Controlling the Five Thunders and the Two Worlds

Chapter 451 A New Formation: Yin Yang Five Elements Formation
That afternoon, streaks of light shot in from the east, west, south, and north.

The next morning, a dozen streaks of light took off from the Daluo Palace. The purple, blue, white and red streaks of light connected in a line, turning into a rainbow thousands of feet long, and headed straight south.

This neon light crossed Wuya Ridge and passed through Yazhou Prefecture. Wherever it passed, the demons and monsters in the mountains and towns trembled in fear, all concealing their auras and daring not to show their faces.

The southernmost part of Yazhou is the Snow God Mountain of Jing'an.

A woman in white stood on a platform on the mountainside, looking at the thousands of feet of neon lights in the distance that had deliberately avoided the snow-capped mountains but had not concealed their presence, and couldn't help but admire them.

Xue Yining said to the woman, "They are from the Daluo Palace."

"It seems someone in Southern Xinjiang has offended them," the woman in white said.

"Who is it?" Xue Yining asked.

"It's nothing more than those few forces that always sneak into the Central Plains." The woman in white shook her head, then asked, "Is Bingbing still with that Fang Zhanqing?"

Xue Yining cupped her hands in greeting, "They witnessed Yun Feiang being surrounded and killed at the Daluo Palace, and later returned to Yazhou after descending the mountain."

The woman in white nodded. "Prepare some gifts. Once everyone from the Great Luo Palace returns, we'll go and propose marriage."

Xue Yining's eyes flashed, and she bowed in agreement.

……

Once they entered the southern border region, everyone concealed their escape light.

It's not that I'm afraid of anyone, but mainly I can't let Ancestor Chiwang get the news in advance.

Yes, it is like that.

Although they concealed their aura and escape light, as they flew along, the more they looked down with their divine senses, the angrier they became.

Master Yihong narrowed his eyes, a cold glint in them.

Master Jingfeng cackled, revealing a ferocious expression.

Master Shenhao's white eyebrows were raised, and he exuded a solemn and dignified aura.

Although the other old Taoist priests did not show their emotions, their expressionless faces were enough to send chills down the spines of those who knew them.

The reason is simple: the people of southern Xinjiang live much worse lives than those in the Central Plains.

They were dressed in rags, built their own strongholds to defend themselves, and relied on gathering, fishing, and hunting, barely managing to make ends meet.

Southern Xinjiang has few plains, making it extremely difficult to cultivate. Mountain people rarely gather in large numbers and are mostly scattered in all directions. Large villages with tens of thousands of people are usually located in good places with water sources and valleys nearby, while most other villages are small villages with a thousand or even a hundred people.

Some demons and monsters that need incense offerings will protect the people in their territory to some extent, while the rest are left to fend for themselves, and occasionally they will be feasted on and refined into treasures.

But that's not the most infuriating thing.

As they approached Red Moon Valley, they could clearly see that many villagers were being raised like livestock!
Their self-defense and struggle for survival were merely an illusion; in reality, they were treated as prey for wild wolves and wolf demons, or even as tools for wolf demons to train their cubs.

Everyone witnessed three hunters working together in the mountains to capture a wolf cub when a wolf demon breathed out a cold wind, scattering two of the hunters, capturing the last hunter, tearing off a leg for the wolf cub, and enjoying the rest itself.

"We don't concern ourselves with the evolution of the Heavenly Way, nor with the natural game," Master Yansong said calmly. "But if someone has already transcended the Heavenly Way yet remains insatiable and commits numerous evils, then that is going against the Heavenly Way."

Master Mingyu nodded, “We should act on behalf of Heaven and restore order.”

"Not bad."

"exactly."

The old Taoists echoed their agreement, and among them, Taoist Yuanhe pointed his sword, and a barely perceptible golden light flashed and disappeared.

The next moment, the wolf demon, which had just been tearing apart its prey, paused, a look of doubt flashing in its eyes. Then, its massive head separated from its body, and blood gushed from its neck.

The little wolf, whose intelligence was not yet developed, suddenly saw the big gray wolf that usually guarded it suddenly beheaded. It was so frightened that it howled and then turned and ran away.

……

As the wolf cub disappeared into the woods and found its pack, the old Taoist priests had already arrived above Red Moon Valley. "Let's set up the formation," said Master Yihong, patting his gourd and taking out his Green Dragon Crescent Blade.

Master Yansong looked at Yunyang and said, "This time, the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation has you as the central core, so you'd better stand up straight."

Yun Yang was speechless. "I'm just someone who strengthens connections. Don't make it sound so scary."

The old Taoist priests burst into laughter.

The next moment, some people in Red Moon Valley also sensed the aura of the old Taoist priests, and a scarlet demonic aura soared into the sky. "Who goes there?"

"Take your people!" Daoist Yihong shouted.

The old Taoist priests appeared one after another, took their positions, and began to set up the formation by taking out their magical treasures.

Master Yuzhang took out the Heavenly Canopy Ruler and stood in the Qian position.

Master Jingfeng manifested five Taoist divine prisons, with white bone lamps hanging in mid-air, standing firmly in the Kun position.

The Taoist priest from Qingyuan drew a Taiji diagram with his long sword and stood in the Kan position.

Master Shenhao transformed the Golden Fire Bell into a blazing sun and stood still.

Master Yansong fanned himself with the Taiyi Fan and stood in the Xun position.

Master Yihong, holding the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, stood at the Dui position.

Daoist Yanling took out the Seven Treasures Jade Ruyi and stood in the Gen position.

Master Mingyu used his Thunderwood Sword to unleash five-colored thunderclouds and stood firmly in the Zhen position.

Yun Yang stood in the central position, his long sword held horizontally, manifesting the Eight Immortals' forms, each standing in a trigram position, assisting the interaction of the eight gates and the flow of the five elements within the Eight Trigrams Formation.

Meanwhile, the other seven Taoist priests set up a Yin-Yang Five Elements Formation.

Master Yuanhe activated the Pure Yang Flying Sword, which belongs to the metal element.

Master Mingchong used thunder magic, which belongs to the element of wood.

Master Qingwei's Tai Chi is both soft and firm, and belongs to the water element.

Master Jingchun took out the Fire Prison True Talisman, and Master Yanqi used the Five Elements Great Escape. Although it wasn't quite suitable, the Taoist sect's cultivation encompassed all five elements, so there was absolutely no problem in standing in a position belonging to the fire or water element.

Finally, the two evil spirits of Longmen, Master Jinghong and Master Jingfa, activated the Yin and Yang energies.

Seven highly skilled Taoist masters formed a Yin-Yang Five Elements Formation.

This formation was not created by Gu Zhao, but is the culmination of the efforts of many old Taoists. It still uses the circulation of the five elements as its form and the harmony of yin and yang as its foundation.

Yin and Yang, the dragon and the tiger interact.

The five directions and five elements, the five internal organs and five vital energies.

These are the fundamental principles of Taoist cultivation. The understanding of these old Taoists is no less than that of Gu Zhao. The formations they created based on their own fundamental methods are naturally not weak formations.

The next moment, the energy of the Yin-Yang Five Elements Array and the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Array connected.

Both formations contain the five elements and five directions, their energy is connected, clearly distinct yet seamlessly integrated, different yet sharing commonalities. They appear to be two formations, but also seem to be one great formation.

The Yin-Yang Five Elements Formation combined with the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation achieves a result greater than the sum of its parts. Its power and versatility surpass even the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, which requires two people to occupy one gate!
"Comfortable!" Daoist Yansong chuckled, looking down.

Just as it soared into the sky, the scarlet and ferocious demonic aura suddenly paused, then abruptly retreated.

Then a young man dressed in red, with a handsome face but cold, icy eyes, suddenly appeared in the sky above Red Moon Valley and politely cupped his hands in greeting.

"My name is Li Chiwang. May I ask where you gentlemen come from? Is there some misunderstanding?"

(End of this chapter)