Jinchan Temple is built on the mountainside, about a hundred feet high from the top of the mountain.

Going up is the top of the mountain, where there is a spring. The monks in the temple send people up the mountain to fetch water every day.

Going down is a winding mountain road that passes through the sea of ​​clouds, and it is unknown where it leads to.

Now it seems that we need to explore it further.

The monks in the temple had morning and evening classes every day. After the morning class, everyone dispersed. It was not convenient to cover up their tracks if they walked around the temple, so they chose to set out at the evening class time and let A Jing perform an illusion as usual to cover up their vision and hearing.

Going down the mountain road, the surrounding clouds and fog become thicker and thicker, making people feel like they are in the deep sea.

I don’t know how long I walked, but the fog finally dissipated.

Mingzhi looked around and found himself in a ruin. He thought that this was probably the original site of the town that Jianxing had mentioned.

It was completely ruined.

Mingzhi looked at it expressionlessly, and saw only broken bricks and tiles everywhere, with uneven ground and not even a place to stand.

Among the rubble and gravel, one can vaguely see fragments of wooden furniture, the remains of stoves and iron pots, etc., which are also broken into pieces and mixed with the construction waste on the ground.

He suddenly bent down and stared at the rubble on the ground.

"What's wrong?" Su Mingjian asked curiously.

“It’s broken so badly,” Akechi replied. “It doesn’t look like an earthquake.”

"If it was caused by an earthquake, the building would have been broken in half, and it's unlikely to be broken into such tiny pieces... To put it in another way, if an earthquake is like a cook shaking a pot, then the broken pieces here look more like they were stir-fried very vigorously."

"That's right." Kunlun Jing added, "Let me tell you, this is actually caused by space shock."

"Space shock?" Mingzhi asked curiously, "What is that?"

"It's similar to your analogy." Kunlun Mirror replied, "Stir-frying in an iron pan... except that what is being stir-fried is space."

"Under what circumstances will a space shock occur?" Mingzhi asked with a frown.

He felt that he was vaguely close to the truth.

"Rarely." Kunlun Mirror replied, "If this cave is compared to a ball, then under what circumstances will the inside of the ball be shaken?"

"Of course someone is hitting the ball outside." Name said thoughtfully, "You mean, someone is using magic to attack this cave?"

“Not really.” Kunlun Jing denied, “Think about it, even the overwhelming and massive magic you have seen is just a drop in the ocean compared to the size of the entire world.”

"Using a ball as an analogy, these spells are like some dust inside the ball. How can they shake the ball itself?"

"You're right, but this is a cave heaven." Mingzhi said, touching his chin. "Of course, the scale of the cave heaven is not as large as the cultivation world, so it can be shaken as a whole. In addition, the formation with the Golden Cicada Temple as the center and spread throughout the cave heaven... I have roughly understood it."

"Someone must have activated the formation, causing a spatial earthquake in the entire cave, which killed all the residents of the town and the monks in the temple."

Having said that, Mingzhi felt that there was something wrong with this guess.

What's the motivation?

If he activated a formation, triggered a space earthquake, and killed all the cultivators inside the cave, would there be any benefit for the formation operator?

No, think about it again... First of all, this formation that covers the entire cave cannot be secretly set up by someone. It is most likely the work of the Jinchan Temple itself.

The question is: Why did the temple set up such a giant formation that could produce space shock and was almost suicidal?

"According to my guess, this formation should have another purpose." Mingzhi pondered for a long time and said slowly, "The space shock is just its side effect."

"We still have to start with the Golden Cicada Temple formation and conduct further research."

"Yes." Kunlun Mirror agreed, "I'll scan it for you too."

Mingzhi turned on the scanning mode again, and he saw that the patterns of the formation continued along the mountain, penetrating almost every rock.

After arriving at the foot of the mountain, it extended in all directions. It was indeed a giant formation that spread throughout the entire cave. Its complexity was also extraordinary... Hmm?

Mingzhi suddenly had an idea and cried out in his heart:

"I know where I've seen a similar formation!"

"Hmm?" Kunlun Mirror and Su Ming Sword asked at the same time.

"The Great Sky-Repairing Formation!" Mingzhi said with great confidence, "The bamboo slips that the Wanxiang Immortal gave me mentioned that this is the formation that Nuwa designed to repair the sky!"

The mirror and the sword were stunned, but Mingzhi's mind was already boiling, his mind was extremely sharp, staring at the surrounding formations and said quickly:

"It's really good! This is not a large formation that monitors the entire temple, nor is it a large formation that shakes the space. This is a sky formation! It wraps the entire cave heaven in an artificial sky. Even if the outside world of cultivation is completely destroyed, this cave heaven will not be affected!"

"This is the sky dome formation that the Wanxiang Immortal originally envisioned, which can protect the entire sect from the great disaster of world destruction!"

…

There was a long silence.

"Why don't you speak?" Mingzhi asked in confusion, frowning.

"Seeing that Master Sword Master is so excited after discovering the truth, we dare not disturb your interest." Su Mingjian laughed.

"If you have something to say, please speak up!" Mingzhi said impatiently, "Is there anything wrong with my analysis just now?"

"No problem." Kunlun Jing asked in confusion, "But if that's the case... why would this sky formation cause a space shock and kill the life in the space?"

"Master Sword Master just said it." Su Mingjian said calmly, "This formation is not designed to cause space shock. To be precise, space shock is just a kind of price."

"What's the price?" asked Kunlun Mirror.

"Balling the ball." Su Mingjian said with a smile, "Let me ask you: if you knew that a catastrophe was about to happen, and you wanted to build such a sky formation to protect the sect, then, after the formation was finally built, what would you want to do next?"

What to do... Everyone and the mirror also fell into deep thought.

Even the sky that was repaired by the Sky-Repairing Stone could not sustain the great disaster of world destruction for long.

For a small cave like this, after barely being able to survive, the next step would definitely be to think about how to escape...

"Could it be?" Mingzhi had another flash of inspiration, and remembered a movie he had seen before, "Golden Cicada Temple is planning to take the entire Sky Dome and all the sects to ascend to the nearest fairyland?"

Kunlun Jing was also stunned when he heard this.

The whole sect ascending to heaven... sounds like a fantasy, but if you think about it carefully, it seems not impossible.

You know, this world has entered the late stage of its lifespan, while the fairyland closest to this world is completely safe.

Rather than lingering in the destroyed world, it is better to escape to the fairyland, which is the only way to save your life once and for all.

If ordinary cultivators want to go to the fairyland, they can only rely on the power of ascension. Otherwise, even if they force their way through the sky, they will not be able to withstand the chaos and turbulence of the world outside the sky.

But with this sky formation, the Golden Cicada Temple cave can be wrapped into a hard ball to resist the attack of chaotic turbulence.

Then, using some grand means, the entire cave was hit like a ball, causing it to be subjected to huge external force and blasted towards the fairyland... and the shaking of space was the best proof that the cave was bombarded!