"Everyone, activate the formation."

Hearing this, every channelled their spiritual energy into a flag that appeared in their hands. The flag was light green coloured. The formation activates on a fixed proportion of members. They can be hundred and eight or they can be 540 but they must maintain a fixed proportion.

There were more than 100 void realm experts and nine king realm experts. They can create the second form of the formation and the flags in the hands of void realm experts glowed and they all rose together.

Green coloured formation lines started to appear all around the sky and a huge array appeared. The moment the array took shape, the king realm experts from Pagoda of Hope also took action and they all channeled their spiritual energy into the dark green flag in their hands.

The flags shone and they merged with the array. The array rumbled slightly and an oppressive aura began to show. The array rotated and everything in the surrounding was being pressed.

The light on the array started to brighten and wherever the light shone, the dense strange mist that remained in the inner and core region started to shift and struggle but the result remained unchanged.

The remaining strange kings also showed wary expression because they could feel the oppression of the formation on them. They used their remaining strength to activate their protective measures but it was degenerating at a very high speed.

Seeing this, they all looked in the only place where no one explored, the second layer of space and one of them spoke,

"Emperor, please help us."

Others also pleaded. But there was no response. Jin narrowed his eyes when he saw that. He realised that this emperor realm expert is really not willing to come out at all.

Then he looked into the ground with his deep gaze but he found nothing. He turned to Aion and asked him to do it.

Aion nodded. He closed his eyes and his divine sense spread on the ground. Everything in front of him became illusionary and then he saw a barrier. Aion opened his eyes and took a deep breath. Using divine sense with this body is still not easy.

After recovering, he looked at Jin and spoke,

"Something blocked my senses. Although it is weakened after the last use, I can still use it at divine level and since it is blocked it means that there might be another cave like the last one but it seems to be smaller than the one in the secret realm below the Pagoda of Hope.

Jin nodded and then he looked at all the elders and transmitted his voice,

"Elders, activate the formation at full force. Even if the emperor realm arrives, we have someone to deal with them. There is vitality under this mystic forest like the one in the Pagoda of Hope."

Hearing this, all the elders’ eyes lit up and they activated the formation at full power. Their king’s crown flashed with brilliant light and four of them at the weaving stage and the remaining five at dawn stage exploded with their auras.

Jin watched in awe as the elders worked together and then the formation became even brighter and everything in the surroundings changed into vitality. The formation seeped into the first layer of space and the strange mist that corrupted the space was also purified.

But the formation didn’t stop there. With so many void realm experts and the king realm experts, the formation touched the edges of the second layer of space.

And that was the moment when the world became completely silent. Because when the formation touched the edges of the second layer of space, everything paused.

Though it was an illusion the formation paused and the surroundings also paused followed by the peeling of space. Then appeared an emperor seal from the second layer of space.

The moment the emperor seal appeared, the formation halted and Jin looked at the emperor seal that descended. When the emperor seal appeared in the formation, in front of all the members, the strange king realm experts looked at the emperor seal and their expression froze.

Because they knew something about this seal. From the seal, a projection started to manifest and it was the projection of a tree.

The tree manifested completely and Jin, Aion and Nox were shocked when they saw the projection.

The projection continued to solidify and finally a tree appeared in front of everyone. The tree is the same as the ancient apricot tree but it was black in colour and there were black apricots on the tree. They all were covered by the black strange mist.

Jin spoke,

"The corrupted strange apricot tree."

But Aion didn’t share the same thoughts. He spoke,

"It is not corrupted. It is forcefully being transformed into a completely different species and something inside the emperor seal is trying to reject it."

Jin looked at Aion for more explanation and Aion continued,

"An emperor seal is the manifestation of order and soul. Even if the physical body gets destroyed, as long as the emperor seal remains, the cultivator is basically living in longevity as long as they maintain their soul essence."

Jin nodded in realization. But this was not the end. Jin looked at the tree and spoke,

"Since one has already shown, let me show you where I got my confidence."

With that, he turned toward the portal and spoke,

"Elder Goren, why not appear and try your new strength."

Hearing this, there was no response at first but the members of Pagoda of Hope who heard this all showed the excited expression on their faces. Even the king realm experts were not different.

They turned and looked at the portal.

A sigh sounded and a middle-aged figure appeared in front of everyone. The figure was none other than the elder Goren.

Elder Goren looked at everyone and then he looked at Jin. He bowed slightly,

"This old man greets the pagoda master."

Jin smiled and shook his head. He spoke,

"Elder Goren, you don’t have to do that anymore. You are now an emperor realm expert and you are promoted from elder to guardian elder. You will be acting when the Pagoda of Hope will be in danger or I will call for you.

Besides that, you have no need to answer anyone."

Hearing this, the king realm experts showed envy but there was also a hint of anticipation in their hearts because they are also going to enter this realm.

Elder Goren sighed and then he looked at the tree. As an emperor realm expert, he can see more than anyone. He spoke,

"Strange. This tree is truly strange. It is not a strange creature but it is also not a life form of Virelia anymore."

Jin was stunned when he heard that. He looked at elder Gorena and spoke,

"Elder, this tree is none other than the ancient apricot tree from the ancient times."

Hearing this, everyone was a stunned. Because the tree has become extinct now. Elder Goren also realised and nodded,

"Then everything makes sense. Since ancient times, the only species she was respected by in the entire Virelia was the ancient apricot tree because they have the best support in Virelia.

Their apricot was the embodiment of cheat itself which can enhance the talent itself and can make any mortal compare to the ancient clan’s prodigy."

Hearing this, everyone who didn’t know about the ancient apricot tree was stunned. They looked at the tree and sighed when they saw this situation. Elder Goren continued,

"But it is also great that this tree is still alive and resisting the strange corruption."

With that, he took a step forward and, in his hand, a seal materialised. It was a seal that belonged to him. His emperor seal. The seal flashed and the laws of the plane fluctuated slightly.

Elder Goren appeared in front of the tree in an instant and looked at the tree. He spoke without turning back,

"Pagoda master, I can restrain this tree at ease, you can handle the rest."

Jin nodded with a smile and then he saw elder Goren’s emperor seal flash and he spoke,

"Let’s go to the place which is suitable for us to fight."

With that, the emperor seal of both of them disappeared along with them. Jin sighed in relief and then he looked at everyone and spoke,

"Okay everyone, you all may continue."

Everyone nodded and then the formation once again continued its work. Jin looked at them and he already communicated with the ancient apricot tree and informed them about everything.

As they continued, a faint voice sounded,

"Truly prepared. It even surprised the old me."

With that, the second layer of space was peeled without any suspense and a man appeared from it. The man was not handsome or anything like that.

He had a foul aura around him and his eyes were red. He excluded the aura of the emperor and the strangest thing about him is the emperor seal that is embedded in his forehead.

Everyone watched in horror as the second strange emperor realm expert appeared. Only Jin was normal and he looked at the figure that appeared and he muttered,

"Finally, you appeared."

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