Da Xuan Martial Saint

Divine Soaring Stone.

When Chen Mu took it into his hand, he felt a tingling sensation, as if he was holding a ball of electricity. It seemed to contain a vast thunderous power attempting to penetrate his body, but in the next moment, it was suppressed by his Yuan Gang Inner Strength.

After weighing it slightly, Chen Mu put it into his bag.

The protector from the Great Profound Peak didn't stay long either. After seeing Chen Mu accept it, he clasped his fists towards Chen Mu.

"Then I shall not disturb you any further," he said.

After speaking,

he turned around and quickly left.

Chen Mu watched the protector from the Great Profound Peak leave and then, without another word and after a brief moment of contemplation, he looked up to the sky. A moment later, he got up and walked towards the peak.

The seventh analysis of the Qiankun Artistic Conception was complete. Next, he needed to continue contemplating Heaven and Earth. Although he felt a slight yearning for Xu Hongyu and the others, with the imminent changes, it was not the time to return. The Seven Profound Sect might take action at any moment.

Once again, he returned to the top of Spirit Profound Peak.

Still, there was no sign of Qin Mengjun.

This time, Chen Mu did not leave but instead walked towards the back cliff, where Qin Mengjun spent most of her time. He went straight to that ancient tree, which spread like an umbrella, and leaned close to a rock beside it, then looked up to the sky once more.

"Master indeed chose a place that's somewhat different," Chen Mu mused as he sensed Heaven and Earth nearby, his expression showing a thoughtful look. Previously, his realm was not sufficient to notice, or to say he only felt a slight anomaly. But with Qin Mengjun spending years here, he should not have approached.

Now that Qin Mengjun wasn't here, coming to the place where she usually resided allowed him to clearly sense that this spot seemed to be a node in the Seven Profound Sect's Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation.

No.

More precisely, this place was like a weak point in the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation. If someone were to attack from here, the formation would be significantly weakened. This was a detail he could capture only after stepping into the Grandmaster level as he mastered the Qiankun Artistic Conception.

Otherwise, whether it's an ordinary Grandmaster or someone who has cultivated Qiankun but has not become a Grandmaster, they wouldn't be able to determine this as certainly as he could. In other words, Qin Mengjun spent years here not just because she was sometimes lucid and sometimes confused, unable to leave the Sect, but precisely because her presence was needed to guard this node.

"Hmm, interesting. It seems I can also connect with the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation from here."

Chen Mu suddenly touched the rock where Qin Mengjun often sat for years, touching the spot she usually leaned against. He could vaguely sense that this rock was more than it seemed on the surface—it seemed to be structured like a node in a formation, seamlessly integrated with the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation of the Seven Profound Sect.

"Qiankun Lock Dragon, named after Qiankun, naturally has nodes above and below. I always thought that Spirit Profound Peak's node was inside the mountain or deep within the main hall. I didn't expect it to be here and not marked as a forbidden area... But with Master guarding this place for years, it's indeed unnecessary to designate this area as forbidden land. Furthermore, even if Elders and Peak Masters came here, they would not detect this detail,"

Chen Mu thought, a notion forming in his mind.

Snap!

Chen Mu's hand was suddenly repelled.

He had tentatively touched that formation node just now, but he was immediately met with a subtle rejection. He sensed that within this node, there was a force belonging to Qin Mengjun. Unless he forcefully dispersed this force, he could not affect the entire Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation through this node.

For him at present, it would naturally be easy to disperse Qin Mengjun's residual force, but Chen Mu certainly had no need to do such a thing; he had no intention of damaging the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation.

However.

As someone who practiced the Qiankun lineage and even developed the Qiankun Martial Body, his repulsion from the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation was minimal. Even though this node had been controlled by Qin Mengjun for years, it only refused his force to enter, but a light touch was still possible.

Chen Mu touched it again, this time not trying to penetrate Qin Mengjun's aura or infiltrate the node, but rather trying to connect with the Formation's node from the outer side.

As expected.

This time the node offered no resistance to him, allowing his Inner Breath to connect with the formation.

Almost at the moment when Chen Mu's Inner Breath connected with the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation, his vision abruptly changed, feeling as if the heavens and the earth were spinning and stars were shifting. His perspective seemed to suddenly leave his body, rising infinitely as if he had ascended to the high heavens, overlooking the entire Seven Profound Sect, the entire Seven Profound mountain range!

He felt as though he had become part of this mountain range, a part of this grand expanse of Heaven and Earth—almost as if he possessed boundless might capable of moving everything in the world.

This sensation was similar to when he broke through the Mysterious Pass—his Soul Heart connecting with Heaven and Earth, aiming directly at the essence of Heaven and Earth, whereas his current connection was limited within the range covered by the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation, limited only to this section of the Seven Profound mountain range. Enjoy more content from My Virtual Library Empire

"This is... the Qiankun Lock Dragon."

Chen Mu felt the change and couldn't help but murmur to himself.

Of course.

He knew that the sensation of merging with the world, feeling as though he had become one with the entire Seven Profound mountain range, was merely an illusion. It felt as though he could manipulate the entire range, but in reality, he could not.

It was because his Inner Breath was connected only to the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation, and it was the circulation of the formation that gave rise to his macroscopic perspective. In fact, his power was unable to truly penetrate into the formation and could not actually control this power.

Unless he interfered with the node in front of him, completely destroyed and dispersed Qin Mengjun's imprint, and fused his power with it, only then could he genuinely mobilize a small part of the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation's power, but that would just be a small part.

After all.

This node was only a node, not the Formation Core.

Even the fact that he could gain this macroscopic perspective through this node, qualifying him to manipulate a small portion of the Qiankun Lock Dragon Force, was because his entry into the martial path through Qiankun, along with the Qiankun Artistic Conception and Qiankun Martial Body, had almost no conflict with the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation. There was no rejection from the formation, which allowed him to achieve this.

Otherwise, even if another grandmaster were here, like Qin Mengjun, who completely controlled this node, she would likely only bask in the perception of being connected to the Heaven and Earth Formation and would be unable to mobilize the formation's power here.

"In the past, she was sometimes confused, sometimes clear-headed, but whether clouded or lucid, her Inner Breath was probably always connected to the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation, constantly maintaining that perception of merging with Heaven and Earth..."

Chen Mu vaguely seemed to realize something.

Qin Mengjun was exceptionally talented; she was the youngest top grandmaster in the Cold North Path and even reached the threshold of the Blood Exchange Realm early on. Despite being sabotaged during her Blood Exchange attempt and suffering damage to her Mysterious Pass, if she remained in this state for years, she might have the chance to gradually recover her damaged Soul Heart. Qiankun is Nature and Heaven and Earth, and born from Heaven and Earth, one can naturally heal.

Of course, this was just his speculation. If it were true, perhaps after this retreat, Qin Mengjun would return to her normal state, especially since an important turning point must have led her to leave the rear cliff and find somewhere else to seclude herself for recuperation.

Thinking this.

Chen Mu shook his head slightly, gathering his thoughts back to the present.

If Qin Mengjun could recover her past Soul Heart injuries, then naturally, he would be happy for her.

Speaking of which, the heritage of a Great Sect like the Seven Profound Sect is truly extraordinary. Just like this node, when he connected his Inner Breath with the formation, the state it produced that seemed to merge with Heaven and Earth could more than double the efficacy of comprehending the world!

Even.

If he fully infiltrated his Inner Breath into it and took control of this node, he could use the power of the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation to refine his Qiankun Martial Body, greatly enhancing the efficiency of cultivating his Martial Body.

For a grandmaster who wishes to refine their Martial Body to Perfection without any assistance or the aid of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items, it might take thirty to forty years. But with a formation like the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation, harnessing The Power of Heaven and Earth for Body Refining, connected together, efficiency would greatly increase, perhaps taking only ten to twenty years to reach near-perfection.

"So fast, so fast."

Chen Mu exclaimed several times in a row.

Though he was not currently using the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation to refine his Martial Body, simply comprehending Heaven and Earth in this state, he could see his Experience rapidly increasing on the system panel.

It should be known that his current state of mind had already reached a tranquil realm of stillness and emptiness, significantly enhancing his efficiency in contemplating Heaven and Earth. Now, aided by the marvelous state produced by the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation, his efficiency was multifold. Therefore, he might not even need two months to complete his eighth deduction!

This is the foundation that only true Martial Arts Grandmasters can enjoy in a Sect.

The rest, even those in the Six Viscera Realm, as long as they have not broken through the Mysterious Pass to cultivate a Martial Body, cannot achieve this kind of perception of merging with Heaven and Earth through connecting their Inner Breath with a formation node.

After realizing this, Chen Mu began to ponder whether he should use the power of the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation to refine his Qiankun Martial Body.

If he decided to do so, it would inevitably trigger the entire Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation, which could not be done silently; therefore, he would need to proactively inform Qi Zhiyuan and the Supreme Elder.

Without a doubt.

If the Supreme Elder of the Seven Profound Sect knew he had reached the level of a grandmaster, it would be impossible for him to be denied the use of the Qiankun Lock Dragon Formation. Perhaps they would be eager for him to wholly utilize the formation's power to refine his Qiankun Martial Body to Perfection as soon as possible so that he could dominate the world and add an unparalleled martial power to intimidate all directions for the Seven Profound Sect.

But Qin Mengjun's sabotage incident had instilled some caution in him. Even if the Supreme Elder covered for him, using the Qiankun Lock Dragon Force to refine his body was risky.

This was different from his current state, where he was simply connected through Inner Breath to comprehend Heaven and Earth. If he used it for Body Refining, any external impact or influence could cause a backlash to himself, just like what happened to Qin Mengjun previously.

"If only I could root out the traitor in the Seven Profound Sect, who could it be?"

Chen Mu shook his head slightly in his mind.

Qin Mengjun's experience had certainly made him extremely cautious. He preferred to be steady rather than take risks.