Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather Chapter 1407 - 893: Compound Great Array, Tier 2 Puppet

Where swirling clouds ascended, a colossal city, magnificent beyond compare, hovered amidst the heavens. This grand metropolis, known across the Yunxiao Mountain Range as the White Cloud Immortal City, materialized and vanished intermittently within the sun's golden hues and the rosy mist.

As the Jade Cloud Boat traversed through layers of ethereal fog, the true splendor of the Immortal City emerged from the undulating cloud waves, finally revealing itself to Yang Zhenshan's gaze.

The towering city walls, reaching a height of thirty zhang, resembled a colossal silver dragon draped across the sky. The ramparts themselves seemed crafted from solidified clouds in myriad forms—some like charging steeds, others like immense Peng birds unfurling their wings—all refracting prismatic light under the sun's brilliant rays.

At intervals of every eight zhang along the vast expanse of the city walls, octagonal watchtowers stood sentinel. Each tower's roof was adorned with luminous, basin-sized spheres that emitted a soft, steady glow.

"Those orbs are referred to as Transparent Breaking Evil Pearls. Each one functions as a low-grade magical treasure; the entire perimeter of White Cloud Immortal City is fortified with three hundred and sixty of these potent artifacts!"

"Just as their name suggests, these Breaking Evil Pearls possess the ability to dissolve malevolent Qi, effectively barring its ingress into the city. Furthermore, they provide illumination. When night falls, all three hundred and sixty Breaking Evil Pearls blaze to life, bathing the entirety of White Cloud Immortal City in a light as brilliant as day!"

Onboard the Jade Cloud Boat, Yun Xiao elucidated the architectural marvels of the White Cloud Immortal City to Yang Zhenshan.

"Observe those formidable city walls. It is whispered that a third-rank, middle-grade Array, the Heaven and Earth Ten Thousand Clouds Thunder Punishing Evil Great Array, is intricately woven into their structure. This formidable formation draws upon the celestial power of the stars, intertwines with the spiritual essence of the subterranean earth veins, and is enveloped by myriad clouds, channeling the raw force of thunder." Yun Xiao's expression was alight with awe.

Yang Zhenshan, too, displayed a striking look of astonishment. It indeed drew upon the heavens and stars above, connecting to the spiritual energies of the earth veins below—this was a composite Array, harmonizing both celestial and terrestrial powers.

Array formations could be broadly classified into several distinct categories, including heavenly arrays, earth arrays, military arrays, and artifact arrays, among others.

Military arrays, which are formations comprised of coordinated individuals, represent a commonplace and frequently encountered type within the Spirit Source Land.

Artifact arrays stand as the most prevalent form of formation; a single, dedicated array plate, coupled with a few array flags, is sufficient to establish such an array.

Earth arrays generally encompass defensive formations, utilizing terrestrial features such as earth veins, spirit veins, fire veins, or water veins as their foundational elements, thereby leveraging the inherent power of the terrain to construct extensive, large-scale arrays.

For instance, the protective arrays safeguarding the Three Sects of Lingxiu and the esteemed Qingli Immortal City fall under the classification of earth arrays.

Heavenly arrays, conversely, are formations that draw upon the immeasurable power of the Heavenly Dao itself, encompassing phenomena such as the Zodiac Stars, the Nine Heavens Thunder Punishment, the Five Mountains Suppressing Heaven, and the Innate Eight Trigrams, to name a few.

Naturally, regardless of whether an array is categorized as heavenly or earthly, it invariably incorporates elements of artifact arrays. This is typically achieved either by utilizing existing magical treasures and spiritual artifacts as the array's core components or by constructing specialized structures that serve as integral nodes within the formation.

For illustrative purposes, the Ancient Relic Array serves as a quintessential example of an earth array. It meticulously interlinks the earth veins, spirit veins, and water veins existing within its operational domain, employing prominent mountain formations as its foundational support to establish a Guardian Array that extends its protective influence for a hundred li.

Such a grand array possesses the resilience to endure for ten millennia without succumbing to decay and is capable of barring cultivators who have reached the Foundation Establishment stage and beyond from entry, a testament to its truly terrifying efficacy.

The protective array encompassing White Cloud Immortal City, while undoubtedly powerful, likely does not rival the sheer formidable might of the Ancient Relic Array. Despite incorporating certain aspects of heavenly array power, such a hybrid formation might not reach the same level of potency as a purely designed earth array like the Ancient Relic Array.

"Do you happen to notice that particular structure over yonder? That edifice is known as the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion!" Yun Xiao indicated a pavilion, soaring over thirty zhang in height within the city's confines, and spoke in a soft tone.

Yang Zhenshan offered a slight nod. Indeed, the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion stood as the most elevated structure within the White Cloud Immortal City, considerably surpassing the height of other pavilions and even dwarfing the city walls themselves.

However, Yang Zhenshan's attention quickly shifted downwards, casting only a fleeting glance.

"This colossal mountain wasn't present here originally, was it?"

Yun Xiao's gaze followed Yang Zhenshan's to the grand mountain sprawling beneath them. The White Cloud Immortal City was an immense settlement, stretching eighty li from east to west and sixty li from north to south. The sheer scale of a city perched atop such a peak necessitated that the mountain supporting it must be of truly monumental proportions.

The critical factor was the mountain's extraordinary height, which was essential for elevating the White Cloud Immortal City to its lofty position in the sky, suggesting it must attain a staggering altitude of at least a thousand zhang.

"Yes, the White Cloud True Monarch is only two thousand years old, but the White Cloud Immortal City has existed for nearly ten thousand years. According to legend, a Great Power moved over a dozen large peaks from surrounding areas to form the current White Cloud Mountain." Yun Xiao said.

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhenshan couldn’t help but take a cold breath.

Moving mountains, such an ability isn’t particularly special.

Foundation Establishment Cultivators can move a small hill using spells.

However, moving mountains for Foundation Establishment Cultivators is a completely different concept from the White Cloud Mountain in front of them.

Moreover, the White Cloud Mountain in front did not merely involve transporting the mountain mass; it also required clearing earth veins, connecting spirit veins, and even included fire veins within the mountain.

This transcends being a mere spell issue; it is genuine Great Divine Power.

As the Jade Cloud Boat approached the city walls, while Yang Zhenshan was feeling amazed, a voice suddenly came.

"Where did this ignorant bumpkin come from, getting all stupefied, haha~~"

Behind, a cultivator in a white robe flew over on a sword, sneering without reservation.

Yang Zhenshan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young Foundation Establishment cultivator, expressing no rebuke.

Calling him an ignorant bumpkin wasn’t entirely wrong; compared to the White Cloud Immortal City, even the Da’an Dynasty and the Ten Thousand Miles Sea Domain couldn’t be considered the countryside, more like an immortal cultivator wasteland.

As for the ridicule from others, having lived for over a hundred years and traveled far and wide, how could Yang Zhenshan not have cultivated enough patience?

He didn’t bother addressing the random guy and landed on the mountain field outside the city walls, following Yun Xiao’s instructions.

Standing up close to the city walls made them feel even more awe-inspiring.

Afterward, Yun Xiao led Yang Zhenshan to the city gate, where they queued to enter the city.

"Flying is prohibited within the city, and fighting is also forbidden. Once caught by the city patrol for flying or fighting, they will be killed without hesitation, even disciples of the True Monarch are no exception!" Yun Xiao said.