"Amitabha, this humble monk Wu Fa greets the Buddha Lord and all honored seniors! His Majesty has instructed that since you have traveled a long distance and are covered in dust, this monk is to lead you to the third level of the Imperial Palace to rest."
Just as everyone's divine sense began to stir, intending to explore this star domain, a Buddhist chant sounded from behind them. A monk, who seemed to be in meditation, sat cross-legged in the void, looking at the group with an utterly placid gaze.
"Fa Tian? I heard that you and three Grand Elders had defected to the Ten Directions Empire, and it seems to be true. You've even changed your Dharma name. Is this betrayal of your master not thorough enough?" Ghost King, the Sect Master of Ghost King Sect, looked at Wu Fa with a mixture of mockery and anger.
Since the establishment of the Three Sects and Three Palaces, no cultivator had ever betrayed their sect, let alone joined the enemy. Fa Tian's actions had become a disgrace to their hidden forces.
"Dao Wu Fa, Buddha Wu Tian. I am Wu Tian, a disciple under the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Fourth Army of the Ten Directions Empire. I greet you all. Please proceed to your lodging." Just as everyone was observing the former Fa Tian, now Wu Fa, another figure appeared beside him.
It was the first of the Eight Divisions of the Buddha Clan's Futu, the Heavenly Butcher!
Within the Buddhist Sect, besides the Buddha Lord, there were positions equivalent to the Grand Elders of other sects. Outsiders called them Grand Elders, but within the Buddha Clan, they were referred to by their own people as the Eight Divisions of Futu, named after the characters of Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow, Sun, Moon, Stars, and Light.
The Heavenly Butcher was the foremost among these Eight Divisions of Futu, equivalent to the First Grand Elder of other sects. Therefore, the appearance of the Heavenly Butcher caused a sense of suffocation among all the cultivators in the entire celestial domain.
"I didn't expect even Senior Brother Tian Tu to abandon the integrity of us hidden sects," said the Palace Lord of Immortal King Hall, suppressing his anger.
The Heavenly Butcher of the Buddhist Sect was someone whom even the Sect Masters of their six sects would address as Senior Brother. Although his strength was not as high as theirs, his title indicated his exceptionally high status.
"Please." Wu Fa and Wu Tian stood up and led the way.
Indeed, they led the way as if their feet were treading on solid ground. Step by step, they led the more than a hundred people behind them toward Ye Yun's dojo.
"Wu Fa, Wu Tian... these Dharma names are truly..." Ghost King, walking behind, couldn't help but shake his head, finding the Dharma names chosen by the Buddha Clan somewhat amusing.
"Let's go and see the Imperial Palace of the Ten Directions Emperor. Also, none of you should cause any trouble, especially with your divine senses. This star domain is not as simple as it appears on the surface," Shen Yu warned through divine sense after hearing Ghost King's words, following behind Immortal King.
There was no further conversation. Wu Fa and Wu Tian acted like strangers, quietly leading the way. A place they could have reached with a single thought took them a full half an hour to arrive at under their guidance.
"That is..."
When the group was still a thousand li away from the dojo, they looked at the scene before them with expressions of shock. Due to Shen Yu's warning, their divine senses only roamed within a hundred li radius, serving as basic protection.
It was only upon getting close to the dojo that everyone could take in the entire spectacle.
"Powerful! So powerful! By forcefully utilizing the elemental earth laws to pulverize the meteorites in the universe into dust, and then re-solidifying this area of ten thousand li! Then, by combining gravity laws and formations, they have transformed this flat ground into a region like a planet where ordinary people can survive. Afterward, they cleansed the entire ground with spiritual energy and infused it with the power of life laws, making this dojo a true land of immortals!" An elder from the Immortal King Hall exclaimed, looking at Ye Yun's dojo.
"If you don't understand, don't speak and make a fool of yourself!" Immortal King reprimanded faintly and then turned to look at Qian Chenzi.
"Brother, what do you think?"
"This dojo is arranged based on the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams. The purpose of this formation ranges from small matters like Feng Shui to life-and-death combat, all within his command."
Qian Chenzi gazed at Ye Yun's dojo as if it were a rare treasure. As the most powerful formation master in the Ten Directions Universe, he understood the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams formation, but he had always been unable to comprehend the laws corresponding to the 'life' and 'death' gates. Da Feng Novel Network.
"In a true Five Elements and Eight Trigrams formation, there must be at least the five attribute true essences of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, along with any eight laws! The stronger the laws comprehended, the more terrifying the formation's power becomes."
"Furthermore, there is an auxiliary and an integrated offensive/defensive composite formation outside this dojo. The auxiliary formation constantly draws spiritual energy from this star domain into that dojo! As for the offensive and defensive formation, you all know its purpose, but I don't know how powerful this offensive and defensive formation is."
"This is a brand-new formation that combines the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams with the Nine Heavenly Gates and Eighteen Earthly Branches. Within it, changes are myriad; even a small alteration can trigger changes throughout the entire formation! The most terrifying aspect is that this formation is integrated with the residents and buildings permanently stationed within the dojo. If these residents die unnaturally or the buildings are violently destroyed, it could trigger the formation's changes."
At this moment, Qian Chenzi looked at Ye Yun's dojo as if he were a madman obsessed. If it weren't for fear of losing composure, he would have already started studying it hands-on.
Little did he know that after the disciples of the Heavenly Dao Sect caused trouble in this dojo once, Xia Xingchao and others had mobilized countless formation masters and extraordinary individuals from across the empire to ensure the dojo's safety, making it a place that others would not dare to easily provoke.
Wu Fa and Wu Tian led them through the dojo towards the Nine Dragon Yang Xu Palace at the Heavenly Pool. Liu Hai, the administrator of the third heaven, was already waiting there with a group of people.
"Esteemed benefactors, this is Lord Liu Hai, the Heavenly Lord of the third heaven of my Ten Directions Empire. He will arrange your accommodation shortly. This humble monk will now take his leave." Wu Fa nodded to Immortal King and others, then vanished with Wu Tian in an instant.
"Soldiers, clear the way for them! Everyone, let's go!" Liu Hai was not as polite to the enemies as Wu Fa and Wu Tian.
As a quasi-emperor who had traversed the universe for countless years, how could anyone dare to speak to him like this? The Demon King was about to erupt, but he ultimately restrained himself under Immortal King's gaze.
This was because he discovered that although the soldiers Liu Hai had brought with him had not even reached the Main God realm, Liu Hai's own cultivation was that of a quasi-emperor, just like themselves.