Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 2026: Chapter 2026: Perhaps, I Have

”Elders in seclusion?”

Xiao Yi’s eyes widened in surprise, and he quickly bowed.

He hadn’t been in the Heavenly Mechanism Palace Main Hall for very long.

He hadn’t seen these elders in seclusion before.

But now, each of these elders possessed an aura so strong that they could only be secluded elders.

Each aura was not weaker than those of powerful beings like Unmovable Thunder Mountain.

Some were even stronger.

The dozens of people here, any one of them, must have existed for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years.

Xiao Yi bowed slightly.

These dozens of individuals, however, all turned to the side and did not accept his bow.

Xiao Yi didn’t mind, but he pondered quietly in his heart.

These dozens of people had been secluded for almost ten thousand years without changing, and even within the Main Hall, unless there was a special matter, not even one would be asked to appear.

Today, why did they all appear?

”Back to your matter,” the Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master said in a deep voice.

”I’ve examined this body of yours.”

”I can’t figure out what kind of poison skill you’re cultivating that causes such terrible backlash.”

”Of course, according to my observations, you can even develop an additional Poison Realm within your body, overturning the normal Martial Arts System, which proves the extraordinary nature of your poison skill.”

Whether it was the Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master, Senior Luoo, or the Soul Hall Master, they had all examined Xiao Yi’s body and situation.

But their thoughts were almost unanimous.

The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master shook his head, ”Even so, even I cannot help you repair this body and dissipate all the poisonous backlash within you.”

”According to my guess, perhaps even Old Man Medicine has no solution.”

The Old Man Medicine he mentioned is naturally the Medicine Venerate Hall Master, the foremost Alchemist of our time.

As fellow Hall Masters, the Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master naturally understood the depth of the Medicine Venerate Hall Master.

Thus, when he spoke of ’guessing,’ he was actually already certain.

Xiao Yi smiled, ”The Palace Master need not worry. I don’t care about these things...”

”But I care,” the Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master interrupted sternly.

”I care about my successor looking like a monster; I care about my successor being so devalued in the eyes of those worldly individuals.”

”You are clearly exceptional; clearly better than anyone.”

”I am even more concerned that you are constantly enduring such pain.”

”Why does my successor deserve these hardships? My successor is less than thirty years old, a prodigy of this era, and deserves a better life.”

”And most importantly,” the Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master suddenly intensified his tone.

”Old Man Soul told me that your fate is running out.”

”My fate?” Xiao Yi frowned.

The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master nodded heavily, ”The one named Luoo also told me that this day intends to claim your life.”

”My life?” Xiao Yi’s frown deepened.

The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master said in a deep voice, ”Neither Old Man Soul nor I can think of a way to save you.”

”The one named Luoo said, only you can save yourself.”

”But a few days ago, I thought of the One Element Unlimited Formation.”

The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master stood with hands behind his back, ”Since the heavens intend to sever your fate, I will use this formation to defy the heavens and alter your fate.”

In the cycle of reincarnation, everything is under the Heaven and Earth Martial Arts Rules.

Only the Martial God can truly break the cycle and ascend above the Heaven and Earth Rules.

To defy the heavens is as difficult as ascending to the sky.

However, throughout countless years on the Flame Dragon Continent, there have always been brilliant individuals.

And there have always been those who do not accept fate.

Attempting to alter destiny; trying to defy the heavens.

And these brilliant individuals, each one is a luminary of antiquity, with only two outcomes.

Either, through hardship, they gamble with their lives, gaining a slim chance, and accomplish the feat of defying the heavens.

Or, they are smashed to pieces, life and death disappearing, everything becoming unreal.

There is no third outcome.

Now, Xiao Yi’s body makes it even harder.

Letting him survive is defying the heavens.

Letting all backlash dissipate and his body recover is altering fate.

Defying the heavens is hard, altering fate is even harder.

But the One Element Unlimited Formation undoubtedly has the power to reverse fate, bringing new life to Xiao Yi’s dying body.

Xiao Yi frowned.

In fact, he didn’t understand what the Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master meant by fate.

His realm was still too low, far from reaching the level of resonance with the world that the Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master had.

But he understood his own body.

Besides that constant torment,

In recent days, he increasingly felt that his body was increasingly showing signs of collapse.

Xiao Yi didn’t know how to describe this feeling.

But he knew that his body might really not last much longer; soon, it seemed, it would completely collapse.

Back then, he once wondered why the aura representing him, Xiao Yi, had disappeared.

Now, he understood.

His aura had disappeared long ago.

The heavens had long considered him dead.

Yet he, Xiao Yi, defiantly lived.

Why this was, even Xiao Yi didn’t know.

But he knew very well that when the heavens declare someone dead, they were destined to die.

His body, still under the Heaven and Earth Rules, would completely collapse one day.

Xiao Yi even knew his time was truly running out.

”Perhaps this formation might really work.” Xiao Yi nodded.

”Not perhaps, but it will indeed work,” the Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master laughed lightly, ”The One Element Unlimited Formation is the greatest formation under the heavens. It once truly shook this world and changed it.”

”Oh?” Xiao Yi was slightly surprised.

”Unfortunately,” the Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master instantly gave a wry smile, ”this formation is the only formation in the inheritance land that I don’t know.”

”Even till now, I haven’t been able to fully comprehend and control this formation.”

”This formation was left by the once Formation Emperor, and it’s said that even he, though he created and laid it down, only succeeded once thanks to a fortunate crack in the heavens.”

”A crack in the heavens?” Xiao Yi’s eyes showed a hint of doubt.

”That is something you cannot understand, and I will not explain more.” The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master shook his head.

”You only need to know that this Formation Emperor was once extremely close to the first generation Crown, so his inheritance and the great formation were placed at the end of the Heavenly Mechanism Hall Inheritance Land.”

”Now, I intend to devote all the hall’s power to comprehend this great formation.”

”The secluded elders will assist me, along with you, to comprehend this great formation.”

”Does the Palace Master have confidence?” Xiao Yi asked gravely.

”No.” The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master shook his head.

Behind him, the assembled secluded elders also looked serious, shaking their heads.

Each of them was a master of formation.

Each one’s skill in formations was unparalleled across the continent.

Any formation before them would be like a joke, easily manipulated and controlled.

But uniquely, the One Element Unlimited Formation, no one had ever comprehended or controlled for countless years.

”Perhaps, I have.” Xiao Yi hesitated and said.

He suddenly took a step forward.

Swish...

The surrounding Formation Power surged instantly.

”How could this be?” The faces of the dozens of secluded elders changed.

”Hmm?” The Heavenly Mechanism Palace Master trembled.

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