ATG: Formation Master c33

Cang Long looked around him; behind him were the Phoenix Imperials.

Feng Hengkong and his sons tried to maintain a neutral expression as much as possible while Feng Tianwei watched them closely.

It makes it hard for him to maintain such a thing.

It's not that the Crown Prince cared, as he is here because of Feng Zukui’s actions and Feng Xue’er’s cute behaviour.

He doesn’t care about those princes…

“First boundaries.” The Formation Prince clapped his hands, and a blue aura surrounded him. His Dharma Body manifested above him.

“...That’s his…” Feng Hengkong looked at the blue giant; he could feel the oppression radiating from this thing!

Feng Hengkong was a Peak Tyrant Profound, yet this Prince is merely Tyrant Profound Two, and he is suppressing him.

“Hohoho, so this is the Dharma Body, such power, self-made no less.” Feng Zukui could feel the power as well. When Cang Long reaches Monarch, no one will be his equal in the Profound Sky Continent.

“This is ridiculous. How can he be this strong?” Feng Xiluo, the most talented of the Feng Hengkong Princes, exclaimed in denial.

No one replied to him as they had nothing to say…

“Once boundaries are set, we follow with intent and knowledge of how bodies heal.” Cang Long slowly separated his hands and showed an orb full of letters. He motioned for that orb to float into the recently created boundaries of formation.

Upon contact, the walls glowed as they began to emit soothing energy.

“Done, bring people who need healing.” The Prince dismissed his Dharma Body and looked at the Phoenix Imperials.

“Royal Father.” Feng Xue’er looked at her father. She can’t keep looking at him suffering like that.

“Fine, I will test it out.”

“Guide the energy through your Profound Veins, let it flow and expand. If you are lucky, it could open Profound Entrances.” Cang Long nonchalantly explained as he walked back to Feng Xue’er.

The Imperials gawked when they heard that.

“...It can open Profound Entrances!?” Feng Zukui exclaimed in shock! He needs that! He is so close to the Peak of Monarch, but thanks to the bottleneck, he has never had a breakthrough.

“Indeed, all of my family has Heavenly God’s Spiritual Veins.” Cang Long didn’t need to hide that anymore.

“...”

“...”

“...”

“...How!? Even opening one is considered fortunate!” Feng Tianwei asked, not understanding how it’s possible.

“Formations, I was born with only 11 Profound entrances. So, I devised purification formations that always cleanse my body and absorb Nature Energy.

Make it stronger than any regular Overlord or Monarch.”

“...You cast formations on yourself…” The Previous Emperor realised how genius that was! He made his body the boundary of those Formations!

“That’s how you reach Tyrant Profound at your age, your body is always cultivating!” Feng Tianwei understood his little secret!

“Indeed. You never had a chance against me, because even if you broke and negated my formations, I had my Dharma Body waiting at full power, then if you somehow break that, which could rival Monarch Profound Beasts, my body is far stronger than any Overlord or Monarch.” Cang Long spread his ‘cards’ on the table.

All he got was a huge grimace from the Monarch.

Instead, the Previous Emperor looked at his son, who was dumbly looking at Cang Long.

“Hengkong, get into the formation already! I am going to call Tianyu and Tianqing!” With that, the last-generation Emperor was gone.

“That is impressive. I never imagined that Formations could reach such a level.” Feng Zukui nodded as he changed his opinion on this power. Well, he had no choice. His Empire, which had the legacy of the Phoenix God, was beaten by a seventeen-year-old prince from a small empire.

“Even now, I have no idea of its limits.” Cang Long shrugged.

“Hmm…”

As they watched the Phoenix Emperor in formation, they saw him remove his bandages and see rapidly healing skin and flesh.

But then… his cultivation surged.

“Sovereign Profound!” One of the princes exclaimed in surprise.

“Good.” Feng Zukui nodded! This is what he wanted from this relationship.

“This is why you all must be respectful. I won’t repeat myself!” he whispered to his descendants.

They all straightened up. While they did start to respect this Prince’s might, they still couldn’t accept that their beautiful sister was used as a bargaining chip.

After Feng Hengkong had his breakthrough, the Ancestor eyed the formation and switched to the Prince.

“Would it be possible to get a purification formation set, Grandson Long?” 

Cang Long smirked for a second. His growth through the ranks in the Phoenix Imperial Family’s household is faster than a meteorite.

“I could.”

“Then name the price. I've been stuck at this realm for more than two hundred years.” Feng Zukui honestly replied.

“Well, I don’t have anything in mind at the moment. So, let’s do it as a favour, grandfather.” Cang Long smiled, calling him grandfather in the process.

The princes realised that the Crown Prince was buttering up to their Ancestor. Well, he has the means to do that. But it was not the best situation for them! He could focus on Cang Long and Feng Xue’er, ignoring them altogether!

They didn’t realise yet, but Feng Zukui had already branded everyone from Feng Hengkong’s descendants, except Feng Xue’er, as useless.

“That is good with me, Grandson.” The old man nodded. He had already started to forget what had happened in the past couple of months! After all, Blue Wind and Divine Phoenix were in a personal union! So, technically, their lands had increased!

“Alright then.” Cang Long lifted his hand as he created another ball of energy with letters appearing inside them. The ball of this energy became purer like light itself.

Once the creation was done, he motioned for the orb to fly towards the Ancestor.

The old man looked at the orb entering his body, and a weird sensation washed over him. Before long, he started to feel better… younger?

At the same time, his senses were telling him that some sort of energy was entering his body and bathing it in its essence.

‘It's like water constantly washing me over.’ 

But then… The profound entrance he had tried to open in his younger days suddenly opened! Was he close to opening all of that time?

This incident caused his profound veins to react, and his cultivation surged.

At that moment, everyone looked at Feng Zukui.

“Grandfather, you did it. You reached Sovereign Profound Ten!” The Princes were relieved! They had a peak existence now!

Not that the Ancestor cared about his useless grandsons, instead, he looked at Cang Long.

“Many thanks, Grandson. Know that I, Feng Zukui, will answer your call anytime!” 

The Crown Prince nodded not long after Feng Tianwei and his brothers arrived.

They all sensed the boost in power radiating from their father; they all felt his breakthrough.

“Royal Father, you had a breakthrough as well!?" The previous Emperor exclaimed, surprised and happy at the same time.

“Grandson gave me a formation that can slowly open all of my Profound Entrances.” Feng Zukui motioned towards the Blue Wind Prince.

The Monarchs looked greedily at the Crown Prince. 

“Grandson, is there a way we could get such a privilege?” The two injured Feng Zukui’s sons asked him.

“Maybe you two should first get fixed.” Cang Long looked at their state. 

“Even my hand can be restored?” Feng Tianqing looked at his missing limb.

“I can, but it’s going to hurt, and you will be very hungry afterwards.” The Crown Prince answered after pondering how he could do it. 

“I can accept such consequences.” Pain and hunger for a limb? That’s nothing!

“In that case," The formation prince smiled as he clapped his hands, and profound energy began to gather between his palms.

Slowly, he separated them, and a ball of energy with glowing letters appeared there. Once fully developed, he let it fuse with the Grand Elder.

“Agh!?”

He grabbed the limb as it began to shake. People noticed that it was slowly growing, but it was painful.

“Hmm, I suggest food with dense, profound energy, as this process will eventually start affecting his cultivation realm.” Cang Long commented, as he observed, it’s quite a good chance to observe Formations he had never tried before.

“We will.” Feng Zukui looked at his useless grandsons.

“You all! Be useful and find good food for your grand uncle!” The Ancestor issued orders, and the Princes scrambled to look for good food.

Meanwhile, Feng Tianyu went to recover his wounds in the same formation as the Phoenix Emperor; this only left Feng Tianwei, who looked expectantly at Cang Long.

“Grandson, this old man is the grandfather of your future wife. I hope my previous actions can be treated as water under the bridge.”

‘Two days ago, you tried to kill me! Damn this old man is as shamless as it gets!’

“Please forgive him, my Prince, my grandfather only tried to protect his home.” Feng Xue’er took Cang Long’s hands and squeezed them.

“Hmm, fine. But, I expect Xue’er to entertain me while I wait for my Royal Father to arrive.” The Crown Prince sighed as he agreed.

He will not show them that he is excited to have four Monarchs own him favours. This will solidify his rule over the Divine Phoenix Empire.

He can tell these old men like him more than Feng Hengkong and his useless sons.

“That is given. Xue’er is your future wife; her place is with her prince.” The beauty didn’t hesitate, swiftly agreeing to his request.

“In that case.” He motioned for her to let him go as he once more created an orb of letters and sent it towards the previous Emperor.

Upon the merger and waiting for a few short moments, he experienced a breakthrough as well!

“Hahaha, amazing! My grandson is truly a genius!” The current Emperor’s father laughed. He had just made the breakthrough to Sovereign Profound Seven!

Cang Long smiled, it’s amusing to him how quickly things can change….

In this conflict, they lost around 15 to 20 million soldiers, and a huge population of civilians, but here they are… family.

It is crazy, but honestly, he prefers this smooth transition instead of taking it city by city. He has lost a bit of fascination with war and how it is romanticised.

Next time, he would subjugate and let locals do the heavy lifting instead of doing things so manually.

It was a good lesson for him.

Feng Xue’er returned to holding his hands, and she smiled, seeing how happy her grandfathers were with this.

It makes her happy too.

“Now that this is done, we can move on.” Cang Long nodded at their enthusiasm.

“Show me around, Xue’er.”

“Un, I will try.”

~~~

Yun Che looked with a small awe at the building before him. It was a tower-like building, but it was expanding like a blooming flower. Just above the base, it was spreading out to the sides.

This place was the Cultivation Hall. Upon entry, he took the stairs to the higher floors, where he could access formations for his training.

“Do you sense it? This place is designed to draw profound energy from the Dragon Vein below and even take it from the skies above! There is a nexus in the centre where the energy converges to power the formations.” Jasmine explained with a fascinated and very excited tone. She knows well how cultivation towers work. They are everywhere throughout the Realm of Gods.

But this thing before her is new, improved, and superior in design. She would want to know how well it works at her home!

“Someone excited.”

“Of course! Think about it! A tower on its own could double one’s cultivation! This could most likely accelerate it further! Four times if not more!” She said while using her senses to feel the Nexus of energy in the centre of the core of the structure.

“I see your point.” Yun Che agreed, but he doesn’t like how much she is fangirling.

“You better! The prince’s genius in these creations is one of a kind! A revolutionary creation! These appear once in millions of years! I can’t even recall the last time one of these appeared.” 

Jasmine was not wrong; she couldn’t tell because it rarely happens that someone would improve something that is already working.

If it works, why improve, but here it was… something that works several times better!

Besides that, the pillar of light rushing into the sky looks amazing to look at!

So great purpose and looks amazing! Something she accepts wholeheartedly.

But that fangirling doesn’t improve Yun Che’s mood…