Under themand of Yuan Yang True Venerable, cultivators guarding the Spirit Vein sat cross-legged and began to use the power of their Divine Souls to drive out the Soul-Departing Miasma that lingered around their spirits.


    This was also purposefully done by Lu Qingshan.


    As he hurried towards this Spirit Vein, he slightly slowed down his pace to allow enough time for the Mountain and Sea Pavilion cultivators to dispel the Soul-Departing Miasma, but not enough for them to ask more questions.


    Thus, without anyplications, he sessfully managed to stay at the location of the Spirit Vein.


    The area fell silent, filled with a tense atmosphere.


    All the cultivators were striving hard to expel the Soul-Departing Miasma within them.


    Eventually, individuals began opening their eyes and standing up one after another.


    After everyone had gotten up, Lu Qingshan looked towards the horizon.


    There, a hint of dawn''s light was already appearing.


    Dawn was breaking.


    ...


    Atop Endless Peak.


    Lu Xin nced at her teammates around her.


    In such circumstances, she quickly found her teammates for setting up the formation.


    "Set up the formation!" someone yelled, holding an Array te in the center.


    Lu Xin hurriedly took out her array gs and channeled her Spiritual Power into them.


    A white Spiritual Light spread out from the array gs in her hands.


    Simultaneously, the array gs held by the Mountain and Sea Pavilion Qi Refining disciples beside her also emitted a white Spiritual Light.


    These white lights quickly connected together, converging towards the cultivator with the Array te in the middle.


    Thirty-five white lights convergedpletely and then slowly faded away.


    But Lu Xin had already felt an inexplicable connection forming between her and her teammates.


    The Great Expansion Formation was sessfully assembled.


    "Is this the Great Expansion Formation? What a marvelous formation," Lu Xin couldn''t help but click her tongue in wonder.


    Although Lu family cultivators who had entered the Ruin Realm for trials in the past two years had already shared details about the trials,


    hearing about it and experiencing it firsthand were ultimately different.


    ...


    Meanwhile, a Qi Refining Cultivator from Ye Family, Ye Yu, looking at his own Array te and the thirty-five Mountain and Sea Pavilion Qi Refining disciples surrounding him, felt immensely proud.


    This time, the Qi Refining Realm trial in the Ruin Realm would definitely be won by the Ye Family!


    A total of thirty-six people are needed to assemble the Great Expansion Formation, where thirty-five hold array gs and one holds the Array te, positioned at the central strategic spot.


    The strategic spot is the core of the Great Expansion Formation; once the cultivator at this spot perishes, the Great Expansion Formation will naturally fall apart.


    Therefore, the cultivator holding the Array te is also the one who will be targeted most duringbat.


    At the same time,


    Thebined Spiritual Power of the thirty-six people requires a suprememander to coordinate it.


    And the cultivator at the strategic spot is the one responsible for directing the Spiritual Power of the Great Expansion Formation.


    The heavy responsibility resting on the person at the strategic spot is evident.


    This holding the Array te must necessarily be the one among the thirty-six who has the most abundantbat experience.


    Although he originally received only an array g, after finding his teammates, he volunteered to take the Array te and position himself at the strategic spot.


    The result was just as he expected.


    At this moment of collective grief and unity of spirit, when he dered his extensivebat experience and desire to upy the strategic spot, the original holder of the Array te hesitated only for a moment before handing it over to him.


    —At such a time, surely no one would fail to understand the greater good and choose to show off, right?


    Since someone volunteered, it must be with some level of confidence.


    Ye Yu, holding the Array te, felt a surge of excitement.


    After the Qi Refining Cultivators from the Ye Family who participated in the Ruin Realm assessment two years ago reported in detail about the trials,


    he noticed a very important point.


    Although these were only the illusions of the Ruin Realm, their actions were not rigid but instead felt like real people with whom interaction was possible.


    At that moment, this idea subtly arose in his mind.


    Upon entering, he decided to give it a try and, to his surprise, it actually seeded.


    The other cultivators participating in the assessment were just ordinary members of the Great Expansion Formation, while he was at its core.


    In terms of the final performance ranking, they couldn''t possiblypare with him.


    In this test, the importance of one''s intellect was to surpass that of one''s strength!


    Thinking this, Ye Yu felt full of confidence.


    ...


    What was that?!


    Lu Xin''s pupils contracted as he watched ayer of grey-ck fog rolling in from not far away, instantly engulfing the sea of fog that seemed like a fairnd on earth.


    The sky was filled with grey-ck fog!


    Dense crowds of the Demon Race continuously pushed out from within the fog.


    "They''re here! The Demon Race!"


    Countless members of the Demon Race surged towards the peaks of the Mountain and Sea Pavilion like a nket covering the sky.


    "Since the Mountain and Sea Pavilion refuses to surrender, then let them all die!" a malicious voice spread throughout the Mountain and Sea Pavilion.


    Then, in the distance, countless spiritual lights soared into the sky.


    Those were the powerful cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Pavilion confronting the high-rank demons.


    Lu Xin could not afford to observe the battle scene in the distance.


    Because by now, many of the lower-grade demons had reached their Endless Peak.


    The high-rank demons had been blocked by the High Level Cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Pavilion with all their effort.


    But with a huge disparity in strength, it was not possible to hold them off for long.


    ording to the cultivators who had participated in the previous two assessments,


    this was the time to strive for a high evaluation because the demons they were facing were still the lower-grade ones, manageable in battle.


    In just a little while, as the high-ranking cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Pavilion failedyer byyer, they would no longer be able to hold back all the high-rank demons.


    At that time, just letting one high-rank demon slip through would easily spell instant death for them.


    And this gap would only growrger!


    "Kill!" The one holding the Array te in the Great Expansion Formation where Lu Xin was located roared with rage, leading everyone to charge at a fierce spider-like demon.


    This was a Second Grade spider demon, and the six spider spears on its back were its weapons.


    ...


    At the Spirit Vein of Endless Peak.


    The battle here was even fiercer.


    Rain of fire continually fell from the sky, surrounding the area with sparks everywhere.


    Numerous demon refiners wereunching an attack on the Spirit Vein of Endless Peak.


    These demon refiners, covered in ming, steaming fur and sporting horns like a bull''s on their heads, had eyes that burned with fire.


    With hulking bodies, streaks of fiery red that looked like flowing magma shone red on their surfaces.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    Lu Qingshan was concealing himself deep within the Spirit Vein, his gaze directed towards the location of Yuan Yang True Venerable.


    At that moment, green and blue lights were continuously intersecting around Yuan Yang True Venerable, who was surrounded by seven Fifth Grade demon refiners.


    Seven against one.


    The situation looked extremely perilous.


    Yet the reality was not so.


    Because at that moment, the aura on Yuan Yang True Venerable far exceeded that of a Void Refining Cultivator.


    He was currently manipting part of the Power of the Mountains and Seas from the Mountains and Seas Formation to augment himself.


    At that moment, although hisbat power had not reached the level of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator, it had far surpassed the limits of a Void Refining Cultivator''sbat power.


    Using this small part of the Power of the Mountains and Seas, he was single-handedly contending against seven Fifth Grade demon refiners without falling behind.


    Suddenly, during a sh, Yuan Yang True Venerable seized an opportunity, activating his Magic Artifact, a crystalline jade fan made of an unknown substance, and directed a Taoist Spell at two of the demon refiners he had just repelled.


    A grey-yellow Spiritual Light shot out from the jade fan, swiftly splitting into two and striking the two demon refiners.


    The demon refiners, their bodies aze, suddenly turned into stone statues under the Taoist Spell of Yuan Yang True Venerable, motionless.


    With his richbat experience, Yuan Yang True Venerable naturally did not miss such an opportunity. Despite enduring the attacks from the other five demon refiners, he strained to cast another Spell on the two temporarily petrified demon refiners.


    Crack—


    Under Yuan Yang True Venerable''s Spell, the two petrified demon refiners disintegrated into dust, scattering in the air as if weathered by the wind.


    And Yuan Yang True Venerable, having borne an attack from the five demon refiners, although his glow faded somewhat and he spat out a mouthful of blood, was forcibly pushed back several meters.


    But it was clear that he was not seriously injured.


    This was the terrifying aspect of the Eighth Grade Mountains and Seas Formation; merely an extremely small part of its force could grant Yuan Yang True Venerable such fearsomebat power.