Qing Shui/Formations

### **Singularity Bane**

* allowed the users to tap on simple setups to kill enemies by relying on the Nine Palace Steps and the “positionings” in the surroundings.

* One Origin Steps, Duality Steps, Trinity Steps, Four Phases Steps, Five Elements Steps, Six Lunar Steps, Seven Star Steps, Eight Trigrams Steps, Nine Palace Steps.

### **Duality Minutest Formation**

* A binding formation

* Split into six gates, namely, life, death, dark, light, illusion and perish

* The gate of death was in the northeast, the gate of life in the southwest, gate of illusion in the extreme east, gate of darkness in the extreme south and the gate of light in the northwest.

* People who were trapped would be at a loss if which gate to head to.

* The gate of death was hard to enter but easy to stay alive; the gate of life was easy to enter but one would be trapped easily. The perish gate was the key to destroying the formation and shan’t be mentioned now; the illusion gate and would allow the enemy to lose his way easily, finding himself trapped. The dark gate was that pitch black darkness and brought about the terror that one would find hard to handle; the light gate in the northwest was the only one which could be passed through.
* (Chapter 904, first use in combat)

### **Five Elements Minor Formation**

* Reinforcing and counteracting theory of the five elements, metal, wood, water, fire and earth.

* The Five Elements Minor Formation made use of the reinforcing nature of the five elements to be able to instantaneously focus all the powers of the five onto a single person. This required strong teamwork between the five.

**Spirit Gathering Formation**

* Through the use of some gemstones or precious items which were rich in spiritual Qi to set up this formation, amassing the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, the people in the formation would have their cultivating speed increased greatly. The amount of spiritual Qi gathered was related to how powerful the Spirit Gathering Formation was. It was suited for people who were training in seclusion, increasing the chances for them to achieve their breakthroughs.

**Spirit Sealing Minor Formation**

* Could seal up a small area, causing the spiritual Qi outside to be unable to enter.

**Nine Palace Eight Trigrams Formation**

* Split into eight gates, namely healing, life, pain, limit, view, death, wonder, and opening. There were multiple combinations it could form and was a much more powerful binding formation than the Duality Minutest Formation.

* Five Elements Major Formation

* Twelve Celestials and Demons Formation

* Great Heavenly Stars Cycle Formation

* Bei Ming Hidden Killing Formation

* Godly Dayan Formation

* Great Cosmic Formation

* Amoghasiddhi Formation

* Five Demons Pestilence Sword Formation

* Eight Trigrams Formation

* Five Elements Eight Trigrams Formation

**Four Perfections Formation (ch.988)**

* Four Perfections Formation was also known as the Four Symbols Formation. This was a type of death formation that stood in correspondence to the position facing the eye of formation towards the Core Qi, allowing the user’s power to soar exponentially. It also allowed the user to the gain advantages in both offense and defense.
* According to the legends, the Four Symbols Formation was a formation passed down from ancient times. The formation was said to be based on the four constellation symbols of the spiritual creatures that comprised of Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise. The four symbols together would complete the sky ecliptic and each quadrant would contain seven stars. These stars were also known as the seven constellations. Moreover, in order to complete the Four Symbols Formation, 28 people were required to instigate the formation at the same time.
* According to the legends, if the cultivation of the completed Four Symbols Formation had reached the peak level, the silhouettes of the Four Symbols would rise up to assist in the battle. These silhouettes could unleash a prowess unlike what anyone could imagine.
* Twelve Heavenly Gates Formation

**Ten Paramitas Formation (Ch.989)**

* The Ten Paramitas Formation was also known as the Black Tortoise Formation.
* It was a very simple formation and the more people there were, the stronger the defense.The defense also included protection against spirit energy. This formation only increased their defenses and nothing else. The users just needed to be within the area of the formation. As long as the eye of formation was around and there were at least ten people around when the formation was activated, then it was fine.
* It was said that if one were to gain the greatest level of mastery in this formation, Black Tortoise (Xuanwu) would appear, providing an inestimable level of defense.
* Immortal Vanquishing Formation

* Five Elements Spirit Sealing Formation

* Five Elements Yin-Yang Great Reversal Formation

* Big Dipper Formation

* God Slaying Devil Devouring Formation
* Devil Suppression Formation
* Devil Slaying Golden Lock Formation

**Trap Bewitching Formation**

* It was capable of stopping enemies from intruding the area. Even if they successfully broke through it, they would end up being confused and misdirected by the formation. This Formation consisted of both the Bewitching Formation as well as the Illusion Formation. It was full of mysteries and very dangerous.
* However, there were also downsides for this kind of formations. First, they tended to be straightforward and also required a special kind of terrain. Second, a fair amount of materials was also needed to set it up. In this case, the formation consumed the materials as the fuel to keep it running. If the opponent was too strong and the energy used to supply the formation wasn’t concentrated enough, it would collapse after a while.

**Four Directional Chu-Song Formation**

* a kind of formation which ignites one's strength within their body needs 4 people

**Battle Blood Formation**

* Used as a kind of restraint to joint attacks. It increased the user's morale and circulated the strength of their blood

**Devil Slaying Battle Blood Formation**

* help the user to draw out the full potential of their battle prowess and also increase their vitality by many folds

**Duality Pure Hearted Formation**

* This formation was used by two people. As long as one of them knew how to use it, he or she would be able to increase the Diversion Force by 20%. Actually, the Diversion Force was the force which helped to decrease the damage caused by an opponent. It was just the same as the momentum and energy diversion principles of Taichi. In fact, they also originated from this.
* In addition to that, the Duality Pure-Hearted Formation was capable of resisting very powerful poisons. The formation could produce gas that helped neutralize the poisons.