Chapter 1217: Heavenly Court's Top Formation Celestial Lord

Qin Mu watched as six "giant water droplets" fell. The moment the droplets detached from the land, the cubes on their surface and inside clanged and shifted, instantly transforming into six divine cities that completely encircled the Ark of Deliverance.

As the water droplets became divine cities, the posture of the gods and devils within each cube immediately changed. Their left hand's mudra transformed, with the thumb pressed against the middle finger and the other three fingers held straight.

Their right hand clenched into a fist, with the thumb pressed into the palm.

As the gods and devils inside the cubes altered their postures, the Rampart Array also transformed accordingly. This differed from the array formations designed by Array Master He Yiyi.

He Yiyi's arrays used stone blocks as their fundamental elements. These cubic stones were covered with various basic runes, which could not change.

Different blocks were pieced together, combining their basic runes to form various array formations.

The power of the Rampart Array lay in its fundamental elements: the gods and devils of the Rampart Array themselves. Each god and devil could alter their mudras, physical forms, and even their vital qi imprints, allowing them to change the array's structure.

Using living gods and devils as foundational array elements was far more potent than simply using cubic stones.

At the center of each of the six divine cities stood a colossal altar. From the altars' centers, pillar-like beams of light shot straight out, connecting the six divine cities and forming a gigantic cube.

The light radiating from the altars of the six divine cities appeared like chains, resembling interwoven Grand Dao principles.

Beams of light descended from the sky, landing at the centers of the six divine city altars. They transformed into six identical gods and devils, who excitedly looked towards Qin Mu and Emperor Shi Tian Li Youran. These were indeed Heavenly Monarch Han.

He had split into six, with all six being his true body, not mere avatars or clones.

Qin Mu stood on the Ark of Deliverance's platform, his gaze sweeping over each one. Every Heavenly Monarch Han possessed a spirit embryo, soul, primordial spirit, divine treasures, and Celestial Palace.

His body was also peculiar; though made of flesh and blood, his flesh seemed to be composed of countless tiny cubes that could scatter like sand at any moment and reassemble his physical form.

His primordial spirit, divine treasures, and Celestial Palace also appeared capable of changing shape and reassembling at will.

"This Heavenly Monarch Han's cultivation method is truly bizarre," Qin Mu mused.

Qin Mu was surprised. Heavenly Monarch Han was likely a grandmaster of array formations in the Celestial Heavens. One could even say he was on the verge of achieving a Celestial Palace through his array skills, close to becoming an Emperor's Throne realm existence based on his mastery of arrays.

An Array Celestial Palace was a type of Post-celestial Grand Dao Celestial Palace. Blind Man was a great expert in this field, having only recently achieved an Array Celestial Palace himself.

Yet, Heavenly Monarch Han had achieved an Array Celestial Palace long before Blind Man.

He had simply not yet reached the Emperor's Throne realm.

However, judging by his cultivation, he should be very close to the Emperor's Throne realm.

His profound mastery of array formations was essentially sufficient to support his entry into the Emperor's Throne realm.

It was important to note that even the Celestial Heavens' Four Great Heavenly Masters did not achieve the Emperor's Throne through array formations, but rather through their respective accomplishments in wisdom. Heavenly Monarch Han had a strong possibility of becoming the first to ascend to emperorship through array formations.

"Does Heavenly Monarch Han not know that all the Grand Dao runes of Rampart Star Lord have been deconstructed by Dao Ancestor? His Rampart Array holds no secrets before me," Qin Mu thought, his expression peculiar.

Qin Mu's expression was odd. Although Heavenly Monarch Han's array was exquisitely profound, Qin Mu had cultivated all the various array rune structures of the Rampart Array. More than that, he had even broken down the Grand Dao runes of the Rampart Array once before.

In his view, even the vast divine cities were nothing extraordinary.

Although Heavenly Monarch Han's array was intricate, it had already been thoroughly deciphered. Compared to Blind Man's method of entering the Dao through arrays, Han's array was outdated.

The six Heavenly Monarch Hans chuckled, gazing at the almost fully restored Ark of Deliverance. "Today is truly my lucky day! By obtaining the Ark of Deliverance, both the Grand Void and Worry-free Village will be breached. This is a heaven-defying feat! Killing Heavenly Venerate Mu is another heaven-defying feat! With these two great achievements, my status could even surpass that of the Heavenly Masters and Heavenly Kings, making me one of the Celestial Heavens' Three Dukes!"

The six divine cities suddenly shuddered and rattled, like swarms of countless bees. In an instant, the gods and devils within the cubes altered their postures, mudras, and rune imprints, causing the fundamental structure of the array formation to change immediately.

The swarm-like array, composed of innumerable cubes, shifted endlessly. Five of these swarms surged towards the Ark of Deliverance, while the remaining one rushed towards Qin Mu.

Heavenly Monarch Han paid more attention to Emperor Shi Tian and the Ark of Deliverance. In his estimation, Emperor Shi Tian Li Youran was a top-tier Lingxiao Realm expert and the War Heavenly King from the Founding Emperor Era. Emperor Shi Tian was powerful and possessed exceptional combat prowess.

Qin Mu, after all, was still young. Despite his identity as Heavenly Venerate Mu, his cultivation realm was evident. Using one divine city to deal with Qin Mu was already a high regard for him.

Qin Mu looked at the surging swarm of countless cubes. Inside each cube, the gods and devils constantly changed their postures and mudras, keeping the array formation in a state of perpetual flux.

One of the Heavenly Monarch Hans, like a queen bee, stood surrounded by the swarm, hands clasped behind his back, on an array platform formed by numerous cubes, controlling the overall situation.

The cubic swarm charged towards the Ark of Deliverance. The rotating and shifting cubes, carrying the gods and devils, rushed forward. Wherever they passed, the palaces, streets, cities, and even the landscapes on the Ark of Deliverance were utterly pulverized by the array's power.

The ferocity of Heavenly Monarch Han's array was truly rare.

The cubic swarm drew closer, forming a pincer movement around Qin Mu. Qin Mu looked around and saw that the gods and devils within each cube were like devout priests, meticulously changing their mudras, body postures, and vital qi imprints.

They resembled worker bees, following the commands of Heavenly Monarch Han, their queen.

In an instant, the cubic swarm's array formation changed thousands of times, with thousands of unique array structures, none of them repeating. It was dazzling, making it impossible to even discern the array's structure, let alone break it.

Moreover, Heavenly Monarch Han's abilities didn't stop there.

He entered the Dao through arrays, allowing him to instantaneously modify the array formation to counter an enemy's cultivation method or divine art upon contact.

He drew closer and closer to Qin Mu, his smile growing wider.

He was about to seize this unparalleled achievement.

Just then, Qin Mu slowly raised his fist, his five fingers splayed. "Great Luo Supreme Divine Consciousness!"

Heavenly Monarch Han's mind boomed. He immediately felt a vast and boundless supreme divine consciousness shatter his own divine consciousness like a whirlwind, severing his connection with the gods and devils within the various cubes.

The cubic swarm converged, and in an instant, a killing array formed around Heavenly Monarch Han.

Heavenly Monarch Han was horrified. He saw that the gods and devils of the Rampart Array had, at that very moment, fallen under the control of Qin Mu's powerful divine consciousness.

The killing array's power erupted instantaneously.

Heavenly Monarch Han's physical body swelled frantically, its structure changing wildly as he tried to block the Rampart Array's assault. However, the next moment, his body burst apart, his primordial spirit exploded, and his divine treasures and Celestial Palace were destroyed and disintegrated by the terrifying power.

"Heavenly Venerate Mu, I underestimated you... but not next time!"

The exploding Heavenly Monarch Han suddenly shattered into countless pieces, turning into bloody smoke that shot up from the Rampart Array. Immediately, the countless infinitesimally small cubes within the smoke began to piece together in the air, about to reconstruct his body.

At this moment, Qin Mu's body suddenly appeared before him. His form flickered, revealing three heads and six arms. His six hands flew, and in an instant, he imprinted countless runes into Heavenly Monarch Han's reforming body.