Chapter 154: The Everlasting Silent Forest’s True Nature?
Aldrian checked the formation’s eye, which had stopped functioning after his heavenly tribulation. Upon inspection, he found no visible damage or irregularities with the formation’s eye itself. He carefully examined each point of the formation across the entire mountain but found nothing unusual. Yet, the formation had indeed stopped working.
While everything appeared fine on the surface, the formation had ceased absorbing the surrounding heaven and earth energy needed for activation. Aldrian suddenly realized the likely reason: something entirely new had appeared following his tribulation.
"The thick heavenly energy and aura now filling the entire mountain, mixed into the very air, can’t be absorbed by the formation. I see—the formation needs time to adjust so it can handle the dense heavenly energy," he thought.
Since his heavenly tribulation, Dragon Back Mountain had essentially become a heavenly territory, infused with a powerful heavenly energy and aura. Compared to ordinary heaven and earth energy, or elemental energy, the heavenly energy was far heavier and more overbearing. Aldrian understood that the formation would need to recalibrate to absorb it properly.
From his comprehension of this Dragon Back Mountain formation, it had a self-adjusting mechanism. If there were any significant changes or obstructions, the formation’s eye would automatically adjust to restore functionality.
After establishing his domain here, Aldrian finally realized that the entire Dragon Back Mountain itself was one enormous formation. The mountain appeared to be an artificial construct shaped into a formation—a concept no formation master here would have likely conceived. He had to admit that this vast natural formation was remarkably complex, even more intricate than the formation within the Forest of Despair.
Although he could see some similarities in the formation patterns, this one was on a completely different scale. It was much larger and had a far more profound mechanism. The formation in the Forest of Despair only covered the central area—a mere fraction of the forest, the formation of Dragon Back Mountain however spanned different zones and levels. The deeper one ventured toward the center, the more intense the killing wind became. Moreover, the formation adjusted its power based on the strength of any cultivator who entered.
If it were an ordinary natural formation, it would likely never be able to absorb the dense heavenly energy and aura present here. But he believed that this mountain-wide formation was capable of just that. Once again, he was astounded by whoever had crafted this place, learning countless new things from its formations, secret realm, and extraordinary mechanisms—all truly beyond common understanding.
A sudden thought crossed his mind. If Dragon Back Mountain was a natural formation protecting a secret realm, he wondered one place like this that he had in mind—the infamous forbidden zone of ancient times, the Everlasting Silent Forest.