingsong and the others, it was like a thunderclap.

The snow fell even more heavily between heaven and earth.

The snowflakes that were flying all over the sky were no longer just falling, but began to slowly rotate as Jiang Ning's mind was guided, gradually turning into huge vortexes.

At the center of the vortex was the array node shrouded in mist on the mountainside of Cloud Hidden Peak.

His eyes are now ablaze with fire, a result of pushing his fiery vision to its limit, allowing him to clearly see the flow and convergence of energy between heaven and earth.

Therefore, nearly half of the nodes of the large array in front of him were clearly visible.

Visuals can be deceiving, but the convergence and flow of energy cannot.

Breaking the formation does not require destroying all the formation nodes.

Just like a building, you don't need to break every single pillar to make it collapse.

At this moment, the cold wind howls, swirling up thousands of piles of snow.

As snowflakes swirled and collided, they condensed and formed countless fine chains of ice crystals in mid-air.

These chains are not physical objects, but rather images formed from pure chill and the condensation of moisture from heaven and earth. They spread out like a spider web, silently probing into the rolling white mist ahead.

As the ice crystal chains extended, the white mist continued to converge towards them.

Fog is water vapor, and when water vapor encounters ice, it will adhere to and freeze.

"Click...click click..."

The faint cracking sound of ice came from the depths of the clouds and mist, barely audible at first, but gradually becoming a continuous sound as time went by.

Shen Wenyuan stared intently and saw that the originally thick, cotton-like white mist was now rippling, like the surface of a lake where pebbles had been thrown in.

Where the ripples passed, the fog thinned, as if it were being slowly drawn away by some invisible force.

Jiang Ning stood in the center of the wind and snow, his eyes still closed, but his aura grew increasingly heavy and the chill deepened.

The wind and snow seemed to surround him like stars.

A powerful chill gathered around him, and everyone involuntarily retreated.

Only Shen Wenyuan remained motionless.

But at this moment, he also felt a deep chill.

It was a chill that made his blood freeze and made his body and mind tremble.

He hadn't felt this way for countless years.

At this moment, Jiang Ning's mind expanded infinitely, merging with the entire world and the snowstorm.

His perspective is rising, because every falling snowflake is a part of his touch, his hearing, and his vision.

At this moment, without relying on the extraordinary power of his Fiery Eyes, he could vaguely sense the nodes of the great arrays in various places simply by feeling.

next moment.

Guided by his mind, the chill converged towards the ice crystal chains, which in turn extended towards the energy convergence point of the array node.

"Cold Dew brings frost, Frost's Descent marks the beginning of winter. Great Cold seals off the sky and locks in the earth."

His thoughts raced, and his understanding of the Winter Treasure Book deepened.

Just then, a notification flashed before his eyes.

[Winter Handbook Experience Points +488]

"Indeed, only by putting things into practice can one gain a deeper understanding!"

He thought to himself. The chill in the distance intensified.

ka ka ka-

The earth seemed to be cracking due to the freezing.

at the same time.

"Om-"

The entire Cloud Hidden Peak trembled slightly.

Inside the main hall atop the mountain, the clouds and mist within the suspended mirror suddenly shifted and fluctuated violently.

Yun Yinzi's expression changed drastically, and he abruptly stood up: "The array's foundation node is damaged!"

The gray-robed venerable one's gaze sharpened.

"What an extraordinary young man!"

“If he weren’t cursed, I wouldn’t dare to be his enemy, and the entire Flying Immortal Sect wouldn’t be able to be his enemy either. With such talent and comprehension, and the right environment, becoming an immortal or an ancestor is not out of the question.”

"Venerable One, should we intervene now and stop him?" Yun Yinzi asked.

"No need!" The black-robed Venerable shook his head, his expression still calm: "Let him be! I want to see if he can really break this Cloud Sea Bewildering Array."

the other side.

As the first node was destroyed by the cold, the second, third, and fourth nodes followed.

In the blink of an eye, several array nodes were damaged.

The crowd saw that the thick, cotton-like clouds in front of them suddenly thinned out, and their vision became much clearer.

at the same time.

In the white mist.

The ice crystal chains meandered through the area as if they were alive, and wherever they passed, the white mist thinned instantly, while the ice crystal chains grew stronger.

Jiang Ningjing calmly controlled and felt this world.

After a while.

"Fifth place, seventh place, twelfth place"

He counted silently in his mind.

As the array nodes were continuously destroyed, the clouds and mist within the array became thinner.

"Crack...crack..."

On the mountain peak, the sound of ice cracking grew more and more intense, initially like drizzling rain tapping on a window, gradually becoming a continuous sound, as if the bones of the entire mountain were groaning—the sound of the permafrost breaking apart.

At the foot of the mountain, Ye Zhengqi and the others had retreated more than thirty feet, but they still felt the biting cold, and their breath instantly turned into white frost.

At this moment, Shen Wenyuan also chose to retreat.

Zhuge Qingsong stared intently ahead, where the mist began to dissipate, revealing the outlines of bluestone steps, ancient pines and cypresses, and even the eaves of the palaces higher up.

"The formation is about to break!" Zhuge Qingsong couldn't help but exclaim excitedly.

He had just personally entered the great formation formed by the gathering of clouds and mist, and personally experienced the profound mystery of this formation, which was too powerful for him to break.

But now, it is rapidly collapsing.

This method was beyond his imagination and comprehension.

Looking at the tall figure ahead, he couldn't help but feel a deep sense of admiration.

at the same time.

As Shen Wenyuan retreated, a solemn expression appeared on his face, his eyes showing a mixture of shock and worry.

As a second-grade Grandmaster, he was keenly aware of the energy of heaven and earth and could clearly perceive that the energy of heaven and earth within a radius of several miles centered on Jiang Ning had been completely stirred up and transformed into a storm dominated purely by coldness.

This method is almost like the legendary supernatural power of "summoning wind and rain and changing the world"!
But the more this happened, the stronger his unease became.

Can Jiang Ning's body really withstand such a drain?

He knew that Jiang Ning was now cursed, and the power of the curse had already entered his internal organs.

The more one pushes oneself to the limit, the less one can resist the curse. Once the body collapses, the power of the curse will penetrate deeply, and the body's functions will rapidly deteriorate.

At the summit of Yunyin Peak stands the main hall of the Immortal Crossing Gate.

The image in the mirror shook violently, the clouds churned and dissipated, and the light spots representing the array's nodes dimmed one after another before going out.

Yun Yinzi's face turned pale, cold sweat beaded on his forehead, and fear gripped his heart. He could no longer maintain his composure.

"Venerable One! Twenty-seven nodes have already been destroyed! If this continues, the Cloud Sea Misty Sky Formation will undoubtedly break! This boy was able to kill two sect leaders; if he were to ascend the mountain, how could we possibly defend ourselves?!"

The black-robed venerable one remained calm at this moment.

"It's alright. I already saw that if he's willing to continue using his weak body to manipulate the power of heaven and earth, breaking the formation is only a matter of time!"

"Why did the Venerable One just tell us not to intervene?" Yun Yinzi asked, puzzled.

The black-robed venerable one smiled calmly: "To try to move such a great force of heaven and earth with human strength, let alone the fact that he is currently being eroded by the power of the curse, even if he were in perfect condition, he would still suffer a great loss of vitality as a result."

"Now, after he breaks through the formation, how much strength will he have left?"

"Although my martial arts have not yet reached the first-grade Hunyuan level, I cultivate both immortality and martial arts. Ji Mingzhou is no match for me. Now, for him to go up the mountain is nothing but courting death!"

Upon hearing these words, Yun Yinzi's expression softened slightly.

But his gaze remained fixed on the mirror, where, with a series of freezing and shattering sounds, the clouds and mist rapidly faded.

A few more moments passed.

"boom--!!!"

A deep, muffled roar came from the depths of the mountain; it was the sound of the great formation connecting the entire Cloud Hidden Peak collapsing.

The entire Cloud Hidden Peak trembled violently, and the snow on its summit collapsed in a flurry.

The last remnants of the thick clouds that shrouded the mountainside seemed to have been baptized by a fierce wind and thunder, suddenly dissipating and dissolving in all directions.

Then, the snow-covered bluestone mountain path, as well as pavilions and towers, came into view.

And the majestic and imposing outline of the Ferryman's Gate Palace, even higher up.

Cloud Sea Misty Sky Formation - Break!

At the foot of the mountain, Shen Wenyuan, Zhuge Qingsong, and others were greatly encouraged.

The fog cleared, revealing a clear road leading straight to the mountaintop.

However, the crowd did not immediately step forward; their gazes all fell back on the figure in front of them.

Jiang Ning slowly withdrew his gaze from the distant peak, and the fierce wind and snow surrounding him gradually subsided, while the blood falling between heaven and earth also slowed down.

The flames in his eyes quietly faded, but his face was even paler than before, and his lips were bloodless.

"Cough cough." He coughed softly, his shoulders and back trembling slightly, and a strand of golden crimson spilled out between his fingers.

"Brother Jiang!" Shen Wenyuan stepped forward quickly, his eyes revealing worry.

"It's alright," Jiang Ning waved his hand, then spoke again, his voice much hoarser than before, but still clearly reaching everyone's ears: "The formation has been broken, let's go up the mountain."

His gaze swept over the crowd, finally settling on Ji Mingyue.

The girl stepped out from under the crane's wings, her eyes clear and fearless. She simply met his gaze and nodded gently.

Jiang Ning said no more and took the lead on the mountain path.

Although his steps seemed slow, Shen Wenyuan keenly sensed that Jiang Ning's aura had weakened again, appearing to be three points weaker than his own.

Clearly, the attack on the formation just now resulted in significant losses.

"Follow up!" Shen Wenyuan suppressed his unease and gave the order in a deep voice.

The more than a thousand elite troops had already scattered and were guarding the various routes down the mountain.

The powerful figures brought from the Inspectorate immediately set off, treading the snow-covered stone steps towards the summit.

……

Inside the main hall of the Immortal Crossing Gate, there was a deathly silence.

"Venerable One, they've arrived," Yun Yinzi said to the black-robed Venerable One.

The black-robed venerable one slowly rose, his black robes fluttering without wind, exuding a profound and imposing aura.

He looked out at the swirling snowflakes outside the palace, a hint of amusement playing at the corners of his mouth.

"Since he insists on taking the risk, then let him take the risk."

(End of this chapter)