"Thousand Mechanisms Grand Formation needs time, everyone, please!" Daoist Sparrow said solemnly.

"Understood!"

The five Divine Transformation Ancestors soared into the sky, forming hand seals with their hands. Different law imprints appeared on their foreheads, representing their respective paths.

The laws of speed and slowness, sharpness, astral power, illusion, and dominion.

The five of them held nothing back, igniting from their foreheads as waves of vast law fluctuations were released. The expanding sphere of light encountered strong resistance as it approached the Divine Continent Star.

"Slow!"

An elder with a flowery beard pointed a finger, causing the entire sphere of light to slow down, as if it were trapped in a quagmire, with time seemingly decelerating.

"Dominate!"

An old woman bit her tongue, spitting blood as strands of blood-red threads shot out. The countless threads of dominion entered the sphere of light, forcibly suppressing it.

A middle-aged cultivator's forehead shone with seven stars, illuminating the night sky. The power of the stars converged, continuously pouring into their bodies, amplifying their law power several times over.

"Millennium Illusion!"

"Unmatched Sharpness!"

The remaining two Ancestors simultaneously unleashed their ultimate techniques, integrating illusion and sharpness into their paths. The sphere of lightning became illusory, riddled with countless cuts.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the sound of a gong echoed.

As the five Divine Transformation Ancestors acted, a black-and-white bear wearing a bamboo hat appeared in an instant, striking a copper gong in its hand.

Each strike caused the sphere of lightning to disintegrate, like snow encountering boiling oil, rapidly dissipating.

"Truly cursed by the heavens!"

The bear cursed as it struck, putting in great effort.

The collaboration of six Divine Transformation cultivators was an unprecedented scene since ancient times.

However, under the vast heavenly might, human power seemed insignificant. Even Divine Transformation cultivators were insufficient against a calamity that could bring about the extinction of the Divine Continent Star.

But the Divine Continent Star was their root!

Without the root, what meaning would there be in flourishing branches and leaves?

"Everyone, hold nothing back, buy time for the Thousand Mechanisms Grand Formation!"

The elder of the astral law shouted.

As his words fell, the flames on the five foreheads burned fiercely. Unlike burning life essence blood, this was burning their primordial spirits.

"Damn it, this is hell!"

The black-and-white bear spat out a mouthful of blood, the copper gong in its hand expanding a thousandfold, forming a barrier that almost covered the sea, with its vibrations exceeding a thousandfold.

After a brief ten breaths.

Daoist Sparrow sat cross-legged at the center, a massive chessboard of heaven and earth appearing around him. On the board stood numerous pitch-black figures, thirty-six in total. Their faces were indistinct, but each figure exuded the aura of a Divine Transformation stage.

These were the thirty-six Divine Transformation cultivators who had left their insights in the Scripture Repository.

The Divine Puppet Sect's ultimate formation, the sect's treasure, the Thousand Mechanisms Grand Formation.

The Thousand Mechanisms Grand Formation, mastering endless transformations, could attack or defend, could lead in slaughter or support, with countless mysteries contained within the formation.

This was the Divine Puppet Sect's highest secret, known only to the Sect Master and the seated Divine Transformation Ancestors. Even a newly ascended Divine Transformation like Night Owl had no right to understand this formation.

This was also the Divine Puppet Sect's last resort in the face of life and death crisis.

The appearance of the Thousand Mechanisms Grand Formation signified that the sect had reached its end.

No one knew how terrifying the Thousand Mechanisms Grand Formation was, but ancient rumors said that even ascended cultivators above the Divine Transformation stage had to avoid its sharp edge.

"Boom!!"

As the Thousand Mechanisms Grand Formation appeared, the thirty-six figures simultaneously assumed the same posture, pointing a finger. This finger, gathering the power of all beings, pierced directly into the sphere of lightning, splitting it open with a large gap.

The effect was immediate, creating a large hole in the sphere of light suspended above the Divine Continent Star.

…………

On the Divine Continent Star.

In the East Sea, Central Divine Continent, Western Cang Realm, far north, far south... at this moment, no matter the place, everyone could see a bright mass of light in the sky, something more dazzling and larger than the sun.

Both mortals and cultivators witnessed this scene, their hearts trembling with fear, faces showing panic, as if facing the end of the world.

Some knelt on the ground, some lay prostrate, some closed their eyes in prayer.

If this sphere of light were to fall, the disaster it would bring to the Divine Continent Star was unimaginable.

Outside the Divine Puppet Sect, on Xu Hei's mountain.

Jiang Nine Phoenix was gazing at the sky, eyes filled with shock. In her eyes, it seemed as if a second sun had appeared, formed by condensed lightning.

As a direct descendant of the Ancient Jiang Clan, she understood what it was.

"This is... the divine thunder of the Dao of Heaven, such a vast area, is it meant to destroy the Divine Continent Star?" Jiang Nine Phoenix's heart trembled violently.

She was not originally from the Divine Continent Star, having been forcibly brought here, but she understood the catastrophe that would ensue if this thunder sphere fell.

It had been twenty years since Xu Hei left.

The nine mountain peaks were covered with lush vegetation, all extremely precious Spirit Medicine.

In fact, she had a secret, which was that her blood could greatly accelerate the growth of Spirit Medicine and increase their age limit.

But this secret she dared not reveal, for fear of being captured and used as a Spirit Medicine growth catalyst.

The experiences in the Spirit Realm, she did not wish to encounter a second time.

Only being imprisoned by Xu Hei, to slightly demonstrate her value, did she use her bodily fluids to cultivate medicinal herbs. The effect was naturally far less than blood, but it was sufficient.

Suddenly, an elderly figure appeared outside the mountain.

This person leaned on a cane, with a kindly face and golden hair, resembling an old woman who had lived for many years, looking at her kindly.

"Divine Transformation cultivator..."

Jiang Nine Phoenix's heart tightened, quickly retreating.

The golden-haired old woman's eyes flashed with regret.

"Little one of the Jiang Clan, I can only wrong you."

She waved her cane, and Jiang Nine Phoenix immediately fainted.

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Inside the sphere of lightning.

Xu Hei had lost count of how many times his physical body had been destroyed and reformed. Even the Heavenly Demon Technique had reached its limit.

He didn't know when it started.

Xu Hei suddenly felt the external pressure lessen, as if a group of cultivators were joining forces to attack this massive sphere of lightning.

Xu Hei, being inside, couldn't see the outside, but he could sense the waves of law power coming at him, each at least at the Divine Transformation stage.

"No wonder every breakthrough attracts a thunder tribulation, it's also a part of the laws of heaven."

Xu Hei somewhat understood why the higher the talent, the stronger the thunder tribulation.

To avoid being struck by lightning, one could only remain a mortal. From the moment one stepped onto the path of cultivation, it was destined to go against the heavens.

The Dao of Heaven did not want people to cultivate; being an ordinary person was most in line with the will of the Dao of Heaven.

When a "blasphemer" like Xu Hei appeared, it would inevitably attract thunder to kill him!