The Quest for Immortality Chapter 2258: Shocking Upheaval (part 2)
Previously on The Quest for Immortality...
Yet this time, things stood differently.
No trigger occurred, yet the Fifth Grade Large Formation abruptly surged into full operation...
"Has someone meddled with the Fifth Grade Formation?!"
"What's the aim here?"
Numerous Heaven Void Ancestors shifted their gazes toward Elder Master Xun.
Elder Master Xun from Taixu Gate ranked among the rare Fifth Grade Formation Ancestors across the Qianxue State Boundary.
Elder Master Xun knitted his brows, observing the formation's glow on the distant horizon, detecting the patterns' movement, mentally dissecting the array's mechanisms and core pivot structure to analyze the legal frameworks driving its sudden reactivation...
Not aimed at slaughter, not for shielding, not safeguarding the disciples, rather...
Elder Master Xun's heart jolted:
"Teleportation?!"Insight struck him instantly, sending a cold shiver through his core, prompting an urgent bellow:
"Quick! Alert Mount of Tao's elders to seal the formation eye by force and sever the spiritual power feeding the large formation!"
Mount of Tao's Fifth Grade Formation lay beyond his control.
This grand array's construction aimed to shield sword discussion disciples from every external meddling.
Such meddling chiefly stemmed from Heaven Void Ancestors of sects and noble houses.
In truth, should Heaven Void Ancestors truly disrupt the contest, none could halt them.
Thus, the array's main defense targeted precisely these attending Heaven Void Ancestors.
They held no power to affect anything inside the large formation, nor permission to try.
Hence, sealing the formation eye forcibly and halting it fell solely to Mount of Tao's elders; he remained powerless to act.
Yet deciding on such an action proved no small feat for Mount of Tao.
And now, the moment had slipped far too late.
"Elder Shen"'s demise served as the trigger, igniting the large formation.
As designed, the large formation whirred to life, with azure "teleportation" lights flashing one after another.
Every disciple in the Shura battle—those beaten and expelled—underwent reverse teleportation, initiating their "re-entry".
Amid a barren Shura arena.
Figures once "slain" started materializing one by one.
Linghu Xiao, Ouyang Xuan, Cheng Mo, Situ Jian, Tai’a's five brothers, Hao Xuan...
Taixu Gate's disciples, amid pulsing blue lights, reassembled once more beside Mo Hua.
Beyond Taixu Gate, talents from the Four Great Sects, Eight Great Gates, and select Heavenly Pride from the Twelve Streams emerged sequentially...
Shen Cangfeng, Ao Zheng, Xiao Ruohan, Shi Tiangang, Ye Zhiyuan, Qin Cangliu, Feng Zichen, Song Kui...
A glance revealed a throng packed tight, every one Mo Hua's "foes".
Yet now, revenge against Mo Hua eluded their thoughts as they stared blankly at one another, baffled by their return—defeated and ousted, only to teleport back inexplicably.
No explanations came.
Teleportation persisted unabated.
Blue lights flashed anew, vanishing the clustered disciples from the Shura field one after the other.
Regaining composure, they scanned their surroundings: majestic peaks soared amid low-hanging clouds and swirling mists, evoking ascent to summits brushing the heavens, an ethereal immortal aura.
Recognition dawned swiftly on certain disciples:
"Xuantian Peak!"
"Could this be Xuantian Peak?!"
Mount of Tao's loftiest summit hosted one peak and one tower.
Xuantian Peak formed the pinnacle, Sword Observation Tower the spire.
Sword Observation Tower reserved viewing for aristocratic ancestors, Taoist State's direct descendants, and court pavilion elites, concealed amid clouds beyond common sight.
To all eyes, Mount of Tao's supreme vantage shone as the lofty, heaven-piercing Xuantian Peak.
Xuantian Peak doubled as the ultimate arena for "Heaven" tier sword discussions in the Sword Discussion Conference.
Post Earth-tier clashes, victorious Heavenly Pride from sects converged atop Xuantian Peak for a climactic showdown against Qianxue's mightiest prodigy.
Yet suddenly, these Heavenly Pride Disciples discovered themselves transported en masse to Xuantian Peak's crest.
"What's going on?"
"What is the meaning of this?"
Shock and confusion gripped the assembly.
Still, teleportation refused to cease.
A blinding radiance burst forth above the Fifth Grade Formation.
A keener Spirit Roar pierced the air.
Vast quantities of Spirit Stone vanished instantly, transmuted into spiritual power fueling the grand array.
Mighty spiritual surges, hurricane-like, raged outward in every direction.
Ocean-vast blue light soared skyward, swallowing Xuantian Peak whole.
Mount of Tao's Fifth Grade Formation pushed toward its utmost bounds.
Beneath countless cultivators' stunned stares, the colossal, sky-scraping Xuantian Peak severed from its base by Void Power, then outright...
Vanished.
Astounding the masses.
Even Heaven Void Ancestors reeled in turmoil.
Xuantian Peak... teleported away?!
Before their very eyes, Qianxue State Boundary's eternal Xuantian Peak, enduring over ten millennia, whisked off by Mount of Tao's Fifth Grade Formation?
And atop it, hundreds of elite disciples from Four Sects and Seven Gates!
True gems, the vital essence and lifeblood of great sects.
"Hurry!" one Heaven Void Ancestor roared in fury and alarm, "Track Xuantian Peak's teleportation destination!"
This shift harnessed Fifth Grade Heaven Void Power.
Teleportation demands strict prerequisites and heavy constraints; for something as immense as Xuantian Peak, distance stayed limited, confined nearby the Fifth Grade Qianxue State Boundary at farthest.
Heaven Void Ancestors extended their Divine Sense one after another.
Overwhelming Heaven Void Power surged freely, blanketing the full Qianxue State Boundary.
Some Heaven Void Ancestors produced the prized Heaven Peeping Mirror, surveying the whole realm.