Building a sect from scratch.

Compared to the Yin Immortal who died cleanly and decisively, the Yang Immortal lived a miserable and wretched life.

Because Immortal Siyang possesses the Lianshan Bagua Compass, Fang Xianyu cannot directly plan how to kill him. If he harbors ill intentions towards him and devises a plan for a direct kill with a very high success rate, the warning from the Lianshan Bagua Compass will allow Immortal Siyang to avoid danger. In other words, Fang Xianyu's efforts would be futile and meaningless.

Therefore, she could only rack her brains to kill the Immortal Siyang indirectly.

For example, destroying the small world where the immortal Siyang was hiding his physical body was a very ingenious move.

Once the small world was broken, the concealment effect brought by the simple Lianshan Bagua Plate could no longer help him deceive the heavens and the sea. This is how the tribulation clouds gradually gathered above Rongyu Mountain came about.

Of course, if he could survive until he could create another small world to hide in, or simply find a suitable small world, he could live, but...

Fang Xianyu wouldn't give him that chance!

Switching to Zhang Can's alternate identity, he quickly came face to face with the Immortal Si Yang, whose primordial spirit had hastily returned to its place.

The tribulation clouds gathered thicker and thicker, forming a vast, oppressive mass that made it almost impossible to breathe. Amidst the flashes of lightning and thunder, something incredibly terrifying seemed to be brewing. Even though Fang Xianyu had only separated her primordial spirit to control Zhang Can's alias, she could still feel the oppressive force acting on her soul.

Immortal Siyang immediately recognized the cultivator who had destroyed the small world he had painstakingly created. Upon discovering that the other party was only at the Golden Core stage, he was even more furious: "Who do you think you are? A mere Golden Core cultivator, how dare you act so presumptuously?"

“I don’t need to fight you, I can’t beat you,” Zhang Can said, spreading his hands in a very shameless manner. “I just need to harass you so you can’t find a place to hide. Either way, I won’t lose out!”

Immortal Siyang felt a lump in his throat from Zhang Can's blunt and shameless words, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Are all the people in your Taiyin Sect so despicable?!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a bolt of lightning, which had been eagerly waiting in the clouds of tribulation, tentatively struck down.

Immortal Siyang's expression changed drastically. He dared not suppress his cultivation anymore and instantly released the restrictions on his body, forcefully withstanding the heavenly lightning.

Zhang Can was caught in the crossfire; he hadn't expected the lightning to be so impatient, and he was grazed on one side!
It should be known that a heavenly tribulation usually takes at least several hours to brew, and sometimes it can take up to half a month just for the tribulation clouds to gather! It has only been a few minutes since the small world where the immortal Siyang was hiding was torn apart, and the first heavenly lightning has already struck. This is really beyond Zhang Can's expectations and is too illogical!
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and managed to protect his heart by consuming dozens of system energy points in an instant. He was alright, but his golden core was still aching from the blow, causing him to gasp for breath repeatedly.

Whether it was the first playthrough or this restart, Fang Xianyu had never experienced such terrifying heavenly lightning. Even a mere appetizer of heavenly lightning was enough to make one's hair stand on end, and even Fang Xianyu himself felt suppressed!
Immortal Siyang reacted even faster. Having released the suppression of his cultivation, Zhang Can felt a tremendous pressure approaching, and the heavenly lightning above his head seemed impatient as well. Therefore, after enduring the minor heavenly lightning, Immortal Siyang immediately began forming hand seals and setting up an array. Array formations are a very complex "subject" among cultivators in the Guixu Realm. Most arrays require advance setup, and some even require setting up altars, burning incense, and praying to gods to improve their efficiency and success rate.

However, once one reaches the level of a half-step immortal like Si Yang Immortal, such complexity is no longer necessary. While the Five Elements Formation may require the use of special spiritual materials, some spiritual formations unrelated to the Five Elements can be set up using only spiritual power.

Although Zhang Can couldn't discern the exact name of the formation Si Yang Immortal had set up, it was clearly an array used to seal space, typically categorized as a sealing spirit array. These arrays are often used to seal objects or protect rare and precious materials; for example, the circle drawn by the Monkey King in the Blue Star TV series Journey to the West shares the same origin as this type of array. Of course, there is no Monkey King or his demon-repelling circle in the Guixu Realm, but the principle is similar.

Even though Zhang Can saw what Si Yang Immortal was trying to do, he still couldn't understand the other party's logic—this kind of sealing array certainly has the function of protecting things in the array from natural disasters, but it plays a negligible role in the heavenly tribulation of becoming an immortal!
Otherwise, if this were useful, wouldn't all those cultivators who died in heavenly tribulations on the path of cultivation be nothing but a joke?

But...

'Whatever your motives, I'll just harass you and prevent you from accomplishing anything!'

Zhang Can thought to himself, and then unhesitatingly began casting various spells at the Immortal Si Yang.

Even if a Golden Core cultivator is highly skilled and has the most exquisite techniques, they cannot cause any harm to Immortal Siyang, who is already at the half-step Immortal level. Zhang Can was well aware of this.

Unless he risks his life again using system energy points—but he's already used quite a few points and really can't bear to waste any more!
Moreover, Si Yang is not like Si Yin. Si Yang has many magical treasures and methods. The tribulation lightning worth a thousand energy points can kill Si Yin, but it is unlikely to kill Si Yang. Especially when the victory is almost guaranteed, there is no need to waste it.

Even if it doesn't harm Si Yang, it shouldn't have no effect at all, right?
Zhang Can stared dumbfounded at the various spells he had used with all his might, whether it was lightning or fire magic, they all seemed to sink into the sea when they hit Immortal Si Yang, achieving nothing!
He wasn't even affected, let alone frowned. He didn't even bother to give Zhang Can a glance out of the corner of his eye, completely ignoring him!

Perhaps Zhang Can used too many spells, so colorful and dazzling that after Si Yang Xianren finished making the array incantation, he casually pushed a small fire dragon towards Zhang Can.

The fire dragon was only as thick as an arm, yet it attacked with ferocious force, seemingly possessing intelligence. It tore and crashed into Zhang Can, sparks flying as it splattered onto him, even burning the robes he had worn for aesthetic purposes—which weren't even considered Yellow-Rank Spiritual Artifacts. This fire dragon was actually the Purple Star Heavenly Fire refined by Immortal Si Yang! Even with Zhang Can's cultivation level, he might not be able to extinguish such a fire even after several hundred more years of cultivation!
After painfully spending several energy points to extinguish the Purple Star Heavenly Fire on his body, Zhang Can, after much agonizing reflection, finally decided to save where he could and spend where he could. Otherwise, he would jump around and kick someone's knee for ages, and the person wouldn't even bother to look at him. It wasn't very harmful, but it was extremely humiliating, which was incredibly frustrating!

What's even more insulting is that, seeing that the fire dragon hadn't burned Zhang Can to death, the Immortal Siyang, in the midst of his busy work, glanced up and even let out a strange "Eh!"
(End of this chapter)