As sword shadows faded, luxuriant splendor gave rise to its own radiance.
As those dancing sword-light phantoms leapt across the stream of time, Meijiang, Lanzhen, and Taoyuan all sank into memories of the past, the three of them drowning in bygone years, unable to pull themselves free.
At the same time, amid the bleak whistling of sword light, the magnificent and resplendent Five-Elements Heavenly Light Formation outside Dongshan Dao Palace cracked apart, turning into specks of spiritual light that scattered and dimmed.
In but a moment, the Five-Elements Heavenly Light Formation collapsed beneath Jiang Sheng's sword. The Qiankun Dao Sect disciples throughout Dongshan Dao Palace did not even have time to groan before they all exploded into clouds of blood.
These Qiankun Dao Sect disciples had acted under orders, pouring every last drop of their spiritual and magical power into the Five-Elements Heavenly Light Formation to enhance its might.
But now that Jiang Sheng had shattered the formation with a single sword strike, the backlash crashed over them like raging waves. These disciples, among whom even Nascent Soul and Spirit Transformation cultivators were rare, much less those of the Upper Three Realms, could not stir up the slightest ripple of resistance. Struck head-on by that tide, all that remained was blood mist covering the ground.
Following those Qiankun Dao Sect disciples in death were the Daoist Soldiers within Dongshan Dao Palace, the elders of every hall, and the spirit beasts and exotic creatures.
Every Dao Palace Qiankun Dao Sect had established across Yanzhou could be regarded as a Qiankun Sect branch compound.
A single Dao Palace sprawled across several million li of mountains and rivers, holding the lives and deaths of countless beings in its grasp. Within it were its own Enforcement Hall, Scripture Transmission Hall, Pill Hall, Artifact Hall,