"So, do you want to create a Formation, right?

Then what Gu are we going to use as the 'core' of the Formation, Formation Heart Gu, Formation Web Gu or perhaps, Stability Formation Gu?"

Feng Zhan frowned lightly, even though he had never personally created a Formation in his life he had some experience with dealing with experts in this field.

To defeat them, he studied each of the Formations and discovered the 'core' of a formation.

A 'core' is like the engine or heart of a Formation that grants it energy and stability, a Formation without a core is like a human without a heart.

No matter how powerful and rich one blood is, if there's no heart to 'pump' the blood the body would simply collapse.

"The hell is a Formation Core?" Dio asked confused.

The only 'core' of his previous Formation was basically Heaven's will indirectly acting as the 'web' and 'strings' which connected all those souls together towards Dio's Stand.

But...

He didn't made that Formation with his own attainment, rather he relied on the clues Heaven's will presented to him, for that 'Heaven plan.'

On essence he didn't actually comprehend the mechanisms for his ascension, nor the mystical ability to use Heavenly Veins as the 'Heart' of a Formation.

But that was obvious, Dio's Heaven and Formation path attainments were merely at the quasi-master level, far away from a true expert.

As Feng Zhan began to explain the importance of a 'Heart' of a Formation, Dio's face turned paler and paler with fright.

"Holy shit.

I almost made a huge mistake.

Sigh, it seems that the 'laws' of this world are different from mine, at least in my world you could use things such as grudges or hatred to create a Formation, but it seems its impossible in this world.

...

I hate to admit it, but thanks to Feng Zhan I dodged a bullet just right now.

What I was thinking, about creating a Formation with just the vague concept of the hypothetical, 'The Universe' Stand I had on mind?"

...

From far, far away from this distance, in an almost complete void two figures clashed.

Purple clouds and nebulas collided with millions of rain stars.

Multiple minor moves were activated in succession, a purple light surged. [Ten Steps back.]

Suddenly, the rain of stars began to reverse, returning to its original creator.

Star Constellation's special will smiled coldly, her figure exploded, transforming into a ray of pink-grayish light which collided with Limitless.

Whilst they fought Star Constellation was constantly observing with one eye at the distance, aiming to look for a weakness for her target.

Dio.

"Limitless don't you think you're being too unreasonable?

I already gave you sixty rank 9 Immortal Essence beads in exchange for all the information of this new otherworldly demon.

Is not fair if I put this info to good use!"

Limitless laughed heartily.

"You call implanting a 'fake will' inside his brain, putting the info to good use, it seems great minds thinks alike.

I also implanted a fake will inside Feng Zhan's brain."

He frowned and added.

"Star Constellation, don't take me for a fool.

What you bought were merely the info about this brand new power of 'Stands', and how to counter it.

Your Heavenly Court has already benefited from this exchange, so, what gives you the right to try to destroy my pawn?"

Star Constellation frowned.

"If he was any other pawn I may agree with you, but he, a 'Vampire', his very existence represents a threat to mankind!

Even if he hasn't noticed yet, there are thousands of Killer Moves he could use to expand his lifespan even further, by absorbing, by killing and by creating an army of Zombies!

But, no, I am not that afraid of him, reaching such a level, after all, even though he may have the potential he is simply too arrogant and short-sighted.

Any other in his position would flee far away, but instead, he continues to recklessly try to fight his way through, he attempts to crush them utterly, to vanish them from the face of the earth.

And at difference from Reckless Savage he's doing this, not out of vengeance for the crimes against mankind, merely due to his own sadism, greed and to satisfy his own ego, to prove he's invincible on combat.

He...He is nothing but a brute, a savage, like a beastmen.

Yet, even though I'm not afraid of him, I am afraid of what would happen if a rank 8 Immortal got in contact with him.

Imagine it, how many persons would be implicated in such an incident, what would happen if the easiest way for someone to progress in his Cultivation and nourish his Immortal aperture was to kill, kill and kill?

If this power fell on the wrong hands perhaps the whole five regions would be tainted with red, by his mere existence!"

Star Constellation sighed inwardly.

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Normally she couldn't interfere with the outside world without relying in the power of Heaven's will, however, she made an 'exception' against Dio.

She was so wary towards him, that she even consumed a bead of rank 9 Immortal Essence to get rid off him!

But, when she tried to inject her Immortal Essence and prepare her arrangements, she released a 'signal' which Limitless could read.

He went against her and attacked her, not only to protect his pawn but also to see if he could destroy Star Constellation's will and replace the control over Heaven's will to himself!

Star Constellation knew of the risks, but still did it.

She had an strong sense of responsibility and empathy.

Star Constellation turned her head towards Limitless and added.

"Could you take the responsibility if such a massacre were to occur?"

Limitless shrugged.

"If mankind falls to such kind of threat, perhaps humans were not that smart, and perhaps a 'Vampire' is the next step for humanity?

As for the bloodshed, I couldn't care less.

People die all the time, 'peace' is merely the time between a war and another.

That...

Is how always has been in this world."

Star Constellation's eyelids twitched, she said in frustration.

"So are you saying that just because there's already suffering in this world, you don't mind to destroy the life of countless humans for your ambitions, am I right?"

She sighed coldly.

"Fine, fine.

Have your way, but even though you may block the direct 'attacks' of my main will, you can't interfere with my control over Fate and Heaven's will itself!

Sooner or later, I'll kill him."

Her figure vanished, together with a million of flying stars.

Limitless smiled lightly as she left.

"Your words relieve a bit, you know.

Previously I was afraid that you'd bring THAT kind of expert, against an Immortal opponent all schemes are pointless, but as you're too afraid of 'what if', that you discarded this possibility yourself.

...Heh, Star Constellation, let's make an agreement, shall we?

I promise that as long as you don't bring an Immortal threat to him or influence his mind, I will allow you to do as you wish."

Star Constellation figure reappeared, she asked cautiously.

"Aren't you afraid of me killing your pawn?"

Limitless nodded.

"Yes, but, if he were to die to something as trivial as a rank 5 Gu master, even with all the innate advantages he has, it would mean that he simply was worthless to begin with, and using him as a pawn would be pointless anyway."

The two figures vanished and with them their auras, inside the void there was only the aftereffect of their attacks.

Meanwhile.

Dio had already killed and converted most of those mammoths into an army of slave Zombies, with their aid he began to repair his Gu house.

"Now that my plan to create a Formation has come to a halt, I must rethink carefully.

Currently, even though I have hundreds of recipes thanks to that piece of shit, Ma Shan Hu, most of the Gu's are useless to me anyway.

For example what would be the use of a Qi or a Light path Gu worm, other than to kill myself?

As for the signature Gu's and Killer Moves of their tribe, I'm not stupid enough to fight on their own terms.

I mean, in the same way that I can defeat even a rank 5 peak expert if they limited themselves to using Blood path and soul path alone.

Others could beat me if I fight on their own respective fields.

Even if I would like to, Soul, Time and Luck are also outside my reach on my current state I can only pursue Blood, Bone and Strength path.

Yet, even regarding my main choices, they're pretty limited, apart from Mammoth Strength Gu I already applied on me all the common Beast Strength Gu worms.

As for the branch of 'Jin Strength' Gu is also pretty limited, as I can't no longer produce such Gu's in masse because I now lack human slaves..

Blood path is also hindering me, as I don't have a single damn recipe, nor I can create one!

After I refine a 'Mammoth Strength Gu', I'll only have Bone path as my only choice."

Dio calculated internally.

Then, a new idea came to his brain.

"Feng Zhan, come here!"

Feng Zhan hurriedly came to his master's side, he bowed and then asked.

"How I may be of service to you?"

Dio chuckled.

"Do you have a method to apply the effect of your 'Stop' Killer Moves on an object permanently?

I have a nice idea.

Use your powers in my bones.

If we do this correctly, I can permanently add a new 'layer' to protect my bone tissue and allow it to be strengthened even further!

Perhaps, I may be able to imitate this 'characteristic' at will in all my body in the future.

Don't worry, I won't suffer any real harm, with my regeneration I can test as many times as I want, until I refine that Heavenly Body I wish..."

A smile formed on his face as he said 'Heavenly Body.'

When he ascended to Heaven and acquired his Stand The Truth he acquired a new perfect body, were all the kinds of 'elements' converged without interference, his blood flowed perfectly without any sort of 'friction' nor resistance.

His body carried a similar, yet opposite trait than the Sovereign Immortal Fetus Body!

Whereas the Sovereign body used mostly 'Human' path to reduce the friction and to converge a thousand of paths into one, Dio's Heavenly Body consisted mainly in Heaven.

All paths 'harmonized' and cooperated together, all around his countless veins which carried the property of Heaven, they're essentially Heavenly Veins!

Those Heavenly Veins transmitted his sacred blood towards all the corners of his body embuding him with an absurdly high vitality.

To recreate such a perfect body Dio would have to sacrifice the equivalent of 36 souls from his world, naturally because the souls of this world were simply too meek he'd require over a million of human souls for this purpose!

...

The days passed, Dio as he noticed his worsening luck and the lingering threats decided to stop his expeditions outside, from now on, he'd remain in seclusion for as long as he could, to diminish the variables and allow his luck to catch up.

For the following three weeks, he focused exclusively in his Bone path Cultivation.

At this point, he made his first breakthrough towards his Heavenly Body.

Inside his body there were many fragments of stones and dirt with an intense purple aura flowing through his bloodstream.

They were constantly 'released' by his bone marrow which had huge accumulations of such special materials.

The materials carried the property of many Killer Moves such as 'Flowing Smoothly', 'Unwavering' and 'Adamant.'

His bones were also reinforced by many 'tattoos' with many properties, the two had hit their current limits during this procedure.

During that time, Dio had consumed fully his Heavenly Body, Spirit and Essence Lotus.

Elevating his Stand aperture towards rank 2 upper stage!

Even though it wasn't enough to recover the power of his Stand, he wasn't that far away from being able to use it.

He also modified various of his Killer Moves and used half of the corpses of his mammoth Zombies to refine 'Mammoth Strength Gu', and achieved full proficiency with it.

Finally, his luck was beginning to change, he for the first time in a while had a 'positive luck.'

His Destiny Gu was approaching to rank 3.

With all those preparations, he finally felt ready.

In a dark night, he began to move towards the Ma tribe silently, he planned to sneakily kill Ma Xuan Hin and all the other elders so they couldn't have the slightest chance of a comeback.

...

A few days ago, in the Investigative hall.

Since Dio had arrived to the Ma tribe they had been conscious of the possible threat he carried, after all, no one who carries an Extreme Physique regardless of their Cultivation Realm can be underestimated.

If they're that foolish, perhaps one day he would come with a hundred of treasures and kill them.

Thus, once per week Ma Xuan Hin 'deducted' about him, about his plans.

His attempts had been fruitless as their communication had been cut, however, because Dio's luck had vanished and due to Heaven's will interference.

Ma Xuan Hin stood from his chair, surprised.

"Dio is an o-otherworldly demon?

He recovered his Cultivation and had a fortuitous encounter!

Dio is trying to attack us while our tribe leader is gone, and kill me and the rest of the elders swiftly in the night?

Damn it, we need to strengthen our defenses, quickly, before he arrives!"