Reverse death and life array

The Medicinal Pill's potency was slowly being absorbed, and Huangfu Song's complexion gradually returned to normal.

He surveyed the dense, ice-sealed coffins around him, pondered for a moment, and replied, "Although these ice crystals are arranged chaotically and are simply piled up, seemingly without any pattern, based on my many years of experience dealing with Formations, this place might…"

As he spoke, he took out an Array Breaker Jade Disk and projected a light screen in front of everyone, immediately performing calculations.

In the light screen, countless ice coffins previously seen transformed into black dots, being located and recorded. Then the perspective of the image continuously ascended, and the number and speed of the black dots appearing rapidly increased.

It was vaguely discernible from the light screen that these ice coffins were not all crammed together, but were indeed bound by some force and arranged according to an unknown pattern.

"We haven't seen the complete picture yet. Perhaps only after fully exploring this entire Mystic Domain will we be able to discern what Formation is truly covering this place," Huangfu Song said, examining the light screen, shaking his head with a hint of regret after a long time.

"Then let's not just stand around, let's go quickly. Staying here for too long, who knows what other bizarre things we might encounter," Dongfang Yao called out, and the three continued to explore the remaining unknown areas.

After an unknown amount of time passed again.

"Stop!" Dongfang Yao suddenly raised his hand, blocking their path forward.

"Brother Dongfang, what did you find?" Li Fan looked around but didn't notice anything amiss.

Dongfang Yao looked puzzled, as if listening intently, trying to discern something.

A moment later, his gaze locked onto the area beneath the black sea of Death Qi.

"There seems to be something alive in this sea. It's like…"

"Some kind of Yao Beast?" Dongfang Yao said, somewhat uncertainly.

Huangfu Song's expression immediately changed upon hearing this: "That's impossible. This seawater is entirely composed of Death Qi. Forget ordinary Yao Beasts, even if we Cultivators accidentally fall into it and are contaminated by Death Qi, we wouldn't last long."

Li Fan, however, also looked at the incredibly calm black sea surface, deep in thought: "The extreme of death, then rebirth…"

"I trust Brother Dongfang's judgment," he suggested, "If there truly is a strange beast of the Dead Sea, living here year-round, perhaps our hope of escaping will rest on it. Brother Dongfang, you understand the language of Yao Beasts, why not try to communicate with it?"

Dongfang Yao hesitated, but eventually nodded. A strange, undulating sound came from his throat, like the roar of an ancient Yao Beast.

Before long, ripples suddenly spread across the seemingly unchanging sea surface.

"There really is something alive?!" Huangfu Song's face showed surprise.

Dongfang Yao, however, cursed under his breath: "Damn it, this ghostly thing doesn't understand me, and it got scared away instead!"

"No matter, we'll just follow it. Brother Dongfang, lead the way!" Li Fan instructed in a deep voice.

Dongfang Yao immediately reacted, quickly discerning the movement of the strange beast beneath the black sea and flying after it.

Li Fan and Huangfu Song followed closely behind.

This unknown strange beast's speed wasn't fast, and the three followed unhurriedly.

During the chase, Li Fan could almost feel with his naked eye that the number of ice coffins around them seemed to be gradually decreasing.

"It's right here, it suddenly disappeared!" Dongfang Yao suddenly stopped and looked back at Li Fan and Huangfu Song.

After flying a certain distance upwards, Li Fan looked out into the surroundings.

Countless ice coffins, shaped like tiny dots, formed lines, like black Dragons, extending from the horizon.

From all directions, they converged here.

These lines were like earth veins, causing all the Death Qi of this Mystic Domain to circulate and gather here.

It was extremely concentrated, subtly undergoing a qualitative change.

Huangfu Song also flew to Li Fan's side, and after careful observation, he discovered some clues.

"This place seems to be the core of the great Formation that covers this Mystic Domain," his face was filled with solemnity.

"The core, does that mean we can get out from here?" Dongfang Yao asked, overjoyed.

Huangfu Song, however, shook his head: "We don't yet understand the full scope of the great Formation, so we can't draw a conclusion. It's possible to escape from here, but it's also possible…"

"To trigger the Formation's self-defense," Li Fan continued Huangfu Song's words, "The scale of this Formation is rarely seen in the world. Especially since it's vaguely linked to the Dao of life and death, it's extremely bizarre. Even a Dao Integration expert might not survive under the Formation's attack."

Huangfu Song looked at Li Fan, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes: "Brother Li, you're also familiar with Formations?"

"Just a little," Li Fan nodded slightly, acknowledging it.

"So what do we do now? Just waste time here? I feel like I'm also being affected by the Death Qi, and my vitality is constantly draining. I'm actually starting to feel aches and pains in my back and waist," Dongfang Yao grumbled, hesitated for a moment, and still took out a Longevity Pill and swallowed it.

"Damn it, that's much better now," he absorbed the Medicinal Pill's potency much faster than Huangfu Song, instantly becoming lively again.

"We still need to figure out the full scope of the Formation," Li Fan and Huangfu Song exchanged glances, finally agreeing.

"We need to speed up," Huangfu Song was saying, then coughed lightly again. His face was gloomy, and he helplessly took another Longevity Pill to slow the loss of vitality.

For a long time, no dangers other than the consumption of vitality had been discovered in the Mystic Domain, and the Longevity Pills were running low. So the three of them essentially let loose and flew with all their might.

After Huangfu Song swallowed the last Medicinal Pill, they finally completed the full mapping of the great Formation in this place.

"A stroke of genius, a stroke of genius."

Huangfu Song stared at the image projected by the Array Breaker Jade Disk, murmuring involuntarily.

Even Li Fan couldn't help but be captivated by the exquisite nature of this unknown great Formation.

Logically speaking, with Huangfu Song's and his own Formation attainments, they wouldn't need to see the full picture to determine the basic purpose of the Formation, or even deduce the remaining parts of the Formation.

However…

In front of this peerless strange Formation, which used hundreds of millions of ice-sealed Cultivators as Materials for its layout, all their knowledge and experience became useless.

Before seeing the complete Formation diagram, this great Formation was like a Divine Dragon hidden deep in the mountains, obscured by swirling clouds. Only a scale or half a claw was visible, and if one didn't know of the "Dragon's" existence beforehand, it would be impossible to determine what was actually seen.

Until the final part of the Formation appeared before their eyes.

That ultimate Formation sequence instantly connected everything they had seen before. Like dotting the eyes on a painted Dragon, it gave the great Formation spirit and completeness.

This Formation was so exquisite it was truly difficult to describe in words.

It seemed to contain the wonders of heaven and earth, capable of reversing the principles of life and death.

Li Fan and Huangfu Song stared blankly at the sketched Formation diagram for a long time, unable to speak.

Could they escape from the Formation's core?

They didn't know either.

There's still one more chapter, but it'll be after 1 AM, so brothers, don't wait.