Elder Kuzhu utilized the Qimen Seven Absolute Formation, which still had Qimen Dunjia as its foundation and derived from it.

Qimen still consisted of the eight gates from Qimen Dunjia: "Rest, Life, Injury, Du, Jing, Death, Shock, and Opening."

Elder Kuzhu possessed a set of eight Spiritual Pearls, corresponding to Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen, Xun, Li, Kun, and Dui respectively, among which the Southeast Xun Palace's Yimu-specific Xun Spiritual Pearl matched his Daoist technique the best and had the greatest power. This made up the Earth Plate.

The Seven Absolutes referred to the Big Dipper Seven Stars; in reality, it was the Big Dipper Nine Stars, capable of transforming into the Seven Absolute Array.

That is, Tianshu, Tianxuan, Tianji, Tianquan, Yuheng, Shaking Light, and Kaiyang, along with the additional ones, Left Assistant and Right Supporter, totaling nine stars. They matched with the Tianpeng, Tianrui, and other nine stars of Qimen Dunjia.

When Elder Kuzhu usually dueled with others, he generally only used a bamboo staff in hand. At most, he took out a Xun Spiritual Pearl, which was enough to resolve the fight.

In the past, his Primordial Spirit flew to Central Earth for an astral projection reincarnation, while his physical body remained at Wuzhong Ridge to protect itself. Besides thirty-six stalks of Taiyin Green Spirit Bamboo, he added the Heavenly Ji Formation for protection.

The last time Qi Shuming came to find him, he passed through the Heavenly Ji Mysterious Formation and the Green Spirit Bamboo Formation to reach him and subsequently saved him.

Now, he finally witnessed Shi Feiyang's prowess—somewhat unfathomably profound—and activated the entire Qimen Seven Absolute Formation in one fell swoop. Beneath were the eight gates opening and closing, above were nine stars shining, constructing an even more formidable formation that enveloped Shi Feiyang within.

The surroundings were filled with Yin Yang Five Elements in chaotic reversal; the Heavenly Plate turned left while the Earth Plate turned right, rapidly twisting and deforming space.

Shi Feiyang, with Wisdom Eye, observed all around. Each of the eight gates encompassed a space, and above, the nine stars altered time, changing the Heavenly Number as if on a timepiece, constantly twisting, along with the accompanying changes in time and space.

Such a formidable formation!

Faced with Elder Kuzhu's trump-card formation, even Shi Feiyang could not help but sigh with admiration.

After careful observation, he confirmed that he could rely on his current Magical Treasures to defend fully and remain unharmed for a short time within this formation.

However, the possibility of breaking out of the formation was basically non-existent, unless he was trapped here for several decades or even a hundred years. By calming his mind to thoroughly study, perhaps one day he could break it.

Of course, if he utilized the Heavenly Mirror and the Nine Suspicions Tripod, two of the Cosmic Treasures, he might have the chance to directly break out. But currently, both Magical Treasures were in use for setting up an array.

Shi Feiyang decided to use some "cheating" methods and said to Elder Kuzhu, "Your formation does have some power, but for me, it's far too ordinary and common."

Elder Kuzhu, not convinced, considered this formation the crystallization of his hard work for over a thousand years. He was confident that even a Golden Immortal being trapped inside would find it difficult to escape. Back then, he relied on this very array to fend off the attack from the Green Emperor's son; despite the latter exerting every means, he could not touch him. Now, to have it belittled like this was unacceptable.

With a hint of pride, he said, "All the boasting is in vain. If you have the ability, escape from my formation, and then I will acknowledge you!"

"This is what you said!"

Shi Feiyang immediately performed a Sealing with both hands before his chest, generating a ball of Purple and Blue Flames between them. From within the leaping flames, he spewed out and scattered droplets of Duoluo True Fire.

Each droplet of flame, once reaching the air, expanded and turned into a small figure about a foot in height, looking exactly like Shi Feiyang.

After these figures took shape, they first addressed Elder Kuzhu with the words, "This is what you said!"

Then, they leaped up and transformed into Purple and Blue Light Energy, entering the gates surrounding them.

Elder Kuzhu recognized this as the technique of Divine Splitting, capable of producing a multitude of "Consciously Generated Bodies" at such scale—each highly refined as if they had real bodies, and each with its unique appearance and expression, as if they were truly vibrant individuals, which very few in the world could accomplish!

Reaching the super first-class level, one could achieve "Consciously Generated Bodies," but what came forth would be either a mere silhouette, limited in numbers, or uniformly expressionless.

Shi Feiyang's Consciously Generated Bodies emerged from the Duoluo Fire, taking shape through the Divine Flames. As they flew out, they turned into a trail of firelight. Among the eight gates set by Elder Kuzhu, each one was perilously dangerous, yet these figures entered the gates without heed.

Elder Kuzhu immediately spurred the transformation of the gates, thinking to himself that each of these Consciously Generated Bodies must consume a large amount of Essence Energy. Though you have the Green Lotus Dharma Seat that provides nearly infinite Mana, Purple and Blue Divine Flames are finite. I'll see how many of those Divine Flames you can produce!

He knew that the other's Purple and Blue Divine Flames were just a few sparks, despite being condensed essences, all of them were rootless sources; each bit of flame spent was a reduction in power. Even if Shi Feiyang obtained millenniums worth of Divine Oil from Qiao Mountain Sacred Tomb, the oil would have its limit. He was prepared to outlast Shi Feiyang for years until the other's oil was exhausted, and the flames were extinguished!

After all, he had lived for twelve or thirteen hundred years and had ample patience. Ten or eight years were but a snap of his fingers.

However, what happened next made him feel incredulous. Those Purple and Blue figures flew to and fro within his gates, no matter how he manipulated and initiated powerful offensive movements within the formation, he couldn't kill a single one. Inside the gates chaos reigned with water, fire, wind, thunderbombarding, and even the occurrence of the Five Elements' Destruction and collapsing space. Nonetheless, these figures, like fish in water, remained totally unharmed and managed to shuttle back and forth according to the generative and overcoming properties of the gates, from the Life Gate to the Jing Gate, from the Opening Gate to the Rest Gate, from the Jing Gate to the Death Gate… back and forth, seemingly at ease!

"How is this possible?! Is it just an illusion?" Elder Kuzhu wondered, suspecting an illusion, intent on employing a technique to break it.

However, Shi Feiyang's method was mixed with both reality and illusion; the figures were indeed solidified from the Purple and Blue Duoluo Fire. The Divine Light Elder Kuzhu emitted upon them was instantly incinerated and dissipated.

Could he truly possess such Divine Skills? Infinite replication? Even the son of the Green Emperor was unable to achieve this, unless he was a Daluo Golden Immortal from the Upper Realm...

Elder Kuzhu estimated that only the Giant Wood God himself, or the Green Emperor descending in person, could remain so at ease within his Array.

Shi Feiyang smiled and said, "Whatever tricks you have left, just use them!"

Elder Kuzhu formed seals with both hands, desperately powering his Qimen Seven Absolute Nine Star Formation, from which water, fire, wind, and thunder furiously erupted within each gate. The four elements wreaked havoc, the Five Elements collapsed, and the balance of Yin Yang was thrown into disarray...

But Shi Feiyang remained seated unmoved in the midst of it all, his 3,600 Divine Fire Avatars still flying about freely and playfully through the gates.

Thus, no matter how bitterly Elder Kuzhu clenched his teeth or glared, even after several days and nights of effort, he still could not harm a single hair on Shi Feiyang.

"Have you exhausted your methods? Now, watch my move!" Shi Feiyang said. With that, he and the lotus seat he was upon disappeared without a trace, along with all of the Divine Fire Avatars.

Elder Kuzhu, sensing Shi Feiyang was about to break out of the formation, quickly tried to seal the gates to isolate the inner and outer space-time. Yet, in the next moment, Shi Feiyang appeared directly behind him in the sky.

"You're too stubborn for your own good!" Shi Feiyang announced.

Elder Kuzhu spun around and saw Shi Feiyang suspended high in the sky, with ten phantoms of suns around him. The Sun Roulettes, each bigger than his own body, revolved around him as they spun and orbited; each rotation made them shift from ethereal to more solid, becoming increasingly more realistic and bright with every turn.

Shi Feiyang spoke clearly, "We had no grudges or enmity! It was you who, for the sake of your tribulation, eagerly sought the support of the Emei Sect, helping the younger generation of Emei Sect make things difficult for me. On the day I was to undergo my tribulation, you struck with lethal intent! My shattering of your physical body and triggering of your inner obsessions that nearly led you to Deviation were merely a lesson in kind. I've always been lenient; I didn't take advantage of your weakness after the fact, nor did I completely destroy your spirit and form at Wuzhong Ridge. The grievances between us could have ended there, and we could've lived in peace. But you just had to plot against me for revenge! It's sheer self-destruction! Today, I shall destroy your millennia of cultivation in a moment, so you may understand there are always greater powers and higher heavens. No matter how strong your mana, you can't just do as you please without consequence!"

Having finished speaking, ten suns burst into radiance, showering True Sun Fire below.

Ten suns, ten torrents of fire, as if the sky had been punctured, and ten rivers of flames poured down upon Elder Kuzhu.

Elder Kuzhu rapidly retracted the Six Roots Pure Bamboo, surrounding himself with thirty-six Green Spirit Bamboos while spraying Green Light, forming a barrier to meet the onslaught.

The endless True Sun Fire clashed with the Taiyin Green Spirit Divine Light, causing fire to scatter and green light to flash explosively.

The two clashed with their mana once again, this time Elder Kuzhu to the lower left, and Shi Feiyang to the upper right, one in the sky, one on the ground.

Relying solely on their own mana, Shi Feiyang was inferior to Elder Kuzhu, but this time with the support of the Green Lotus Dharma Seat beneath him, mana was continuously supplied, making the ten suns spin faster and faster, and the True Sun Fire they spewed became increasingly abundant, wave upon wave surging downward with ferocious power.

Larger amounts of True Sun Fire scattered and spilled, with clusters of flames falling from midair like a magnificent meteor shower raining down upon Wuzhong Ridge!

After about the time it takes to eat a meal, the surrounding bamboo forest, trees, and structures like Elder Kuzhu's bamboo hut for quiet cultivation were all incinerated in the fiery rain and quickly turned to ash.

Within a radius of more than three hundred miles, everything was scorched by the meteoric firestorm. The True Sun Fire's might was unmatched; nothing could withstand it, even the very sand and soil turned to liquid magma.

Shi Feiyang, unable to suppress Elder Kuzhu, cast another spell, his body enveloped by surging purple and blue flames.

Now, in addition to the surrounding ten incandescent suns, a purple and blue sun appeared among them, reinforcing the True Sun Fire with Purple And Blue Divine Flames!

The firepower doubled in intensity. Finally, Elder Kuzhu could no longer hold back. He quickly moved the Qimen Seven Absolute Nine Star Formation to shield himself entirely, using the formation to absorb and neutralize the flames.

Countless flames were drawn behind the eight gates into the twisted and disordered space-time, where the flux of the Array destroyed them.

Shi Feiyang chose to continuously increase his firepower, with the principle that quantity breeds miracles.

The eleven suns grew bigger and bigger, from their original diameter of just over a zhang (about 3.58 meters) to more than a hundred zhang!

The ten torrents of flames spewing out grew thicker, and the range of spreading fire increased.

In fact, even without the flames touching them, the scorching of ten suns would reduce vegetation to ash and melt mountains and rocks.

Soon, Wuzhong Ridge became a desolate wasteland filled with ashes. Shi Feiyang also wanted to see the limit of the Jade Lotus and continued to draw True Qi from within to increase his mana, ultimately roasting an area of ten thousand miles into bald mountains flowing with magma.

Melted mountains turned to magma, converged into rivers, and roared through the valleys!

Even inside Elder Kuzhu's Qimen Seven Absolute Formation were raging fires, burning with incandescent True Fire and a layer of purple and blue outer flames, so intense that his nine Treasure Beads were about to melt.

Seeing that he would surely be defeated if this went on, his millennium home destroyed—overwhelmed by rage, he let out a loud howl and resolutely withdrew the Qimen Seven Absolute Formation. He used an Upper Pure Divine Talisman in his place, bursting forth with a massive amount of Upper Pure Divine Light to entangle Shi Feiyang while he himself executed the Taiyin Spirit Light Escape Technique, disappearing thousands of miles away in an instant.

Shi Feiyang ceased the widespread flames and watched Elder Kuzhu's receding figure, chuckling with a light sigh, thinking to himself: Old man, I must subdue you this time! Otherwise, this will never end!

Then, he too executed the Circulation Escape Technique, shifting in pursuit.

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