Chapter 285: Life and Death Pagoda Formation

The Yin Manifestation Five Elements Formation rotated, and beneath Jiang Yan and everyone else’s feet, a Yin pole rose.

In contrast, beneath the stone statue and all living beings, Yang poles surged, encircled by the Five Elements.

The Yin-Yang Five Elements Formation.

Yang Hidden, Yin Manifested.

The killing move lay in the Yin, not the Yang—a method of attack unique in the world, and the means of its arrangement were extremely demanding. To this day, no one knew how this formation was set up.

A vast aura enveloped the stone statue, making it seem like a living, breathing entity—agile and majestic.

Jiang Yan, with the Cosmic Great Deduction Dao Spirit enveloping him, quietly observed the changes in the formation.

An extraordinarily transcendent Qi radiance flickered in his clear eyes.

“This formation borrows the advantages of time and terrain, with the Formation Eye…”

“Hah.” Jiang Yan looked indifferently at the stone statue, brimming with imposing aura. “You must have refined the entire Empty Moon Sect into the formation, relying on the flow of mountains and earth veins to arrange such a complete formation.”

“Hahahaha, so what if you’ve figured it out? Just hand over your body obediently to this old man!”

The Yin pole locked Jiang Yan in place, and at this moment, it continuously drained his physical vitality.

“To break this formation, one only needs to destroy the entire Sect’s layout.”

“It’s useless to say that now. Since you know how to break the formation, you shouldn’t have come here alone to die.”

With possession imminent, the stone statue could only stall Jiang Yan with idle talk to distract his mind and increase the chances of possession.

“This kid’s Spirit Platform…”

The stone statue searched for a long time but couldn’t find Jiang Yan’s Spirit Platform.

The method of possession involved destroying another’s Spirit Platform and then transferring one’s own Spirit Platform into their body through a secret technique.

This process was extremely perilous, with a success rate of less than 50%!

Once the Spirit Platform reached the Eighth Rank, one could possess a Divine Soul.

Even if the physical body perished, the Divine Soul would not die.

However, the Divine Soul relied on the Spirit Platform to exist. In the past, he had risked moving his Spirit Platform into a special stone statue to temporarily avoid the suffering of annihilation.

Now, transferring the Spirit Platform again would still be a great risk.

Fortunately, Jiang Yan was currently trapped by the formation’s Yin pole and could hardly move—at least, that’s what the stone statue believed.

The stone statue grabbed Jiang Yan by the collar. “Kid, where is your Spirit Platform?”

Jiang Yan: “Spirit Platform? What’s a Spirit Platform?”

“Hmph, even if you don’t tell me, this old man can still find it.” The stone statue snorted coldly, continuing its futile search while muttering in confusion.

Jiang Yan remained calm and unhurried, still having the leisure to chat with the stone statue.

“You, if you were going to die, you should have died completely. Why linger to harm future generations?”

“This old man has yet to revive the Sect. How could I be willing to die?”

“Tsk tsk, you’re quite sincere. Tell me, which generation Sect Master are you?”

“This old man is the thirty-sixth generation Sect Master of the Empty Moon Sect, Supreme Yuan! By the way, where is your Spirit Platform?”

“Oh, I found it useless, so I sold it on Zhuanzhuan!”

“What’s Zhuanzhuan? Wait, you’re stalling for time!” The stone statue grew wary, then burst into laughter. “So what if you’re stalling? Can you still break this formation?”

Suddenly, a deafening roar echoed from outside the hall.

The Yin Manifestation Five Elements Formation trembled violently, as if struck by a heavy blow.

“You! What have you done?!”

“Oh, a friend of mine might have accidentally seen through the mountain and river layout of your Empty Moon Sect, so he casually destroyed it.” Jiang Yan replied nonchalantly.

“You!” The stone statue fumed with anger and immediately rushed outside the hall.

There, a dark figure stood towering in the sky, raising a hand to unleash attacks capable of destroying heaven and earth.

Seeing this, the stone statue revealed an eerie smile at the corner of its mouth and calmly returned to the main hall.

Its gaze fixed directly on Jiang Yan.

“Boy, do you really think you can break the grand formation by relying on the layout of the mountains and rivers?”

“Although this formation relies on the momentum of the mountains and rivers, the landscape can shift, and the four seasons leave no trace. Its master can freely alter the course of the mountains and rivers. The momentum of the landscape, once destroyed, regenerates endlessly!”

Its tone was arrogant, as if it was extremely satisfied with its own masterpiece.

Jiang Yan sighed. “You were right earlier. I was indeed stalling for time.”

Crack—crack—

The Yin pole shattered, and Jiang Yan swiftly broke free from the encirclement.

“Devour to reach the extreme, derive to reach the supreme extreme.”

Jiang Yan silently recited this, experiencing for the first time the immense power of the Cosmic Great Deduction Dao Spirit.

The essence of the formation had been deduced in such a short time.

Jiang Yan raised his hand, and countless Formation Disks flew out in a frenzy.

At the same time, seven Doppelgangers that had long been Concealed around the stone statue materialized, inserting formation flags into the ground of the Formation Disks.

In an extremely short time, a small-scale Life and Death Pagoda Formation was successfully deployed.

The seven shadow Doppelgangers merged into Jiang Yan’s body, and the Life and Death Pagoda Formation he had created instantly enveloped both Jiang Yan and the stone statue.

Outside the main hall, the momentum opened up by that Doppelganger also successfully manifested.

The stone statue staggered a step, trembling as it pointed at Jiang Yan. “You… you… you… that Doppelganger outside earlier wasn’t destroying the momentum of the mountains and rivers… but! But!”

Its expression was one of terror, its words incoherent.

“But was creating momentum, the momentum belonging to the Life and Death Pagoda Formation,” Jiang Yan said calmly.

“As I said, villains die from talking too much, though you’ll never find my Spirit Platform anyway.”

As Jiang Yan spoke, he initiated the momentum, and the small formation based on the Life and Death Law instantly took shape.

Within this formation, Jiang Yan’s vitality gradually recovered, while the stone statue slowly withered into desiccation.

“No! Don’t! This old one still has a Sect to revive, I can’t die here. Boy, spare me, I—”

“Don’t worry, after you die, I’ll destroy your Sect as well.”

“Life and Death—Sacrifice to the Heavens!”

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Life and death collided, and the characters representing the two ultimate philosophies of the world finally clashed with intense resonance at this moment.

The heavens were filled with the two Qi, the earth turned to nothingness, and the entire main hall, reinforced by the Mountain-Suppressing Formation, rumbled with deafening noise, emitting tremors of unbearable strain.

At the same time, heaven and earth fell into silence. The Qi of life and death questioned the heavens, Yin and Yang reversed, the Law overturned all living beings, and boundless, Supreme power descended upon the beginning of the world, as if a Supreme deity had personally arrived in the mortal realm to wield life and death.

The stone statue, drained into a withered husk by the Life and Death Pagoda Formation, was ultimately engulfed by the Law Divine Ability.

The world returned to stillness.

A group of Martial God experts stared in stunned disbelief, unable to believe what they had witnessed.

They had no words to describe the scene before them, only staring with wide, bell-like eyes as they observed it all.

A man who hadn’t even achieved Perfection in the Law had become their savior?

Jiang Yan: Savior?

“Boy, hurry up and use that formation of yours to get me down!” Xuan Nan, locked in mid-air, shouted loudly.

Although the stone statue had perished, the formation still remained, and these people were still unable to escape.

If they tried to resist by force, the formation’s power surpassed even that of a Martial God.

Only by understanding the formation’s structure like Jiang Yan could one possibly use clever means to break free.

Jiang Yan ignored Xuan Nan and walked directly toward Xiao Chunwei.

“Yes, damn it, Xiao Chunwei! Little brother, take care of Xiao Chunwei first. Damn it, he actually dared to scheme against us!”

A group of Martial Gods, filled with righteous indignation, all urged Jiang Yan to take the opportunity to kill Xiao Chunwei.

Xiao Chunwei was locked in mid-air, as helpless as a lamb awaiting slaughter. If Jiang Yan wished, he could kill him at will.

“Whether to kill or slice me, I leave it entirely to your discretion.”

Xiao Chunwei’s tone was proud, as if he had cast life and death aside.

Yet Jiang Yan shook his head and said, “Xiao, aren’t you tired of pretending?”

And just behind Jiang Yan, a figure in green robes and white garments slowly emerged from the shadows.

“Oh—when did you notice?”