There are no ancestors at all; I made them all up.

Chapter 60 What? You're not convinced?
Chen Qing's mind was focused, and the secrets of the great formation beneath his feet were revealed in every detail under the illumination of the spiritual light from his Niwan acupoint!
A few breaths later, the stellar energy channels were as clear as the lines on the palm of my hand! The birth and death of the Calamity Vortex were perfectly understood!
He had already grasped seven or eight parts of the secrets of the great formation!

Chen Qing then felt that the time had come, and he was about to stealthily seize the bone.

Suddenly!

"Om-"

"Boom——"

"Shoot-"

The star curtain at the edge of the great formation trembled!
Three places were forcibly torn apart, and a beam of clear light, a surge of violent baleful energy, and a mirror-like light, carrying a figure, stormed in!

Immediately afterwards, the northern array was also torn open by a decaying force, and a slender figure rushed in!
"Who dares to intrude upon this formation? State your name!" Zhao Yuanji, who was in charge of the formation, shouted sternly!
Among those who entered the formation was a gaunt old man, holding a wooden ruler. He cried out in a sorrowful voice to an old scholar in a corner of the altar, whose bamboo slips were gnawed by filth: "I am Meng Shu! Today I enter the formation to save my master from calamity!"

Another young general, clad in black armor and wielding a broken blade, fixed his bloodshot eyes on the roaring battle spirit on the altar and roared, "Lei Lie swears to break this formation and save my brother Lei Hu's battle spirit!"

The one who burst in from the south was a young man holding a warm jade pendant. He watched as the beautiful woman's spirit turned to smoke amidst the crimson flames and thorns, his eyes bloodshot, and he screamed hoarsely, "Su Ming, the youngest son of the Su family! Come and save your sister!"

The one who rushed in from the north was a female cultivator in a green dress, holding half a tortoise shell. Her eyes were filled with hatred, and she pointed directly at the eerie wood that was being scorched by ghostly flames, screaming blood-red: "Yin Xiaodie from Xuan Turtle Island! Come and save your Daoist partner's life!"

Four angry roars, mixed with grief and determination, resounded through the chaotic currents of the Star Fiends and reached Chen Qing's ears. He immediately realized: "The formation breakers arranged by the big boss have arrived!"

Seeing the four people clamoring to break the formation and rescue people, Zhao Yuanji's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he immediately shook the Star-Guiding Banner.

"boom--"

The celestial curtain of stars shone brightly! The raging star demons surged like a reversed Milky Way, engulfing the four people!
Amidst the surging starlight, the old man Meng Shu stepped forward, his ruler radiating a burst of clear light to resist the torrent, while the Wen Hua light barrier protected the group!

Chaos erupted in the ranks, and a golden opportunity suddenly appeared!
A glint flashed in Chen Qing's eyes, and he was about to take advantage of the chaos to make a move.

"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

Seven or eight streaks of light took advantage of the chaos to tear through the array barrier and break into the array!
"Treasure hunt!"

"Take advantage of the chaos!"

"The opportunity to break the formation lies here!"

Greed, fanaticism, and arrogance mingled with the fluctuations of magical power, stirring up the brilliance of the great formation.

"How dare an ant covet the might of Heaven? Die!" Zhao Yuanji laughed in fury, and shook the Star-Guiding Banner violently!
"Om-"

He then activated the calamity-inducing power of the great formation, transforming it into invisible shackles, a filthy torrent, and distorted illusions of inner demons, which frantically assaulted the minds and protective measures of all those who entered the formation!
Chen Qing's mind wavered for a moment, but he was unaffected by the Samadhi True Fire Talisman.

"Ugh!"

All around, screams of agony rose and fell!

Time seemed to distort the surroundings of a person, and their physical body experienced decay and prosperity before everyone's eyes, eventually turning into a handful of ashes!
One person seemed to have fallen into a demonic realm, screaming as his flesh and blood fell away, turning into a skeleton!
A person was entangled by the scarlet phantoms of lovesick men and women, blood gushing from his seven orifices, and he let out a cry that abruptly stopped!
……

The magical artifact shattered! The spiritual light vanished!
Within moments, most of the intruders were reduced to ashes in various tragic and bizarre ways, their souls unable to escape and becoming nourishment for the great formation's calamity!

Chen Qing, hiding in the node, witnessed the hellish scene of a group of profound cultivators dying in an instant, and felt a chill in his heart.

"I thought I was venturing into a dragon's den alone, but I never expected it to turn into a killing field! Hmm?"

The chaos subsided briefly, but the calamity intensified!
When he looked again with focused attention, he discovered that three people had survived the turbulent flow of calamity by a narrow margin!
One of them was an old man, dressed in a rough bark jacket, barefoot, tapping rapidly with his wooden cane, the emerald light intertwining like vines, barely creating a space of life.

Following him was a person draped in a dark red cloak. His cloak was filthy and sinister, yet it was able to block the power of the calamity, keeping him safe and sound.

The last person was a woman wearing a tattered, colorful gauze dress and bare feet. Rusty bells were tied to her ankles, and she held a bronze lotus lamp in her hands. The lamplight flickered, illuminating a three-foot radius around her and slightly deflecting the incoming calamity.

Chen Qing was about to take another look when he suddenly felt an emptiness in his body. It turned out that he was about to exhaust his magic power to drive the lotus platform. He didn't panic. He took out the Qi-replenishing pills that he had obtained from the young marquis and swallowed three of them in a row!
The surging medicinal power rushed out instantly, the lotus platform shone brighter again, and he felt invigorated, so he strode forward!

"Let's take advantage of Zhao Yuanji's distraction by these people and get out of here!"

"Three more burdened by karma!" The Sixth Prince Xu Qitian, who was outside the formation, saw it clearly and was extremely angry! However, due to the karmic calamity, he could not directly enter the formation to kill them, lest he attract calamity and ruin all his previous efforts!

"A mere fish that slipped through the net! Crush it!" Zhao Yuanji grinned maliciously, and the Star-Guiding Banner swept across fiercely!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

One after another, jet-black star spears, wreathed in malevolent energy, coalesced from the banners and shot through the air toward all those who dared to challenge the formation! The killing intent was overwhelming!
"Gentlemen! Gather around me!"

Meng Shu shouted, and the Righteous Qi Ruler's clear light surged, instantly opening a gentle barrier that protected the three people who came later!

"Thank you sir!"

The bark cultivators immediately moved closer, tapping the ground with their wooden staffs. Emerald green vines wrapped around the barrier of righteous energy, adding resilience and vitality.

The man in the blood-red robe hesitated for a moment, then manipulated the filthy, blood-stained skeleton to merge into the edge of the barrier, forming a layer of filthy yet resilient protection.

The woman in colorful clothes silently chanted an incantation, and a tiny seven-colored spark lit up from the withered wick of the lotus lantern, merging into the clear light and adding a touch of warding off evil to the barrier.

The other three, on the other hand, unleashed a torrent of malevolent energy, their drums gleaming with jade light, and their mouths spewing forth the very essence of life and death!
Seven people working together, each contributing their strengths!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The pitch-black star spears pounded against the barrier, causing the light to tremble violently, yet they remained unbroken! They actually managed to stabilize their position amidst the calamity storm!

"The key to the formation lies in that spirit bone! Breaking it will resolve this calamity!"

Meng Shu's gaze was sharp and focused directly on the core of the altar!
"Charge!" Lei Lie roared, the blood-red light of his broken blade soaring into the sky, resonating with the broken armor of his brother in the formation. With a single strike, he briefly cleaved through the calamity, creating a passage!

"With united will, this formation can be broken!"

With overwhelming momentum, they charged towards the spirit bone amidst a sky full of spear shadows, unstoppable!

"Stop them!" Xu Qitian shouted anxiously from outside the formation.

Zhao Yuanji's face turned ashen, his banners danced wildly, and his Star Fiends transformed and bombarded relentlessly! However, those seven people were connected to the source of the calamity energy in the formation by cause and effect, and they also possessed tokens that could ward off evil and protect them, so they broke through many obstacles!

The spirit bone was almost within reach!

"Could it be that we're going to have to use our ultimate strategy against these people?!" Zhao Yuanji thought anxiously.

Outside the formation, the eyes of the First Prince, the Second Prince, and others flashed with a sharp light!
at this time.

A cold snort came from above the floating palace.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw the Empress in the palace raise her right hand and press it towards the Heavenly Evolution Platform!
"Om-"

The celestial constellation barrier enveloping the Jade Capital suddenly shone brightly!
The vast starlight, like the Milky Way bursting its banks, poured into the great formation with a thunderous roar!
"Boom!!!"

The power of the grand formation increased tenfold!
The barrier that the seven people had worked together to support was as fragile as glass. Under the impact of the power of the stars and the violent calamity, it shattered with a crash!

"puff!"

Meng Shu was the first to be hit. With a "crack", the Righteous Qi Ruler in his hand split open with several cracks. He was hit as if he had been struck by a heavy blow and flew backward, spitting out blood!

The bark cultivator's vines snapped inch by inch, and his wooden staff flew out of his hand; the blood-robed man's blood-stained skull exploded, filling the air with blood mist; the colorful woman's lotus lantern's seven-colored flame went out, and the lantern was covered with cracks!
The other three also had their magic weapons dimmed and their auras weakened, as they were violently blown away by the raging calamity power!
The situation is reversed instantly!

"You promised to find someone to break the formation! You actually used the power of the restriction! Shameless!"

Fifth Princess Xu Mingyu was extremely anxious, and her body was filled with a surge of cold energy. She was about to forcefully break through the formation by following the bloodline connection with Princess Xiyao!
"No!" Xu Chengqian stopped Xu Mingyu. "This is a karmic killing formation! Anyone who enters without being a designated person to bear the calamity will inevitably be tainted by the calamity's energy! Although you share the same bloodline as Tenth Sister, you are not the one who can bear her 'calamity's energy. Entering the formation will inevitably taint you with the calamity's energy, and your future path will be fraught with danger!"

Xu Zhanyuan also said in a deep voice: "That's right, the Empress did not directly attack in the battle, but only borrowed the power of the Star Forbidden Zone!"

Xu Mingyu felt a chill emanating from her body, yet she stopped in her tracks!
"Hahaha!" Xu Qitian looked at the grim-faced crowd and laughed, "How about that? After all your efforts, this is still the result!"

Xu Mingyu retorted, "What kind of skill is it to borrow the power of the Zhou Tian Star Dipper Restriction?"

"What? You're not convinced?" Xu Qitian raised an eyebrow. "The Star Forbidden Zone is here. If you're so capable, then borrow it yourself! Are you unwilling? Or... are you simply not qualified?"

The eldest prince, Xu Chengqian, had a grim face, the second prince, Xu Zhanyuan, was furious, and Su Qingyi and the Xuan Turtle Ancestor had eyes blazing with anger!

The Empress's gaze was icy, piercing through the chaos to lock onto that moon-white figure.

"Xu Qingfeng, where is your person who broke the formation?"

"Xu Qingfeng!" Seeing his calm demeanor, Xu Qitian's unease rose sharply. He suppressed his smile and questioned, "You keep talking about how righteous you are, so why are you standing by and watching? Are you trying to sit back and watch the tigers fight? Is this your idea of ​​being upright and honorable?!"

He didn't believe Xu Qingfeng would be completely unprepared.

Xu Qingfeng then said, “I have made my position clear, and my heart is as clear as the sun and moon. But being upright is not being foolish, and being bright is not being impractical.” He glanced at Xu Qitian and the Empress, “You have the advantage of timing and location, you hold the key to the substitute formation, and you wield the power of heaven and earth. This is an innate advantage, as heavy as a mountain.”

He paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "If I were to hastily search for people and force them into the formation, not only would it increase the number of dead, but it would also go against my principles! This is not the way of the world, but a foolish act!"

"You really have plans?"

Xu Qitian's pupils suddenly contracted, a sense of foreboding gripping his heart like a venomous snake. He immediately roared into the formation, "Zhao Yuanji! Dig three feet into the ground! Search!"

Because that great formation isolated the inside from the outside and involved karmic tribulations, even if he had supernatural powers, he had no way to interfere and prevent himself from being tainted by the tribulation energy, thus jeopardizing his efforts.

Zhao Yuanji's expression changed drastically. He activated the Star Banner with all his might, drawing upon the vast star power to comb through the formation repeatedly like a comb!

However, apart from the few who were struggling to break the formation in the calamity, and the eight sources of calamity energy that were nailed to the corners of the altar, there was no trace or aura of any outsiders!
"Mysterious!"

Xu Qitian withdrew his gaze, looking down at the ashen-faced crowd with an arrogant and smug expression.

"The mandate of heaven is with me! In this sacred land of Yujing, under the restriction of the Zhou Tian Stars, with the Empress Dowager holding the power of heaven and earth, and with this restriction in place, no one can shake this formation!"

In the formation.

Chen Qing had already stealthily moved to within a hundred paces of the spirit bone!
Because of the shared origin of the spiritual bone, he is not an outsider to this great formation.

"Om-"

The pitch-black spiritual bone trembled and resonated, and a surge of summoning power that made his blood boil came rushing in, almost pulling him in!

(End of this chapter)