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Chapter 161, Section 160: [Suppressing Fufengzi]

Just as Chen Sheng was in high spirits and wanted to follow his earlier plan, he separated a clone to help Feng Zi widen the insect eye on the membrane of the heaven and earth, and let him in to be surrounded and killed.

A piece of information that suddenly surfaced from the depths of his heart instantly changed his mind.

【Zhou Tian Xing Dou Small Array】: It is a simplified version of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array of Ziwei Palace. Although it lacks the star domain treasures representing the three palaces of Ziwei, Taiwei and Tianshi, if it is set up based on a realm, it can still be set up as a protective array to resist ordinary sixth-level cultivators. It can be used for offense and defense, illusion and concealment, trapping and killing, and is extremely mysterious and ever-changing.

Trapping Formation: A barrier set up using the primordial energy of heaven and earth, relying on the supply of a single realm, capable of trapping most sixth-order cultivators.

Illusion Array: Within the range of the array, a vast star field evolves, where reality and illusion are determined by the array master's single thought, ensuring that those who enter the array can never escape the illusion.

Killing Formation: If someone forcibly enters the formation, it can summon the Twenty-Eight Constellation Gods or the Four Symbols Divine Beasts to kill the enemy.

Offensive Formation: It can shoot out starlight from the outer edge of the membrane of heaven and earth, attacking enemies from a distance and keeping them outside the world.

Defense Formation: This formation can greatly enhance the strength of the Heaven and Earth Membrane, resisting more attacks.

Concealment Array: This array can hide the traces of the Yama Fruit, so that even if a cultivator flies by, he will not be able to detect the existence of the fruit.

Following the introduction to the formation, a complete set of complex formation diagrams is also included, which is a detailed method for arranging the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Small Formation.

This information, obtained only after collecting all twenty-eight Jambudvipa treasures, confirmed the Five Ghosts' earlier judgment: they were indeed magical artifacts sent to this world by the Ziwei Palace, and were transformed into Jambudvipa treasures after being nurtured by the fruit for hundreds of thousands of years.

Otherwise, the origin of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Small Array, which belongs exclusively to the Ziwei Palace, cannot be explained.

Moreover, it can be seen that when Ziwei Palace forged these magical artifacts, they were designed as array artifacts, specifically to protect the safety of the Yama Fruit.

Chen Sheng briefly reviewed the formation method and discovered that in order to fully unleash the power of this formation, which rivals that of a sixth-tier opponent, three extremely large auxiliary formations needed to be placed inside the fruit.

The auxiliary formation is divided into three seats: Heaven, Earth, and Man.

To achieve this, one must be inside the membrane of heaven and earth, change the way one receives starlight from the outside world, and possess the ability to store the power of stars;

In the middle, it is necessary to unite the hearts of people in the world, so that the beings in this world support the rule of the array setter, and make the power of people's prayers an aid to the great array.

Next, it is necessary to re-examine the dragon veins deep within the earth within the territory of each state in this realm, so as to facilitate the supply of energy to the secret treasures of Jambudvipa;

Only by combining the three elements of Heaven, Earth, and Man can one rival a sixth-level cultivator.

Chen Sheng thought about it and felt that setting up the formation was not difficult.

Firstly, under the subtle influence of this set of Jambudvipa treasures over hundreds of thousands of years, the terrain of this world has been transformed to perfectly match the foundation of the auxiliary array.

All it takes is sending some fourth-tier cultivators deep underground to sort out the earth veins and water veins, and to make some minor repairs, so that the earth veins can meet the requirements.

Secondly, the ability to guide starlight is an inherent property of the celestial membrane. Although setting up an array inside is a huge undertaking, it can be accomplished with the resources of an entire realm, provided it takes more time.

As for gaining the support of the people in this world, that's even simpler.

Human hearts are the most fickle thing in the world. Chen Sheng only needs to use the Golden Hoop Mantra to pave the way, bring those top-level fourth-tier cultivators under his command, and let the rentier class turn against him. He can immediately gain the people's loyalty.

Chen Sheng was an expert in rebellion, and he was very familiar with these things.

In fact, given the cultivators' powerful productivity, the meager harvest that ordinary people dig from the ground is nothing. Even if all taxes were exempted, it would not affect the cultivators' lives or the normal operation of the dynasty's finances.

Even so, forcing cultivators to relinquish their benefits and transform them from recipients of sustenance into providers is still a major reform.

Only a ruler like Chen Sheng, who wielded absolute violence and absolute power in one realm, could implement such a wicked regime.

Chen Sheng believed that as long as enough people were killed, no matter how unbelievable a seemingly righteous policy might sound, it could eventually be implemented...

Now that he had the option of setting up the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Small Array, Chen Sheng, after careful consideration, realized that his previous plan was somewhat risky. He decided that it would be better to wait until the large array was set up and then simply blast Fu Fengzi to death outside the fruit.

Since there is a safer way to kill the enemy, why take more risks?
Having made up his mind, Chen Sheng looked at the four divine beasts that had transformed into the forms of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, surrounding him.

Between heaven and earth, in places ranging from thousands of miles away to hundreds of thousands of miles away, the twenty-eight secret treasures of Jambudvipa still float above the twenty-eight states, radiating brilliant starlight.

The four kingdoms on Earth have been thrown into chaos and engulfed in war due to the loss of control over their national treasures.

Once he decides not to take action against Fufengzi anymore, there are too many messes in this realm that he needs to clean up personally.

First, start with the Great Xia Dynasty beneath our feet, quell the chaos, and kill a group of rebellious thieves;

Then he used the Golden Hoop Spell to subdue fourth-tier cultivators and make them serve him.
With the support of powerful forces, the profession of "King of Ten Thousand Demons" found its purpose, and by continuously promoting subordinates, everything gradually returned to normal.

After more than a month of such hard work, the four kingdoms of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter finally settled down.

……

On this day, Chen Sheng, flying high in the sky, was personally refining the Heavenly Auxiliary Array.

From the lungs of the Heavenly Pot, a large amount of metal or earth and stone materials with stellar attributes are expelled, and they are smelted into star cores using Buddhist fire.

Then, he transformed his clones into Yama insects, carrying them deep into the membrane of heaven and earth, gradually perfecting a massive formation.

At the same time, he was multitasking, looking at a golden kernel in front of him that was about the size of a loaf of rice and looked a bit like a walnut.

This is the core of the Jambudvipa fruit in the main world.

With the blessing of the complete set of Jambudvipa treasures, Chen Sheng was able to clearly sense that the fruit pit was very close to him.

But like a mirage, it is impossible to touch, no matter what means are used.

This is definitely not a trick to distort spatial perception, and it has nothing to do with time-related Taoist techniques.

Within the flesh of the Jambhala fruit, the seed exists in a state that is both omnipresent and nowhere; reaching this core is not so easy.

What Chen Sheng lacks now is the ability to further lock down his position.

"The maximum cultivation level this fruit can accommodate is the fifth level, but that's only because the destructive power of cultivators above the fifth level is too strong, and the fruit sets this limit to protect itself from harm."

If one can entrust their life to the core of the Jambudvipa fruit, the cultivation of a realm lord will not be restricted in any way, and it will not be a problem to survive in the fruit until the seventh level.

Over the past month, I have become familiar with the abilities of this set of Jambudvipa treasures.

They replaced the dragon's energy, seized control of the fruit's surface, and possessed the authority to change the course of rivers, control earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, manipulate celestial phenomena and climate, bestow titles upon various deities, and regulate the concentration of spiritual energy in the world.

However, to the world, these powers are too superficial.

To truly control one's destiny, one must control the core of the Jambudvipa fruit.

Only by entrusting my life to the fruit core can I securely build up my main world, then reincarnate into other fruits to plunder resources and slowly grow stronger. Whether I can successfully entrust my life to the Jambudvipa fruit core is crucial to my future development plans.

It seems that in my next reincarnation, I will have to find a fruit that can solve the problem of contact with the seed.

As Chen Sheng pondered these questions, he began setting up the large formation above his head.

As it flew and moved, it arrived near the tiny wormhole it had bitten out when it first returned.

He picked up a refined star core, intending to simply seal the wormhole that was blocked by foreign objects.

Suddenly, a crisp sound was heard, and a pale green beam of light shone out from the wormhole.

Then, a plume of black smoke followed closely behind, forcibly squeezing in and transforming into a handsome middle-aged man with a feather fan and a silk turban.

Chen Sheng; "?"

Fu Fengzi; "?"

The two, who had just met, stared at each other wide-eyed, completely unprepared for this situation.

In a flash, Fu Fengzi saw the Netherworld Blood-Transforming Gourd on Chen Sheng's waist and realized that he was the one who had killed the evil spirits under his command.

Chen Sheng was also familiar with Fu Fengzi, having seen him many times in the memories of the evil spirits, and instantly recognized the enemy's identity.

Given their thought processes, they acted at the same time.

Fu Fengzi shot out two beams of black light from his eyes, which struck Chen Sheng directly.

Yama's Ghost Eye: This ability can inflict instant death on others based on their cultivation level. First, second, and third-tier cultivators will certainly die upon being struck by this light; fourth-tier cultivators have a 90% chance of dying suddenly; and fifth-tier cultivators have a 1 in 10,000 chance of being directly killed. (Each person is limited to being struck by this curse once per day.)
The black light struck Chen Sheng's fist as he threw it forward, shattering into two small black flowers on the indestructible Luohan Jin body.

Chen Sheng's fist, which distorted his spatial perception with the swastika symbol, was easily dodged by Fu Fengzi.

The two fought to a draw.

After they each stepped back a distance, Fu Fengzi spoke.

"No wonder all my men were trapped by this fruit. It turns out someone used a trick to gain fifth-order power."

As he spoke, black smoke billowed behind him, and the ghostly banner of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, with its white bones as a pole, fluttered in the wind.

As soon as this natal magic artifact appeared, it adorned Fu Fengzi with an imperial crown, and a dense layer of black light rapidly spread outwards.

Chen Sheng could clearly sense that wherever the black light passed, his control over that space was excluded.

He immediately summoned the protective array that had been in operation to descend. Twenty-eight beams of dense yellow light rose from the land of the twenty-eight states, covering an area of ​​dozens of miles in radius and forming a trapping array.

In just one month, the auxiliary array of this realm has not yet been fully completed. Other arrays such as illusion, kill, defense, concealment, and protection are not yet finished. Currently, only the trapping array is usable.

The only thing usable in the current trapped formation is the yellow energy from the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

However, this formation was originally designed to deal with sixth-level experts, and even though it was incomplete, it was more than enough to trap Fu Fengzi, who was at the fifth level.

The yellowish-brown earth energy extracted from the thick earth quickly formed a sphere with a diameter of tens of miles. While blocking the black energy from spreading outward, it also contracted rapidly inward.

They quickly compressed the space within the formation to within one mile.

"What kind of formation is this...?"
How could such a thing possibly be inside a fruit that grows on a side branch?

The moment the formation appeared, Fu Fengzi's heart was filled with turbulent waves.

His main skill, [Yanluo Suppressing Prison Technique], is a fifth-order Daoist technique composed of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Techniques. Although it is far inferior to the Eight-Nine Mysterious Techniques that are famous throughout the heavens, it is still considered a second-rate immortal technique among the dozens of common fifth-order Daoist techniques composed of the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Techniques.

His dignified fifth-order Yang God cultivation was easily suppressed in the clash of Dao techniques, which is truly outrageous!

Was it really a mistake to enter this realm by borrowing money to set up an array?
In his haste, his Yang spirit split in two on the spot, transforming into two identical Fu Fengzi with identical auras and cultivation levels, who joined forces to attack the great formation.

Then, the two bodies transformed into two balls of energy, one black and one white, chasing each other endlessly like a pair of yin and yang fish, spiraling and twisting the boundary between life and death, colliding with the yellowish-turbid barrier, but only stirring up a series of intense ripples.

Seeing that the attack was ineffective, he released a sinister ghost wind from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, but it still failed to penetrate the barrier.
Using banners as spears to break through enemy lines only resulted in a string of bright sparks.

Its body transforms into countless ghosts to devour, yet it cannot bite through the thick, hard earth energy;

It transforms into will-o'-the-wisps and burns fiercely, but fire cannot overcome earth.

Fu Fengzi employed a variety of tactics, leaving Chen Sheng bewildered, yet he was unable to break free of the enemy's formation.

This incomplete Zhou Tian Xing Dou formation is deeply rooted in the earth. Although Fu Fengzi has profound cultivation, how can he possibly win against the power of heaven and earth of the fruit by himself?

Moreover, Chen Sheng himself possessed the destiny of the Ziwei star, and by using himself as the pivot of the star's operation, he could enhance the formation to a certain extent.

Fu Fengzi's defeat was not unjust.

The formidable enemy from beyond the borders that had troubled Chen Sheng for so long was captured in this way. The unfolding events before him were completely unexpected, leaving him with a faint sense of unreality.

However, before the killing formation was fully set up, Chen Sheng did not have the ability to kill Fu Fengzi.

Previously, he had underestimated the abilities of a fifth-tier Yang God cultivator. Judging from the abilities that Fu Fengzi had just displayed, he could not defeat the opponent with the Gang Sha Arhat Golden Body alone.

Setting up the formation in the main world was indeed the right choice.

"No rush. It doesn't matter if I can't kill you now. Time will eventually be on my side."

Chen Sheng smiled faintly at Fu Fengzi, who was trapped in the formation, and turned his head to quietly look at the insect eye on the membrane of heaven and earth. Because there was no external intervention, it was being repaired little by little by the effect of its self-healing ability.

Another month passed.

Having resolved his worries and unwilling to waste time with Fu Fengzi, Chen Sheng once again separated a wisp of his will, which transformed into a Yama insect and flew out from the Yin spirit, beginning his third reincarnation.

He traversed the membrane of heaven and earth to arrive outside the fruit, gazing at the vast void, repeatedly reiterating his requirements for this reincarnation in his heart.

"My fellow beings across all realms, I need to find a fruit whose cultivation level is capped at the fifth rank, who possesses a highly skilled method of utilizing the Jambudvipa fruit core, and preferably whose cultivation path leans towards the Dao of Fate."

The crimson main world behind them had been hidden by the formation and was completely invisible.

Guided by his instincts, Chen Sheng followed his unseen intuition, flying at the speed of light through the void, passing through dense foliage, and heading towards an orange-red fruit no smaller than the one in the main world.

(End of this chapter)