``` The Five Elements Source Pattern resembled five elongated pupils of five different colors gathered together like the petals of a flower. Within each pupil, ancient and profound patterns were visible--beautiful yet ominous. They even blinked occasionally, as if they possessed their own life. The Five Elements Fierce Ghost, not understanding why, widened its pupils in surprise and fear. "What’s happening? What’s wrong with me?" "Where am I?" "Who am I?" "My forehead, what is that on it?" "I..." The Five Elements Fierce Ghost didn’t finish speaking before a sudden change occurred. The weird, pupil-like "Source Patterns" abruptly widened as if the "pupils" themselves, with their stark and dazzling patterns. One by one, the dense Formation Patterns, like colorful ants, emerged from the Source Patterns. They crawled down from the forehead of the Five Elements Fierce Ghost, across its shoulders to the limbs, and even to the heart meridians, gradually covering the entire body of the fierce ghost. The body of the Five Elements Fierce Ghost was completely "crawled over" by Formation Patterns. From the inside out, densely covered in Formation Patterns. Its consciousness, too, was completely devoured by the "Source Patterns," becoming a true "Five Elements Puppet." The Five Elements Fierce Ghost had turned into a puppet. Its eyes became pitch-black and hollow, while the five pupils on its forehead grew increasingly bright. Finally, they trembled slightly as if the patterns, like pupils, were unanimously "looking" at Mo Hua. Mo Hua’s expression changed abruptly. He stepped back instantly, withdrawing at once. At the same time, the spot where he had just been standing was now covered with Formation Patterns. Mo Hua frowned. This "Source Pattern," like a plague, spread Formation Patterns as its toxins. Once it encountered a divine sense Thought Body, it would parasitize and devour it, eventually gaining control... Just like the Five Elements Fierce Ghost. Now the Five Elements Fierce Ghost was entirely dominated by the "Source Patterns," and had become a kind of "toxin source" itself. Even more troublesome was that this "plague" was now within his own Sea of Consciousness. Mo Hua’s expression became serious. He manifested a Formation under his feet to protect himself and then tried to activate the Spiritual Pivot Formation in the chest of the Five Elements Fierce Ghost. The Spiritual Pivot Formation dealt with the essence of spiritual power. It was not a Five Elements Formation and was an Ultimate Formation of superlative grade; although it was suppressed by the Formation Patterns derived from the Five Elements Source Pattern, it was not extinguished. With a thought from Mo Hua’s Divine Sense, the Spiritual Pivot Formation suddenly lit up. The chest of the Five Elements Fierce Ghost shone with a pale blue light. Threads of Spiritual Thread spread from its chest, like silk strands, weaving into a cocoon, trying to trap the fierce ghost and seal the Five Elements Source Pattern within the body of the ghost. Yet, these Spiritual Threads, though they restrained the fierce ghost, couldn’t suppress the Formation Patterns. The Five Elements Fierce Ghost was constrained by the Spiritual Threads, unable to move. But the pattern on its forehead, resembling "five-colored eyes," kept multiplying and leaking out more Formation Patterns, eroding the ghost, corroding the Spiritual Threads and gradually spreading throughout Mo Hua’s Sea of Consciousness. "What should I do?" Mo Hua looked grave. If he allowed these Formation Patterns to proliferate endlessly until they filled his Sea of Consciousness, would he too become a puppet, lifelessly possessed by the "Source Pattern," just like the Five Elements Fierce Ghost? His master was right. Indeed, the Sea of Consciousness harbored great dangers! And most of these dangers were unforeseeable, unpredictable, and elusive. While Mo Hua controlled the Spiritual Pivot Formation to contend with the Five Elements Source Pattern, he forced himself to stay calm, his mind racing as he pondered a solution... This Source Pattern must be the result of the Five Elements Sect’s Calculation of the Formation Flow. The question was whether they had calculated correctly or not. What exactly was this thing they had calculated? How could a Formation inheritance possess its own will? How could it even parasitize? Had the once first-grade Formation Sect, the Five Elements Sect, gradually declined because it calculated this thing out? A multitude of doubts arose in Mo Hua’s heart. Such ancient secrets were beyond Mo Hua’s limited understanding at present, so he temporarily set them aside and continued his contemplation: The Five Elements Sect’s Calculation of Formation Flow used a special Calculation Method. All the Five Elements Formation Patterns were jointly calculated, induced into variations, and amalgamated from many into one, condensing to form this "Source Pattern." Amalgamating the many into one... Although there was only one Pattern, it encapsulated and contained nearly all of the Five Elements Formations passed down by the Five Elements Sect. These Patterns followed its will. And now, it was releasing these Patterns... If the Source Pattern is the toxin source, are the toxins the "compiled" Formation Patterns within it? Find more to read at freewebnovel Then to stop the spread of the "Source Pattern," would he have to do the opposite and recalculate these Patterns, "compiling" them back into the Source Pattern? Is this calculation the special Calculation Method unique to the Five Elements Sect? Is it the method recorded in the Five Elements Sect’s Heritage Taoist Field for inducing Formation Flow? Mo Hua furrowed his brows. He was unsure, but lacking other options, he had to give it a try. The "eye" of the Source Pattern was still spinning, and the Formation Patterns were seeping out from this pupil, flowing into Mo Hua’s Sea of Consciousness. All these Formation Patterns were First Grade. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚 Within the "Source Pattern," it included Five Elements Formations, and certainly not just First Grade ones. But it seemed the spread of the Source Pattern happened in an orderly progression. Without releasing the First Grade completely, the Second Grade could not surface... However, that was a relief. If Second Grade Patterns were present, Mo Hua would have been utterly helpless. Without delay, Mo Hua focused his mind and began to calculate these Formation Patterns, which moved like water snakes through his various thoughts. Mo Hua concentrated fully, calculating quickly. ```