Mortal: Transmigrated into Han Li, becoming a person with five spiritual roots

A few days later.

Kui Xing Mountain Cave.

Inside the quiet room, Han Li sat cross-legged, the book of formation techniques given to him by Master Shi floating silently before his eyes.

What comes into view are a few lines of messages.

"These are my insights into formations from when I formed my core. I hope you will study and practice them diligently, and not waste this opportunity..."

Turn the page and you'll see four large characters: Yin and Yang and the Five Elements!

All formations in the world are inseparable from Yin and Yang and the Five Elements.

The Dao gives rise to Yin and Yang, which interact and merge to form the Five Elements: Earth is called the foundation of life, Wood is called the winding and entwining, Fire is called the blazing and killing, Water is called the downward trapping, and Metal is called the leather cutting.

Rooted in Yin and Yang, and imbued with the spiritual elements of the Five Elements, it absorbs the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, transforming it into array plates and flags, thereby giving rise to countless arrays that are ever-changing.

When cultivated to its highest level, it can burn the heavens and boil the seas, turning the ocean into mulberry fields!

Upon reading this, Han Li felt a surge of emotion welling up inside him.

It can scorch the heavens and boil the seas! What immense power that is!

To ordinary people, these people seem to be long-lived, capable of going to heaven and earth, and omnipotent.

But in the end, they are just cultivators, completely different from immortals.

Han Li put aside his longing for immortals and looked at the array formation notes again:

In ancient times, setting up an array required finding a corresponding treasure land and using special spiritual materials as a guide to draw upon the power of heaven and earth, resulting in boundless power!

Far surpasses current formations!

However, the restrictions are also significant.

The primary limitation is location. For example, fire-attribute formations must be set up in places with abundant yang energy, while water-attribute formations must be set up in places with abundant water spiritual energy. If the formation is moved to another location, it cannot be used.

Furthermore, due to its over-reliance on the power of heaven and earth, it has a single function and lacks versatility.

Over tens of thousands of years, countless generations of cultivators have worked tirelessly to develop the current array system.

Array flags and array plates are crafted from spiritual objects of specific attributes, and array patterns are then engraved on them. By activating them with secret methods, a large array can be formed, which is ever-changing and no longer restricted by the location!

Of course, setting up the corresponding formation in the appropriate spiritual land can still enhance the power of the formation.

Formations are divided into five categories: killing formations, trapping formations, defensive formations, concealment formations, and auxiliary formations...

As his understanding of formations deepened, he became increasingly amazed by Master Shi's mastery of formations. Some of his previous confusions were resolved by a few words in his insights.

Before Han Li, the booklet was slowly turned over, and finally his gaze was fixed on one of the pages.

"Ice Flame Spirit Burning Array!"

Dual-attribute formation!

There are many different formations in the world, and the power of a formation is closely related to its flags, array plates, and crafting techniques.

However, one of the most crucial factors affecting the power of an array is its attributes.

It can be said that a single-attribute formation is not necessarily weak, but a multi-attribute formation is definitely not weak!

This "Ice Flame Burning Spirit Array" is quite extraordinary, possessing both killing and trapping effects.

Once the formation is complete, trapping the enemy inside, as long as their spiritual energy continues, they will be simultaneously burned by ice and fire, like a bone-deep affliction, devouring their body and refining their soul, ultimately refining them!

However, because water and fire elemental energies are inherently difficult to refine, this formation is considered one of the more difficult to refine, even among dual-attribute formations.

It requires the use of three spiritual materials—wood, earth, and metal—to refine an array plate using a secret method. Then, it needs to be refined into six array flags using two spiritual materials—water and fire—and simultaneously inscribed with array patterns and imbued with restrictions. At that time, the grand array will be complete.

"I've chosen you!"

Han Li gently wiped his hand in front of the storage bag, and several kinds of five elemental spiritual items appeared before him.

It's just that it's much lower in rank than the likes of Heavenly Gang Gold.

"Begin the refining!"

The method of forging the Five Elements Spirit Sword inherently contains the principles of formations.

Based on past experience, I think there shouldn't be any problems with this refining process.

......

Half a month later, inside the Earth Fire Chamber.

With a soft thud, a small crack appeared in the nascent array plate before them.

Failed.

During the refining process, only a tiny bit of fire-attribute spiritual energy was added, and the entire array plate immediately collapsed.

"Isn't it a bit too hasty?"

A wry smile appeared on Han Li's lips.

For some reason, he felt a strange sense of unease.

"Haste makes waste."

Han Li took a deep breath.

"Again!"

.......

Several months later.

In the quiet room, Han Li sat cross-legged with his eyes slightly closed.

Before him, six array flags floated slowly, their red and blue lights flashing as if they were breathing.

Below the array flags was an exquisite light purple array plate, from which a stream of light flashed, echoing the array flags.

Apart from the Ice and Flame Burning Heaven Formation.

Beside it, there was a pale golden longsword hanging, its sharpness flashing by, faintly revealing a precious light, seemingly transcending the category of magical artifacts.

"We finally succeeded."

Han Li slowly exhaled and opened his eyes.

Over the past few months, he first successfully crafted the Ice Flame Spirit Burning Array.

He then used the remaining Heavenly Gang Gold to forge a Golden Spirit Sword, finally escaping his predicament of weakness.

After the war, he was penniless.

He had nothing on him except spirit stones!

The storage bag contained only a high-grade magic weapon, which was inferior to even a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, let alone a cultivator of the same level.

If you encounter a slightly more powerful cultivator, running away is the only option left.

Han Li waved his hand and put the Golden Spirit Sword and the Ice Flame Burning Spirit Array into his storage bag.

With these two items, they had some means of self-protection.

However, the power of the Ice Flame Burning Spirit Array is closely related to the user's cultivation level. With his current cultivation level, the array's power is naturally more than enough to deal with Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

However, it might not be the case for those who are even stronger, or for those who possess powerful treasures.

"Not enough!"

Han Li clenched his fists slightly.

We need to do more preparation!

Han Li felt a shiver run down his spine when he recalled the battle from before.

Last time, because I wasn't careful enough and didn't prepare enough, I almost messed up.

We need to be even more careful!

Thinking about this...

A pure white jade slip appeared out of thin air in Han Li's hand.

The divine consciousness entered into it.

As a top-tier cultivation technique, the "Great Five Elements Spirit Transformation Technique" comes with several supernatural powers and secret arts.

Besides the top-tier divine power "Yin Yang Five Elements Sword Technique", there are several other extremely powerful secret techniques.

For example—"Soul Devouring Slash".

As the name suggests, those struck by this Soul-Devouring Slash will have all their spiritual power instantly stripped away, becoming empty shells without any spiritual power, and will die.

The cultivation method is quite simple.

It requires nurturing a beam of light within the body; the longer the time, the stronger the power. Of course, one can also actively feed it spiritual energy to accelerate the nurturing process.

Most importantly, there is no upper limit to the nurturing time!

In other words, the power of the Soul Devouring Slash can be increased indefinitely!

According to the scroll, if a Foundation Establishment cultivator can nurture it for several years before releasing it, its power will be equivalent to a Core Formation cultivator's full-force attack!

Of course, this secret technique also has its flaws.

It requires constant nourishment from the five elements; without the five spiritual roots, it is impossible to succeed.

Furthermore, once used, it must be nurtured again, making it a one-time secret technique.

Finally, although there is no limit to the time it takes to cultivate, its power can only exceed one major realm at most, and the power increases more slowly in the later stages.

Even if a Foundation Establishment cultivator cultivates for a hundred years, it is only equivalent to a Core Formation cultivator's full-force attack, and it is impossible for them to reach the Nascent Soul level.

after all.

If it were truly that heaven-defying, with no restrictions on cultivation levels, the cultivation world would have been in chaos long ago.

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