Legend of the Great Sage

his hand back and waited for the other three to arrive.
If he wanted to refine the formation, he needed people watching over him.

In that short period of time, the sun fell and rose again in the World of the Five Continents.
Time moved at an extremely fast pace, which gave him a sense of urgency.
Time waited for no one.

Very soon, the three of them arrived.
Sensing the pure spiritual qi, they all responded differently.

Xiao An shut her eyes and sensed it.
She did not rely on spiritual qi to cultivate, but if she wanted to reach the higher realms of the Path of White Bone and Great Beauty, she would have to cultivate in this world.

Gu Yanying smiled widely without hiding the joy she felt at all.

Rāhu Xiaoming became rather sentimental.
In such a short amount of time, he had actually gone from the small world with sparse spiritual qi to the six realms of saṃsāra again.
This place could not match the Asura realm, but it was still a world of the same level after all.
He could recover much faster here, and this was all thanks to Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan waited for the three of them to adjust to the laws of the Human realm.

Xiao An planted down the Blood Sea Banner, which surged forth with a river of blood that enveloped the altar.
Then she assembled the Skeleton Demon Formation inside, creating a powerful defence.

Rāhu Xiaoming stood behind Li Qingshan, ready to cover any holes left by Xiao An.

Gu Yanying spread her wings and served as the final safeguard.
She was ready to take them back to the World of the Five Continents if the refinement process failed.

With everything prepared, Li Qingshan’s eyes became deep-blue, tranquil and silent like the deep sea.
He pressed a hand against the column gently.

At that instant, fierce winds began to surge, kicking up turbulent waves of blood.
Dark clouds gathered from all directions, filled with flashing lightning and deafening thunder.

Li Qingshan ignored it, powering the Spirit Turtle Transformation to deduce the formation as quickly as possible.

With a thrum, rain poured down from the clouds like arrows.
Bolts of lightning slammed down like hammers.

The surging river of blood blocked the rain, but the lightning managed to tear open a series of openings, allowing the rain to whistle in.

Suddenly, Rāhu Xiaoming let out a furious bellow and began to move.
He turned into a blurry figure, circling around the column.
Every single part of his body, his fists, his feet, his elbows, his knees, and his head became a weapon, dispersing the rain and shattering the lightning.

However, in just a split second, the Blood Sea Banner became riddled with holes and over a dozen Skull Prayer Beads had shattered.
The entire Skeleton Demon Formation dropped by an entire level in strength.

Blood oozed out from the corner of Rāhu Xiaoming’s lips.
He called out, “We can’t last for much longer! Get ready, Yanying!”

Even when they possessed extraordinary bloodlines and legacies, they stood absolutely no chance against the protective formation of a Human Sovereign’s dwelling.
At most, they could only buy some time for Li Qingshan.
If he could not refine the formation in that time, then all they could do was retreat.

“Yes!” Gu Yanying abruptly noticed that some indents had appeared on the altar when the rain landed on it.
“If we retreat this time, the altar will probably be destroyed!”

Rāhu Xiaoming frowned.
“It’s not just the altar.
The formation core will be destroyed as well, and it won’t be possible to refine the formation anymore.
The Heaven Climbing Vine can’t directly reach this dwelling either.
This is probably the safeguard that Si Long has left behind!”

Actually, Si Long had never thought this far.
It was already unimaginable enough that a third heavenly tribulation cultivator could survive an ambush from the Son of Heaven’s Sword of the True Dragon, let alone fend off this Formation of Passing Clouds and Rain.
Just a single gust of wind from the formation should have been enough to obliterate them.

And once the protective formation was set off, it would not take anything else into consideration anymore.
It would simply destroy the intruders regardless of the price, even destroying the formation core, giving the enemy no opportunity to refine it.
This was a self-defence mechanism that the formation had been equipped with in the first place.

Xiao An said calmly, “You still have ten breaths of time left!”

Seven! The rain poured down violently, smashing through the river of blood.

Four! The lightning roared furiously, tearing apart the bones.

One! The torrential rain and the circling lightning lunged towards the four of them from all directions.

Gu Yanying grabbed Li Qingshan’s shoulder, about to retreat back to the Heaven Climbing Vine.

Li Qingshan yelled out, “Disperse!”

At that instant, the dark clouds, the torrential rain, the lightning, and the thunder all vanished.
It was like it had never existed in the first place.

Gu Yanying was taken aback.
A smile appeared on her face, and she gave Li Qingshan the thumbs up.
He would always be so reliable.

Li Qingshan spread his arms.
“Welcome to our new home.
I’ve already thought of a new name for it…”

Rāhu Xiaoming interrupted him.
“We can’t stay here for too long, so just forget about the new name.”

Gu Yanying also said, “Yeah, names aren’t actually that important.”

Xiao An nodded silently.

Li Qingshan said, “Hey, do you really think I don’t know what you're thinking? You just don’t want to hear the name I came up with.”

Rāhu Xiaoming feigned surprise.
“I didn’t expect you to be so self-aware! I sure have underestimated you!”

“Whatever, sucks to be you then.
You don’t want to hear it? More like I don’t want to tell you!”

“Thank the heavens! We need someone to set out immediately to gather news and understand the situation in the area so that we can plan our next step.” Rāhu Xiaoming said they needed someone, but he was only looking at Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan pointed at himself.
“Me again?”

Rāhu Xiaoming nodded.
“Yep, you again.”

“What’s this all about, having a professional warrior like you hiding at the back, acting like an advisor instead?”

Gu Yanying said, “Why don’t I go instead? If I encounter any trouble, I can get away faster too.”

Rāhu Xiaoming said, “It’s a little jarring when you have an asura in the Human realm, while beautiful women attract attention no matter where they go.
It’s even easier to lead to problems if you hide your appearance, so…”

“Alright, I’ll go.
But before I leave, I want to tell you that this dwelling will now be called Starting Point.”

Rāhu Xiaoming was taken aback.
Suddenly, he said, “Sorry!” Gu Yanying also looked apologetic.

Xiao An nodded.
“Good name.”