Lu Yun’s greeting gift was incredibly precious. Qing Ting kept his words in mind and didn’t alert anyone to his presence. She traveled to the Firmament Pavilion alone; it stood defenseless when all of its formations were dismantled.

The Fish King’s mastery of formations was exceedingly high. He’d laid out a grand formation at the center of the city and connected all of the city’s formations to it. However, as strong as the formation looked, it was uncommonly weak. A king could easily bring it down with a wave of a hand.

Additionally, a chain reaction would ensue once the main formation went down. Every formation connected to it would be dismantled as well—something that not even Lu Yun had discovered when he first a...