Chapter 450: Completing the Grand Formation

In the following days, Ye Yuan was caught in endless busyness.

He first refined several top-grade Essence Soul Pills, finally fully replenishing the essence blood he had lost.

As one of the eight great sects, although the Nethercloud Sect had declined greatly, it still had a considerable reserve of third-tier spiritual herbs, enough for Ye Yuan to refine.

When Ye Yuan was refining pills, Xiao Ruyan was assisting him on the side, taking in the entire process of Ye Yuan's pill refinement.

Coming out of the alchemy room, Xiao Ruyan was in a daze.

Observing Ye Yuan's alchemy up close, she realized just how powerful a master she had apprenticed herself to.

Ye Yuan was clearly refining a third-tier pill, yet Xiao Ruyan could not understand his refining techniques.

Xiao Ruyan's skill was not low, but precisely because of this, she had a deeper understanding of Ye Yuan's extraordinary level.

This could be described as planting willows unintentionally, yet they provided shade. Xiao Ruyan suddenly felt extremely fortunate, not only to be with Ye Yuan but also to improve her own alchemy skills.

Next, Ye Yuan used the Four-Square Cauldron to refine a large batch of second-tier and third-tier pills, distributing them to the sect's disciples.

As a result, a few days later, waves of Yuanli storms swept through the Nethercloud Sect, with disciples breaking through smoothly everywhere.

Many disciples had been stuck at the peak of the Spirit Liquid Realm, and this batch of pills created a large number of disciples at the Crystal Condensation Realm.

There were also a few disciples at the peak of the ninth level of Crystal Condensation who, after taking the pills refined by Ye Yuan, successfully broke through to the Sea of Energy Realm!

The strength of the Nethercloud Sect's disciples had been elevated to an entirely new level!

When the disciples discovered this change, their admiration for Ye Yuan reached an unparalleled degree.

For a time, Ye Yuan's prestige reached its peak. His prestige among the disciples was probably no less than that of the sect master, Luo Qingfeng.

While the disciples were all breaking through, Ye Yuan brought Mei Zhen to the Nethercloud Sect's formation hub.

"Ye Yuan, you say we want to reactivate the Two-Form Heaven Grand Formation. Can we, with these scattered remnants, really rely on this formation to withstand those Soul Sea Realm experts?" Mei Zhen was still skeptical.

The power of a formation depends not only on its grade but also on the level of those controlling it.

Now, the strongest among them was Mei Zhen, at the Sea of Energy Realm, and he knew nothing about formations, so he could not unleash the formation's power at all.

Mei Zhen knew that Ye Yuan's attainments in formations were extremely high, but he was only at the Crystal Condensation Realm. Even if he presided over the formation, could he withstand the relentless bombardment of Soul Sea Realm cultivators?

This was not like the secret realm, where Ye Yuan could toy with his opponents using formations. Soul Sea Realm martial artists would definitely break the formation with brute force. How would they resist then?

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "I alone certainly cannot hold out, but don't we still have so many fellow disciples?"

Mei Zhen said in surprise, "But these sect disciples don't understand formations!"

Ye Yuan said, "It doesn't matter if you don't understand; as long as I do, that's enough."

Mei Zhen: "..."

Even now, Mei Zhen still had no idea what Ye Yuan was trying to do.

But although she was puzzled, she knew that Ye Yuan would not act rashly or gamble with the lives of the disciples of Youyun Sect.

"Alright, even if you have a way, the Two Extremities Chaos Heaven Formation... can only deal with martial artists at the early stage of the Soul Sea Realm, right?" Mei Zhen said.

"Heh, when I first entered the sect, I discovered many flaws in this formation, which greatly reduced its power. Fortunately, there were no strong enemies in the Southern Domain at the time, so the sect managed to protect itself," Ye Yuan said with a faint smile.

Mei Zhen frowned and said, "You mean... the power of this formation is far greater than this?"

Ye Yuan nodded and said, "Exactly. The Two Extremities Chaos Heaven Formation is a quasi-fifth-grade formation, enough to withstand a full-force strike from a peak Soul Sea Realm martial artist. What is a mere seventh-level Soul Sea Realm?"

Mei Zhen exclaimed in surprise, "Is... is that so? But everyone in the sect has always thought it was a fourth-grade low-grade formation!"

"If I'm not mistaken, this formation must have been incomplete when Youyun Sect was forced to move south. Either part of the formation was lost, or the entire formation was lost, and the formation master restored it based on his own understanding, but many parts were missing!" Ye Yuan said.

In fact, Ye Yuan's guess was already very close to the truth. When Youyun Sect moved south back then, a large number of texts were lost.

Even the sect's cultivation techniques had lost the two most important chapters, let alone a formation.

At that time, a Soul Sea Realm formation master had only grasped eighty percent of this formation, so he could only restore it to this extent.

That formation master later tried to complete the Two Extremes Chaos Heaven Formation, but the formation was so profound that he died without restoring it.

In the blink of an eye, over a thousand years passed. The people of Nethercloud Sect had long forgotten this past, thinking that this formation was merely a fourth-grade low-grade formation.

However, the strength of martial artists in the Southern Domain was not great, and this half-baked sect-protecting formation was barely sufficient.

But now that a late-stage Soul Sea realm martial artist had appeared in the Southern Domain, this formation was clearly no longer adequate.

"There... there is such a thing? And I, an elder, knew nothing about it!" Mei Zhen said helplessly.

Ye Yuan laughed. "Given my current cultivation, I naturally cannot set up the Two Extremes Chaos Heaven Formation. But the sect-protecting formation is a complete array; I can manage by making some modifications to complete it. Unless a Spirit Travel realm expert from the Hurricane Realm can cross the passage, no one will be able to break in!"

Hearing Ye Yuan's explanation, Mei Zhen was now full of confidence, but he sighed and said, "It is the great fortune of our Nethercloud Sect to have accepted a disciple like you!"

Ye Yuan smiled. "Why would Elder Mei say that? Since I have joined the sect, I am naturally a part of Nethercloud Sect. When the sect is in trouble, it is my duty to contribute. As long as we hold Nethercloud Sect, the Violet Firmament Sect cannot deploy freely in the Southern Domain. Once the Northern Domain reacts, the destruction of the Violet Firmament Sect is only a matter of time! However, we must inform the sects of the Northern Domain about what is happening in the Southern Domain before the two-realm passage is completely opened."

Mei Zhen caught the implication in Ye Yuan's words and said seriously, "Ye Yuan, there's no need to be so polite with me. Whatever you need, just say it."

Ye Yuan nodded. "Elder Mei knows the whole story. I want you to go to the Northern Domain and notify the Ten Thousand Sword Sect, the Heavenly Martial Sect, and the Profound Ice Sect, asking them to send reinforcements to the Southern Domain to destroy the Violet Firmament Sect! Under the current circumstances, no one is more suited for this task than Elder Mei."

Though he had anticipated it, Mei Zhen's expression still changed. "Can't someone else do it? I... I still have some strength; I could stay and contribute!"

Ye Yuan shook his head. "Your mission is even more arduous than guarding the sect! Nethercloud Sect is just a corner, but the Hurricane Realm intends to invade the entire Boundless Realm. If the Northern Domain remains uninformed of the Hurricane Realm's ambitions, the consequences would be unimaginable. So... you must make this trip no matter what!"

Mei Zhen's expression shifted for a moment, then he cupped his hands to Ye Yuan and said, "Mei Zhen will not fail the mission!"