What is an immortal?
Chapter 873 - 843 Inheritance Space
Su Yingxue repeatedly refined the Array Dao Inheritance Array and made modifications to it seven or eight times before a hint of satisfaction appeared on her face.
She returned to the desk, took out the blue notebook, and began to meticulously document the various details of how to activate the Array Dao Inheritance Array for the baptism.
At that moment, a figure silently appeared outside the cell; it was the red-clothed woman who had just received instructions from the Hell Demon Lord.
The red-clothed woman not only concealed her aura but also seemed to become a semi-transparent, ethereal existence, her body adhered against the cell wall as if boneless and formless, ready to drift away at a breath.
Su Yingxue was naturally oblivious to the movements outside the cell, deeply focused on writing diligently in the notebook. After finishing, she hesitated briefly before picking up the pen to draw on a new page.
Before long, a complex structure, densely filled with array patterns, appeared on the paper.
Beside the array diagram, Su Yingxue wrote the words "Five Elements Formation."
Afterward, she detailed the method to configure the Five Elements Formation, the materials required for the setup, and the ways to break the array, all written below the array diagram.
All of this naturally fell within the view of the red-clothed woman separated by a wall.
Since Su Yingxue usually researched various arrays in this Nihility Prison, and this array seemed innocuous without involving any forbidden actions, it didn't arouse the red-clothed woman's suspicion.
The red-clothed woman's face remained expressionless, lying motionlessly against the wall as if in meditation, showing no intention of leaving.
After drying the ink, Su Yingxue turned to the next page and continued to draw the second array.
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Time passed swiftly, and the day Yuan Ming and Xi Ying had agreed upon arrived.
Yuan Ming lit the Black Incense and possessed Su Yingxue's body.
He didn't act immediately, but his divine sense quietly spread outward, soon detecting a nearly imperceptible concealed aura outside the cell.
"It seems last time's incident indeed caused suspicion within this prison. I'll need to be extra cautious," Yuan Ming thought to himself, glancing at the prepared array on the ground beside him, his eyes narrowing.
Suppressing the joy in his heart, he took out the blue notebook, turned to where Su Yingxue had left her notes, carefully reread it, and even felt a touch of gratitude.
Despite it being just a transaction, Su Yingxue showed great diligence, writing every detail clearly as if afraid he might misunderstand and fail.
Upon flipping to the next page and seeing the "Five Elements Formation," Yuan Ming was even more surprised.
He immediately took detailed notes, then chose to modify his decision to undergo the Array Dao Inheritance Baptism, instead picking up the pen to record the teleportation array patterns he observed.
Yuan Ming didn't record them directly; instead, he divided the array patterns into several parts, reversing their order to prevent the observer from discerning his intentions.
Then, on another page, he drew some seemingly unrelated array runes, which at first glance appeared as drafts for some array, yet actually recorded information about the Hell Demon Lord that he had learned.
He believed that with Su Yingxue's sharp intellect and deep understanding of arrays, she would naturally comprehend his notes.
After finishing, he returned the notebook to its original place and stood up, entering the Array Dao Inheritance Array.
Throughout the process, Yuan Ming strove to mimic Su Yingxue's facial expressions and walking habits in an effort to prevent the monitors outside from noticing anything suspicious.
Yuan Ming had an intuition that the watcher outside possessed considerable cultivation, likely comparable to or not far from the Six Prison Wardens.
In the eyes of the red-clothed woman, "Su Yingxue" had been studying some high-level array these days, so entering the array now wasn't particularly strange.
After sitting cross-legged, Yuan Ming brought his hands together in front to control his breathing for a while, suddenly raised his hand, and pointed forward, a stream of mana shot out and landed on the array's core.
The core of the Array Dao Inheritance Array was not a Spirit Stone but rather a hollow circular jade adorned with unique array patterns. As Yuan Ming's mana infused it, an intense burst of light erupted.
Subsequently, a snow-white trace emerged from it, serpentine in its movement, lighting up one array eye after another.
The entire array immediately activated, a dense milky white glow rose from the ground, engulfing Yuan Ming completely.
In the next instant, Yuan Ming felt his view obscured by dazzling white light, and then his divine soul lightened, being drawn into an unknown white world.
His divine soul manifested into his bodily form, looking around, finding the surrounding void seemingly boundless, with nothing but a vast expanse of white emptiness visible.
Even time seemed frozen in this place.
Though according to Su Yingxue's notebook, everyone experiences a different inheritance space due to varying talents and dispositions, the method of inheritance remains the same.
Therefore, Yuan Ming wasn't anxious, and he began to visualize the arrays he had seen and mastered as taught in Su Yingxue's notebook.
He closed his eyes and first envisioned the Flame Array; as he imagined it, virtual light began to appear in the white space, gradually coalescing into a Flame Array.
Within the array, flames surged, blazing fiercely with twisting light. A new array manifested, transforming into the more powerful White Flame Flowing Fire Formation.
The white flame transformed again, and amidst the twisting flames, it converted into a Nine Palace Fire Formation.
And through it all, Yuan Ming remained unaware; the flame array was naturally evolving according to some mysterious principle.
At this moment, Yuan Ming had already begun envisioning the Green Flow Circulation Array.
In the midst of the azure glow, a formation with formidable defensive attributes emerged, carrying an immense and profound foundation, slowly operating on its own, and then began undergoing a certain metamorphosis.
Yuan Ming continued envisioning from the Five Elements Illusion Destruction Array, to the Blood River Formation, then to the Yellow Sand Formation, and onto the Star Shifting Array…
Formation after formation was condensed and transformed out of thin air in this white space under Yuan Ming's visualization.
All the formations, in continuous derivation, ultimately twisted and transformed into various unique array patterns, floating up into the air.
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As more and more array patterns emerged, the originally snow-white space was like a piece of rice paper spread open, with ancient characters written on it in ink.
When Yuan Ming fully envisioned all the formations he had encountered, a massive white halo suddenly appeared, twisting in the light above his head.
The surface of that halo was inscribed with countless runes, looking almost identical to that circular jade in the Array Dao Inheritance Array Core.
Light flowed across it, and at the center of the ring, a vortex cyclone suddenly emerged.
An invisible suction emanated from it, and all the array patterns envisioned by Yuan Ming began flying into the vortex in the ring one after another like fledglings returning to their nests, vanishing into the light.
Then, rings of light rippled out from the ring, and all the inscribed runes on it lit up.
A beam of white light projected down, enveloping Yuan Ming's Divine Soul.
Yuan Ming immediately felt his Divine Soul stiffen, and he could no longer move freely.
As he was perplexed, the white light falling on him suddenly started manifesting array pattern images, like snowflakes drifting down, disappearing the moment they touched his Divine Soul.
Numerous insights related to formations surged into his Sea of Consciousness, quickly permeating his Divine Soul.
"The inheritance has begun!" Yuan Ming's Divine Soul trembled, and he came to his senses immediately.
He promptly set aside all distractions, focusing entirely on comprehending the snowflakes falling onto him, actively guiding them to merge into his body.
As time passed, an indescribable enlightenment grew, and Yuan Ming's understanding of formations rapidly improved.
Since his Array Formation Cultivation reached Level 5 Peak, he had tried countless times to break through to a Level 6 Array Master. Although seemingly within reach, every attempt ended in failure, like a chasm blocking his way.
However, at this very moment, that chasm was quickly collapsing.
With more snowflakes falling from the white light, the phantom light surrounding Yuan Ming's Divine Soul grew increasingly radiant.
"Ka…"
After an indeterminate amount of time, an invisible shackle silently shattered.
In the next instant, Yuan Ming's Divine Soul abruptly opened his eyes, which shone with an extraordinary light, and peculiar runes flickered faintly in his gaze.
As his eyes opened, the surrounding white space began to disintegrate, becoming fragmented.
His Divine Soul returned to Su Yingxue's body, and his eyes opened.
Yuan Ming glanced around and noticed that the Spirit Stones in the Array Eyes of the Array Dao Inheritance Array hadn't exhausted their spiritual power, but their glow had dimmed, while the white jade in the Array Core had turned gray-white.
With a slight touch of his finger, the jade turned to powder.
Standing up, Yuan Ming began to recall the scenes from before in his Sea of Consciousness, where numerous insights about arrays inexplicably appeared. The Eight Extremes Golden Lock Array, which he could only grasp partially before, now seemed clear and straightforward.
"This is a Level 6 Array Master… truly incomparable to a Level 5 Array Master. Without this inheritance method, who knows how many years it would take to cross this threshold." Yuan Ming couldn't help but be overwhelmed with emotion.
Full of delight, he immediately sat down at Su Yingxue's desk, took the blue notebook, and began flipping through it again.
It contained the design of the Five Elements Formation by Su Yingxue.
The Five Elements Formation was much more complex than the Eight Extremes Golden Lock Array. With Yuan Ming's previous expertise in formations, he couldn't understand the contents recorded there at all.
However, this time, he was surprised to find that he comprehended the contents with ease, even quickly grasping the intricacies of Su Yingxue's design.
Which was impossible before.
After continuing to flip through the journal, which also documented several other formation techniques, he planned to thoroughly review them all during this opportunity. Even if he couldn't master them completely, memorizing them first would be beneficial.
Unfortunately, he had only turned two pages when the familiar drowsiness overwhelmed him strongly. Unknowingly, the time had come for the Black Incense Possession to end.
Yuan Ming's Divine Soul immediately withdrew and returned to his body.
Almost simultaneously, Su Yingxue's eyes regained focus, and upon seeing the open books on the desk, a moment of confusion flashed in her eyes.
But she quickly reacted, turning her head to look at the formation laid out on the ground, her heart instantly understanding.
"It seems that this mysterious expert also has profound knowledge and talent in formations. Otherwise, they couldn't have completed the Array Dao Inheritance so swiftly." Su Yingxue couldn't help but marvel in her heart.