"Fifteenth formation!" When those three words tumbled out of Su Ming's mouth, the Feng Shui compass beneath him rotated with a bang. The runic symbols shone with a light that reached one hundred thousand feet at the moment dawn was about to arrive. The light was so strong that it instantly shook the sky and earth, causing Su Ming to become the center of attention in Seven Moons Sect.
At the same time, two shadows of Su Ming appeared around him. When they gained corporeal form, they turned into two other Su Ming besides his real self!
At first glance, Su Ming's real body was in the middle, and the shadow bodies by his sides had power that did not seem to be any weaker than his real body's. One of them looked at the sky with an incredibly arrogant air, while the other looked at the ground with an astonishing arrogance.
All the disciples from the first layer to the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky in Seven Moons Sect looked at Su Ming at that instant, and even the buzzing and uproar disappeared. The place turned into dead silence.
But soon, an uproar that was even stronger than before echoed in the air like a roar.
"Fourteenth formation! His shadow body has split into two! As expected of the person known as the most prodigy in the past, it's no wonder why he was taken in as the great sect elder's disciple. It's no wonder why he could become a sect elder! "
"That's right, so that's how it is. This person's potential is so great that it's rare in Ancient Zang. This sort of person should be a sect elder!"
"Even if it's eldest senior brother Fei Feng and Chen Tao, they might be above the seventeenth formation, but they've been practicing cultivation for many years, and Wang Tao has only been in the sect for a few years. There's no way they can compare!"
"Just watch. In the future, Wang Tao will definitely rise to power alone in Seven Moons Sect!"
"What Wang Tao? He should be Sect Elder Wang!"
Discussions rose and fell. Quite a number of the inner sect disciples in the fourth layer had similar discussions, causing the disciples from the third line to become even more excited. They had been grumbling in the beginning, but by then, they had become excited. After all … Su Ming was of the same generation as their uncle master, and it also proved his monstrous potential.
Yue Yan was silent, but when she looked at Su Ming, a hint of fighting spirit appeared in her eyes. She was not the only one. At that moment, Chen Tao, who was in the second line, had also walked out of his cave abode. He stood by the cliff and stared at Su Ming. At that moment, the threat Su Ming gave him was incredibly great. It was not hostility, but a competition between fellow disciples.
"Cultivation … is about fighting!" Chen Zhao murmured, his eyes brimming with the desire to fight.
As for Ye Long, he was already numb to it. He stared at Su Ming and listened to the uproars in Seven Moons Sect rise and fall during the night. He could no longer sense any bitterness, because it was as if his blood had already turned into bitterness.
Su Ming ignored the changes in the people around him. At that moment, he stood on the rapidly spinning Feng Shui compass. He could clearly sense the benefits of the Feng Shui compass and his own strength. At that moment, if he had two shadow bodies, his strength would increase by leaps and bounds. He might not be able to truly fight against those in Dao Spirit Realm, but he would be able to protect himself.
This was his confidence. If he was given enough time to refine and cultivate these two shadow bodies, then he could faintly feel that with these two shadow bodies, he might be able to attempt to break through to the Dao Spirit Realm.
'If I have three shadow bodies, then my chances of reaching Dao Spirit Realm will be higher!' A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. When the Feng Shui compass beneath him roared, snowflakes floated down from it. They were slightly different from before. They did not fall on the entire land of Ancient Zang, but only appeared on the Feng Shui compass. When they fell, they were filled with a chilling air, and in the blink of an eye, they covered the entire area.
"Starting from the fifteenth formation, it will be the shadows of the four Great Veins of Heaven — winter, autumn, summer, and spring. The difficulty of these four formations is incredibly high, or else Yue Yan wouldn't have stopped at the seventeenth formation and me … at the eighteenth formation!
"Since ancient times, if we don't count the disciples who disappeared in the passage of time, eldest senior brother Fei Feng is the only one in the current generation of Seven Moons Sect who has successfully cleared eighteen formations and nineteen formations!" Chen Tao said faintly while he stood on the mountain belonging to the second line and stared at the snow falling from the Feng Shui compass beneath Su Ming.
"This Wang Tao might have good potential, but if he is only good, he will die young. I wonder … how many of the shadows of the four Great Veins of Heaven he will be able to understand. What do you think, Yue Yan?" Chen Tao smiled faintly. When he spoke, Yue Yan walked out slowly from behind him and stood beside him while looking at Su Ming.
"The four seasons have shadows, and this is the shadow of heaven. The Seven Lives Art uses the first life, which is the human life. The second, second, and third lives are the earthen lives. Once the human life receives earthen aura, it will fade away.
"The fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh lives are the heavenly lives. They have to be understood from the four seasons. Once the seven lives are formed, they can fuse together to form the first Dao Shadow. Only then … can they be considered to have completed the first stage of the strongest Art in Seven Moons Sect, Seven Shadows Dao," Yue Yan said calmly.
"Even if only one of the Seven Shadows Dao appears, it will allow a person to step straight into the first level of Dao Divinity Realm. If he is already in the first level of Dao Divinity Realm, he can reach the second level!" Chen Tao smiled faintly. His words were calm, but when he spoke, he shook his head.
"Both of us are reminding him. I have my own goals. What about you?"
Yue Yan did not speak.
While on the Feng Shui compass, Su Ming lifted his head at that moment and looked towards the second mountain range. There, he saw two figures, and in his ears, he could still hear their words, which were clearly something that could be transmitted.
"Seven Shadows Dao." A contemplative look appeared in Su Ming's eyes. He slowly sat down cross-legged on the Feng Shui compass. When he did so, the two shadow figures beside him also meditated.
Time trickled by. More snow fell from the sky, and the freezing air became even colder. In the distance, the night finally disappeared, and dawn appeared. The sun rose.
"The Four Great Veins of Heaven are said to contain four great divine abilities since ancient times. Right now, we have each understood a few styles. I wonder whether Wang Tao will be able to understand them." Chen Tao smiled, but when he looked at Su Ming, a solemn expression appeared on his face.
Yue Yan still did not speak.
Time trickled by. Gradually, the sun rose, and a new day arrived. Su Ming's original plan was to end the challenge of the Rune at daybreak, but he changed his mind. The Rune had provided him with quite a lot of help. Since he had already challenged it, he should enjoy it to the fullest.
When noon arrived, more snow fell on the Feng Shui compass. By then, it had already covered half of Su Ming's body. He still did not open his eyes. Under his eyelids, a large amount of deductions shone in his pupils, and an epiphany that only he knew shone in them.
'Snow has a shadow. This shadow is faint under the sun, but if I look closely, I can see that it's not difficult to clear the fifteenth formation.
It was not difficult to pass through the fifteen formations. As long as one could find the shadows of the snowflakes and comprehend the shadows of the snow, then understand that all living things have shadows and then control the shadows of the snow, it would be equivalent to understanding the clues hidden in the fifteen formations.
'But … I don't like the day.' When dusk gradually darkened and the sun was about to disappear, Su Ming opened his eyes. Almost at the instant he did so, the sun completely set in the world, causing the world to turn dark.
At that moment, Su Ming opened his eyes and slowly lifted his right hand.
'My Life Matrix has always been moving from midwinter to spring. It has always been moving from death to life. The snow in winter is the death in my Life Matrix, and it is the midwinter in my Life Matrix.
'It's incredibly easy for me to use winter as the fifteenth formation, but what I want is not the shadow of snow covering the ground during the day. What I want … is the shadow of the entire night sky covering winter during the night!
'This shadow is not the shadow of snow, but … the shadow of the winter sky!
'By the looks of it, the Seven Lives Art isn't very suitable for me. What truly suits me is that this Art's light is too bright. It is the strongest during the day, and when its shadow is hidden during the night, it is the weakest. What I need … should be the Seven Abyss Art I modified!
'Once I master this Art, the shadow of the world during the night will be my shadow!' A powerful dark light shone in Su Ming's eyes. At the instant he lifted his right hand, he did not grab the drifting snow. Instead, he swung his arm, and the sky above him immediately looked as if it had turned into his sleeve to cover … the sky!
Booming sounds reverberated in the air, and the drifting snowflakes instantly turned black. It was not that their color had changed, but that they had been dyed black by the night. The snow around Su Ming also turned completely black at that instant. At that moment, Su Ming slowly stood up.
"The shadow of the winter sky!" At the instant he spoke faintly, the snow around him shuddered with a bang and spread out from the Feng Shui compass to fall on the fourth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. At the same time, the third, second, and first layers of Sky Beyond the Sky were filled with black snow falling from Su Ming's hand!
This was the first time … black snow fell from the first four layers of Sky Beyond the Sky in Seven Moons Sect. At the same time, Su Ming lifted his head. At the instant he looked at the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky, booming sounds shook the sky and earth. In the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky … black snow that belonged to Su Ming also floated down!
All of Seven Moons Sect was silent. Chen Tao stared at the black snow falling from the sky in a daze. He instinctively lifted his hand, and when the snowflake landed on his palm, it turned into a sharp stab of pain. When he lowered his head to look, he found that it was not a snowflake, but a small piece of … the shadow of the sky formed by the reflection of the night on the snowflake!
Yue Yan's face turned pale. When she lifted her head, Chen Tao also lifted his head to look at the night sky.
At that moment, the night sky looked as if it had shattered and turned into an endless amount of black snow that fell on the world. It was not snow, but the shadow of the sky.
Fei Feng, the head disciple of the first line of Seven Moons Sect who meditated all year round, opened his eyes and walked out of his cave abode. With a calm expression, he lifted his head to look at the sky.
At that moment, the sect elders in the fifth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky also looked at the sky. Their expressions were grave, and in silence, a hint of shock appeared in some of their eyes.
In the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky was the red-robed man, Dao Han. At that moment, he stood at the top of the mountain belonging to the thirteenth line of the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky. When he looked at the sky … his pupils shrank. He saw the snow falling from the sixth layer of Sky Beyond the Sky.
"With his current level of cultivation, he managed to gain an epiphany and create a divine ability in Dao Spirit Realm … This person is indeed extraordinary!" the red-robed man said softly, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.
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