There was also a formation plate within the diagram that acted as the conduit linking the different nodes together, bringing out the full power of the array. It functioned as the core or "eye" of the formation, helping to distribute or lessen the burden on the nodes.
It took highly skilled formation masters to create a formation diagram, as it required a high level of understanding for them to be able to convert the formation into a cultivation art form. They not only needed to have a deep understanding of formations, but they also needed to be gifted enough in formulating cultivation arts, which was what made formation diagrams so rare and novel.
A formation master could design over a dozen formation blueprints and successfully lay down just as many arrays—across different environments and under varying conditions—yet still go their entire life without ever creating a single formation diagram.
