ATG: Formation Master c5

“Hmm, it doesn’t look that different from the outside world.” Cang Long commented as he, alongside other groups, entered the secret world.

All he saw were forests sprawling everywhere and mountains in the distance. Not to mention the weather—it was warm, like summer.

“It appears we are lucky this time; it’s summer,” Villa Master said as he and his elders flew away in random directions. The Xiao Sect followed, and they flew away as well.

The fairies were third as they looked at the prince for a second before flying away.

‘Okay, what is with that look?’  

The Formation Prince frowned as the Fortress Guy and the Burning Heaven Clan were the last to fly off.

“Well, we should be off as well.” Cang Long looked at his followers. “You boys should split up and look for things on your own.”

The trio slowly nodded as they looked where the Burning Heaven Clan participants had walked away. They are thinking of following those and sealing them up!

“Alright, let’s go.” 

Cang Long and his bodyguard walked for around a few hours until they stumbled upon…

“My Prince…”

“Yes. I can sense them.”

Three people descended from the sky. A Throne led them.

“Your Highness, I apologise, but your existence is destabilising our Blue Wind Empire," The leader, an old man dressed in red robes, declared.

“Fen Yiyue! This is the Eighth Prince. What you are doing is treason!” 

“Be silent, Emperor’s dog, return to your master.” The old man didn’t care about respect at all!

Cang Long narrowed his eyes as they began to glow blue.

“Don’t allow him to summon his Dharma Body!” The old man instructed, and the Sky Profound experts followed him..

“Too late, now fold for me.” A blue giant’s upper body manifested as it punched aside one attacker before capturing the other one.

“Impossible! You are only a Spirit Profound!” 

“You are a complete moron. I could have surpassed you long ago. The issue is that I am always diverting half of my Profound energy into my Dharma Body. It has cultivation separate from my cultivation.”

“Clan Leader!!! H-H-Help me!!!” The struggling sky profound elder who was following the Burning Heaven Clan leader, begged as he could tell that he couldn’t escape.

“Be silent, speak when spoken to.” With that said, the Dharma Body’s hand crushed him, and there was a loud crack as all the bones were crushed before it was discarded like some rubbish.

“Molu!!!” Fen Yiyue exclaimed in disbelief. This was crazy!

“Once we get out of this Realm, your Clan will be destroyed for treason, and the same with that Fortress.” Cang Long looked where that fool had run away. His Dharma might have punched him, but it was not a fatal punch; he could have survived.

“Junior, you wouldn’t dare! I will end you today here and now!”

“You are in the presence of Royalty, your uncourtly behaviour will be addressed accordingly.” Cang Long continued to mess with the crazy old man.

The old man roared as a crimson aura surrounded him. He pulled out a Sky Profound Sword and used a Profound Art.

“Burning Heaven Domain!!!” Flames surrounded the whole area. 

“Is that it? You want to use the area of effect on me? Have you lost your marbles, old man?” Cang Long laughed as Dharma Body clapped its hands and flames rushed between his hands.

“W-What the… You took over my Domain!?” 

“Dharma Body Arts, Total Reflection.” A red beam slammed into Fen Yiyue, who is gazing at his domain being countered and used against him.

He was about to move, but half of his body was hit.

“Agh!!!”

The old man dropped from the sky as Cang Long began to walk towards him.

The elder stood up and began to spam Burning Heaven Profound Techniques. From a distance, it looked like a volcano was about to erupt, as all of the attacks simply bounced off and rushed upwards, as they had nowhere else to go.

“I-Impossible! This can’t be happening!” He struggled to keep up as he slowly collapsed, but at that moment, a blue hand picked him up.

“...D-Don’t… don’t destroy my clan… my successor doesn’t know what I did… he is innocent…” The clan leader started to beg as he realised that it was pointless.

“...Hoh, so you care about your family. That is something I didn’t expect from you, worms who betray your Empire.” 

The Formation Prince snorted as he thought this guy was a simple, weak-willed fool who couldn’t stomach someone better than him.

“But it gives me an idea!” He brough him closer and made eye contact. Cang Long’s eyes glowed even more as Fen Yiyue began to see… his memories, it was like they were pulled from his consciousness.

“W-What are you doing!?” 

“Taking your Burning Heaven Arts.” Sure enough the old man tried to resist but all of his memories of were pulled up and taken… or more copied!

Then, to finish it off, Fen Yiyue saw some sort of Seal appear in his subconscious! Is it there like some sort of sentinel?

Once it was done, the Dharma Body dropped him on the ground.

“Now sleep. We will discuss this once we are outside.”

With that said, Cang Long dismissed his Dharma Body and looked at dumbfounded Dongfang Xiu. 

“Take him, you will have to carry him for this trip.” 

“Y-Yes, my prince!” The bodyguard walked over and picked up the knocked-out, or is it disabled… something like that, Clan Leader.

“Won’t he wake up?” He asked curiously.

“His consciousness is suppressed. Until I say otherwise.” Cang Long clarified as he began to walk towards the direction where that Sky Profound fool ran away.

“If we don’t find him, we will erase his Sect.” The Formation Prince said to his bodyguard.

“T-That’s… is it wise, my Prince?” 

“It is, this one has no qualms about joining with others and becoming traitors to the Blue Wind Empire. People like these should not be kept alive.

Either we kill them, or we suppress them and force them to work for us," The prince explained as he walked with his hands behind his back. He could see that he was being followed or, more accurately, observed.

A blue-and-white-dressed fairy was watching him from a distance. She was clearly gathering information on him…

“These women are almost like stalkers. I know that I am gorgeous, Imperial Prince, but there should be a limit to their behaviour.”

“My Prince, doubt they see things like you do.” Dongfang Xiu grimaced as he doubted whether these women cared about romance at all.

“It’s sarcasm, my dear bodyguard.” Cang Long chuckled as he continued to walk for a while.

~~~

‘What a monster! He can face Thrones with his spirit of profound cultivation!!!’ Jun Lianqie felt a chill pass through her back. She had never seen anything like that!

She finally witnessed the true power of Dharma Body! And it was beyond anything she could have feared.

‘It could fight three realms beyond their cultivation, simply… unfair!’

The fairy grimaced as she decided to continue to watch.

Thankfully, she did, as she saw him pin the Fortress Master Mu Tianbei. The blue giant grabbed the Fortress Master and crushed his bones before throwing him down.

The prince collected the crippled corpse’s Storage Ring before walking away.

“He will destroy the Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress.” Jun Lianqie realised he hadn’t heard anything good from that arrogant bastard, so he would destroy the Sect.

The fairy realised that they had to be careful with this Prince. He is nothing like his Royal Father, who is more flexible.

~~~

After dealing with trash, Cang Long began to collect resources. He picked some fancy-looking ores, but he was more focused on grasses and herbs. Instead of just picking the grass, he summoned a shovel and began to dig with roots. He will grow these in his Profound Palace.

The bodyguard at first grimaced, but then he realised that this was a good way to strengthen the overall power of the Blue Wind Profound Palace.

So he decided to help after dropping the old clan leader on the ground.

Before long, they were digging all the fancy grass!

Cang Long looked at the man before him and realised that he was the most loyal person in their Blue Wind Empire.

Once they had collected everything they could find, the Prince and the bodyguard were taking a break.

“Dongfang Xiu, do you wish to wield the power of Dharma Body?” The prince asked after taking a sip from his water container.

“!!!”

“I-I would be honoured!” 

“It’s a power I created for my Blue Wind Imperial Family.

It’s not as simple as the bloodline powers of the Phoenix Empire or an art you could learn; it’s much more than that.

I am asking if you will use it for the Blue Wind Imperial Family.”

“I will! I have sworn allegiance to your Royal Father, the Emperor and now to you, Prince Cang Long!” 

“Hn.” Cang Long nodded; he was satisfied.

“Good. Then let’s begin.” The Prince walked over as his index finger’s tip was glowing white like a miniature star.

He pressed the finger to his forehead, and the man’s eyes turned glassy.

His mind was transferred into his subconscious. He transferred the methods, and now it's up to him to develop his Dharma Body.

In the meantime, he sent several body formations into his body.

Interestingly, he immediately had a breakthrough to Sky Profound Ten.

“Wonderful.” Cang Long nodded as he walked back to his seat.

Several hours later, the man snapped out. He looked like a headless chicken! 

“A-Amazing! I never thought there was such a side to Profound Arts! No wonder no one could understand its powers!

Like you said, my prince! It's the power of dreams and fantasy!”

“I assume you finished setting up core formation for Dharma Body?” Cang Long asked.

“Yes, according to your instructions!” Dongfang Xiu seriously nodded.

“Good.” 

The prince nodded as he relaxed and waited for their time to end.

The bodyguard realised more changes to his body. He was cultivating… without doing anything! It was crazy! At the same time, some sort of strange energy was entering his body as well!

Was it purifying him? 

Clearly, the Prince added more formations to his being!

Around ten hours later, they were spit out of the Basin Realm.

Funny enough, a couple of half-eaten corpses were spit out as well. They dropped to the ground, blood leaking everywhere.

“Molu!” The Young Master of the Burning Heaven Clan rushed over the corpse. He was in disbelief, same with Heavenly Spear Thunderfire Fortress youngesters who saw their Master.

“W-What happened?” Fen Duanhun looked around. He noticed Dongfang Xiu carrying his father over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

“Father!” Fen Duanhun moved.

But that moved a huge, light blue hand manifested and smacked Fen Duanhun aside.

It was a Dharma Body, but it was not from the Prince but his bodyguard.

The groups who just returned from the realm witnessed something interesting.

“Your Burning Heaven Clan tried to assassinate My Prince, which is a treason against the Blue Wind Empire.” Dongfang Xiu said with a loud tone.

Everyone looked surprised for a second! Someone attacked him inside the Secret Realm!?

“Thankfully, for the prince, something like Throne is nothing. He was able to defend himself.” 

“Sir Dongfang is right. The Prince was attacked by three individuals.” One of the fairies, with a ponytail, vouched for him.

“I watched it from a distance.”

After hearing that, the Villa Master looked shocked before he looked at the Prince, and of course, the Emperor, who heard it midway.

“Someone attacked Long’er!? Burning Heaven Clan, you dare to rebel against my Blue Wind Empire!?”

Fen Duanhun looked pale. What are they talking about?

Cang Long motioned for the bodyguard to lower the old man.

“Wake up.” 

With a snap of his fingers, Fen Yiyue woke up and looked around. He realised that he was outside the realm and that everyone was looking towards him and his clan.

“Fen Yiyue! Explain yourself!” Villa Master spoke in anger. To think that someone would attack an Imperial Family member in his Villa! He lost face today! 

The old man sighed. Well shit, he thought he could have think ot something, but he never expected that the Prince can put him to sleep like that.