Chapter 101: The Great Sky-Mending Formation

“So, that powerful being who wants to resurrect you must have considered what would happen if you came back to life and then tried to leave, right?”
“Seems like it,” Yue Ji nodded.
“Now we just need to find out if this powerful being left any contingency plans.” Ma Yi’s excitement grew. A woman who had broken through the realm barrier—he would be unstoppable. He had almost forgotten how reluctant he was just half a month ago.
“Alright, you keep cultivating. I’ll look around.” Yue Ji’s eyes suddenly sparkled with a new light. She was now fully considering Ma Yi’s suggestion and wanted to see if the powerful being had left any tricks within this small world.
“Okay, the sooner we go, the sooner we return.” Ma Yi smiled and resumed swallowing pills, continuing his cultivation.
Yue Ji’s complexion was visibly better than before. She flickered and vanished into the treetops.
Meanwhile, Ma Yi kept cultivating steadily. With so many resources stacked at his disposal now, if he couldn’t reach Level Ten, he might as well find a tofu block and knock himself out. Seeing all the various bottles and jars Yue Ji had prepared for him, he suddenly realized how miserable his past had been—having nothing, relying solely on his own desperate efforts to obtain anything that could aid his growth. But now, things were so different; he even had pills for the Free and Easy Realm ready. This sense of happiness quietly seeped into his heart, overwhelming him.
Night fell. Ma Yi stood on the platform waiting for Yue Ji, but as darkness deepened and she did not return, he grew unsettled. Fortunately, the four stone statues ignored Ma Yi and continued their slaughter below. A vast amount of blood energy, with no one inside the well-coffin, gradually condensed from mist into liquid. Throughout the entire night, Ma Yi waited endlessly for Yue Ji’s return, growing increasingly anxious.
He hadn’t noticed anything unusual while staying close to Ma Yi, but after Yue Ji had been missing for a full day and night, Ma Yi became restless, even abandoning his cultivation in frustration. He wanted to go down and search but didn’t know where to start. Most importantly, despite his power nearing Level Ten, he was well aware of the number of beasts below. Peering over the platform’s edge, he could see countless eyes—red, green, and blue—glowing in the dark.
Dawn broke. The four stone statues flew back to the platform, crouched on their spots, and slowly turned back to stone, waiting for another night.
“Where is she? Where could she have gone?” Ma Yi waited until daylight and descended beneath the canopy to search again. To avoid attracting the attention of other beasts, he fell straight down through the clouds at such speed that even predatory birds seemed startled by his swift descent.
It took nearly ten minutes for Ma Yi to fall from the canopy to the massive tree’s trunk. He had to slow down because the trunk was surrounded by thick branches, obscuring the ground below. If he continued speeding down, he would keep crashing into the huge limbs.
Seeing the true main trunk of the giant tree for the first time, Ma Yi was struck by its immense size. It was as if the roots of this world-reaching tree controlled an entire mountain. Drawing closer, he realized the "mountain" was actually a dense pile of animal corpses. These remains had been falling from the tree for countless years, gradually forming this huge mound. At the foot of the mound lay countless bleached bones, while the tree’s roots spread like mountain ridges, covering the bones in every direction as far as Ma Yi could see.
“Over there?” Ma Yi was surprised to see a woman in red kneeling at the base of the bone mountain.
“Yue Ji.” Ma Yi quickened his pace and approached the woman, who now had bloodshot eyes and swollen eyelids from crying so long.
“As expected, I am the cancer of this world. These billions of corpses all died because of me,” Yue Ji sobbed, collapsing into Ma Yi’s arms. Here was a powerful being who had broken the realm barrier, yet she wept so openly.
Ma Yi stood at the base of the bone mountain, gazing upon it with a profound sense of sorrow that words could not describe.

After Yue Ji cried herself out, Ma Yi gently wiped her tears and helped her to stand, then suddenly knelt down with a thud.
“Though I, Ma Yi, have lived only twenty years, I have never knelt before anyone. Today, I bow my head here to you all. One day, when I reach the pinnacle of power, I vow that this world shall endure forever.” His voice rang loud, echoing through the mountains.
“Boom.” Several rumbles of thunder rolled across the sky.
“Ah!” Yue Ji jumped in surprise. “How could you have provoked a response from this small world?”
“What response?” Ma Yi stood, puzzled, looking at Yue Ji.
“The thunder just now—that was the world’s way of responding to you, acknowledging your promise.” Yue Ji was a powerful being who had tried to communicate with this world before, but it had ignored her and even led her here to the bone mountain, clearly displeased. Yet Ma Yi’s vow alone had earned this world’s recognition. It was completely unexpected—he was only a Level Nine beginner cultivator; how could such a small world recognize him?
“Oh, then that’s good enough. I mean what I say. Let’s go back.” Ma Yi nodded with a solemn expression, surprised that this small world valued him so highly.
Since the destined child had made the promise on his behalf, Yue Ji had nothing more to say. Although shocked, she felt a warm happiness—he was making this vow for her.
Ma Yi ascended slowly, but Yue Ji was faster. Grasping his hand, she flickered and soon they reached the very top of the world-reaching tree’s canopy.
“I’ve checked. There’s no good way to leave,” Yue Ji said softly, her sadness returning. If she couldn’t leave, she couldn’t follow Ma Yi.
Hearing this, Ma Yi lowered his head, deep in thought. “Hmm, there’s one place you definitely didn’t check.”
“Where?” Yue Ji looked up at him.
“Here.” Ma Yi pointed. “This platform couldn’t have appeared here by chance. After seeing the bone mountain below, I suddenly had an idea: I think this stone platform was originally on the ground. Because the statues slaughtered so many beasts, their bones scattered around it. A sapling absorbed the material except the blood energy, gradually growing larger. After countless millennia, it transformed into what we see today.”
“Stone platform?” Yue Ji stood and circled the platform. Then, with a joyful expression, she suddenly darted forward and kissed Ma Yi’s cheek. He was stunned. Ma Yi’s guess was correct—the platform’s surface bore a faintly etched simple World Mending Formation.
“Found a clue!” Ma Yi grinned foolishly at the bashful Yue Ji.
“Yes. This stone platform actually has a World Mending Formation. Though simplified, it’s enough to repair the barrier of this world.” Yue Ji nodded, blushing. This was the first truly intimate gesture they shared after over half a month together.
“Does that mean once we leave, this World Mending Formation will automatically repair the barrier we break through?” Ma Yi looked toward the crystal coffin now filled with red liquid and asked.
“Yes. But I wonder where the energy for the formation will come from after we leave.” Yue Ji glanced around, then looked at the blood energy filling the crystal coffin.
“You already know?” Yue Ji was surprised at Ma Yi’s insight.
“I don’t know for sure, but I can guess. For example, if you return to life without me, might you break the barrier and leave directly?”
“Knowing my nature, it’s very likely,” Yue Ji nodded.
“If you leave, the stone platform and the four statues will remain, continuing to kill living beings here. When you stop absorbing the blood energy in the crystal coffin, once it saturates, the immense energy could cause the coffin to break. This huge blood energy would then activate the World Mending Formation, which uses that energy to repair the barrier breach left by your departure.” Ma Yi deduced like a detective.
Yue Ji looked at him with admiration. After carefully inspecting the crystal coffin, she confirmed there was a small formation inside—not to destroy the coffin, but to transfer the saturated blood energy all at once to activate the World Mending Formation. Upon activation, the formation would destroy the four statues and then operate to mend all spatial fissures in the world, reinforcing its barrier.
“You’re amazing!” Yue Ji said happily. “You guessed it all right.”
“Haha, of course I’m amazing. But it’s a pity—after half a month, you’re still only Level Nine peak.” Ma Yi sighed. If he had focused on cultivation last night, he might have reached Level Ten by now, but worrying about Yue Ji kept him from advancing.
“No worries. Improving strength can’t be rushed,” Yue Ji comforted him, her mood bright.
“That’s all we can do. Let’s prepare to leave soon,” Ma Yi said. He needed to calm himself and face the so-called Trial Grounds.
“With me here, what’s there to fear?” Yue Ji smiled. Being with this little man made her the happiest, and she would never let anyone harm him.
“No, before we leave, I need to be clear. You’re strong, but you can’t control my growth. As long as I’m not dead, you can’t decide whether others might kill me.” Ma Yi’s expression was resolute.
“Alright, as long as the other party isn’t vastly stronger, I won’t interfere. But if some reckless fool bullies you because of their realm, I won’t stand by and watch,” Yue Ji said seriously.
“Haha, okay. If I really can’t handle it, I’ll call you. Don’t worry.” Ma Yi laughed and ruffled the head of this powerful being who had broken the realm barrier.