Chapter 381: Maze Formation
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Chapter 381: Maze Formation
Just because someone else couldnt do it, didnt mean he couldnt. Wasnt it simply limiting complexity to different levels? He quickly thought of a dozen different ways to do it, but the issue was mainly with how to apply that to an Array Formation. He understood the difficulty of such a task now, because the vast majority of Array Formations were unique. That is to say, they were not created in multiple levels. At least, the ones that were available to most people. Each array had a perfect form, and dozens of variables were taken into account when they were built. The position of astral bodies, the time of year, local weather patterns, the topography of the land, significant events that happened in the past, and even the current as well as future purpose of the location were all factored into a formation. Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.
As complex as they were, it was already difficult to recreate the perfect conditions to maximize the durability, duration, and strength of an Array Formation. Only the most skilled Formation Masters could create simplified versions of arrays, and only those at the pinnacle of power would dare to create more advanced versions. Even so, those sets of Array Formations would only be passed down to their disciples. The amount of effort involved meant it was a task undertaken only upon a Formation Masters pinnacle array formation. By creating simplified versions it lets their disciples more easily understand the more powerful version. It laid out a legacy for them to follow. Spreading that knowledge to other groups would also mean telling the weaknesses of your greatest accomplishment to others. Worse yet, it would be a simpler and easier to understand guide to unraveling your greatest creation. At the highest levels, Formation Masters were treated as lock, vault, or safe makers. Their formations were used to guard treasure, protect Sects, and ensure the safety of others families. Who would be foolish enough to share the manual to their locks?
Sage had a few multi-level formations, but they were passed down from the Timeless Masters Library. At the moment, he didnt have access to them since the Universe Ring was still in Guan Zhenyans hands. This fact reinforced to him that his greatest valuables should be kept in his Inner World and not the Universe Ring. Additionally, he should have backups of all the most important information. It was no wonder there were so many hidden legacies out in the wilderness. Even if a cultivator wasnt seeking a future successor, it was reasonable to keep a backup of ones most important information and techniques. There was no telling what sorts of things might happen in the cultivation world. What if ones mind was partially wiped? What if the manual you were practicing was stolen? It seemed a terrible risk not to create a backup for any eventualities.
Even without access to the library, Sage had another option. The Formation Machine. In essence, he adapted an Array Formation that controlled other Array Formations into a state machine. To increase complexity, he merely had to swap out the arrays in the machine. That said, the Infinite Immaterial Seat was not a Formation Plate. He was pretty sure that if he built formations into it, there was no changing them out. From what he ascertained, the structure had to remain as it was, and more details were added to it later. There really wasnt a mechanism for him to swap things out. Of course, even without changing out formations, it didnt seem too impossible to leave gaps within a larger array that he could then fill with smaller arrays in the future.
Now to pick some arrays. Unfortunately, the arrays that affected Qi and created physical defenses were pretty pointless in a battle of consciousness. Many defensive shielding formations could also extend to protect against Spirit Power, but it was also inefficient to expend so much energy defending against everything instead of just Spirit Power. Lacking the Universe Ring he could only rely on the formations he knew extremely well, which was also a bonus as theyd be sticking around for quite some time. For these reasons he kept things somewhat simple. He used only two different arrays, repeating them multiple times. On the outside of the maze, he employed the Four Cornered Forgetfulness formation. It was a simple bewildering array, but it affected the mind, inspiring an absent mind and making a person forget what they were doing till they wandered back towards the center. This way, those trying to breach his maze would take much longer to move from the outer portion of the maze and into the inner area.
Secondly, Sage employed the Magnifying Wheel array. Just like in the past, hed altered it into Soul Magnifying Wheel, this time he tried for a Spirit Magnifying Wheel. The main structure of it consisted of one large circle with a large and small ring inside it. Its purpose was to focus energy from the large ring and concentrate it, focusing it into the small ring. The small ring was of course going to be the center of his maze, which would then hopefully empower his consciousness.
Sage used the largest outer circle as the outline for his mental foundation, turning it into a perfect circle. Then, he used the large ring as the area for his maze, filling it with Four Cornered Forgetfulness formations as hallways with large open chambers between them. As an added bonus, the two rings, large and small, didnt completely fill the island and Sage made a few extra chambers in there. They added some redundancy, and perhaps he could learn how to store knowledge in them later.
He finished his design and was planning on starting to cultivate it, but he was interrupted by Guan Zhenyans weekly visit.
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Chapter 381: Maze Formation
Just because someone else couldnt do it, didnt mean he couldnt. Wasnt it simply limiting complexity to different levels? He quickly thought of a dozen different ways to do it, but the issue was mainly with how to apply that to an Array Formation. He understood the difficulty of such a task now, because the vast majority of Array Formations were unique. That is to say, they were not created in multiple levels. At least, the ones that were available to most people. Each array had a perfect form, and dozens of variables were taken into account when they were built. The position of astral bodies, the time of year, local weather patterns, the topography of the land, significant events that happened in the past, and even the current as well as future purpose of the location were all factored into a formation. Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.
As complex as they were, it was already difficult to recreate the perfect conditions to maximize the durability, duration, and strength of an Array Formation. Only the most skilled Formation Masters could create simplified versions of arrays, and only those at the pinnacle of power would dare to create more advanced versions. Even so, those sets of Array Formations would only be passed down to their disciples. The amount of effort involved meant it was a task undertaken only upon a Formation Masters pinnacle array formation. By creating simplified versions it lets their disciples more easily understand the more powerful version. It laid out a legacy for them to follow. Spreading that knowledge to other groups would also mean telling the weaknesses of your greatest accomplishment to others. Worse yet, it would be a simpler and easier to understand guide to unraveling your greatest creation. At the highest levels, Formation Masters were treated as lock, vault, or safe makers. Their formations were used to guard treasure, protect Sects, and ensure the safety of others families. Who would be foolish enough to share the manual to their locks?
Sage had a few multi-level formations, but they were passed down from the Timeless Masters Library. At the moment, he didnt have access to them since the Universe Ring was still in Guan Zhenyans hands. This fact reinforced to him that his greatest valuables should be kept in his Inner World and not the Universe Ring. Additionally, he should have backups of all the most important information. It was no wonder there were so many hidden legacies out in the wilderness. Even if a cultivator wasnt seeking a future successor, it was reasonable to keep a backup of ones most important information and techniques. There was no telling what sorts of things might happen in the cultivation world. What if ones mind was partially wiped? What if the manual you were practicing was stolen? It seemed a terrible risk not to create a backup for any eventualities.
Even without access to the library, Sage had another option. The Formation Machine. In essence, he adapted an Array Formation that controlled other Array Formations into a state machine. To increase complexity, he merely had to swap out the arrays in the machine. That said, the Infinite Immaterial Seat was not a Formation Plate. He was pretty sure that if he built formations into it, there was no changing them out. From what he ascertained, the structure had to remain as it was, and more details were added to it later. There really wasnt a mechanism for him to swap things out. Of course, even without changing out formations, it didnt seem too impossible to leave gaps within a larger array that he could then fill with smaller arrays in the future.
Now to pick some arrays. Unfortunately, the arrays that affected Qi and created physical defenses were pretty pointless in a battle of consciousness. Many defensive shielding formations could also extend to protect against Spirit Power, but it was also inefficient to expend so much energy defending against everything instead of just Spirit Power. Lacking the Universe Ring he could only rely on the formations he knew extremely well, which was also a bonus as theyd be sticking around for quite some time. For these reasons he kept things somewhat simple. He used only two different arrays, repeating them multiple times. On the outside of the maze, he employed the Four Cornered Forgetfulness formation. It was a simple bewildering array, but it affected the mind, inspiring an absent mind and making a person forget what they were doing till they wandered back towards the center. This way, those trying to breach his maze would take much longer to move from the outer portion of the maze and into the inner area.
Secondly, Sage employed the Magnifying Wheel array. Just like in the past, hed altered it into Soul Magnifying Wheel, this time he tried for a Spirit Magnifying Wheel. The main structure of it consisted of one large circle with a large and small ring inside it. Its purpose was to focus energy from the large ring and concentrate it, focusing it into the small ring. The small ring was of course going to be the center of his maze, which would then hopefully empower his consciousness.
Sage used the largest outer circle as the outline for his mental foundation, turning it into a perfect circle. Then, he used the large ring as the area for his maze, filling it with Four Cornered Forgetfulness formations as hallways with large open chambers between them. As an added bonus, the two rings, large and small, didnt completely fill the island and Sage made a few extra chambers in there. They added some redundancy, and perhaps he could learn how to store knowledge in them later.
He finished his design and was planning on starting to cultivate it, but he was interrupted by Guan Zhenyans weekly visit.
Chapter 381: Maze FormationJust because someone else couldnt do it, didnt mean he couldnt. Wasnt it simply limiting complexity to different levels? He quickly thought of a dozen different ways to do it, but the issue was mainly with how to apply that to an Array Formation. He understood the difficulty of such a task now, because the vast majority of Array Formations were unique. That is to say, they were not created in multiple levels. At least, the ones that were available to most people. Each array had a perfect form, and dozens of variables were taken into account when they were built. The position of astral bodies, the time of year, local weather patterns, the topography of the land, significant events that happened in the past, and even the current as well as future purpose of the location were all factored into a formation. N00vl--1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.As complex as they were, it was already difficult to recreate the perfect conditions to maximize the durability, duration, and strength of an Array Formation. Only the most skilled Formation Masters could create simplified versions of arrays, and only those at the pinnacle of power would dare to create more advanced versions. Even so, those sets of Array Formations would only be passed down to their disciples. The amount of effort involved meant it was a task undertaken only upon a Formation Masters pinnacle array formation. By creating simplified versions it lets their disciples more easily understand the more powerful version. It laid out a legacy for them to follow. Spreading that knowledge to other groups would also mean telling the weaknesses of your greatest accomplishment to others. Worse yet, it would be a simpler and easier to understand guide to unraveling your greatest creation. At the highest levels, Formation Masters were treated as lock, vault, or safe makers. Their formations were used to guard treasure, protect Sects, and ensure the safety of others families. Who would be foolish enough to share the manual to their locks?Sage had a few multi-level formations, but they were passed down from the Timeless Masters Library. At the moment, he didnt have access to them since the Universe Ring was still in Guan Zhenyans hands. This fact reinforced to him that his greatest valuables should be kept in his Inner World and not the Universe Ring. Additionally, he should have backups of all the most important information. It was no wonder there were so many hidden legacies out in the wilderness. Even if a cultivator wasnt seeking a future successor, it was reasonable to keep a backup of ones most important information and techniques. There was no telling what sorts of things might happen in the cultivation world. What if ones mind was partially wiped? What if the manual you were practicing was stolen? It seemed a terrible risk not to create a backup for any eventualities. Even without access to the library, Sage had another option. The Formation Machine. In essence, he adapted an Array Formation that controlled other Array Formations into a state machine. To increase complexity, he merely had to swap out the arrays in the machine. That said, the Infinite Immaterial Seat was not a Formation Plate. He was pretty sure that if he built formations into it, there was no changing them out. From what he ascertained, the structure had to remain as it was, and more details were added to it later. There really wasnt a mechanism for him to swap things out. Of course, even without changing out formations, it didnt seem too impossible to leave gaps within a larger array that he could then fill with smaller arrays in the future. Now to pick some arrays. Unfortunately, the arrays that affected Qi and created physical defenses were pretty pointless in a battle of consciousness. Many defensive shielding formations could also extend to protect against Spirit Power, but it was also inefficient to expend so much energy defending against everything instead of just Spirit Power. Lacking the Universe Ring he could only rely on the formations he knew extremely well, which was also a bonus as theyd be sticking around for quite some time. For these reasons he kept things somewhat simple. He used only two different arrays, repeating them multiple times. On the outside of the maze, he employed the Four Cornered Forgetfulness formation. It was a simple bewildering array, but it affected the mind, inspiring an absent mind and making a person forget what they were doing till they wandered back towards the center. This way, those trying to breach his maze would take much longer to move from the outer portion of the maze and into the inner area. Secondly, Sage employed the Magnifying Wheel array. Just like in the past, hed altered it into Soul Magnifying Wheel, this time he tried for a Spirit Magnifying Wheel. The main structure of it consisted of one large circle with a large and small ring inside it. Its purpose was to focus energy from the large ring and concentrate it, focusing it into the small ring. The small ring was of course going to be the center of his maze, which would then hopefully empower his consciousness. Sage used the largest outer circle as the outline for his mental foundation, turning it into a perfect circle. Then, he used the large ring as the area for his maze, filling it with Four Cornered Forgetfulness formations as hallways with large open chambers between them. As an added bonus, the two rings, large and small, didnt completely fill the island and Sage made a few extra chambers in there. They added some redundancy, and perhaps he could learn how to store knowledge in them later. He finished his design and was planning on starting to cultivate it, but he was interrupted by Guan Zhenyans weekly visit.
